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Pranav A
@pranav-nlp.bsky.social
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NLP researcher in multilinguality and AI ethics. Barista, improv comedian, guitar player, Queer in AI organizer and meditation teacher.

PhD student at @ds-hamburg.bsky.social.

Website: pranav-a.github.io
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pranav-nlp.bsky.social
Hi all, we are still looking for responses on our survey regarding names and name changing. Please spread the word about the survey!
dippedrusk.com Vagrant Gautam @dippedrusk.com · 11d
@pranav-nlp.bsky.social and I are surveying researchers about naming and name changes in academia (especially computer science).

If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
Naming in academia: Fill out our survey! We're surveying scholars about naming and name change experiences in academia. This includes spelling variations, reordering, changing any part of your name, for any reason: gender transition, marriage, divorce, immigration, cultural reasons, or recognition. This surveys takes around 5-10 minutes!
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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dippedrusk.com
@pranav-nlp.bsky.social and I are surveying researchers about naming and name changes in academia (especially computer science).

If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
Naming in academia: Fill out our survey! We're surveying scholars about naming and name change experiences in academia. This includes spelling variations, reordering, changing any part of your name, for any reason: gender transition, marriage, divorce, immigration, cultural reasons, or recognition. This surveys takes around 5-10 minutes!
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Please take 5-10 minutes to fill out this survey!
pranav-nlp.bsky.social Pranav A @pranav-nlp.bsky.social · 28d
We're surveying researchers about name changes in academic publishing.

If you've changed your name and dealt with updating publications, we want to hear your experience. Any reason counts: transition, marriage, cultural reasons, etc.

forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
We're investigating how publishers handle name changes and the barriers scholars face. If you've changed your name (or are considering it) and dealt with updating your academic publications, we want to hear from you. Researchers who have changed their name for any reason, such as gender transition, marriage, divorce, immigration, cultural reasons, or citation formatting issues. Whether you've successfully updated your work, are currently trying, or decided not to because of barriers, your opinion matters. Your input will help us advocate for better, more inclusive policies in academic publishing. It takes around 5-10 minutes to complete. Survey Link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP Please share with anyone who might benefit.
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
pranav-nlp.bsky.social
It's just upsetting and discouraging for me to witness systemic racism in my university. At this point, I am questioning myself if I can finish my PhD successfully or just drown in continuous documentation and barriers that my university demands.
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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manuellardelli.bsky.social
New at #EMNLP2025! ✨ Glitter is our benchmark for gender-fair German translation, full passages + 3 gender-fair strategies.

Joint work with: @pranav-nlp.bsky.social, @jhackenbuchner.bsky.social, @gattanasio.cc, @a-lauscher.bsky.social

Read more: aclanthology.org/2025.finding...
aclanthology.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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gabriellalapesa.bsky.social
Are you at #ECAI2025 ? Then you should definitely check our workshop on ***Identity-aware AI*** happening tomorrow, room 0.4, starting 14.00 identity-aware-ai.github.io , organized by myself with @pranav-nlp.bsky.social @gingerinai.bsky.social @a-lauscher.bsky.social Neele Falk, Soda Marem Lo
Identity-Aware AI 2025
identity-aware-ai.github.io
October 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
pranav-nlp.bsky.social
We're surveying researchers about name changes in academic publishing.

If you've changed your name and dealt with updating publications, we want to hear your experience. Any reason counts: transition, marriage, cultural reasons, etc.

forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
We're investigating how publishers handle name changes and the barriers scholars face. If you've changed your name (or are considering it) and dealt with updating your academic publications, we want to hear from you. Researchers who have changed their name for any reason, such as gender transition, marriage, divorce, immigration, cultural reasons, or citation formatting issues. Whether you've successfully updated your work, are currently trying, or decided not to because of barriers, your opinion matters. Your input will help us advocate for better, more inclusive policies in academic publishing. It takes around 5-10 minutes to complete. Survey Link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP Please share with anyone who might benefit.
October 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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willie-agnew.bsky.social
I'm on the job market looking for CS/ischool faculty and related positions! I'm broadly interested in doing research with policymakers and communities impacted by AI to inform and develop mitigations to harms and risks. If you've included any of my work in syllabi or policy docs please let me know!
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
pranav-nlp.bsky.social
I'm conducting research on how ACL's peer review policies impact NLP research quality, career trajectories, and inclusivity within our community. I am running a survey, which would take around 7-10 mins to complete: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/j2jr9nH3X0

