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FOCS 2026 @focs2026.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Registration for #FOCS2026 is now open: focs.computer.org/2026/registr... Early bird deadline: ⏰ October 26, AoE

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Registration – FOCS 2026

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The SIGecom Job Market Candidates initiative is back for 2026-27! A great resource both for junior researchers looking for academic positions and for those looking to hire from the EconCS community. Candidates: submit this form by Oct 7; LaTeX due Oct 12.

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SIGecom Job Candidates 2026-2027

Just like in the last 11 years, this year there will be an article in SIGecom Exchanges profiling the current junior job market candidates from the SIGecom community. These profiles will include a res...

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Aviad Rubinstein @aviad-rubinstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The new call for Motwani postdocs application is now open! tinyurl.com/4r7etua2 BTW- Not quite ready for a postdoc? We updated the TCS Masters programs spreadsheet: tinyurl.com/493rxwkx Any career stage and in the (SF) Bay Area? Save the date for TOCA-SV on 11/6/2026!

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Arxiv is limiting paper submissions to two per **submitter** (not per author) per month. Corrected link from the post below: blog.arxiv.org/2026/10/01/u...

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Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing @simonsinstitute.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Earlier this month, we hosted a working group to think about how the TCS community should respond to AI progress. Their report, released on Monday, highlights 12 near-term actions that received broad support among the participants. simons.berkeley.edu/news-publica...

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Reminder, if you post events on BlueSky in the #socialcal format, they will automatically go on your SocialCal calendar feed and the calendar feeds of anyone who reposts or replies. You can also turn non SocialCal posts into SocialCal posts by replying in the #socialcal format.

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The 2027 ACM CSLaw conference will be in Chicago, March 23-25 at the Northwestern Law School. Submissions are due Oct 20. See the website for other details: computersciencelaw.org There is an archival and non-archival track (for works that appear in other conferences). #CSLAW2027

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2027 - ACM Symposium on Computer Science & Law

CS&Law 2027 6th ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law March 23-25, 2027 Chicago, Illinois Computing, software, and the Internet…

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

[Thurs 11:15am-12:30pm Europe/Paris] HEC Paris Seminar: Hartline on "Regulation of Algorithmic Collusion" #socialcal I'm in Paris for the year. I will present this paper in ISOM at HEC Paris. I'm generally interested in regulation of algorithms. Come find me. Details: www.hec.edu/fr/faculte-e...

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Regulation of Algorithmic Collusion

Information Systems & Operations Management Intervenant: Jason D Hartline (Northwestern)Salle: B Ramanantsoa

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My paper with the amazing Rebecca Wexler on Brady and e-discovery has been published in the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. We've been presenting this to many groups of public defenders over the last year: a main message is prosecutors should disclose how they use the tools.

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here's the announcement of a new prize, initially to be awarded for work in the social sciences, reflecting the fact that social science can be politically contentious. The Carob Trust Prize for Academic Courage #econsky #academicsky marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Carob Trust Prize for Academic Courage: An award for scientists who overcome unjustified attacks on their work

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Sophie Greenwood @sjgreenwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you're searching for PhD opportunities, check out this feed I created using @graze.social! ➡️ bsky.app/profile/sjgr...

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TTIC @tticconnect.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Friday, October 2nd at 11am: Research at TTIC presents Avrim Blum with a talk titled " Learning Verifiers for Chain-of-Thought Reasoning and Human-AI Collaboration." Please join us in Room 530, 5th floor.

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 29/09/2026

The report from the AI + TCS Working Group held at the @simonsinstitute.bsky.social is out, including "twelve concrete near-term recommended actions." Currently reading it: while I have some reservations, but there is some good in it! Notably items 7, 8, and 11. simons.berkeley.edu/ai-tcs-worki...

7. Best works and technical talks in interviews.

- Emphasize quality over quantity. Evaluate candidates on no more than three works of their choosing, with this fact explicit in the instructions for candidates and their letter writers.

- Test technical depth. Evaluate the depth of the candidates’ understanding of the aforementioned works more than was done normally until now.

8. Additional postdocs. Establish additional postdoctoral positions for the TCS community, a temporary measure that will be phased out after a few years.

9. Workshops for identifying new theory directions. First, organize a workshop (or several) with the goal of identifying a list of modern topics related to AI; and second, run a series of workshops on each of these topics to identify fundamental directions and establish foundations and agendas for future work.

10. “TCS in the Age of AI” series at the Simons Institute. Establish a recurring and widely accessible “TCS in the Age of AI” series at the Simons Institute.

11. Opportunities for training and evaluation without AI assistance. To ensure development of necessary skills for a successful career in academia, a PhD in TCS should partially include training and evaluation components where the use of AI is forbidden.

