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Mohammad Soleymani

@msoleymani.bsky.social
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Research associate professor of computer science at USC; Affective Computing, social AI, multimodal stuff

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Thomas Dietterich @tdietterich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Attention arXiv authors. Because of the exponential increase in submissions, arXiv is limiting the number of papers that a person can submit each month to two. blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/a...
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Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category
arXiv’s computer science (CS) category has updated its moderation practice with respect to review (or survey) articles and position papers. Before being…
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Branko Milanovic @brankomilan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
AI and homoploutia and how they might interact.
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Transactions on Machine Learning Research @tmlrorg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
TMLR has faced a deluge of submissions, necessitating stricter desk rejection policies due to limited reviewer capacity Co-EiC Nihar Shah reached out to authors of 10 papers slated for desk reject. Could they answer questions about their *own* submission? medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...
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Asking Authors About Their Own Papers
By Nihar B. Shah
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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
note this means neither positive nor negative impacts (though apparently which tech you use tells a bit about who you are)
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Musa al-Gharbi @musaalgharbi.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
My latest for @chronicle.com is a longform essay on the #JasonArday scandal. But it's mostly about the inhumanity of the culture wars and the debasement of institutions, told from the perspective of someone who has been cancelled, and whose story nearly ended the same way as his. 🧵
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Pat Savage @patrickesavage.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
5-9 postdocs and 2-6 PhD fellowships in music science at a fantastic institute!!!
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Branko Milanovic @brankomilan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Despite excellent organization, beautiful stadiums, impeccable lawns, thousands of supporters, there was something ineffably wrong, even sick, in the last World Cup: so-called hydration stops that are really commercial breaks;
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AliVaez.bsky.social @alivaez.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
If the U.S. and Iran allow even this modest understanding to disappear, the next cease-fire will become merely the pause before the next battle — and war, rather than diplomacy, could well become the permanent condition. My latest for @NYTOpinion www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/o...
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Opinion | This Is a Forever War in the Making
The vague language of the U.S.-Iran cease-fire memo laid the foundation for the war’s resumption.
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Amir-massoud Farahmand @sologen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Temporal Difference Learning for Diffusion Models (ICML 2026) arxiv.org/abs/2606.15048 By Yangchen Pan (my former PhD student) and co-authors. It reformulates diffusion training as a Markov reward process and introduces a TD objective to encourage temporal consistency across denoising steps.
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Temporal Difference Learning for Diffusion Models
Diffusion models are typically trained with objectives that focus on local denoising targets at individual time steps (or adjacent pairs), which do not enforce consistency between predictions along th...
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 17/06/2026
Messi xkcd.com/3260/
Comic. Lionel Messi: World Cup Goals per game. [Graph with x axis as year and y axis as number of goals per game, ranging from 0 to 3. Data points: 2006 (~1/3), 2010 (0), 2014 (~1/2), 2018 (~1/4), 2022 (1), 2026 (3) with parenthetical (so far). Behind the line connecting the points is a grayed out curve showing the trajectory.] [caption] At this rate, by 2040 Messi will be scoring hundreds of goals per game.
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ACII 2026 Official @acii2026official.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
@acii2025official.bsky.social The submission deadline for the ACII 2026 Doctoral Consortium has been extended 📅 New Doctoral Consortium Submission Deadline: June 30 📅 Acceptance Notification: July 15 📅 Camera-Ready Deadline: July 24 For details and submission instructions, visit: acii-conf.net/2026/
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ACII 2026 Official @acii2026official.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
@acii2025official.bsky.social ACII 2026 invites submissions to the Late-Breaking Research (LBR) track. Important Dates: Submission Deadline: June 20, 2026 Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2026 Camera-Ready Deadline: July 24, 2026 Questions: acii2026-lbr-chairs@acii-conf.net
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Walter Scheirer @wjscheirer.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The #CVPR2026 main conference open access proceedings is online: openaccess.thecvf.com/CVPR2026 The findings track and workshops are coming soon... see you in Denver!