I would really appreciate insights from y'all!
I'm conducting research on how ACL's peer reviewing policies impact NLP research quality, career trajectories, and inclusivity within our community. Your insights—whether you're a seasoned reviewer, early-career researcher, or anywhere in between—are invaluable. The survey takes 7-10 minutes and covers topics like review quality, reviewer assignment, and accessibility barriers. All responses are confidential and will help inform evidence-based improvements to our peer review processes.
September 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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mxeddie.bsky.social
🔔 My paper w/ @ninamarkl.bsky.social and @bjoernross.bsky.social is out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We surveyed TikTok users on motivations for using phrases like "le$bean". Primarily associated w/ topics that are moderated on SM, but also desire to express community + be playful.
September 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
pranav-nlp.bsky.social
Hi all, we are organizing this fun affinity workshop at EurIPS in Copenhagen. Feel free to present any of your previously published works before or submit abstracts / mixed-media materials!
queerinai.com Queer in AI @queerinai.com · Sep 8
Hey everyone! 👋 We're so excited to be organizing a fun Queer in AI Workshop, co-located with EurIPS in Copenhagen on December 5!

We are seeking submissions, with a deadline of October 15. #NeurIPS2025
A promotional poster for the "Queer in AI Workshop". The title is in large, colorful, textured letters. Text below reads: "Co-located with EurIPS in Copenhagen (December 5). Deadline: October 15." A bulleted list of accepted submissions includes published works, upcoming works, mixed media like art and videos, and abstracts. The website queerinai.com/eurips-2025 is listed at the bottom.
September 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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gabriellalapesa.bsky.social
Only 4 days left to submit tho the Identity-Aware AI workshop at #ECAI2025! identity-aware-ai.github.io
gabriellalapesa.bsky.social Gabriella Lapesa @gabriellalapesa.bsky.social · Aug 18
Deadline extended to August 29!!! Identity-Aware AI workshop at #ECAI2025! identity-aware-ai.github.io
gabriellalapesa.bsky.social Gabriella Lapesa @gabriellalapesa.bsky.social · Aug 7
Identity-Aware AI workhop at #ECAI2025, in beautiful Bologna! Submit by Aug 22: identity-aware-ai.github.io Organized by:
@pranav-nlp.bsky.social Soda Marem Lo, Neele Falk, @gingerinai.bsky.social @davidjurgens.bsky.social @a-lauscher.bsky.social and myself!
August 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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advocate.com
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
bit.ly
August 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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gabriellalapesa.bsky.social
Identity-Aware AI workhop at #ECAI2025, in beautiful Bologna! Submit by Aug 22: identity-aware-ai.github.io Organized by:
@pranav-nlp.bsky.social Soda Marem Lo, Neele Falk, @gingerinai.bsky.social @davidjurgens.bsky.social @a-lauscher.bsky.social and myself!
ds-hamburg.bsky.social Data Science Hamburg Group @ds-hamburg.bsky.social · Jul 29
Wondering what makes each of us unique and how AI should handle human diversity? 🤔

We're organizing Identity-Aware AI workshop at #ECAI2025 Bologna on Oct 25.

Deadline: Aug 22
Website: identity-aware-ai.github.io
Identity-Aware AI Workshop announcement. Co-located with ECAI 2025 in Bologna on October 25, with submission deadline August 22. Topics include: Methods for effective, fair, and inclusive AI; Critiques of AI on the exclusion of identities; Methods for detecting and controlling bias; Perspectivist approaches to AI. Submission types: Long papers (8 pages), Short papers (4 pages), Extended abstracts, Mixed-media submissions (videos, blogs, codebase, artworks). For details, visit: identity-aware-ai.github.io
August 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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ds-hamburg.bsky.social
Wondering what makes each of us unique and how AI should handle human diversity? 🤔

We're organizing Identity-Aware AI workshop at #ECAI2025 Bologna on Oct 25.