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arXiv @arxiv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

arXiv has received a 17.2 million investment from three leading philanthropic organizations. Thank you to Simons Foundation International, Siegel Family Endowment, and XTX Markets for your support of arXiv! Read more: blog.arxiv.org/2026/09/23/arxiv-receives-multiyear-investment/

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Paper Skygest Team @paper-feed.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

**Please repost** If you're enjoying Paper Skygest -- our personalized feed of academic content on Bluesky -- we'd appreciate you reposting this! We’ve found that the most effective way for us to reach new users and communities is through users sharing it with their network

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wrt algorithmic collusion, IVFE is (a) correlated equilibrium (b) but correlation has no value. Recently, @wangchang327.bsky.social, Chenhao Zhang, & I showed that smooth algorithms cannot learn it, while it can be computed efficiently (in 2-player games). A new preprint shows it is intractable. 👇

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Kira Goldner @kiragoldner.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Two summers ago, I was very lucky to be a member of a working group of 4 junior faculty that has a 100% success rate on our NSF CAREER Award proposals. I wrote a blog post about our process and the advice I received. www.kiragoldner.com/blog/career....

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Applying for NSF CAREER

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Kira Goldner @kiragoldner.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In the wake of these counterexamples to math conjectures, Taylor Lundy (UBC, Auctionomics), told me he spent about two seconds playing with the following EconCS lower bounds and GPT 5.6 Sol claims to have found improvements, providing the examples as well as code to verify them.

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Kira Goldner @kiragoldner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Come be my colleague at @bucds.bsky.social while academia still exists! We're hiring: - **Assistant Prof in Human-Centered DS/AI** - Endowed Chair of AI in CDS - Assistant Prof in DS/AI for Science & Engineering - Teaching Stream positions Check it out: www.bu.edu/cds-faculty/...

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Faculty Positions | Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences

Explore open faculty positions in the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University.

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Inside CS there is almost no debate (now) that AI *must* be used in paper reviewing (obviously working to making it reliable, confirming to confidentiality requirements, & not training new models on submissions). One reason, especially from the AI conferences, is dealing with AI submissions. Wow! 👇

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Johan Ugander @jugander.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My Yale colleague Dan Spielman has started a substack, which I thought I'd signal boost since Dan is an outstanding thinker and communicator (and person!) but isn't on social media much. Here's his first substantive post from a month ago: mathadjacent.com/p/llms-testi...

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LLMs, Testing, Grade inflation, and Accommodations

Like every professor, I’ve been worrying about how AI systems will force us to change our teaching practices.

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I agree that authors should be able to specify that their work is not used in AI training. However, calls to not use AI in reviewing will not age well. I expect publishers will start requiring that authors consent to AI use in the review process. And this will, generally, improve review quality.

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Counterpoint: If you are an unpaid volunteer and you use available tools to do a better job of making your work thorough and detailed you should be <fill in the blank>. Not all AI use in reviewing is ethical, but reviewing that improves review quality should be encouraged and, even, required.

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Lance Fortnow @lance.fortnow.com · 17/09/2026

STOC call for papers is out. Deadline is November 2. acm-stoc.org/stoc202... New rules for the AI era: limited submissions, public posting and a required video. Is it a coincidence that the camera-ready deadline is April Fools Day?

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 17/09/2026

The Call for Papers for #STOC2027 is up! Importantly, the PC "will place substantial weight on the quality of exposition, and clarity of technical arguments and proofs" Also: - Public posting requirement - Required video submission and more. Deadline: ⏰ Nov 2, AoE acm-stoc.org/stoc2027/sto...

Policy experiments for STOC 2027: In light of rapid advances in generative AI and their impact on research and scientific communication, STOC 2027 is experimenting with several new policies intended to encourage high-quality submissions and promote clear and effective communication of research. The policies below include mandatory public posting and mandatory video submission. Detailed instructions for these two requirements will be released closer to the paper submission deadline.

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Summarizing in a short thread many conversations I've had recently about theoretical computer science's focus on open questions, AI's ability to solve TCS's open questions, and contrasting to economic theory's focus on asking novel questions. Tl;dr: I'm optimistic for new role of the TCS researcher.

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Theoretical Computer Science inherited an aesthetic for open problems from mathematics. Algorithms and computers are complex, and mathematically understanding them is difficult. The tradition of open problems has both made TCSs central challenges clear, and made it easy-ish to evaluate research.

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Northwestern CS is hiring. The deadline is November 6. Details in the link. (I'm not on the committee, but feel free to reach out to me or any of our faculty if you need further details.) www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/computer-sci...

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Careers | Computer Science | Northwestern Engineering

Learn more about career opportunities in the Department of Computer Science in the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University.

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Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (LZI) @dagstuhl.de · 10/09/2026

It is time for possible Dagstuhl proposals again! Proposals can be submitted between October 15 and November 1, 2026. For links to guidelines, more details on the process, and important dates see www.dagstuhl.de/en/institute...

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Call for Proposals (Deadline November 1, 2026)

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Ryan O'Donnell @booleananalysis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Am teaching grad complexity theory at CMU; about 1/3 of the lectures will be new (vs. last time), 'modern' results. Videos are going onto www.youtube.com/@ComplexityT... which will later also feature student videos. We did Williams (/Cook-Mertz/Shalunov) TIME(t) in SPACE(~√t) today.

