Maria Leonor Pacheco
@mlpacheco.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder @bouldernlp.bsky.social
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https://mlpacheco.github.io
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https://mlpacheco.github.io
Happy to see her released in less than 24h, and her right to protest respected, as it should be. Unlike Venezuelans in Venezuela facing 15 years in a torture chamber for protesting against the dictator she's chanting for.
January 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Happy to see her released in less than 24h, and her right to protest respected, as it should be. Unlike Venezuelans in Venezuela facing 15 years in a torture chamber for protesting against the dictator she's chanting for.
Thinking about what makes me so mad about people's takes on Venezuela. Something clicked. It's fucking dehumanizing.
All your takes on oil, international law, Trump. And our people? Dead, imprisoned, displaced, persecuted, impoverished, silenced. Don't expect us to shed any tears for the dictator.
All your takes on oil, international law, Trump. And our people? Dead, imprisoned, displaced, persecuted, impoverished, silenced. Don't expect us to shed any tears for the dictator.
January 5, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Thinking about what makes me so mad about people's takes on Venezuela. Something clicked. It's fucking dehumanizing.
All your takes on oil, international law, Trump. And our people? Dead, imprisoned, displaced, persecuted, impoverished, silenced. Don't expect us to shed any tears for the dictator.
All your takes on oil, international law, Trump. And our people? Dead, imprisoned, displaced, persecuted, impoverished, silenced. Don't expect us to shed any tears for the dictator.
"For the first time since this tragedy began, it felt like Venezuelans were finally given a voice on the world stage to tell our story without the noise of global electoral politics or distortions of activist ecosystems. Quite simply, our moment to speak."
A Moment of Vindication in Oslo | Caracas Chronicles
The speeches at the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony serve as a capstone rebuttal to those who once fell under the spell of chavismo’s social justice utopia
www.caracaschronicles.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"For the first time since this tragedy began, it felt like Venezuelans were finally given a voice on the world stage to tell our story without the noise of global electoral politics or distortions of activist ecosystems. Quite simply, our moment to speak."
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Want to be an intern at Microsoft Research in the Computational Social Science group in NYC (Jake Hofman, David Rothschild, Dan Goldstein)
Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!
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Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Want to be an intern at Microsoft Research in the Computational Social Science group in NYC (Jake Hofman, David Rothschild, Dan Goldstein)
Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
I need an emergency reviewer for a paper in semantic similarity and embedding model interpretability, please let me know if you can help! #NLProc
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I need an emergency reviewer for a paper in semantic similarity and embedding model interpretability, please let me know if you can help! #NLProc
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Strong showing from Boulder NLP at #EMNLP2025! 🚀 Come find us at these sessions to discuss morphology, semantics, LLMs, cultural analytics, HCI, and more. See you in Suzhou! 🇨🇳
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Strong showing from Boulder NLP at #EMNLP2025! 🚀 Come find us at these sessions to discuss morphology, semantics, LLMs, cultural analytics, HCI, and more. See you in Suzhou! 🇨🇳
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We have a faculty panel about to start at San Miguel at 10:45am. See you there!
Faculty panel:
James Martin, Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Graham Neubig, Lu Wang
#NAACL2025
Faculty panel:
James Martin, Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Graham Neubig, Lu Wang
#NAACL2025
May 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We have a faculty panel about to start at San Miguel at 10:45am. See you there!
Faculty panel:
James Martin, Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Graham Neubig, Lu Wang
#NAACL2025
Faculty panel:
James Martin, Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Graham Neubig, Lu Wang
#NAACL2025
My phone keeps thinking that my Spanglish texts are in Filipino and keeps asking me if I want to translate them. I thought we'd reached super intelligence.
April 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
My phone keeps thinking that my Spanglish texts are in Filipino and keeps asking me if I want to translate them. I thought we'd reached super intelligence.
This ARR cycle, we resubmitted 4 papers addressing (meta)reviewer feedback. They all got lower scores than they had before (requesting same reviewers), and all had the exact same borderline scores (~2.5). All papers in my AC batch (about 16) also have the same borderline scores. It looks very odd.
March 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This ARR cycle, we resubmitted 4 papers addressing (meta)reviewer feedback. They all got lower scores than they had before (requesting same reviewers), and all had the exact same borderline scores (~2.5). All papers in my AC batch (about 16) also have the same borderline scores. It looks very odd.
Another joyful day existing as Venezuelans in the world.
March 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Another joyful day existing as Venezuelans in the world.