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Amir-massoud Farahmand @sologen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
If you have a Reinforcement Learning paper accepted at TMLR, JMLR, JAIR, AIJ, or MLJ, you can use this wonderful opportunity to present your work and meet your peers at RLC in Montreal, Canada. 🇨🇦
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla @dalmeet.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
#arXiv is banning researchers for one year whose manuscripts contain hallucinated references. My latest for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @briannosek.bsky.social, @tdietterich.bsky.social, @richardsever.bsky.social, @dermotlynott.bsky.social, @philipncohen.com, #WCRI2026
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Researchers who use hallucinated references to face arXiv ban
The preprint server is the latest to impose stiff penalties on authors who contribute to AI ‘slop’ — but not everyone is convinced it’s the right approach.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Pope Leo on AI: “Within digital environments — structured to persuade — interaction is optimized to the point of rendering a real encounter superfluous; the otherness of persons in the flesh is neutralized, and relationships are reduced to functional responses.” This short thread is worth reading:
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#ArtificialIntelligence systems increasingly shape and permeate our mentality and social environments.
Like every great historical
transformation, this too calls not only for technical competence, but also for a humanistic formation capable of making visible the logic behind economics, embedded biases and forms of power that shape our perception of reality.
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Within digital environments —
structured to persuade — interaction is optimized to the point of rendering a real encounter superfluous; the otherness of persons in the flesh is neutralized, and relationships are reduced to functional responses. Dear friends, you, however, are real persons!
Creation itself has a body, a breath, a life to be listened to and safeguarded.
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When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread.
What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.
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ACII 2026 Official @acii2026official.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
@acii2025official.bsky.social We invite tutorial proposals for ACII 2026 Theme, “Emotions beyond borders: Multicultural Affective Computing” encourages tutorials that address cross-cultural emotion understanding, culturally aware AI, and responsible affective computing. Submission deadline: 30 April
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ACII 2026 Official @acii2026official.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
@acii2025official.bsky.social 📢 We invite you to showcase your innovations at the Demo Track. Present research prototypes, multimodal systems, and commercial products. • Demo submission: 30 April 2026 • Paper to Demo Fast track: 20 June 2026 • Notification: 30 June 2026 demo-chairs@acii-conf.net
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I think often of a New York Times photo of a little Iraqi girl tending to her parakeets in a bombed house, probably from 20 years ago now. I will think of this man and his sweet dog often now too. People just want to love what they love, care for their little beings, and instead we do this to them
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zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The AP is reporting that Sharif University in Tehran has been bombed. This is Maryam Mirzakhani’s alma mater — the first woman to win a Fields Medal in math, and only one of two so far. The university is also a leading center of opposition to the government. apnews.com/video/ict-bu...
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ICT building at Tehran's Sharif University of Technology reduced to rubble after more US-Israeli strikes
An airstrike hit Monday an information and communication technology building at Tehran's Sharif University of Technology, a professor there said.
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Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I told Michelle Goldberg of NYT: “this is no longer a war on the Islamic republic or its missiles or its nuclear facility. This is a war on the country. This is about turning Iran into a failed state.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/o...
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Opinion | Trump Has No Idea How to Clean Up His Own Mess
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Mohammad Soleymani @msoleymani.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
FG 2026 notifications are out; we received 301 valid submissions across two rounds, of which 107 were accepted (acceptance rate = 35.55%); the round 2 acceptance rate was 26.9%. Many thanks to the program committee for their had work. Hope to see you in Kyoto #FG2026
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
BREAKING President Trump confirms that the United States has bombed the B1 bridge in Karaj. This is civilian infrastructure, a major transportation artery. Where are the MIGA people now? How’s your Amoo Lindsey doing?
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ACII 2026 Official @acii2026official.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
@acii2025official.bsky.social The Main Track full paper submission deadline for ACII 2026 – 14th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction has been extended. 🆕 New deadline: 10 April 2026 📅 Previous deadline: 27 March 2026 We look forward to your contributions!
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Jared Moore @jaredlcm.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Disturbing anecdotal reports of "AI psychosis" and negative psychological effects have been emerging in the news. But what actually happens during these lengthy delusional "spirals"? In our preprint, we analyze chat logs from 19 users who experienced severe psychological harm🧵👇
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Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
It's a interesting time to be releasing a book teaching how to code. Yet, underneath it all is learning about algorithms: loops, conditionals, approaches to search, recursion, data storage, image representation, even map/filter/reduce. Might as well make it fun!
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Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Best essay I have read on the war so far by @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...
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Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together
The war launched against Iran by the United States and Israel is a war of choice and of hubris. There is scarcely even...
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ACII 2026 Official @acii2026official.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🚨 Deadline Approaching! Workshop Proposals 🚨 The submission deadline for Workshop Proposals at ACII 2026 – 14th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction is almost here! 📅 Deadline: 7 March 2026
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Walter Scheirer @wjscheirer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The #WACV2026 main conference open access proceedings is online: openaccess.thecvf.com/WACV2026 Workshops are coming soon... enjoy Arizona everyone!
