Alex Mara

Co-Founder & CEO, | Postdoc in AI, @aidaugent. Interested in ML, AI, DM, NE... Alumnus @LA_UPM, @AaltoUniversity @ugent

[Alex Mara @Druitter]

My colleagues at @aidaugent (and at @nobl_ai_) just dropped some really cool stuff! It's a sort of 2026 version of clippy 📎 that protects you against cognitive biasses on the internet as you browse! Check it out 👉🏻

[AIDA Research Group - UGent @aidaugent]

Our paper VIGIL is accepted to the #ECMLPKDD2026 Demo Track 🎉

VIGIL is the first browser extension that detects and neutralizes cognitive bias triggers (loaded language, moralization,...) as you browse. Scroll-synced, privacy-tiered, one-click reversible rewrites.

👇OpenSource👇 https://t.co/SaHPwge89D

[Alex Mara @Druitter]

Working on recommender systems for job matching? This is the place to showcase your research/implementations #workshop #conference #ecml #ai #RS_c #aida #labourmarket #hr #recruitment #noblAI

[AIDA Research Group - UGent @aidaugent]

We are once again organizing the #AI4HR&PES Workshop at Europe's top Machine Learning Conference, #ECMLPKDD 2026! 🤓
Submit 🚀 your paper 📜 and join us in beautiful Naples 🌋, Italy, for a full day of invited talks (from industry and academia), presentations, poster sessions, and discussions. We will cover topics such as labour market analytics, job matching, skill extraction and forecasting, LLMs and Agentic solutions for recruitment, and much more! 🤩

[Alex Mara @Druitter]

So this happened...

[Nobl.ai @nobl_ai_]

We are very excited to announce that https://t.co/NKUrDBE01n has been included as a Promising Innovator in the IRCAI Top 100 2025! #HRTech #JobMatching #Fairness #award #top100 #SDGs

[AIDA Research Group - UGent @aidaugent]

Disinformation & Artificial Intelligence - a toxic mix?

Next week Thursday evening, April 24, @TijlDeBie will participate in a debate on this burning topical topic in Ghent.

About the thin line between #information and #manipulation, between #regulation and #censorship.

About #social versus #traditional media.
About the role of #AI in all this - today and tomorrow.

We are honoured to share the line-up with these four stars:
* Jeroen de Ridder (@ridderjeroen), professor of political epistemology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @VUamsterdam .
* Ria Goris, lecturer and researcher in journalism at the Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel. She is a board member and co-founder of @FactcheckVL.
* Luc Pauwels (@pauwelu), investigative journalist at the VRT and author of the unsurpassed book "Journalism in times of fake news".
* Ivan Van de Cloot (@IvanVandeCloot), chief economist at @stichtingmerito which organizes the event.

-When? Thursday 24/4, 6:30 pm to 9 pm, with reception afterwards.
-Where? Monasterium, Oude Houtlei 56, 9000 Ghent.
-Cost? Free!
-How to register (mandatory!)? https://t.co/mSZoMp4t2L

[AIDA Research Group - UGent @aidaugent]

🧠 Can we still trust science?

Peer review, self-correction, disinterested truth-seeking—once solid foundations, now under pressure.

Join us for a critical look at science’s gatekeeping mechanisms—and why generative AI might worsen the cracks.

🎙 How to trust science?
Prof. Jeroen de Ridder (VU Amsterdam)
intro by @TijlDeBie
📅 23 April | 🕑 14:00–16:00
📍 Auditorium 1, Blandijn
🔗 https://t.co/vNmaqbTtUb

#TrustInScience #MetaScience #ResearchIntegrity #UGent

[Alex Mara @Druitter]

Third world internet in the center of Ghent. Thanks @Telenet !

[AIDA Research Group - UGent @aidaugent]

🚀 Excited to announce the AI & Labor Market (AI&LM) Workshop!

