Mohammad Soleymani
@msoleymani.bsky.social
Research associate professor of computer science at USC; Affective Computing, social AI, multimodal stuff
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Attention arXiv authors. Because of the exponential increase in submissions, arXiv is limiting the number of papers that a person can submit each month to two.
blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/a...
blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/a...
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category
arXiv’s computer science (CS) category has updated its moderation practice with respect to review (or survey) articles and position papers. Before being…
blog.arxiv.org
October 1, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Attention arXiv authors. Because of the exponential increase in submissions, arXiv is limiting the number of papers that a person can submit each month to two.
blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/a...
blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/a...
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AI and homoploutia and how they might interact.
In my latest piece, with @brankomilan.bsky.social, we contemplate how exactly AI is likely to affect the class structure.
BLUF: absent policy intervention, it's going to end social mobility, because the sorts of jobs that once enabled mobility are the ones going away www.noemamag.com/the-end-of-u...
BLUF: absent policy intervention, it's going to end social mobility, because the sorts of jobs that once enabled mobility are the ones going away www.noemamag.com/the-end-of-u...
The End Of Upward Mobility | NOEMA
Artificial intelligence is coming for the meritocracy.
www.noemamag.com
September 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
AI and homoploutia and how they might interact.
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TMLR has faced a deluge of submissions, necessitating stricter desk rejection policies due to limited reviewer capacity
Co-EiC Nihar Shah reached out to authors of 10 papers slated for desk reject. Could they answer questions about their *own* submission?
medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...
Co-EiC Nihar Shah reached out to authors of 10 papers slated for desk reject. Could they answer questions about their *own* submission?
medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...
Asking Authors About Their Own Papers
By Nihar B. Shah
medium.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM
TMLR has faced a deluge of submissions, necessitating stricter desk rejection policies due to limited reviewer capacity
Co-EiC Nihar Shah reached out to authors of 10 papers slated for desk reject. Could they answer questions about their *own* submission?
medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...
Co-EiC Nihar Shah reached out to authors of 10 papers slated for desk reject. Could they answer questions about their *own* submission?
medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...
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note this means neither positive nor negative impacts (though apparently which tech you use tells a bit about who you are)
"Among a diverse sample of US adults, we found little credible evidence that frequency of use of social media, texting, email or video calling are prospectively related to later life satisfaction"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Social technology use and life satisfaction in a five-wave panel study of US adults - Nature Human Behaviour
What is the relationship between life satisfaction and social technology use? That is the question of the current research. Using five waves of panel data on self-reported use of ten common social tec...
www.nature.com
August 29, 2026 at 7:43 AM
note this means neither positive nor negative impacts (though apparently which tech you use tells a bit about who you are)
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My latest for @chronicle.com is a longform essay on the #JasonArday scandal. But it's mostly about the inhumanity of the culture wars and the debasement of institutions, told from the perspective of someone who has been cancelled, and whose story nearly ended the same way as his. 🧵
August 21, 2026 at 5:45 PM
My latest for @chronicle.com is a longform essay on the #JasonArday scandal. But it's mostly about the inhumanity of the culture wars and the debasement of institutions, told from the perspective of someone who has been cancelled, and whose story nearly ended the same way as his. 🧵
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5-9 postdocs and 2-6 PhD fellowships in music science at a fantastic institute!!!
📢 Open positions at @coe-mmbb.bsky.social — the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain in Finland!
We are recruiting 5-9 postdoctoral & 2-6 doctoral researchers to join our large, international research community 🇫🇮 #musicscience
🔹 Postdocs: bit.ly/4gADdbx
🔹 Doctoral: bit.ly/4g10xPz
We are recruiting 5-9 postdoctoral & 2-6 doctoral researchers to join our large, international research community 🇫🇮 #musicscience
🔹 Postdocs: bit.ly/4gADdbx
🔹 Doctoral: bit.ly/4g10xPz
5-9 Postdoctoral researchers, CoE in Music, Mind, Body and Brain
The Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Music, Mind, Body and Brain at [the Department of Music, Art and Culture studies](https://www.jyu.fi/en/humsoc/mutku) of the University of Jyväskylä is seeking to rec...
bit.ly
August 19, 2026 at 3:00 AM
5-9 postdocs and 2-6 PhD fellowships in music science at a fantastic institute!!!
