Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Safety alignment is not the same as safety under social manipulation. Our paper, “Unmasking Toxicity and Vulnerabilities in Large Vision-Language Models,” has been recently published in ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (TIST). Link: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1... 🧵 1/10 110
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Behavioral trajectories are becoming increasingly crucial in agentic AI safety and we need to understand how they evolve. Excited to share that our paper, “Revealing Echoes of Human Malice: Benchmarking LLM Agents for Multi-Turn Online Harassment Attacks” has been accepted to ICWSM 2027. 🧵 1/9 120
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The hardest problem in AI may be becoming more about system reliability, safety, and consistency than model capabilities. That was a main takeaway of mine from last week’s ACM AI Leadership Summit. Especially, this may be difficult to see while all the "AGI" discussions going on... 200
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Last week at #CySoc2026 at #ICWSM2026, Los Angeles, we brought together researchers studying #onlinetoxicity, #onlineharassment, platform dynamics, #onlineinfluence, cross-lingual threats, and the growing role of AI in online platforms. 1/3 174
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Pleasantly surprised and honored to be recognized as a best SPC at #ICWSM2026. Thankful for the opportunity to contribute to this vibrant research community working on important questions. 🙏🏻 110
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Important discussions today at #CySoc2026 around one of the most rapidly evolving questions in AI and society: Human–AI Relationships: Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities. #ICWSM2026 #AIandSociety #HumanAI #SocialComputing #GenerativeAI @icwsm.bsky.social 1/3 131
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Happening now! #CySoc2026 We are in Room # 1016 at ISI Highly interesting talk by @angelhwang.bsky.social on human-AI relationship, followed by paper presentations. @icwsm.bsky.social 161
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Excited to share this year's program for #CySoc2026 @icwsm.bsky.social in Los Angeles. This year’s workshop focuses on human–AI relationships, online toxicity, platform dynamics, and broader societal risks emerging around generative and agentic AI. 🧵1/2 197
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Today’s the deadline for paper submissions! If you have work that you would like to share with an amazing research community, #CySoc2026 is looking forward to your papers! @icwsm.bsky.social 110
Reposted by Ugur KursuncuKevin Yang @yang3kc.bsky.social · 22/03/2026We've extended the #CySoc2026 deadline to March 25 to give authors a few additional days to prepare their submissions! Please consider submitting your work and sharing this information! More information: cy-soc.github.io/2026/ Submission portal: easychair.org/conferences?... 045
Reposted by Ugur KursuncuKevin Yang @yang3kc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I'm organizing a Research with AI Agents Workshop Series, inviting colleagues and friends who have been actively exploring the application of AI agents to share how they're using them in their work and research. The first talk will feature Dr. Yanbo Zhang. See abstract and bio below. 1/2 2103
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Deadline for papers is approaching fast. Submit to #CySoc2026 the 7th International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats at #ICWSM2026 in Los Angeles. 📅 Deadline: March 22, 2026 🔗 more info: cy-soc.github.io/2026/ 100
Reposted by Ugur Kursuncuicwsm.bsky.social @icwsm.bsky.social · 02/03/2026📣CFP: 7th edition International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats (CySoc) We welcome papers that examine a diverse range of issues related to online harmful communications. 📅Submission: March 22nd, 2026 📅Notification: April 8th, 2026 🔗 Details: cy-soc.github.io/2026/cy-soc.github.ioCySoc 2026 - International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats 045
Reposted by Ugur KursuncuMatt DeVerna @matthewdeverna.com · 27/02/2026We are looking forward to your amazing submissions to the CySoc workshop at ICWSM 2026! Learn more here: cy-soc.github.io/2026/ Note: the previously circulated submission deadline has been shifted. 144
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 01/08/2025🚨 We’re #hiring Postdoctoral Researchers in AI/ML at Georgia State University! Join us to work on novel and exciting ideas in machine/deep learning, #agenticAI / #generativeAI, #neurosymbolicAI, and #knowledgegraphs, applied to problems in social, business, and health domains. 1/4 🧵 230
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Proud to see my PhD student Trilok @trilokpadhi.bsky.social present our work at #ACL2025. Exciting to see our collaborative efforts recognized w/ Rahul Garg, Hemang Jain, @pkprofgiri.bsky.social Meet Trilok to say hi if you are at ACL in Vienna. #NeuroSymbolicAI #CyberSocialSafety #AdvisorProud 010
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Excited to share that our paper on KID-VLM has been accepted to #ACL2025 Findings! 🎉 This work is a nice addition to a growing but still underexplored area of #NeurosymbolicAI approaches for complex social issues 🧩 which we believe will advance AI tasks, esp. if nuance and context matter. 1/4 🧵 220
Reposted by Ugur KursuncuUgur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 08/04/2025📣 Deadline is approaching fast, last two days.. We are looking forward to your submissions to #CySoc2025 Workshop and sharing it with our research community! 📅 Deadline: April 10, AoE #CyberSocialThreats #AIforSocialGood #ICWSM2025 023
Reposted by Ugur KursuncuMatt DeVerna @matthewdeverna.com · 09/04/2025🚨Extended CySoc deadline is tomorrow! 🚨 Get your submissions in while you still can and join us at @icwsm.bsky.social!cy-soc.github.ioCySoc 2025 - International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats 033
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 08/04/2025📣 Deadline is approaching fast, last two days.. We are looking forward to your submissions to #CySoc2025 Workshop and sharing it with our research community! 📅 Deadline: April 10, AoE #CyberSocialThreats #AIforSocialGood #ICWSM2025 023
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 01/04/2025📢 Deadline Extended for submissions to #CySoc2025 to ensure broader participation. 💡Share your research on generative AI, online safety, harms and threats, or political conflict in online platforms, with the leading minds in the field. We’d love to see your submissions. 📆New Deadline: April 10 AoE 268
Reposted by Ugur KursuncuMatt DeVerna @matthewdeverna.com · 26/03/2025Join us at the Cyber Social Threats Workshop held at @icwsm.bsky.social ! Want to present your work? Make sure to submit by 🚨next Monday (3/31)🚨! cy-soc.github.io/2025/cy-soc.github.ioCySoc 2025 - International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats 026
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025🚨 #CySoc2025 Program Shaping Up Nicely! We’re excited to announce key highlights from the International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats at #ICWSM2025 @icwsm.bsky.social 📢 and Call for Papers is still open! 📆 Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025 🔗 More: cy-soc.github.io/2025/ For more: 🧵 1/6 👇 156
Reposted by Ugur KursuncuKevin Yang @yang3kc.bsky.social · 13/02/2025ICYMI. We are also looking for PC members. The responsibilities include reviewing a couple of papers for the workshop. We encourage junior researchers to participate. Please let me know if you are interested. 132
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 11/02/2025🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 We’re excited to announce the 6th International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats hashtag#CySoc2025 that will be held at hashtag#ICWSM2025 in Denmark! 🎉 🌍 Spotlight Topic: "Political Conflicts in Online Platforms in the Era of Gen-AI." 📅 Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025 235
Ugur Kursuncu @ugurkursuncu.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Detecting #OnlineToxicity is a challenging problem because it often hides behind sarcasm, dark humor, and cultural references. 🧩 To address this problem, we need models that capture explicit contextual cues and provide culturally informed decision criterion to separate #harmful from #harmless. 🧠📊 110