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Assoc. Prof. of Comp. Science @uchicagocs / Human Computer Integration Lab / XR, haptics, hw / HCI lab: https://xitter.cf/t.co/lNuu6qMtRX / music: https://xitter.cf/t.co/XcUgF18GAu

 Chicago, IL
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Text or video is not only form AI can take. In embodied-ai.tech (#CHI2026, Best Paper 🏆) we create an embodied AI that acts via muscle stimulation to perform physical tasks: e.g., place a bike on a bus rack and more! youtube.com/watch?v=pJM2Z8mm… by @yun_yh_ @romainnith
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ANUP DAS@NeuroAnupOct 16
Thank you @UChicago_Brains for supporting our work!! Check out our other work describing the computational biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… and functional relevance of these complex traveling waves biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…!! #neuroscience #waves

Hidden Spirals Underlie Cortical Traveling Waves

Neural traveling waves exhibit diverse spatial patterns, but the neural dynamics that generate them remain unknown. Here, we asked whether the apparent diversity of traveling waves reflects distinct...

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University of Chicago Neuroscience Institute@UChicago_BrainsOct 16
Study led by Professor Joshua Jacobs and Anup Das measured traveling waves of neural activity and found that different behavioral tasks were associated with distinct wave patterns. Read more: quantamagazine.org/surprisin…

Surprisingly Complex Waves Reveal the Brain’s Inner Workings | Quanta Magazine

Unexpected patterns traveling across the human brain may be reorganizing its activity in real time.

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Great conference! (And now a maybe even better time of the year for it)
Cedric Honnet@CedHonOct 19
🚀 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗖𝗜 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 will be 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟵-𝟮𝟲!! (Shenzhen) - Industry Immersion: Scaling research with factory markets + manufacturer visits! - Conference Classics: Research talks, demos, hackathon, workshops... 🔗ScalableHCI.com
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Learning physics (as in physical behaviour) with a physical force based interface feels great, well done!
T. Scott Saponas@saponasOct 18
Our summer intern at Microsoft Research, Elizabeth Childs, led an incredible project building a haptic robot for teaching topics where it helps to FEEL the physics. Checkout the video! youtu.be/JxwKrtG6HAw?is=0xlP…

KITE: a Kinesthetic Interface for Tangible Exploration

KITE, a Kinesthetic Interface for Tangible Exploration, is a tangib...

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Itai Yanai
@ItaiYanaiOct 17
Using AI to write for you - start to finish - is really just you robbing yourself of one of life’s greatest joys: to think through a problem and figure out what you think about it, and in the process becoming passionate enough to take on the new challenge of solving it.
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Such an important reminder. Review what people wrote (past tense here intentional), not what you would have written in their shoes.
Upol Ehsan@UpolEhsanOct 15
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Review this version of the manuscript. Review the paper the authors set out to write, not the one you would've written.
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If you are attending Ubicomp/IMWUT 2026 go watch this talk and talk with @tangemicioglu ! You won't regret it. #ubicomp2026
Tan Gemicioglu@tangemiciogluOct 14
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Read the paper here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/38316… Or on arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2609.09700 I am presenting this paper at @ubicomp 2026 this week. Thanks to my collaborators @jas_x_flowers, @plopesresearch , @tanzeemc for their support of this project!

AppetiteCheck: Feasibility of Momentary Vagus Nerve Stimulation as an Implicit Intervention for...

Overeating and emotional eating are common health issues that affect people even without an eating disorder. The vagus nerve plays a critical role in the gut-brain axis, and implanted vagus nerve...

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Read the paper here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/38316… Or on arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2609.09700 I am presenting this paper at @ubicomp 2026 this week. Thanks to my collaborators @jas_x_flowers, @plopesresearch , @tanzeemc for their support of this project!

AppetiteCheck: Feasibility of Momentary Vagus Nerve Stimulation as an Implicit Intervention for...

Overeating and emotional eating are common health issues that affect people even without an eating disorder. The vagus nerve plays a critical role in the gut-brain axis, and implanted vagus nerve...

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New paper by @tangemicioglu (Cornell) using vagus nerve stimulation for appetitive control (yes, worked well against placebo/sham!). Very exciting work and thanks for letting me be a part of it too. Read it: tangemicioglu.com/files/pape…
Tan Gemicioglu@tangemiciogluOct 14
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The vagus nerve is the highway for carrying messages between your brain and gut. AppetiteCheck stimulates it electrically when you are eating, amplifying the body's rest-and-digest response.
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TTIC@TTIC_ConnectOct 13
Friday, October 16th at 11am: Research at TTIC presents Matt Walter @mattrwalter with a talk titled "Learning from Visual Experience: Toward Generalizable Robot Manipulation." Please join us in Room 530, 5th floor.
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CS + neuro opportunity right here! Go be @_yudaitanaka 'a colleague (and of course many other amazing people) at UT Austin, they are hiring!
Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austi@UTCompSciOct 7
🗣️ @UTAustin Computer Science is hiring for 2026–27! We’re seeking: • Tenured/tenure-track CS faculty • Joint Neuroscience/CS faculty • Instructional faculty Join the new School of Computing and help shape the future of computing. 🤘 Apply: apply.interfolio.com/194129
🗣️ The Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin is hiring! As part of the new School of Computing, The University of Texas at Austin, we’re now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 recruiting season, with opportunities for faculty across research, interdisciplinary work and instruction. We’re seeking candidates for: Tenured and tenure-track faculty in Computer Science at the Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor levels Joint Neuroscience/Computer Science faculty at the open rank, tenured/tenure-track professor level Instructional faculty at the open rank Join a collaborative community of researchers and educators advancing computer science and shaping the future of computing at The University of Texas at Austin. 🤘

ALT 🗣️ The Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin is hiring! As part of the new School of Computing, The University of Texas at Austin, we’re now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 recruiting season, with opportunities for faculty across research, interdisciplinary work and instruction. We’re seeking candidates for: Tenured and tenure-track faculty in Computer Science at the Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor levels Joint Neuroscience/Computer Science faculty at the open rank, tenured/tenure-track professor level Instructional faculty at the open rank Join a collaborative community of researchers and educators advancing computer science and shaping the future of computing at The University of Texas at Austin. 🤘

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I recently noted that we are hiring in the department of computer science at the university of chicago, and we do so in multiple fronts, besides the CS job posting for assist. Prof. (apply.interfolio.com/193574) we have two openings at the data science institute. Be our colleague!
Data Science Institute@DSI_UChicagoOct 7
Job Opportunities Alert: Associate Professor of Data Science: apply.interfolio.com/194358 Assistant Professor of Data Science: apply.interfolio.com/194104 EOE / Vet / Disability
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Our October Special Issue on Neurotechnology is now online! It's loaded with great Q&As from leaders in the field, Perspectives, a Comment on ethics, and lots of cool primary papers of course! nature.com/neuro/volumes/29/…
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Depends. If you judge a small pile, say 10 of a single AC, this is a bad idea. Probability tells you it's perfectly reasonable your pile could be all stellar and if you'd feel forced to desk reject half, that's not helpful for the community.
🇵🇸 northern coyote 🇺🇦@capybaranorthOct 5
This is what CHI is doing this cycle right?
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Conversely at larger scales this could be ok, but I'm talking 100s of papers. I know the first pass was around 50 papers and generally think that's fine, but then I don't think after that pass you need to ask ACs to have DR quotas again.
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Kexin Shi
@teenhaciOct 3
I agree with all of this. But I’d add one more reason why I’m doing a PhD: freedom. There may be few other times in life when you have this much freedom to slow down, think deeply about what the hard problems really are, decide what you want to explore, and figure out how to explore them. It’s the freedom to dream big—and have the time and space to try to make those dreams real. And freedom also means something more ordinary, but equally valuable: having ownership over your own time and energy. You can choose when to work, when to take a break, and how to structure your life around the problems you care about. To me, that kind of intellectual and personal freedom is one of the most precious parts of doing a PhD.
Phillip Isola@phillip_isolaSep 28
Students sometimes ask me if it still makes sense, in this accelerating age, to pursue a PhD in AI. Perhaps counterintuitively, I think it's a great time to do so. I wrote up some thoughts on this here: web.mit.edu/phillipi/www/wri…
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所属先の慶應義塾大学大学院メディアデザイン研究科（KMD）では2名分の公募を実施中です。10月13日締め切り、国際公募です。 分野もなんかもうぶっちゃけなんでもアリですが、KMDで博士号の指導ができること、あと7割～8割留学生なので英語で色々できることが必須です kmd.keio.ac.jp/ja/news/infor…

Call for Applications: KMD Faculty Position Announcement | KMD : Keio University Graduate School of...

Since its establishment in 2008, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (KMD) has spent the past 18 years pioneering the frontiers of design, technology and social innovation. Looking toward...

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Some very good notes and takes here by Ran for prospective students emailing professors in these exciting times of PhD job applications! Highly recommend the read and meditate on these takes.
Ran Blekhman@blekhmanOct 4
My inbox is being flooded with fully AI-generated emails from prospective students. I tried to work out why I can't bring myself to read them, and ended up with some thoughts and advice for writing cold emails in the age of AI. My new post: blekhman.substack.com/p/why-…
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Ran Blekhman@blekhmanOct 4
My inbox is being flooded with fully AI-generated emails from prospective students. I tried to work out why I can't bring myself to read them, and ended up with some thoughts and advice for writing cold emails in the age of AI. My new post: blekhman.substack.com/p/why-…
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Yuto Suzuki@suzuyu_suiOct 1
✨ I’m seeking postdoc opportunities from April 2027! I explore XR for motor learning and soma design through qualitative research and Research through Design. 🔗 suzukiyuto.com/ 📄 CV: suzukiyuto.com/CV202606.pdf Reposts appreciated!
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All good ideas from CHI (I truly mena it! Lots of justifiable policy), except the idea that anyone can judge ones expertise than... Checks notes... The person themselves. Can't we instead assume if a reviewer declines they are acting in the best interest of the community?
ACM CHI Conference@acm_chiOct 1
Some authors are asking, can I decline a review that's a poor fit for my expertise if I owe reviews for my own submissions? Yes — and doing so in good faith does not put your submission at risk. Read more below. #CHI2027
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