We are happy to announce the latest DIFAI publication: M. Klar, S. Stein, F. Paterson, J. H. Williamson, H. Gollee, R. Murray-Smith, Intermittent Active Inference, Entropy, 28(3), 269, 2026. doi.org/10.3390/e280... @markusklarhci.bsky.social @jhnhw.bsky.social @ssteinresearch.bsky.social
A great opportunity for students, and a new, expanded format with an academic Symposium in parallel. Come and join us in Glasgow in June! @idaglasgow.bsky.social @uofgcompsci.bsky.social
Why read a 300-word "abstract" summary of a paper written by the actual authors when one can read a 300-word summary produced by an AI prone to hallucinations?
Our paper "Active Inference and Human–Computer Interaction" has been accepted in @acmtochi.bsky.social
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A great chance to work with myself, @jhnhw.bsky.social and @ssteinresearch.bsky.social
2 year postdoc position on the DIFAI Project. difai-project.org Deadline 17th Sept. The ideal candidate will be someone with a strong background in HCI theory, strong development skills, able to prototype new interactive systems with ML & sensors. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOF599/r...
Apply for a fully-funded PhD developing “mediating mechanisms” as a way to link machine learning to human-computer interaction in tightly-coupled control loops. All nationalities can apply. Supervised by
@jhnhw.bsky.social in the DIFAI Project. Deadline 31st August. t.co/7Ckua9dCyO
A great chance to come and join us in Glasgow for 3 months
@ercdifai.bsky.social
Ph.D. studentship available
@GlasgowCS
with Aegean Airlines. Model-based shared autonomy via active inference, Supervised by
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Deadline, 30 June 2025. Fully funded PhD (fees + stipend). difai-project.org/aegeanphd.html
Ukraine has supplied the U.S. with extensive intelligence and vast amounts of data on Russian technology, captured equipment, battlefield operational guides, weapon performance, and countermeasures against US provided systems. A shame no one seems to remembers or appreciates it
Apply for a fully-funded PhD developing “mediating mechanisms” as a way to link machine learning to human-computer interaction in tightly-coupled control loops. All nationalities can apply. Supervised by @jhnhw.bsky.social in @ercdifai.bsky.social ERC project. Deadline 7th April 2025.
Great idea, @rikefranke.bsky.social!
In 🇫🇷:
"Donald Trump and Europeans at the moment of the big break" (Figaro)
"Ukraine and Europe alone vis-à-vis Russia" (Monde)
"A historic clash" (Parisien)
"After the clash between Zelenskyy and Trump, Europe is looking for its place in Ukraine" (Echos)
Schwere Sicherheitspanne: Zwei russische Agenten verschaffen sich Zutritt ins Weiße Haus
Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
The scenes in the Oval Office today will shame the US for decades. They’ll never be forgotten.
A world leader, fighting for his country against the 21st century’s Nazis, came to the US and was attacked & abused by a gangster regime siding with the fascist invaders.
A historic disgrace.
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
https://go.nature.com/4kd1vIu
The CVPR program chairs acted on the reviewing crisis in ML/CV conferences. This is a first!
Papers of authors who acted as irresponsable reviewers have been desk rejected. 19 papers are affected in 2025.
This has also been announced for ICCV 2025.
If you are a supporter of Ukraine or Finland.
Then smash that like button and watch this 8-minute speech by Finland's president Alex Stubb. It's world class.
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When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
These posts are highly relevant for academics working in Active inference research. @activeinference.bsky.social
These two posts are closing on the 17th February. Good opportunities for people working in Computational Interaction, ML in Physics, Active Inference!
There are two new permanent posts available at @GlasgowCS in AI/ML especially with HCI/ML in Science/Active Inference focus. Deadline 17th Feb
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
Amen.
We review Active Inference and how it could be applied to model the human-computer interaction loop.
Active Inference and Human-Computer Interaction arxiv.org/abs/2412.14741 with @jhnhw.bsky.social @ssteinresearch.bsky.social in the @ercdifai.bsky.social ERC project.
A bit crap, this cartoon.
No
A small book shaped like a romantic heart, with handwritten poems inside.
The “Heart Book” from c.1550 is a collection of 83 Danish love ballads collected at the court of King Christian III. It is the oldest known Danish manuscript of its kind, and an early example of the heart being used to signify romantic love. #skystorians
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