Sr. Principal Research Manager at Microsoft Research, NYC // Machine Learning, Responsible AI, Transparency, Intelligibility, Human-AI Interaction // WiML Co-founder // Former NeurIPS & current FAccT Program Co-chair // Brooklyn, NY // http://jennwv.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3mjfggcxz2k2pAt #CHI2026? Check out @sachnishal.bsky.social's talk this Tuesday on how LLM-infused writing tools reshape journalists’ agency — their ability to exercise independent judgment in alignment with their values — in editorial decision making. https://programs.sigchi.org/chi/2026/program/content/22199713 Apr 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfggcxz2k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3mdlxn6ja4s22Come work with me!!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jan 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlxn6ja4s22https://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3mdlxn6ja4s22Come work with me!!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jan 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlxn6ja4s22https://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3ma4qchdpkc2eIn case you missed it in the flurry of NeurIPS activity, @hannawallach.bsky.social and I recorded a (video) podcast on women in ML, friendship, research, and careers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Dec 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4qchdpkc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3m6x5zsajyc2tOn my way to San Diego for #NeurIPS and the 20th anniversary of #WiML! To celebrate, @hannawallach.bsky.social and I recorded a podcast discussing WiML’s journey, our friendship and collaborations, research we're excited about, & advice we'd give our younger selves! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/podcast/ideas-community-building-machine-learning-and-the-future-of-ai/01 Dec 2025 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6x5zsajyc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3m73sgmjiyc25Our work on supporting industry computing researchers in assessing, articulating, and addressing the potential negative societal impact of their work (with @wesleydeng.bsky.social and @s010n.bsky.social) is featured in this edition of Research Focus. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Dec 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73sgmjiyc25https://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3m6x5zsajyc2tOn my way to San Diego for #NeurIPS and the 20th anniversary of #WiML! To celebrate, @hannawallach.bsky.social and I recorded a podcast discussing WiML’s journey, our friendship and collaborations, research we're excited about, & advice we'd give our younger selves! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/podcast/ideas-community-building-machine-learning-and-the-future-of-ai/01 Dec 2025 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6x5zsajyc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3m6hhnmlsmk2jI'm beyond thrilled to give a keynote at the 20th WiML workshop! 😍 I've given opening remarks before, but this is my first RESEARCH talk at WiML. It's a dream. Join us! I'll talk about supporting appropriate reliance, human agency, & critical thought with GenAI. https://sites.google.com/wimlworkshop.org/wimlworkshopneurips2025/program25 Nov 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hhnmlsmk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3m63la52p522rSpread the word! 📢 The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) group at @msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC is hiring interns and postdocs to start in summer 2026! 🎉 Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.20 Nov 2025 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m63la52p522rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3m5jqinnmgs2oI was lucky to get a sneak preview of Advait’s talk and it is SO GOOD. I wish everyone building AI would watch this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Nov 2025 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5jqinnmgs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3m4jf6rvztc23I cannot wait to celebrate TWENTY YEARS of #WiML at #NeurIPS in San Diego this December! 🎉🥳 Fun fact: The first #WiML was held in San Diego back in 2006! ❤️ Share your memories below, and come hang out on Dec 2! I will be there! I will be speaking! And have I mentioned I AM EXCITED?!?!?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Oct 2025 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4jf6rvztc23https://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3m4jf6rvztc23I cannot wait to celebrate TWENTY YEARS of #WiML at #NeurIPS in San Diego this December! 🎉🥳 Fun fact: The first #WiML was held in San Diego back in 2006! ❤️ Share your memories below, and come hang out on Dec 2! I will be there! I will be speaking! And have I mentioned I AM EXCITED?!?!?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Oct 2025 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4jf6rvztc23https://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3m4imzcitk22hI’m taking a break after this year, I swear. If you are partying along the marathon route Sunday (which you should! it’s fun!), you can find us in wave 4.31 Oct 2025 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4imzcitk22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3m3xmq562tk2iLooking for news on @msftresearch.bsky.social FATE internships & postdocs? YES, we will have positions, but bear with us — we expect postings to go up in mid-November and I will post an update here as soon as they do.24 Oct 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xmq562tk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3m3mtckt3js2xIf you're at #CSCW2025, be sure to say hi to @wesleydeng.bsky.social! Wesley will be representing our work on assessing the potential negative societal impact of industry computing research bright and early Wednesday morning! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Oct 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3mtckt3js2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3m2u4p3qlbc26If you are at #COLM2025, come by the Workshop on the Application of LLM Explainability to Reasoning and Planning TODAY at 2:40 ET to see my talk on challenges in human-agent communication and how the interpretability community can help address them! xllm-reasoning-planning-workshop.github.io https://xllm-reasoning-planning-workshop.github.io10 Oct 2025 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2u4p3qlbc26https://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3lyoanydiwk2nI’ve been lucky to get the chance to work with some incredibly creative and talented undergrad researchers through this program! Help us spread the word to students who might be interested! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2025 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyoanydiwk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jennwv.bsky.social/post/3lwedurtv4k2uRare and exciting opportunity to join a team of world-class social scientists to study the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape technologies and their consequences. MSR New England (our sister lab!) is an interdisciplinary environment with endless possibility for real-world impact. 👇👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2025 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:xthjrfdwgc7xzrnsb7li2wmp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwedurtv4k2u