@profdownie.bsky.social
Professor, Executive Associate Dean, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois. Digital Humanities-Music Information Retrieval-Library and Information Science
@ryancordell.orgReposted by @profdownie.bsky.socialLocal friends:
On Saturday, October 24—i.e. two weeks from now—my band the Anxious Bench will be playing at Cloud Mountain Kombucha. Open mic 1-2pm & then we’re on 2-3pm.
Got some new stuff in the works! www.instagram.com/p/DeU7t9rCU3...
@profdownie.bsky.socialHappy Thanksgiving, Ian!
@profdownie.bsky.socialGreat way to work on your French vocabulary!
@jamescummings.bsky.socialReposted by @profdownie.bsky.social#job #academicPost #jobfairy #academic #canada #AI #philosophy #DH #DigitalHumanities #TT
With some fabulous people.
@profdownie.bsky.socialCaecilius est pater. Opening sentence in my highschool Latin text series, Cambridge Latin Course Book 1. Given that it is set in Pompeii, it does have a certain pyroclastic flow.
@miriamposner.comReposted by @profdownie.bsky.socialIt's arrived!! I gave this book everything I had and I hope there's something in here for you. It's not officially out until 10/20, but @yalepress.bsky.social seems to be shipping orders now. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
@richardjeanso.bsky.socialReposted by @profdownie.bsky.socialCool job alert, this looks excellent: Cornell is hiring up to 5 postdocs in humanities/social sciences & AI. 2 year positions. jobs.chronicle.com/job/38045266...
@profdownie.bsky.socialWrapping up an awesome weekend ride to Indy. Near perfect weather. Fun watching the harvest.
@ryancordell.orgReposted by @profdownie.bsky.socialOur @skeuomorphpress.org tent & students are all set for live printing at Homecoming with our new Book Beetle press!
It’s the Beetle’s first real event
@lisalibrarian.bsky.socialReposted by @profdownie.bsky.socialHonored to be invited to be interviewed for this women in scholarly publishing series: www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opi...
@brettbobley.bsky.socialReposted by @profdownie.bsky.socialBig congrats to the amazing @alondra.bsky.social for winning an AI2050 Senior Fellowship from @schmidtsciences.bsky.social. ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/fellow/alond...
@emmettmacfarlane.comReposted by @profdownie.bsky.socialPOLITICAL SCIENCE JOB AD: Tenure-track position in International Relations at the University of Waterloo. We're *very happy* to announce this. Applications due Nov. 1st; job start date July 2027. Details here (pdf): uwaterloo.ca/arts/sites/d...
@danielvanstrien.bsky.socialReposted by @profdownie.bsky.socialUploaded a dataset of 98,877 historical newspaper pages (1700s–1940s) to the Hub, each with its original OCR text, word boxes and confidence scores.
@noethematt.bsky.socialReposted by @profdownie.bsky.socialLook at all the cool kids!
@james3neal.bsky.socialReposted by @profdownie.bsky.social"Internet Archive Receives IMLS Grant to Expand Access to Local and State Government Information" blog.archive.org/2026/09/10/a... #IMLSgrant
@mmvty.bsky.socialReposted by @profdownie.bsky.socialHave a smallish piece of new research at the intersection of humanities & machine learning or cultural analytics to share? Pitch it to @lbmcgrath.bsky.social, the special features editor of @culturalanalytics.bsky.social!
@profdownie.bsky.socialThis is the sorting activity that caught my eye when first introduced to Unplugged:
@profdownie.bsky.socialI can see the sorting exercise being tricky online!
@profdownie.bsky.socialHave you looked at CS Unplugged? Also has activities that you might borrow:
@ischoolui.bsky.socialReposted by @profdownie.bsky.social#iSchoolUI Assistant Professor Jill Naiman’s research explores how AI can help scientists work more efficiently, while also ensuring accuracy, trust, and understanding in the research process. Learn more in this video ▶️ youtu.be/VPtHLjOewvk