Important discussions today at #CySoc2026 around one of the most rapidly evolving questions in AI and society: Human–AI Relationships: Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities. Our panel session explored how AI companions and conversational agents are beginning to shape emotional support, trust, vulnerability, well-being, and online interactions, along with the societal and ethical challenges that emerge with them. Very much thanks to our panelists and attendees for the productive and fruitful and interdisciplinary discussions. #ICWSM2026 #AIandSociety #HumanAI #SocialComputing #GenerativeAI @angelhwang6 @zhangyt0704 @gvrkiran @icwsm

🏆 Thrilled to share that our position paper received the Best Paper Award at the PoliSim Workshop at #CHI2026 🎉 📄"From Plausible to Causal: Counterfactual Semantics for Policy Evaluation in Simulated Online Communities" : arxiv.org/pdf/2604.03920 🤔We ask a simple but important question: When can an LLM-based social simulation support causal claims about interventions, rather than just produce plausible-looking behavior? In the paper, we argue that simulation-based policy evaluation for online communities needs to move beyond 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 and adopt an explicit counterfactual causal framework. 🔑The key idea is that different downstream applications such as governance, policy design, and decision support require different kinds of causal evidence: - Was a factor 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 for an outcome? - Would an intervention be 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 to reliably change it? This position paper reflects a direction I’m very excited about: bringing stronger causal thinking into AI-based social simulation for social computing and online communities. Grateful to my co-author @yian_wang_ui, and my advisors @eshwar_chan and @harisundaram0 for their help! #CHI2026 #PoliSim #LLMSimulations #SocialComputing

📢 Call for Papers — CySoc 2026 @ICWSM We are excited to organize the 7th International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats #CySoc2026 on May 26, in Los Angeles, CA. 🎯 Our spotlight theme this year: Human–AI Relationships: Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities We welcome work on: • #OnlineExtremism, #harassment & #cyberbullying • #GenerativeAI & #agenticAI risks online • #hateSpeech • mental health & social media • privacy-preserving social media analytics, among others.. 📅 Deadline: March 22, 2026 📍 ICWSM 2026 – Los Angeles 🔗 Details: cy-soc.github.io/2026/ #AI #GenAI #SocialComputing #OnlineSafety #ICWSM2026 #AISafety #CyberSocialThreats @yang3kc @mdeverna2 @frapi9 @yelenamejova @jhblackb

📣 CSCW 2026 Posters CFP is live! We invite early-stage, late-breaking & exploratory work in CSCW & social computing. 🗓 May 15, 2026 (AoE) 📄 4–6 pages | 📍 In-person posters 📚 ACM DL publication 🔗 Submit via PCS → CSCW 2026 Posters #CSCW2026 #CSCW #SocialComputing #HCI

(1/4) ✨ Excited to be in Bergen, Norway 🇳🇴 for ACM #CSCW2025 (Oct 18–22)! @sensifylab will present 3 papers that span #misinformation, platform governance, and #AI-assisted qualitative research. If you’re attending, let's connect. #HCI #SocialComputing #HumanAICollaboration ✨

#CSCW2025 virtual pre-conference is this Friday, Oct 10 (CET)! ⏱ 3 blocks across the day • 5-min talks 20-min discussions Program time zone converter: cscw.acm.org/2025/index.php/… | time.is/compare Plan via SIGCHI app: programs.sigchi.org #HCI #SocialComputing

I’m happy to share that I’ve obtained a new certification: Social Computing Specialization from Johns Hopkins University! 🚀 Learned to analyze social media dynamics, apply graph theory, harness crowdsourcing for #AI, and build smarter chatbots. Excited to use these skills to shape innovative learning environments! #SocialComputing #LifelongLearning

🔓New by Han-Wu-Shuang Bao and Peter Gries: "Biases about Chinese People in English Language Use: Stereotypes, Prejudice and Discrimination" #StopAsianHate #discrimination #SocialComputing #NaturalLanguage doi.org/10.1017/S03057410251…

📣Big change this year for @ACM_CSCW. There is **only one deadline** for #CSCW2026 and it has been posted. May 13, 2025 is the day! Please spread the word! 📣 #CSCW #CHI #HCI #socialcomputing cscw.acm.org/2025/index.php/…

Popular article on JCSS: "Hate Speech Detection in Limited Data Contexts Using Synthetic Data Generation" addresses the problem of lack of data for online hate speech detection in limited data contexts. #socialcomputing #hatespeech bit.ly/4hhGcUI

🚀 Excited to be part of the Special Interest Group at #CSCW2024! Join us for a fun discussion on Responsible Use of Large Multi-modal AI to Analyze Human Social Behaviors 🧠🤖 🗓️ Monday, Nov 11th 🕚 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 📍 Costa Rica Convention Center, Room Cartago Let’s explore how AI can responsibly shape our understanding of social interactions. See you there! #AI #HCI #SocialComputing

📅 Looking forward to presenting this at #IMC2024! This work is done in collaboration with Jiahui He, @Ignactro, and @Gareth_Tyson #InternetMeasurement #SocialComputing

🎉 Exciting News! I'm currently recruiting Ph.D. students at ASU for funded graduate research assistant (GRA) positions for the Fall 2025 semester. If you're passionate about #ResponsibleAI, #SocialComputing, & #OnlineSafety please apply. I'll be at @HFES #ASPIRE, #AIES, #CSCW

I’m recruiting PhD students @LifeAtPurdue for Fall 2025! If you're passionate about #SocialComputing and want to explore various areas of #OnlineSafety (e.g., exploitation of older adults, child exploitation, or vigilantes), let's connect! Email: tringenb@purdue.edu #PhD #HCI

We gave a tutorial on social psychology meets social computing at the Web conference. Something interdisciplinary, underexplored but important. It seems the conf program is full of LLMs .. like many other venues 😜#TheWebConference #singapore #psychology #socialcomputing

🔍@Northeastern recently published an article showcasing some of the emerging discoveries found within the pages of the Handbook of Social Computing Read the full article here: cps.northeastern.edu/news/ha… Sample chapter: doi.org/10.4337/978180392125… #SocialComputing #HumanDynamics

🔍@Northeastern recently published an article showcasing some of the emerging discoveries found within the pages of the Handbook of Social Computing ➡️Read the full article here: cps.northeastern.edu/news/ha… Sample chapter: doi.org/10.4337/978180392125… #SocialComputing #HumanDynamics

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Using cutting-edge data and analysis, this new book shares the impact of our rapidly growing digitized society. Read more tinyurl.com/3wvwu8nm @pgloor @GrippaFrancesca @iandreafc @Przegaa #SocialComputing #HumanDynamics #SocialNetworks #SocialDynamics #Sociology