Deadline: Aug 22
Website: identity-aware-ai.github.io
Identity-Aware AI Workshop announcement. Co-located with ECAI 2025 in Bologna on October 25, with submission deadline August 22. Topics include: Methods for effective, fair, and inclusive AI; Critiques of AI on the exclusion of identities; Methods for detecting and controlling bias; Perspectivist approaches to AI. Submission types: Long papers (8 pages), Short papers (4 pages), Extended abstracts, Mixed-media submissions (videos, blogs, codebase, artworks). For details, visit: identity-aware-ai.github.io
July 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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zeerak.bsky.social
Most people who’ve known me more than 30 minutes will have heard me rant about how AI for social good is a corporate branding attempt at excusing AI.

But the fact that the AI for Good summit censored @abeba.bsky.social is beyond disgraceful.

thebulletin.org/2025/07/ai-f...
AI for good, with caveats: How a keynote speaker was censored during an international artificial intelligence summit
Q&A with Abeba Birhane on how she was censored during the AI for Good summit and how the industry can do better.
thebulletin.org
July 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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willie-agnew.bsky.social
Now out in Nature: we analyzed 19,000 computer vision papers and the 20,000+ patents citing them and found that most CV papers are used in surveillance enabling CV patents. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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mxeddie.bsky.social
Come talk to me about all things censorship / moderation on TikTok (and more generally algorithmic bias) #icwsm
bjoernross.bsky.social Björn Ross @bjoernross.bsky.social · Jun 23
I'm at #ICWSM this week, where @mxeddie.bsky.social is presenting our work on experiences of censorship on TikTok. If you are here too, please come talk to me about anything computational social science 😊
Eddie Ungless presenting research on TikTok censorship to a workshop audience at ICWSM
June 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Flattered and shocked for our paper to receive the #facct2025 best paper award.
facct.bsky.social ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 20
🏆 Announcing the #FAccT2025 best paper awards! 🏆

Congratulations to all the authors of the three best papers and three honorable mention papers.

Be sure to check out their presentations at the conference next week!

facct-blog.github.io/2025-06-20/b...
Announcing Best Paper Awards
The Best Paper Award Committee was chaired this year by Alex Chouldechova and included six Area Chairs. The committee selected three papers for the Best Paper Award and recognized three additional pap...
facct-blog.github.io
June 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
pranav-nlp.bsky.social
I am at the data story workshop hosted by @martinmundt.bsky.social where we talk about AI as cake! We redefine Yann LeCun's famous analogy beyond just learning types. From ingredients to selling - we break down how AI really works and who gets left out.
Martin presenting the intro slide of the talk
May 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
pranav-nlp.bsky.social
This has happened to me so many times. I got assigned 6 papers to review within 3 days, and received threats from PC and AC that I would be flagged if I don't complete them properly.

And after all this stress, I found out that each paper has received 5-6 reviews. So angry and upset with ARR rn.
zehavoc.bsky.social Djamé 🟥 @zehavoc.bsky.social · May 27
I can't believe a paper I was an emergency reviewer on has received 6 reviews. Not 4, not 5. 6.
What a waste of people's time, seriously.
They provided a one week deadline, which is plenty for an emergency review, and then 4 days before the deadline they asked to submit the review "TODAY". Why?
May 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
pranav-nlp.bsky.social
latvia won the semifinal??? why the hell did all eurovision fans think it wouldn't even qualify.
May 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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mdlhx.bsky.social
Interested in multilingual tokenization in #NLP? Lisa Beinborn and I are hiring!

PhD candidate position in Göttingen, Germany: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...

PostDoc position in Leuven, Belgium:
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Deadline 6th of June
Stellen OBP - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
May 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
pranav-nlp.bsky.social
eurovision around the emnlp deadline is homophobic
May 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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jasmijn.bastings.me
My latest paper "A decade of gender bias in machine translation" with @bsavoldi.bsky.social @luisabentivogli.bsky.social and Eva Vanmassenhove is out. 😀↘️ #NLProc #NLP #MT
May 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM