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Anna Kawakami @anna-kawakami.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Bump: Please join our #CHI2026 workshop on ⭐ Participation, Procurement, and Proof of Impact in Public Sector AI Innovation ⭐! Join via Google Form (lnkd.in/enwfV3sp) 𝘰𝘳 email short SoI to participatoryaidesign@gmail.com by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 14 𝐀𝐨𝐄. 🏛️ 👥 Learn more: lnkd.in/ePEfZxyQ DM me for any questions!

Workshop flyer for Participation, Procurement, and Proof of Impact in Public Sector AI Innovation. Information on how to join (Google form or email) and workshop activities (methods and measures for participation in AI, procurement and contracts that incentivize community participation)

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Ken Holstein @kenholstein.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I am recruiting a postdoc in HCI & AI!  Interested in augmenting human thinking and learning, futures of work & education, participatory AI, collective intelligence, or related topics? Please get in touch! This 2-year position will be based at a top university in Europe (email or DM for more info)

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Cella @cellllla.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

What can #CSCW learn from tech workers who have been involved in collective action and unionization about how to make transformative change within our field? My new #CSCW2025 paper with Mona Wang, Anna Konvicka, and Sarah Fox seeks to answer this question. Pre-print: arxiv.org/pdf/2508.12579

Screenshot of the CSCW 2025 paper "The Future of Tech Labor: How Workers are Organizing and Transforming the Computing Industry"

CELLA M. SUM, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
ANNA KONVICKA, Princeton University, USA
MONA WANG, Princeton University, USA
SARAH E. FOX, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Abstract: The tech industry’s shifting landscape and the growing precarity of its labor force have spurred unionization efforts among tech workers. These workers turn to collective action to improve their working conditions and to protest unethical practices within their workplaces. To better understand this movement, we interviewed 44 U.S.-based tech worker-organizers to examine their motivations, strategies, challenges, and future visions for labor organizing. These workers included engineers, product managers, customer support specialists, QA analysts, logistics workers, gig workers, and union staff organizers. Our findings reveal that, contrary to popular narratives of prestige and privilege within the tech industry, tech workers face fragmented and unstable work environments which contribute to their disempowerment and hinder their organizing efforts. Despite these difficulties, organizers are laying the groundwork for a more resilient tech worker movement through community building and expanding political consciousness. By situating these dynamics within broader structural and ideological forces, we identify ways for the CSCW community to build solidarity with
tech workers who are materially transforming our field through their organizing efforts.

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Anna Kawakami @anna-kawakami.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

🏛️ How can we ensure that AI enhances, rather than harms, public services? In our policy memo, published with the Federation of American Scientists (@scientistsorg.bsky.social), we provide recommendations for how the fed gov't could help state & local agencies make better AI procurement decisions.🧵

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Expanding Local Government Capacity for AI Procurement and Use

As new waves of AI technologies continue to enter the public sector, touching a breadth of services critical to the welfare of the American people, this center of excellence will help maintain high st...

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Anna Kawakami @anna-kawakami.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Please apply to work with Ken!! He is fantastic! And I'll get to work with you potentially too!

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Jessica Hullman @jessicahullman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I'm seeking a postdoc to work with me and @kenholstein.bsky.social on evaluating AI/ML decision support for human experts: statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/12/10/p... P.S. I'll be at NeurIPS Thurs-Mon. Happy to talk about this position or related mutual interests! Please repost 🙏

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Postdoc position at Northwestern on evaluating AI/ML decision support | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

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Krzysztof Gajos @kgajos.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Do you feel that your profession or organization urgently needs to adopt #AI? Here's some advice that we often share (as academics working in human-AI interaction and #ML) with professional colleagues who consider the role of modern technology in their professions. (w/ Weiwei Pan and Hongjin Lin)

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Keep calm and carry on, with or without AI: What to do if your profession or organization urgently needs to adopt AI – Intelligent Interactive Systems Group at Harvard

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Serena Booth @reniebird.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I'm hiring PhD students at Brown CS! If you're interested in human-robot or AI interaction, human-centered reinforcement learning, and/or AI policy, please apply. Or get your students to apply :). Deadline Dec 15, link: cs.brown.edu/degrees/doct.... Research statement on my website, www.slbooth.com

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Brown CS: Applying To Our Doctoral Program

We expect strong results from our applicants in the following:

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CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute @hcii.cmu.edu · 02/12/2024

Our CMU HCII Summer 2025 undergraduate research program application is open until January 17, 2025. Students can choose from 25 research projects when applying to this paid, 10-week HCI REU program. 🔗 hcii.cmu.edu/news/hcii-se...

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HCII Seeks Applicants for 2025 Summer Research Program | Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Application available until mid-JanuaryThe Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) Summer Undergraduate Research program is an opportunity for students to spend a summer with us at Carnegie Mellon...

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Ken Holstein @kenholstein.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Wrapped up the first offering of a new course @cmuhcii.bsky.social this week: Augmenting Intelligence coaugmentation.com This was *such* a blast to teach! At our course exhibition on Wednesday, students presented posters, interactive demos, and art pieces around cognitive augmentation for...

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Augmenting Intelligence

Augmenting Intelligence @ CMU HCII

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Jeffrey P. Bigham @jeffreybigham.com · 20/11/2024

look at this great photos of CMU folks at #cscw2024

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