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Web Science Trust @websciencetrust.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Last week, the global Web Science community gathered in Braunschweig, Germany, for the 18th ACM Web Science Conference to explore the evolving relationship between the Web and society. Thank you to everyone who made #WebSci26 a success! 📸: Rosanna Harm & Jonas Meissner

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Universität Stuttgart @unistuttgart.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

KI prägt immer mehr Bereiche unseres Lebens. Wie also kann die Zusammenarbeit von Mensch & KI gestaltet werden, dass der Mensch im Mittelpunkt bleibt? Darüber sprechen Prof. Maria Wirzberger & Prof. Steffen Staab von @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social im Interview. sohub.io/caqi

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Web Science Trust @websciencetrust.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We would like to draw your attention to the Call for Papers for the Digital Humanism – 2nd International Interdisciplinary Research Conference 📍 Munich, Germany 📅 March 10–12, 2027 Please find more details about the conference and submission process here: en.bidt.digital/dighum-confe...

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Digital Humanism – 2nd Interdisciplinary International Research Conference

The “Digital Humanism – 2nd International Interdisciplinary Research Conference” will take place from March 10 to March 12 2027 at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

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Web Science Trust @websciencetrust.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

🎉 Congratulations to our Chair, Dame Wendy Hall, on receiving the Sir Frank Whittle Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering! The award recognizes her extraordinary contributions to computer science and decades of leadership shaping the web and AI. Read more: raeng.org.uk/news/sir-fra...

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Web Science Trust @websciencetrust.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Announcing the upcoming WSTNet International Seminar Speaker Series Webinar, taking place on Friday, September 11th. Featuring two distinguished speakers, Prof. Steffen Staab and Farane Jalali Farahani. Register Here: rensselaer.webex.com/weblink/regi... @noshir.bsky.social

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Curious how we understand meaning beyond what is actually said? Join #IRISInsights on May 7 at 14:00 with Prof. Judith Tonhauser, who will explore how we infer what speakers presuppose. Details and WebEx access: tinyurl.com/p7yjvjw6 @unistuttgart.bsky.social @judithtonhauser.bsky.social

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

What does it mean to be human in the age of AI? Join #BraveConversations at #WebSci26 (May 26–29, @tu-braunschweig.de) to explore technology, ethics, and society in a rapidly changing world. 🧠 Open dialogue 🤝 Interdisciplinary exchange 🌍 Human-centered futures websci26.org?page_id=821

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Workshops for #ACM #WebSci 2026 Submission deadline extended! #cfp #workshop ✨The Effects of the Adaptive Web on Society fg-abis.gi.de/veranstaltun... ✨First International Workshop on Science-Related Discourse on the Web sdw2026.wordpress.com @websciencetrust.bsky.social @tu-braunschweig.de

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📣 WebSci’26 Call for Workshop Submissions! Upcoming deadlines for #WebSci26 workshops on topics including harmful content diffusion, online safety for women, adaptive web systems, and science-related discourse on the web. 🗓 Deadlines: March 15–24 websci26.org?page_id=705 @websciencetrust.bsky.social

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Join us for IRIS Insights #5 (Online): The Social Ecology of Ideas Prof. Raphael Heiberger (Univ. of Stuttgart) presents new research tracing how ideas emerge and disappear across 1.3M patents & 36M papers. 📅 March 5, 2 pm CET 🔗 www.iris.uni-stuttgart.de/event/IRIS-I... @unistuttgart.bsky.social

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🚨 Poster Deadline Extended! 🚨 Didn’t get your paper accepted? This is your chance to present at #WebSci26! 🗓 New Deadline: Feb 25, 2026 🔗 websci26.org?page_id=513 #callforposters #websci @websciencetrust.bsky.social @tu-braunschweig.de @unistuttgart.bsky.social

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Interviewteilnehmende gesucht! Für das Forschungsprojekt „Netz der Täuschung“ suchen wir Lehrkräfte und Eltern (Kl. 5–7) für ein 90-minütiges Online-Interview. 💻 WebEx · 💶 25 € Aufwandsentschädigung 📩 Interesse: nadine.koch@iste.uni-stuttgart.de @unistuttgart.bsky.social

Zwei Kinder betrachten gemeinsam mit ihren Lehrern einen Computerbildschirm und lernen, Gefahren im Internet zu erkennen.

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

📣 Call for Poster – #ACM #WebSci26 Poster submissions are open! This is a great opportunity to share work-in-progress, late-breaking results, and emerging ideas with the Web Science community. 🗓 Submission deadline: Feb 18! 🔗 More information: websci26.org?page_id=513 @websciencetrust.bsky.social

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Final CfP: WebSci'26 Workshops & Tutorials 🗓 Deadline Jan 9 📍 Workshops Day: May 26 @tu-braunschweig.de 🎉 Theme: 20 Years of Web Science Interdisciplinary proposals on Web, AI, society, methods & ethics welcome. websci26.org?page_id=79 @websciencetrust.bsky.social #WebSci2026 #CFP #WebScience

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

📢 Save the Date: May 26–29, 2026 We’re excited to announce the 18th ACM Web Science Conference (#websci26) at @tu-braunschweig.de Germany 🇩🇪 Join the global Web Science community for interdisciplinary research on the web, society, and technology—celebrating 20 years of Web Science. --> websci26.org

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

📣 #CallforParticipation — #WebSci’26 18th ACM #WebScience Conference, May 21–26, 2026 📍TU Braunschweig, Germany. 🌐 Theme: Managing Risks in the Era of Generative AI 📄 Paper submissions due today (Dec 17, AoE) 🛠️ Workshops & Tutorials: Jan 9, 2026 📌 Posters & PhD Symposium: Feb 18, 2026 🔗 websci26.org

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Dr. Curtis Runstedler will give two lectures at IBA Karachi (8–13 Sept). His IRIS lecture applies a posthuman feminist lens to sex robots and artificial intimacy in speculative fiction, based on a new article co-authored with Dr. Sercan Hamza Bağlama, currently under review.