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Despite excellent organization, beautiful stadiums, impeccable lawns, thousands of supporters, there was something ineffably wrong, even sick, in the last World Cup:
so-called hydration stops that are really commercial breaks;
so-called hydration stops that are really commercial breaks;
July 30, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Despite excellent organization, beautiful stadiums, impeccable lawns, thousands of supporters, there was something ineffably wrong, even sick, in the last World Cup:
so-called hydration stops that are really commercial breaks;
so-called hydration stops that are really commercial breaks;
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If the U.S. and Iran allow even this modest understanding to disappear, the next cease-fire will become merely the pause before the next battle — and war, rather than diplomacy, could well become the permanent condition. My latest for @NYTOpinion
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/o...
Opinion | This Is a Forever War in the Making
The vague language of the U.S.-Iran cease-fire memo laid the foundation for the war’s resumption.
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM
If the U.S. and Iran allow even this modest understanding to disappear, the next cease-fire will become merely the pause before the next battle — and war, rather than diplomacy, could well become the permanent condition. My latest for @NYTOpinion
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/o...
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Temporal Difference Learning for Diffusion Models (ICML 2026) arxiv.org/abs/2606.15048
By Yangchen Pan (my former PhD student) and co-authors.
It reformulates diffusion training as a Markov reward process and introduces a TD objective to encourage temporal consistency across denoising steps.
By Yangchen Pan (my former PhD student) and co-authors.
It reformulates diffusion training as a Markov reward process and introduces a TD objective to encourage temporal consistency across denoising steps.
Temporal Difference Learning for Diffusion Models
Diffusion models are typically trained with objectives that focus on local denoising targets at individual time steps (or adjacent pairs), which do not enforce consistency between predictions along th...
arxiv.org
June 25, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Temporal Difference Learning for Diffusion Models (ICML 2026) arxiv.org/abs/2606.15048
By Yangchen Pan (my former PhD student) and co-authors.
It reformulates diffusion training as a Markov reward process and introduces a TD objective to encourage temporal consistency across denoising steps.
By Yangchen Pan (my former PhD student) and co-authors.
It reformulates diffusion training as a Markov reward process and introduces a TD objective to encourage temporal consistency across denoising steps.
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![Comic. Lionel Messi: World Cup Goals per game. [Graph with x axis as year and y axis as number of goals per game, ranging from 0 to 3. Data points: 2006 (~1/3), 2010 (0), 2014 (~1/2), 2018 (~1/4), 2022 (1), 2026 (3) with parenthetical (so far). Behind the line connecting the points is a grayed out curve showing the trajectory.] [caption] At this rate, by 2040 Messi will be scoring hundreds of goals per game.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigq2lsyt6ad4so43vtssddjw4mvo2i4i54uf4fqves6yk3jiudko4)
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@acii2025official.bsky.social The submission deadline for the ACII 2026 Doctoral Consortium has been extended
📅 New Doctoral Consortium Submission Deadline: June 30
📅 Acceptance Notification: July 15
📅 Camera-Ready Deadline: July 24
For details and submission instructions, visit:
acii-conf.net/2026/
📅 New Doctoral Consortium Submission Deadline: June 30
📅 Acceptance Notification: July 15
📅 Camera-Ready Deadline: July 24
For details and submission instructions, visit:
acii-conf.net/2026/
ACII 2026
acii-conf.net
June 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
@acii2025official.bsky.social The submission deadline for the ACII 2026 Doctoral Consortium has been extended
📅 New Doctoral Consortium Submission Deadline: June 30
📅 Acceptance Notification: July 15
📅 Camera-Ready Deadline: July 24
For details and submission instructions, visit:
acii-conf.net/2026/
📅 New Doctoral Consortium Submission Deadline: June 30
📅 Acceptance Notification: July 15
📅 Camera-Ready Deadline: July 24
For details and submission instructions, visit:
acii-conf.net/2026/
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@acii2025official.bsky.social ACII 2026 invites submissions to the Late-Breaking Research (LBR) track.
