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Robin
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professor. traveler. anti-mayo.
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🚨 Role change alert 🚨

Yesterday the Board of Regents at the University of Michigan (finally) did a good thing & approved my promotion to Associate Professor w/tenure! For non-academic/folks, this means that I can't get fired!

Thanks to students, postdocs, collaborators, mentors, friends, and fam.
Letter from interim university president grasso stating, "on behalf of the university of Michigan, I am delighted to congratulate you on your recent promotion which was approved by the board of regents at their last meeting. This promotion is a well-earned recognition of your dedicated service, scholarship, and teaching, all of which add to the excellence of our university. We are grateful for your many contributions, both to your discipline and to our campus at large, and look forward to all you will accomplish in the future. Please accept my warmest congratulations and best wishes for continued success
May 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Masako Wakamiya is 90 years old and made her first mobile app in her 80s. It is never too late to learn a new skill.

She is the closing plenary speaker at #CHI2025
Masako is an older Japanese woman with short gray hair wearing a green collared shirt on stage at the closing plenary. The screen on stage shows the title of her presentation, "Seeds of Imagination: Planting Hope for a 100-year Life with AI". Also on the screen is a sign language interpreter.
May 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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The keynote speaker at #CHI2025, @mutalenkonde.bsky.social, ended by proposing "computer scientists need to govern computer scientists" regarding AI and harms.

+1 as this may be more sustainable and faster to implement than relying on governments and organizations to oversee AI regulation.
Mutale Nkonde, a Black woman, on stage with a slide that says, "Computer scientists need to govern computer scientists". The slide screen also shows a sign language interpreter and captions. The large screen is located above a large, human height calligraphy mural with the words, #CHI2025, and large painted characters that represent the words "beyond boundaries", which is the conference theme
April 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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My personal favorite BHM moment happened this past weekend on a writing retreat with PhD students and faculty from around the country in Tucson. We worked on papers, blog posts, dissertation proposals, and IRBs. + We ate tasty Ethiopian food and played lots of Uno No Mercy 👿 #blacksky #academicsky
5 Black women sitting at wooden tables in the hotel lobby doing work on their laptops 6 Black women standing in front of an archway with a rainbow mural and a palm tree and sand nearby 5 Black women seated around a wooden table playing Uno, the card game
February 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Spent the evening listening to THE Dr. Angela Davis and Ta-Nehisi Coates discuss activism and solidarity in our current historical moment and learning from oppression in Gaza. Gems. Too many to name. BUT, very inspiring to hear Davis is optimistic given all that she has experienced. #blacksky
Ta-Nehisi Coates seated next to Dr. Angela Davis seated next to the discussion moderator on stage in front of a slide with the discussion title, The Arc of Activism Bridging Intergenerational Legacies. The slide shows black and white images of Coates and Davis and different ages in their lives.
February 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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What if your AI assistant 🤖 could talk 🗨️ to other AI assistants? Or to other people on your behalf? What could go wrong ❌? Or right ✔️? Join our #CSCW2024 SIG.

We'll use speculative design + design fiction to explore "Future Dialogues: Personal AI Assistants" on Tuesday, Nov 12, 4:30-6pm in Cartago
Screenshot of the SIG abstract on Future Dialogues:Personal AI Assistants and their Interactions with Us and Each Other - https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ssQBJSfOcZNsz7XqjpiZqzsV_l05v_-/view?usp=drivesdk
November 11, 2024 at 11:23 AM