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Generative AI raises ethical questions? Dr. Hagendorff, research group leader at IRIS3D, has taken this question seriously and systematically. With his interactive Ethics Tree, he has created one of the most comprehensive overviews of ethical problem areas in generative AI: lnkd.in/ebzZYaU7

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

At IRIS, we see Public Engagement not as an extra, but as a central part of interdisciplinary AI research. In this short film, we share a glimpse into our approach.

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Steffen Staab @ststaab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Now, Thilo Hagendorff presents his work on the Ethics of Generative AI. Check out his most comprehensive mapping of ethics issues, comprising more than 300 issues thilo-hagendorff.github.io/ethics-tree/...

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Steffen Staab @ststaab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

@unistuttgartiris.bsky.social presents its work to our wonderful advisory board - @vdignum.bsky.social, Bob Williamson, and Jens Birkholzer. @csindermann.bsky.social gave a great about the biases of people when seeking information from large-language models.

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Join us for the next IRIS Insights on June 26 at 2 PM (CEST)! Prof. Monilola Olayioye will talk about “Tumors in Dishes” & how lab-grown tumor models help advance personalized cancer therapy. Webex link: unistuttgart.webex.com/unistuttgart...

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

We like to highlight the following event: Engineering Safe Systems with AI June 5, 2025, 15:45, Room U32.101, Universitätsstr. 32 Dr. Reinhard Stolle (Fraunhofer IKS) on how to engineer safe AI-enabled systems without compromising innovation.

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Join us for Brave Conversations: Stuttgart 2025 – July 5, 10:00–16:00 @Aquarium, Uni Stuttgart. Explore how tech shapes society in a day of dialogue, led by global and local facilitators. Free food & open to all. Register now: eveeno.com/270644239

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Universität Stuttgart @unistuttgart.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

SAVE THE DATE: 24. Mai, 13-19Uhr, Campus Vaihingen. #TDW25: Einmal im Jahr öffnet die #UniStuttgart ihre Labortüren und zeigt euch ihre spannenden Forschungsthemen. Für alle Schülerinnen und Schüler gibt es gleichzeitig den #BachelorInfotag. Kommt vorbei. Infos: www.uni-stuttgart.de/universitaet...

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Steffen Staab @ststaab.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Baden-Württemberg has set up a postdoc program for researchers whose research is obstructed by politics if the project relates to an existing research focus. If you are affected by researching AI and Simulation (www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de) or Ethics and AI (www.iris.uni-stuttgart.de), DM me.

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

IRIS Insights I Nico Formanek: Are hyperparameters vibes? April 24, 2025, 2:00 pm. This talk will discuss the role of hyperparameters in optimization methods for model selection (currently often called ML) from a philosophy of science point of view. lnkd.in/eJNiUQKV

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

New Publication: Toward an Integrated Psychological Model of Violent Extremism March 31, 2025 Milan Obaidi, Robin Bergh, Simon Ozer and our IRIS research group leader Cornelia Sindermann have published an article in the journal European Review of Social Psychology. doi.org/10.1080/1046...

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Toward an Integrated Psychological Model of Violent Extremism

The global threat of violent extremism (VE) has intensified in recent years, evidenced by a significant increase in violent incidents. Despite numerous theoretical and empirical explanations across...

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

We cordially invite all interested parties at the Universität Stuttgart to our IRIS Colloquium on March 26, at 2 p.m., in Room 101 at Universitätsstr. 32. Mara Seyfert will give her lecture, „Uncertainty and robustness against persuasion in large language models.“

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

On Febr. 27, 2025, 2:00-3:00pm, we are launching our new series IRIS Insights. Prof. Zamira Daw is our first guest. Everyone is cordially invited to this WebEx talk: "Human-AI Teaming in Cockpit Systems (HAITICS)". Please follow this link to join the talk: lnkd.in/eU54Cw_h

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🎺Join in May 2025 for this conference on "Measuring Culture with Computational Methods" that Agnieszka Faleńska (IRIS3D group leader @unistuttgart.bsky.social and Mark Wittek are organizing at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. Abstract (max. 750 words) to wittekm@ceu.edu Deadline: 01.03.25

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Join us for this exciting double bill! We welcome bestselling author Alexander Weinstein ("Saying Goodbye to Yang") to the @unistuttgart.bsky.social for a film screening of "After Yang" on 16 April, and a creative writing workshop on 17 April. All are welcome, it is free to attend.

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Esra Dönmez discussed on our latest IRIS colloquium LLMs' struggles with offensive language online, showing their failures in correct detection, over-reliance on profanity, and stereotype recognition. #Colloquium #AI #LargeLanguageModels

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Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems @unistuttgartiris.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Welcome to our Bluesky account! We said goodbye to X. From now on you can still find us on Mastodon, LinkedIn - and of course here. #unistuttgartiris

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