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ACII 2026 Official @acii2026official.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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ACII 2026 Official @acii2026official.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
We are pleased to invite proposals for Workshops and Challenges at ACII 2026 Submission deadline for workshop proposals: 07 March 2026 For submission guidelines and detailed instructions, please consult the attached file.
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pesphum.bsky.social @pesphum.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Call for Papers for ACII2026 is now open! The paper submission deadline for the 14th edition of ACII 2026 is 27 March 2026. The theme is Emotions beyond borders: Multicultural Affective Computing. The conference will take place in Puebla, Mexico. Please visit our website: acii-conf.net/2026/
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Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
This is a very good clip of Guillermo del Toro on the value of art. The value of human-made art is, in part, based on what the artist experienced that made them want to make the art. That is what we pay for. That is what AI does not have.
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Amir-massoud Farahmand @sologen.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Apply to join one of the top AI research 🤖 institutes in the world in the wonderful city of Montréal! I will be recruiting 1-2 students this year. Just mention my name in your application.
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Walter Scheirer @wjscheirer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The October issue of the PAMI-TC newsletter is out: tinyurl.com/4b2pf55a #ICCV2025 and the paper deadline for #CVPR2026 are right around the corner... Registration is open for #WACV2026
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Mohammad Soleymani @msoleymani.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
#FG2026 abstract registration deadline is today. Authors may update the abstract and title until the paper deadline. Authors' order may be modified by the full paper submission deadline.
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Tim Krief @timkrief.com · 16/09/2025
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Morteza Dehghani @mdehghani.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Come work with us at USC! We're hiring an NSF-funded Postdoc for the Everyday Respect Project. 🤖 You'll work directly with me, Ben Graham, and Shri Narayanan, using cutting-edge AI to analyze police body-worn camera footage to improve police-community relations.
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Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate at USC
Learn more about applying for Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate at USC
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Mohammad Soleymani @msoleymani.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
#FG2026 1st submission deadline is approaching. #Kyoto is calling! fg2026.ieee-biometrics.org Abstract 25 September, Full paper 2 October!
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The 20th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition
The IEEE conference series on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition is the premier international forum for research in image and video-based face, gesture, and body movement recognition. It is co-spo...
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Albert Ali Salah @albertalisalah.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
This needs to be re-posted regularly… IEEE is quietly changing the DEI programs into something “trumpically correct”…
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ACII 2026 Official @acii2026official.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🚨 Extended Deadline! 🚨 🚀 Call for Demos – ACII 2025 📍 Co-located with ICMI 2025 | 📅 Canberra, 8–11 October 2025 📄 Submission deadline: 25 July 2025
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Branko Milanovic @brankomilan.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
"It mattered not at all whether people were killed, because even those who were killed would surely appreciate the good intentions with which they were killed."
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Morteza Dehghani @mdehghani.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
My new op-ed in the @nytimes. I argue that Iranians are caught in a state of “moral paralysis,” a psychological trap set by the Islamic Republic itself. It pits two of our most sacred values against each other: liberation vs. self-determination. (1/2) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/o...
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Opinion | The Moral Paralysis Facing Iranians Right Now
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Justin Salamon @justinsalamon.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I think we finally cracked it? FLAM can detect *any* sound via text prompts arXiv (ICML'25): arxiv.org/abs/2505.053... demos: flam-model.github.io Led by Yusong Wu, with @tsirif.bsky.social Ke Chen, Cheng-Zhi Anna Huang, Aaron Courville, @urinieto.bsky.social @pseeth.bsky.social
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ACII 2026 Official @acii2026official.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🎤 Call for Demos – #ACII2025 📍 Canberra | 🗓️ 8–11 Oct | Co-located w/ ICMI Got a system, prototype, or product in affective computing or intelligent interaction? Show it live! 📝 2-page abstract (in proceedings) 📹 Short demo video 📅 Submit by 15 July 2025 🔗 EasyChair | ❓ demo-chairs@acii-conf.net
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United Faculty - UAW @unitedfaculty-uaw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
At the same time democracy & higher ed are under attack, USC admin is standing in the way of our democratic choice to form a union. Faculty & our allies are coming together to urge USC to do the right thing – RESPECT OUR VOICE AND OUR VOTE. Add your name at unitedfaculty-uaw.org/community-support
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