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Complexity Theory At Carnegie Mellon

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Julien Combe @combeju.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#EconSky Here it starts, GEB is out to hunt for new editor, please say no Happy to help the new journal that will come put of this :)

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In the long run, academic communities that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion will win. If yours doesn't, there are ones that do. It's great to see these priorities on display at @ceparis-saclay.bsky.social. It's great to be doing research in Paris.

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm spending the 2026-2027 academic year in Paris as a Professeur Invité at @ceparis-saclay.bsky.social (Center for Economics at ENS Paris-Saclay) and @dataiainstitute.bsky.social (DATAIA). I'm looking forward to new collaborations, especially in areas related to Economics of AI and CS+Law.

Name plate on office door read: CEPS; Center for Economics at Paris-Saclay; Professor of Computer Science; Jason Hartline.

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VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory @vset.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

VSET is back! We start our new season on Thu, 1 Oct 2026. We're delighted to host Iván Werning (MIT) presenting "Tâtonnement and Price Setting in General Equilibrium" (w. Guido Lorenzoni). Guest panellists: Felix Kubler & Karthik Sastry @ivanwerning.bsky.social #EconSky @kubler.bsky.social

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Aaron Roth @aaroth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A new semester, and the first lecture is in the books for my class on the "Mathematical Foundations of AI Alignment". aaroth.github.io/cis-7000-ai-... What does that mean? Good question. We have about a semester in which to figure it out.

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CIS 7000 — Mathematical Foundations of AI Alignment

Course topics and reading list.

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No, CS conferences are an equitable way to disseminate results quickly, other fields disseminate preprints less equitably. On the other hand, how does moving to journal reviews help with 10x more papers? On the other hand, probably AI review will help with the AI problem of too many papers.

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FOCS 2026 @focs2026.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Travel Awards for Students and Postdoctoral Fellows for #FOCS2026: details and application process are available at focs.computer.org/2026/travel-... Apply by ⏰ September 19!

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Travel Support – FOCS 2026

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PubChat @pubchat.org · 05/05/2026

Add Bluesky discussion to academic papers: 1. enter the arxiv url here: pubchat.org 2. replace the arxiv link on your webpage with the resulting PubChat link. 3. comments added via Bluesky are aggregated on your paper's PubChat page.

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PubChat

Attach Bluesky discussion to academic papers.

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Foundations of Responsible Computing @forcconf.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Recordings from FORC 2026 are now available! Please check them out. Also, subscribe to FORC's new YouTube channel while you're at it! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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FORC 2026 - YouTube

Talk recordings from FORC 2026

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CODE@MIT @codemit.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📢 Call for abstracts for the Conference on Digital Experimentation (CODE@MIT), which takes place Nov 13-14. 📨 Submit your best work by *Sept 13th*! ide.mit.edu/events/2026-...

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2026 CODE@MIT: The Conference on Digital Experimentation at MIT

Join us for CODE@MIT 2026, the conference that's reshaping how researchers and practitioners think about digital experimentation.

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Bonnie "Prince" Billy's "I see a darkness" (1999) is perhaps the best track on Johnny Cash's cover album "American III" (2000). Both: somber, reflective, wanting out. Billy rerecorded it in 2012: jaunty, gleeful, reveling in it. The music video is delightful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iV4...

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Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See A Darkness (Official Video)

YouTube video by Domino Recording Co.

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 01/08/2026

TCS+, the longest-running theoretical #computerscience seminar, will soon resume for the Fall. Let us know what you'd like to hear about (results, speakers, topics), and any suggestions you may have! sites.google.com/view/tcsplus... #TCSSky @tcsplus.bsky.social

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TCS+ - Suggest a talk

Suggest a talk

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Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Come join us in Toronto. UofT is hiring an Associate Professor/Professor and endowed Hinton Chair in Artificial Intelligence. @utoronto.ca @uoftcompsci.bsky.social jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Associate Professor/Professor - Artificial Intelligence

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Great to see so many of my Northwestern colleagues at #EC2026 in Rome last week! 17 papers, a plenary by Annie Liang, and many of our former students doing exceptionally well. www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/computer-sci...

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Northwestern Computer Science at EC’26

Three Northwestern schools represented the University at the ACM Conference on Economics and Computation this month.

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Wow! But as skeptical as I was about that red card, I'm even more skeptical about the resolution which was apparently requested by FIFA's inaugural piece prize winner.

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 17/06/2026

FOCS 2026 (New York, Nov 8-11) is inviting workshop proposal submissions: focs.computer.org/2026/call-fo... #FOCS2026 Submission deadline: ⏰ July 31

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Call for workshops – FOCS 2026

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Anyone doing #WINE2026 paper bidding this week? Here is a tool to help with that.

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Jason Hartline @jasonhartline.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Need to bid on papers in HotCRP? This tool uses the continuous active learning paradigm from e-discovery to make that easier. As you rate papers positively and negatively, it reranks with your best matches at the top. jasonhartline.com/cal-paper-bidder/

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CAL Paper Bidder

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