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: June 20, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2026
Camera-Ready Deadline: July 24, 2026
Questions: [email protected]
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: June 20, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2026
Camera-Ready Deadline: July 24, 2026
Questions: [email protected]
May 27, 2026 at 2:29 PM
@acii2025official.bsky.social ACII 2026 invites submissions to the Late-Breaking Research (LBR) track.
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: June 20, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2026
Camera-Ready Deadline: July 24, 2026
Questions: [email protected]
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: June 20, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2026
Camera-Ready Deadline: July 24, 2026
Questions: [email protected]
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The #CVPR2026 main conference open access proceedings is online: openaccess.thecvf.com/CVPR2026
The findings track and workshops are coming soon... see you in Denver!
The findings track and workshops are coming soon... see you in Denver!
May 24, 2026 at 1:09 AM
The #CVPR2026 main conference open access proceedings is online: openaccess.thecvf.com/CVPR2026
The findings track and workshops are coming soon... see you in Denver!
The findings track and workshops are coming soon... see you in Denver!
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If you have a Reinforcement Learning paper accepted at TMLR, JMLR, JAIR, AIJ, or MLJ, you can use this wonderful opportunity to present your work and meet your peers at RLC in Montreal, Canada. 🇨🇦
Got a great TMLR paper but missed the RLC deadline?
Following last year’s success, @RL_Conference is back with a Journal-to-Conference track! Accepted TMLR papers within scope are invited to submit for consideration.
Please submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Following last year’s success, @RL_Conference is back with a Journal-to-Conference track! Accepted TMLR papers within scope are invited to submit for consideration.
Please submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RLC Journal to Conference Track
This form is used to organize applications for journal papers to be presented at https://rl-conference.cc/.
docs.google.com
May 21, 2026 at 11:18 PM
If you have a Reinforcement Learning paper accepted at TMLR, JMLR, JAIR, AIJ, or MLJ, you can use this wonderful opportunity to present your work and meet your peers at RLC in Montreal, Canada. 🇨🇦
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#arXiv is banning researchers for one year whose manuscripts contain hallucinated references.
My latest for @nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@briannosek.bsky.social, @tdietterich.bsky.social, @richardsever.bsky.social, @dermotlynott.bsky.social, @philipncohen.com,
#WCRI2026
My latest for @nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@briannosek.bsky.social, @tdietterich.bsky.social, @richardsever.bsky.social, @dermotlynott.bsky.social, @philipncohen.com,
#WCRI2026
Researchers who use hallucinated references to face arXiv ban
The preprint server is the latest to impose stiff penalties on authors who contribute to AI ‘slop’ — but not everyone is convinced it’s the right approach.
www.nature.com
May 19, 2026 at 5:47 PM
#arXiv is banning researchers for one year whose manuscripts contain hallucinated references.
My latest for @nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@briannosek.bsky.social, @tdietterich.bsky.social, @richardsever.bsky.social, @dermotlynott.bsky.social, @philipncohen.com,
#WCRI2026
My latest for @nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@briannosek.bsky.social, @tdietterich.bsky.social, @richardsever.bsky.social, @dermotlynott.bsky.social, @philipncohen.com,
#WCRI2026
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Pope Leo on AI:
“Within digital environments — structured to persuade — interaction is optimized to the point of rendering a real encounter superfluous; the otherness of persons in the flesh is neutralized, and relationships are reduced to functional responses.”
This short thread is worth reading:
“Within digital environments — structured to persuade — interaction is optimized to the point of rendering a real encounter superfluous; the otherness of persons in the flesh is neutralized, and relationships are reduced to functional responses.”
This short thread is worth reading:
April 19, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Pope Leo on AI:
“Within digital environments — structured to persuade — interaction is optimized to the point of rendering a real encounter superfluous; the otherness of persons in the flesh is neutralized, and relationships are reduced to functional responses.”
This short thread is worth reading:
“Within digital environments — structured to persuade — interaction is optimized to the point of rendering a real encounter superfluous; the otherness of persons in the flesh is neutralized, and relationships are reduced to functional responses.”
