Jenn Wortman Vaughan
@jennwv.bsky.social
Sr. Principal Research Manager at Microsoft Research, NYC // Machine Learning, Responsible AI, Transparency, Intelligibility, Human-AI Interaction // WiML Co-founder // Former NeurIPS & current FAccT Program Co-chair // Brooklyn, NY // http://jennwv.com
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On my way to San Diego for #NeurIPS and the 20th anniversary of #WiML! To celebrate, @hannawallach.bsky.social and I recorded a podcast discussing WiML’s journey, our friendship and collaborations, research we're excited about, & advice we'd give our younger selves! www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Ideas: Community building, machine learning, and the future of AI
As the Women in Machine Learning Workshop (WiML) marks its 20th annual gathering, cofounders, friends, and collaborators Jenn Wortman Vaughan and Hanna Wallach reflect on WiML’s evolution, navigating ...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
On my way to San Diego for #NeurIPS and the 20th anniversary of #WiML! To celebrate, @hannawallach.bsky.social and I recorded a podcast discussing WiML’s journey, our friendship and collaborations, research we're excited about, & advice we'd give our younger selves! www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Our work on supporting industry computing researchers in assessing, articulating, and addressing the potential negative societal impact of their work (with @wesleydeng.bsky.social and @s010n.bsky.social) is featured in this edition of Research Focus.
In the latest issue of Research Focus: Fara-7B brings efficient agentic computer use to small models; new tools help computing researchers assess societal impact; and more. msft.it/6017tbeFf
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Our work on supporting industry computing researchers in assessing, articulating, and addressing the potential negative societal impact of their work (with @wesleydeng.bsky.social and @s010n.bsky.social) is featured in this edition of Research Focus.
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Don’t miss this podcast🎙️with @jennwv.bsky.social and @hannawallach.bsky.social! They reflect on #WiML20Years and share their journey, collaborations, and advice in a special conversation on Microsoft Research’s Ideas podcast💙
I'm super excited about the 20th @wimlworkshop.bsky.social, which is taking place tomorrow in San Diego, co-located with @neuripsconf.bsky.social!!! 🎉 To celebrate, @jennwv.bsky.social and I recorded a podcast episode! Check it out here: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Ideas: Community building, machine learning, and the future of AI
As the Women in Machine Learning Workshop (WiML) marks its 20th annual gathering, cofounders, friends, and collaborators Jenn Wortman Vaughan and Hanna Wallach reflect on WiML’s evolution, navigating ...
www.microsoft.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Don’t miss this podcast🎙️with @jennwv.bsky.social and @hannawallach.bsky.social! They reflect on #WiML20Years and share their journey, collaborations, and advice in a special conversation on Microsoft Research’s Ideas podcast💙
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I'm super excited about the 20th @wimlworkshop.bsky.social, which is taking place tomorrow in San Diego, co-located with @neuripsconf.bsky.social!!! 🎉 To celebrate, @jennwv.bsky.social and I recorded a podcast episode! Check it out here: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Ideas: Community building, machine learning, and the future of AI
As the Women in Machine Learning Workshop (WiML) marks its 20th annual gathering, cofounders, friends, and collaborators Jenn Wortman Vaughan and Hanna Wallach reflect on WiML’s evolution, navigating ...
www.microsoft.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm super excited about the 20th @wimlworkshop.bsky.social, which is taking place tomorrow in San Diego, co-located with @neuripsconf.bsky.social!!! 🎉 To celebrate, @jennwv.bsky.social and I recorded a podcast episode! Check it out here: www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
On my way to San Diego for #NeurIPS and the 20th anniversary of #WiML! To celebrate, @hannawallach.bsky.social and I recorded a podcast discussing WiML’s journey, our friendship and collaborations, research we're excited about, & advice we'd give our younger selves! www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Ideas: Community building, machine learning, and the future of AI
As the Women in Machine Learning Workshop (WiML) marks its 20th annual gathering, cofounders, friends, and collaborators Jenn Wortman Vaughan and Hanna Wallach reflect on WiML’s evolution, navigating ...
www.microsoft.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
On my way to San Diego for #NeurIPS and the 20th anniversary of #WiML! To celebrate, @hannawallach.bsky.social and I recorded a podcast discussing WiML’s journey, our friendship and collaborations, research we're excited about, & advice we'd give our younger selves! www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
I'm beyond thrilled to give a keynote at the 20th WiML workshop! 😍 I've given opening remarks before, but this is my first RESEARCH talk at WiML. It's a dream. Join us! I'll talk about supporting appropriate reliance, human agency, & critical thought with GenAI.
sites.google.com/wimlworkshop...
sites.google.com/wimlworkshop...