📅 April 28–30, 2025
📍 Ghent, Belgium
🎯 Exploring how AI is transforming the labor market, HR, recruitment & policy.
🔍 Topics:
→ LLMs, NLP, RAG, Recommender Systems
→ Fairness, transparency, explainability
→ Policy, compliance & the EU AI Act
→ Real-world use cases from academia, industry & Public Employment Services
🗓️ Talk submission deadline: Feb 28, 2025
📝 Registration open until: Apr 20, 2025
📧 Contact: [email protected] / [email protected] (@TijlDeBie)
🔬 Organized by UGent’s AI & Data Analytics Group (@aidaugent)
🤝 Supported by https://t.co/SrfVwFYg04, FAIR & FWO

#AI #HRTech #LaborMarket #NLP #LLMs #ResponsibleAI #AIRegulation #Ghent #AIconference #RecommenderSystems

[AIDA Research Group - UGent @aidaugent]

🚀 Join Us for a Talk on Computational Creativity! 🎨🤖

We’re excited to host Prof. Hannu Toivonen for a thought-provoking talk on the creativity of computer programs. How can AI generate art, music, and solutions—& can we call it truly creative?

📅 Date: Friday, April 4, 2025
🕒 Time: 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM CEST
📍 Location: Meeting room 1.2 - James Maxwell, iGent. Campus Ardoyen 126 · Ghent

Prof. Toivonen is a world-leading expert in computational creativity and data mining, currently visiting Flanders as the International Francqui Chair.

Don’t miss this insightful discussion! #AI #Creativity #ComputationalCreativity

[Alex Mara @Druitter]

Just thought of the perfect name for a Dentist's office: AcciDental. You are welcome.

[UGent@Work @UGentAtWork]

Nieuwe Research Brief! In het digitale tijdperk zijn ‘e-recruitment platformen’ enorm belangrijk geworden. Onderzoeksgroep @aidaugent bracht de kansen en uitdagingen van ‘aanbevelingssystemen’ in e-recruitment in kaart. Link naar volledige Research Brief: https://t.co/EGsVUhPn3O

[AIDA Research Group - UGent @aidaugent]

"LLMs reflect the ideology of their creators"
New @aidaugent -study unveils differences between the ideological views exhibited by different LLMs.
These views are affected by the region, prompting language, and creator.
https://t.co/ekVwbVZbKf
@UGent @IDLabResearch @UNavarra

[Tijl De Bie @TijlDeBie]

Our new @aidaresearch @IDLabResearch @ugent paper "LLMs reflect the ideology of their creators" is doing the rounds... 👍
Read it here: https://t.co/qHRl3ReKyi

[AIDA Research Group - UGent @aidaugent]

📢 Big news! 📢 We are excited to share that our research group has multiple open positions for PhD and Postdoc levels in the context of the @ERC_Research Advanced Grant #VIGILIA 🤩🤩 of Prof. @TijlDeBie Check out our blog for more details 👉 https://t.co/oE0iMHX6ZL 👈

[Alex Mara @Druitter]

Hey everyone, due to popular demand, the submission deadline for our workshop on "AI for Human Resources and Public Employment Services" at ECMLPKDD has been extended.

🎉 New deadline: June 22nd, 2024! 🎉

Check out the full list of topics and CfP here: https://t.co/XMQoLUnptK

[Alex Mara @Druitter]

"Knowledge seems to be fractal in the sense that if you push hard at the boundary of one area of knowledge, you sometimes discover a whole new field." -Paul Graham

[Annelien Smets @anneliensmets]

Our #DBWRS2023 (Dutch-Belgian Workshop on Recommender Systems) call for contributions is now online! The program will feature published works and work in progress 👀 Submit yours by 22 September 2023 ⏰https://t.co/7xa9zj8NfO

[Alex Mara @Druitter]

I really wasn't expecting that, but its a spot-on answer😅 #chatGPT

[Alex Mara @Druitter]

When I handed in my PhD a few months ago, I hesitated to printing myself a copy (I'd probably never open it anyways, right?). Well, I'm glad I did because today it came in handy! 😁😁 #phd #dissertation

[Alex Mara @Druitter]

I'm very excited to announce that our paper "A Systematic Evaluation of Node Embedding Robustness" has been accepted @LogConference !! Thank you @guennemann @TijlDeBie @jlijffijt

[Alex Mara @Druitter]

@PreethiLahoti Thanks a lot @PreethiLahoti :D

[Alex Mara @Druitter]

PhD dissertation submitted for evaluation. Man, it feels...