Human-centered AI #HCAI, NLP & ML. Director TRAILS (Trustworthy AI in Law & Society) and AIM (AI Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland). Formerly Microsoft Research NYC. Fun: 🧗🧑‍🍳🧘⛷️🏕️. he/him. https://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3mhfzketpes2uBest consideration is Mar 27, so get your postdoc applications in in the next week or so! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Mar 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhfzketpes2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3mg64az4gps2tCome join TRAILS as a postdoc at UMD (and work w folks at GW, MSU & Cornell) to conduct research and scholarship focused on approaches to AI that advance trust and trustworthiness with a great group of colleagues! 🌐 https://go.umd.edu/trails-postdoc-spring-2026 🗓️ Summer/Fall 2026 start03 Mar 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg64az4gps2thttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3ma2hcjr76s2bdrum roll…15 Dec 2025 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2hcjr76s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3m65xumkwr22qAIM's 2nd round of TTK hiring - building up to 30 - is up! 📅 Ddl 12/22/25 🔬 Accessibility & Learning, plus Sustainability & Social Justice 🧑‍🏫 Associate/Full Prof* 🔗 https://umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/job/Senior-Tenure-Track-Faculty-at-the-Artificial-Intelligence-Interdisciplinary-Institute-at-Maryland--AIM----Associate-Professor-Professor--Open-Rank-Joint-Appointment-_JR102900-1 *Assistant-level candidates: apply to departments, mentioning AIM in a cover letter21 Nov 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65xumkwr22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3m65xumkwr22qAIM's 2nd round of TTK hiring - building up to 30 - is up! 📅 Ddl 12/22/25 🔬 Accessibility & Learning, plus Sustainability & Social Justice 🧑‍🏫 Associate/Full Prof* 🔗 https://umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/job/Senior-Tenure-Track-Faculty-at-the-Artificial-Intelligence-Interdisciplinary-Institute-at-Maryland--AIM----Associate-Professor-Professor--Open-Rank-Joint-Appointment-_JR102900-1 *Assistant-level candidates: apply to departments, mentioning AIM in a cover letter21 Nov 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65xumkwr22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3lsbbtxtn5c2dmy teenagehood destroyed: pbrush now has AI support.23 Jun 2025 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbbtxtn5c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3lqh5re6krk2jslashing support for grad students and undergraduates by 75% is a disastrous policy for US science and competitiveness. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 May 2025 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqh5re6krk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3lqcgzhepcc23Happy to see the Maryland Attorney General participating in this effort. I’ve generally been quite happy with the state and university responses to the terminations and other actions. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2025 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcgzhepcc23https://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3lnzgojnwoc2rThis is an incredibly well thought out and well written statement co-signed by a large group of subreddits on the importance of academic research. I hate how it had to come about, but love the statement. (And yes, this is the one that I had terminated 12 days ago.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2025 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzgojnwoc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3ln5mn7b7yc2nalso got my first NSF grant terminated! what emoji do i put in my handle to signify this?19 Apr 2025 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln5mn7b7yc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3ln5mkctki22nI am reading this correctly right? Broadening participation at NSF may target non-protected groups but cannot target protected groups? It’s almost as if the issue isn’t with broadening participation but rather with which groups have been designated as protected over the past 60 years.19 Apr 2025 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln5mkctki22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3lkdg5kikyc2nI will be at IUI on 24-25 march. I'd love to meet up with folks who are interested in meeting up. DM me if that's you!14 Mar 2025 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdg5kikyc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3lkbami554k2sUS tech firms - IME - rely heavily on grads of higher ed in general, and US higher ed in particular... And yet I've not heard much noise from the Pichais, Nadellas, Zuckerbergs, Cooks, Benioffs, Sus, Jassys, Huangs, etc. about attacks on higher education... Am I missing it or does it not exist?13 Mar 2025 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbami554k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3ljkhssyekc2dThere is a new version of the Research Plan for NIST's AI Safety Consortium (AISIC) in response to EOs. I did a diff. Out: safety, responsibility, sociotechnical, fairness, working w fed agencies, authenticating content, watermarking, RN of CBRN, autonomous replication, ctrl of physical systems >04 Mar 2025 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkhssyekc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3lhgxvikboc2kWith all this uncertainty in the US science funding landscape, what I really hope is that we - as panelists who review proposals - continue to review according to what we think are the strongest proposals and do not anticipatorily comply with directions that are not *specifically* required of us.05 Feb 2025 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgxvikboc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3lhfdurf3qs2mi confess i did not know this history until now [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2025 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfdurf3qs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3lhbssrbpdc2vat TRAILCon today, enjoying TRAILS branded Trail Mix03 Feb 2025 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbssrbpdc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3lfulfkbz3225Please join us for: AI at Work: Building and Evaluating Trust Presented by our Trustworthy AI in Law & Society (TRIALS) institute. Feb 3-4 Washington DC Open to all! Details and registration at: trails.gwu.edu/trailscon-2025 Sponsorship details at: trails.gwu.edu/media/55616 Jan 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfulfkbz3225https://bsky.app/profile/haldaume3.bsky.social/post/3lfulfkbz3225Please join us for: AI at Work: Building and Evaluating Trust Presented by our Trustworthy AI in Law & Society (TRIALS) institute. Feb 3-4 Washington DC Open to all! Details and registration at: trails.gwu.edu/trailscon-2025 Sponsorship details at: trails.gwu.edu/media/55616 Jan 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:aexevhwfk5oz5vmv4bljwows/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfulfkbz3225