WiML Workshop @ NeurIPS 2025 - Program
Program
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November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'm beyond thrilled to give a keynote at the 20th WiML workshop! 😍 I've given opening remarks before, but this is my first RESEARCH talk at WiML. It's a dream. Join us! I'll talk about supporting appropriate reliance, human agency, & critical thought with GenAI.
sites.google.com/wimlworkshop...
sites.google.com/wimlworkshop...
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Three exciting opportunities at
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE internships: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE postdocs: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
And internships with our close collaborators at STAC: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE postdocs: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
And internships with our close collaborators at STAC: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Three exciting opportunities at
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Spread the word! 📢 The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) group at @msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC is hiring interns and postdocs to start in summer 2026! 🎉
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Spread the word! 📢 The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) group at @msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC is hiring interns and postdocs to start in summer 2026! 🎉
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
I was lucky to get a sneak preview of Advait’s talk and it is SO GOOD. I wish everyone building AI would watch this.
Microsoft senior researcher, Advait Sarkar, recently presented at TED AI Vienna, where he spoke about AI’s role in elevating human thought.
How to stop AI from killing your critical thinking
Chatbots might help you get work done faster — but at what cost? When we outsource our reasoning to artificial intelligence, we reduce ourselves to "middle managers for our own thoughts," says AI and ...
msft.it
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I was lucky to get a sneak preview of Advait’s talk and it is SO GOOD. I wish everyone building AI would watch this.
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I cannot wait to celebrate TWENTY YEARS of #WiML at #NeurIPS in San Diego this December! 🎉🥳
Fun fact: The first #WiML was held in San Diego back in 2006! ❤️
Share your memories below, and come hang out on Dec 2! I will be there! I will be speaking! And have I mentioned I AM EXCITED?!?!?!
Fun fact: The first #WiML was held in San Diego back in 2006! ❤️
Share your memories below, and come hang out on Dec 2! I will be there! I will be speaking! And have I mentioned I AM EXCITED?!?!?!
WiML turns 20! 🎉
For two decades, WiML has connected, inspired, and supported women around the world who are advancing the field of ML. As we celebrate this incredible milestone, we want to hear your story. 💜
➡️ Share your reflections: shorturl.at/lxWM2
#WiML #WiML20Years #WiML20th
For two decades, WiML has connected, inspired, and supported women around the world who are advancing the field of ML. As we celebrate this incredible milestone, we want to hear your story. 💜
➡️ Share your reflections: shorturl.at/lxWM2
#WiML #WiML20Years #WiML20th
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October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I cannot wait to celebrate TWENTY YEARS of #WiML at #NeurIPS in San Diego this December! 🎉🥳
Fun fact: The first #WiML was held in San Diego back in 2006! ❤️
Share your memories below, and come hang out on Dec 2! I will be there! I will be speaking! And have I mentioned I AM EXCITED?!?!?!
Fun fact: The first #WiML was held in San Diego back in 2006! ❤️
Share your memories below, and come hang out on Dec 2! I will be there! I will be speaking! And have I mentioned I AM EXCITED?!?!?!
WiML turns 20! 🎉
For two decades, WiML has connected, inspired, and supported women around the world who are advancing the field of ML. As we celebrate this incredible milestone, we want to hear your story. 💜
➡️ Share your reflections: shorturl.at/lxWM2
#WiML #WiML20Years #WiML20th
For two decades, WiML has connected, inspired, and supported women around the world who are advancing the field of ML. As we celebrate this incredible milestone, we want to hear your story. 💜
➡️ Share your reflections: shorturl.at/lxWM2
#WiML #WiML20Years #WiML20th
shorturl.at
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I’m taking a break after this year, I swear. If you are partying along the marathon route Sunday (which you should! it’s fun!), you can find us in wave 4.
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I’m taking a break after this year, I swear. If you are partying along the marathon route Sunday (which you should! it’s fun!), you can find us in wave 4.
Looking for news on @msftresearch.bsky.social FATE internships & postdocs? YES, we will have positions, but bear with us — we expect postings to go up in mid-November and I will post an update here as soon as they do.
October 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Looking for news on @msftresearch.bsky.social FATE internships & postdocs? YES, we will have positions, but bear with us — we expect postings to go up in mid-November and I will post an update here as soon as they do.