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Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
Science Homecoming
sciencehomecoming.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
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A group of us came together to challenge the dominant narrative of AI research - paper out today. We posit that “AGI” is as nebulous to define as its supposed benefits, and we argue that principled scientific, engineering and societal needs should drive AI research instead. Read 👇
With Christopher Graziul, @struthious.bsky.social, Hananel Hazan, El-Mahdi El-Mhamdi, @evijit.io, @kat-heller.bsky.social, Jacob Metcalf, Fabricio Murai, @eryk.bsky.social, Andrew Smart, Todd Snider, Mariame Tighanimine, @taliaringer.bsky.social, @mmitchell.bsky.social and Shiri Dori-Hacohen.
Blili-Hamelin et al. Stop Treating 'AGI' as the north-star goal of AI Research.pdf
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February 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A group of us came together to challenge the dominant narrative of AI research - paper out today. We posit that “AGI” is as nebulous to define as its supposed benefits, and we argue that principled scientific, engineering and societal needs should drive AI research instead. Read 👇
What is the difference between 2 (substantial revisions) and 3 (major revisions) in the ARR meta-reviewer form? Why do we keep both of these?
February 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
What is the difference between 2 (substantial revisions) and 3 (major revisions) in the ARR meta-reviewer form? Why do we keep both of these?
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Our workshop has been extended till Feb 20. We are looking forward for your papers at NAACL's Queer in AI workshop.
1/7 🌈 BIG NEWS ALERT! The hottest Queer in AI workshop is back - and this time we're official! We're thrilled to announce we'll be at #NAACL2025 as an official workshop, meaning your work can now be published in the ACL anthology! 🎉
February 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Our workshop has been extended till Feb 20. We are looking forward for your papers at NAACL's Queer in AI workshop.
I'm going to print this out and hang it in my office.
2. Shut up in meetings. If everyone you talk to starts to think like you, then you need to talk less. If you take a moment before giving your opinion, students will use that moment to come up with an idea you never would have.
December 3, 2024 at 12:50 AM
I'm going to print this out and hang it in my office.
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I have seen some anti-peer-review takes on here, and, believe me, I understand the frustrations, but I would urge caution before doing or publicly saying anything too drastic. We live in age rife with misinformation and anti-intellectualism—not everyone wants academia to survive
November 24, 2024 at 11:06 AM
I have seen some anti-peer-review takes on here, and, believe me, I understand the frustrations, but I would urge caution before doing or publicly saying anything too drastic. We live in age rife with misinformation and anti-intellectualism—not everyone wants academia to survive
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We are excited to welcome David Rothschild, Senior Principal Research and Economist at Microsoft Research, to Rutgers. David will discuss an ongoing project using LLM and Human-in-the-Loop coding to label news in near-real time. www.cs.rutgers.edu/news-events/...
November 26, 2024 at 7:20 PM
We are excited to welcome David Rothschild, Senior Principal Research and Economist at Microsoft Research, to Rutgers. David will discuss an ongoing project using LLM and Human-in-the-Loop coding to label news in near-real time. www.cs.rutgers.edu/news-events/...
My biggest accomplishment yet is having @realblucifer.bsky.social follow me.
November 26, 2024 at 12:22 AM
My biggest accomplishment yet is having @realblucifer.bsky.social follow me.
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Ready for another Computational Social Science Starter Pack?
Here is number 2! More amazing folks to follow! Many students and the next gen represented!
go.bsky.app/GoEyD7d
Here is number 2! More amazing folks to follow! Many students and the next gen represented!
go.bsky.app/GoEyD7d
November 14, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Ready for another Computational Social Science Starter Pack?
Here is number 2! More amazing folks to follow! Many students and the next gen represented!
go.bsky.app/GoEyD7d
Here is number 2! More amazing folks to follow! Many students and the next gen represented!
go.bsky.app/GoEyD7d
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📣 I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students for Fall 2025 at the University of Maryland College of Information.
Consider applying if you're interested in language, society/politics, and computers!
Deadline Dec 3: ischool.umd.edu/academics/ph...
And pls share with anyone who may be interested!
Consider applying if you're interested in language, society/politics, and computers!
Deadline Dec 3: ischool.umd.edu/academics/ph...
And pls share with anyone who may be interested!
Doctor of Philosophy in Information Studies (PhD) - College of Information (INFO)
This doctoral program prepares students to address the hardest social and technical problems of today and tomorrow.
ischool.umd.edu
October 29, 2024 at 5:05 PM
📣 I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students for Fall 2025 at the University of Maryland College of Information.
Consider applying if you're interested in language, society/politics, and computers!
Deadline Dec 3: ischool.umd.edu/academics/ph...
And pls share with anyone who may be interested!
Consider applying if you're interested in language, society/politics, and computers!
Deadline Dec 3: ischool.umd.edu/academics/ph...
And pls share with anyone who may be interested!
I don't now about this whole ARR response period over the weekend 😅
November 24, 2024 at 4:16 AM
I don't now about this whole ARR response period over the weekend 😅
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Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
November 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...