This short thread is worth reading:
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@acii2025official.bsky.social We invite tutorial proposals for ACII 2026 Theme, “Emotions beyond borders: Multicultural Affective Computing” encourages tutorials that address cross-cultural emotion understanding, culturally aware AI, and responsible affective computing. Submission deadline: 30 April
April 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM
@acii2025official.bsky.social We invite tutorial proposals for ACII 2026 Theme, “Emotions beyond borders: Multicultural Affective Computing” encourages tutorials that address cross-cultural emotion understanding, culturally aware AI, and responsible affective computing. Submission deadline: 30 April
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@acii2025official.bsky.social 📢 We invite you to showcase your innovations at the Demo Track. Present research prototypes, multimodal systems, and commercial products.
• Demo submission: 30 April 2026
• Paper to Demo Fast track: 20 June 2026
• Notification: 30 June 2026
[email protected]
• Demo submission: 30 April 2026
• Paper to Demo Fast track: 20 June 2026
• Notification: 30 June 2026
[email protected]
April 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
@acii2025official.bsky.social 📢 We invite you to showcase your innovations at the Demo Track. Present research prototypes, multimodal systems, and commercial products.
• Demo submission: 30 April 2026
• Paper to Demo Fast track: 20 June 2026
• Notification: 30 June 2026
[email protected]
• Demo submission: 30 April 2026
• Paper to Demo Fast track: 20 June 2026
• Notification: 30 June 2026
[email protected]
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I think often of a New York Times photo of a little Iraqi girl tending to her parakeets in a bombed house, probably from 20 years ago now. I will think of this man and his sweet dog often now too. People just want to love what they love, care for their little beings, and instead we do this to them
Man with his dog flees from bombs in Tehran.
(Photo by Pooria Hatami)
(Photo by Pooria Hatami)
March 29, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I think often of a New York Times photo of a little Iraqi girl tending to her parakeets in a bombed house, probably from 20 years ago now. I will think of this man and his sweet dog often now too. People just want to love what they love, care for their little beings, and instead we do this to them
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The AP is reporting that Sharif University in Tehran has been bombed.
This is Maryam Mirzakhani’s alma mater — the first woman to win a Fields Medal in math, and only one of two so far.
The university is also a leading center of opposition to the government.
apnews.com/video/ict-bu...
This is Maryam Mirzakhani’s alma mater — the first woman to win a Fields Medal in math, and only one of two so far.
The university is also a leading center of opposition to the government.
apnews.com/video/ict-bu...
ICT building at Tehran's Sharif University of Technology reduced to rubble after more US-Israeli strikes
An airstrike hit Monday an information and communication technology building at Tehran's Sharif University of Technology, a professor there said.
apnews.com
April 6, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The AP is reporting that Sharif University in Tehran has been bombed.
This is Maryam Mirzakhani’s alma mater — the first woman to win a Fields Medal in math, and only one of two so far.
The university is also a leading center of opposition to the government.
apnews.com/video/ict-bu...
This is Maryam Mirzakhani’s alma mater — the first woman to win a Fields Medal in math, and only one of two so far.
The university is also a leading center of opposition to the government.
apnews.com/video/ict-bu...
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I told Michelle Goldberg of NYT: “this is no longer a war on the Islamic republic or its missiles or its nuclear facility. This is a war on the country. This is about turning Iran into a failed state.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/o...
Opinion | Trump Has No Idea How to Clean Up His Own Mess
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I told Michelle Goldberg of NYT: “this is no longer a war on the Islamic republic or its missiles or its nuclear facility. This is a war on the country. This is about turning Iran into a failed state.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/o...
FG 2026 notifications are out; we received 301 valid submissions across two rounds, of which 107 were accepted (acceptance rate = 35.55%); the round 2 acceptance rate was 26.9%. Many thanks to the program committee for their had work. Hope to see you in Kyoto #FG2026
April 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
FG 2026 notifications are out; we received 301 valid submissions across two rounds, of which 107 were accepted (acceptance rate = 35.55%); the round 2 acceptance rate was 26.9%. Many thanks to the program committee for their had work. Hope to see you in Kyoto #FG2026