If you're at #CSCW2025, be sure to say hi to @wesleydeng.bsky.social! Wesley will be representing our work on assessing the potential negative societal impact of industry computing research bright and early Wednesday morning!
𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬
🏅 Best Paper Honorable Mention (Top 3% Submissions)
🔗 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
📆 Wed, 22 Oct | 9:00 AM, CET: Toward More Ethical and Transparent Systems and Environments
🏅 Best Paper Honorable Mention (Top 3% Submissions)
🔗 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
📆 Wed, 22 Oct | 9:00 AM, CET: Toward More Ethical and Transparent Systems and Environments
Supporting Industry Computing Researchers in Assessing, Articulating, and Addressing the Potential Negative Societal Impact of Their Work | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Recent years have witnessed increasing calls for computing researchers to grapple with the societal impacts of their work. Tools such as impact assessments have gained prominence as a method to uncover potential impacts, and a number of publication ...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If you're at #CSCW2025, be sure to say hi to @wesleydeng.bsky.social! Wesley will be representing our work on assessing the potential negative societal impact of industry computing research bright and early Wednesday morning!
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If you’re reading this post and wondering whether #FAccT2026 is the right venue for you, we strongly encourage you to submit your best work and join the community! Especially scholars and practitioners in the humanities, law, philosophy, policy, the social sciences, and more!
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you’re reading this post and wondering whether #FAccT2026 is the right venue for you, we strongly encourage you to submit your best work and join the community! Especially scholars and practitioners in the humanities, law, philosophy, policy, the social sciences, and more!
If you are at #COLM2025, come by the Workshop on the Application of LLM Explainability to Reasoning and Planning TODAY at 2:40 ET to see my talk on challenges in human-agent communication and how the interpretability community can help address them!
xllm-reasoning-planning-workshop.github.io
xllm-reasoning-planning-workshop.github.io
XLLM-Reason-Plan
Website for the Workshop on the Application of LLM Explainability to Reasoning and Planning at COLM 2025
xllm-reasoning-planning-workshop.github.io
October 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If you are at #COLM2025, come by the Workshop on the Application of LLM Explainability to Reasoning and Planning TODAY at 2:40 ET to see my talk on challenges in human-agent communication and how the interpretability community can help address them!
xllm-reasoning-planning-workshop.github.io
xllm-reasoning-planning-workshop.github.io
I’ve been lucky to get the chance to work with some incredibly creative and talented undergrad researchers through this program! Help us spread the word to students who might be interested!
The Microsoft Research Undergraduate Internship Program offers 12-week internships in our Redmond, NYC, or New England labs for rising juniors and seniors who are passionate about technology. Apply by October 6: msft.it/6015scgSJ
September 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I’ve been lucky to get the chance to work with some incredibly creative and talented undergrad researchers through this program! Help us spread the word to students who might be interested!
Rare and exciting opportunity to join a team of world-class social scientists to study the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape technologies and their consequences. MSR New England (our sister lab!) is an interdisciplinary environment with endless possibility for real-world impact. 👇👇
We may have the chance to hire an outstanding researcher 3+ years post PhD to join Tarleton Gillespie, Mary Gray and me in Cambridge MA bringing critical sociotechnical perspectives to bear on new technologies.
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
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https://jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/1849026/Principal-Researcher-–-Sociotechnical-Systems-–-Microsoft-Research
August 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Rare and exciting opportunity to join a team of world-class social scientists to study the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape technologies and their consequences. MSR New England (our sister lab!) is an interdisciplinary environment with endless possibility for real-world impact. 👇👇
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Feeling so excited + grateful to be representing this paper at #ICML! Please stop by to talk about how to do more valid measurement for evaling gen AI systems!
Work led by the incomparable @hannawallach.bsky.social and @azjacobs.bsky.social as a part of Microsoft’s AI and Society initiative!!
Work led by the incomparable @hannawallach.bsky.social and @azjacobs.bsky.social as a part of Microsoft’s AI and Society initiative!!
If you're at @icmlconf.bsky.social this week, come check out our poster on "Position: Evaluating Generative AI Systems Is a Social Science Measurement Challenge" presented by the amazing @afedercooper.bsky.social from 11:30am--1:30pm PDT on Weds!!! icml.cc/virtual/2025...
ICML Poster Position: Evaluating Generative AI Systems Is a Social Science Measurement ChallengeICML 2025
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July 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Feeling so excited + grateful to be representing this paper at #ICML! Please stop by to talk about how to do more valid measurement for evaling gen AI systems!
Work led by the incomparable @hannawallach.bsky.social and @azjacobs.bsky.social as a part of Microsoft’s AI and Society initiative!!
Work led by the incomparable @hannawallach.bsky.social and @azjacobs.bsky.social as a part of Microsoft’s AI and Society initiative!!
Reposted by Jenn Wortman Vaughan
If you're at @icmlconf.bsky.social this week, come check out our poster on "Position: Evaluating Generative AI Systems Is a Social Science Measurement Challenge" presented by the amazing @afedercooper.bsky.social from 11:30am--1:30pm PDT on Weds!!! icml.cc/virtual/2025...
ICML Poster Position: Evaluating Generative AI Systems Is a Social Science Measurement ChallengeICML 2025
icml.cc
July 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If you're at @icmlconf.bsky.social this week, come check out our poster on "Position: Evaluating Generative AI Systems Is a Social Science Measurement Challenge" presented by the amazing @afedercooper.bsky.social from 11:30am--1:30pm PDT on Weds!!! icml.cc/virtual/2025...
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Someone asked me today how to get better at scientific writing. I'm not the best person to ask because I find my own writing very inadequate! But the tips I thought of were:
1. Practice, and practice with co-authors who are better writers than you. Observe how they make edits and copy them.
(1/n)
1. Practice, and practice with co-authors who are better writers than you. Observe how they make edits and copy them.
(1/n)
July 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Someone asked me today how to get better at scientific writing. I'm not the best person to ask because I find my own writing very inadequate! But the tips I thought of were:
1. Practice, and practice with co-authors who are better writers than you. Observe how they make edits and copy them.
(1/n)
1. Practice, and practice with co-authors who are better writers than you. Observe how they make edits and copy them.
(1/n)
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NeurIPS is seeking additional ethics reviewers this year. If you are able and willing to participate in the review process, please sign up at the form in the link:
neurips.cc/Conferences/...
Please share this call with your colleagues!
neurips.cc/Conferences/...
Please share this call with your colleagues!
2025 Call For Ethics Reviewers
If you are able and willing to participate in the review process, please sign up at this form. Feel free to share this call with your colleagues.
neurips.cc
July 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
NeurIPS is seeking additional ethics reviewers this year. If you are able and willing to participate in the review process, please sign up at the form in the link:
neurips.cc/Conferences/...
Please share this call with your colleagues!
neurips.cc/Conferences/...
Please share this call with your colleagues!
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We're happy to officially announce the location of #FAccT2026!
Next year's conference will be held in Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦
Su Lin Blodgett and Zeerak Talat will be General Chairs, and Michael Madaio will be PC Chair 🎉
(thanks to MindView for the photo!)
Next year's conference will be held in Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦
Su Lin Blodgett and Zeerak Talat will be General Chairs, and Michael Madaio will be PC Chair 🎉
(thanks to MindView for the photo!)
June 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We're happy to officially announce the location of #FAccT2026!
Next year's conference will be held in Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦
Su Lin Blodgett and Zeerak Talat will be General Chairs, and Michael Madaio will be PC Chair 🎉
(thanks to MindView for the photo!)
Next year's conference will be held in Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦
Su Lin Blodgett and Zeerak Talat will be General Chairs, and Michael Madaio will be PC Chair 🎉
(thanks to MindView for the photo!)
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Ohhhh Molly Crockett‘s @mjcrockett.bsky.social keynote talk at #FAccT2025 was soo good 🔥🔥🔥
She talked about how techno-optimism is really human pessimism, how DEAD benchmarks don’t capture full human capacities and feed the hype cycle, how we need to avoid monoculture & imagine new worlds together
She talked about how techno-optimism is really human pessimism, how DEAD benchmarks don’t capture full human capacities and feed the hype cycle, how we need to avoid monoculture & imagine new worlds together
June 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Ohhhh Molly Crockett‘s @mjcrockett.bsky.social keynote talk at #FAccT2025 was soo good 🔥🔥🔥
She talked about how techno-optimism is really human pessimism, how DEAD benchmarks don’t capture full human capacities and feed the hype cycle, how we need to avoid monoculture & imagine new worlds together
She talked about how techno-optimism is really human pessimism, how DEAD benchmarks don’t capture full human capacities and feed the hype cycle, how we need to avoid monoculture & imagine new worlds together
I could not agree with this more. The positive energy and support we give each other keeps us going. #FAccT2025
Ensuring our mode of conversations and engagement is directed towards community building and strengthening is so crucial at a time when many in power will be rooting against us.
June 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I could not agree with this more. The positive energy and support we give each other keeps us going. #FAccT2025