Aruna Balasubramanian
@arunab.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stony Brook, here for academic chatter but also memes and snark.
Re-reading this article by Anton Hur on Han Kang's Nobel prize. During my year in Korea, I heard so many times about the angst surrounding Korea not winning a Nobel prize....until last year it finally happened. Beautiful piece, such a privilege to know Anton
A year later, I still think I wrote the single best take on Han Kang’s Nobel win. I especially loved taking this essay away from the New York Times and the Atlantic and giving it to @wasafirimag.bsky.social
We Have Arrived: Anton Hur on Han Kang’s Nobel Win
In this moving and revealing essay…
www.wasafiri.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Re-reading this article by Anton Hur on Han Kang's Nobel prize. During my year in Korea, I heard so many times about the angst surrounding Korea not winning a Nobel prize....until last year it finally happened. Beautiful piece, such a privilege to know Anton
Lovely article, so enjoyed reading this. Go Anton!
I've been interviewed many times but am kind of amazed at this one, which manages to understand exactly what I am trying to do.
"We do have a very strong tradition of political dissent. The feminists keep fighting and the queer rights activists keep fighting and we all keep fighting."
"We do have a very strong tradition of political dissent. The feminists keep fighting and the queer rights activists keep fighting and we all keep fighting."
Translating Korea: The Importance of Anton Hur
The translator is among the five judges who have selected Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi’s 'Heart Lamp' for the International Booker Prize. The time is ripe to observe how his public persona contribut...
thewire.in
June 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Lovely article, so enjoyed reading this. Go Anton!
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May 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
📣 IMC 2025 Registration Reminder
📝 Don’t miss your chance to register your paper!
🗓️ Deadline: Thursday, May 8, 2025
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IMC 2025 Cycle 2 deadline is nearing...registration deadline is May 8th and paper deadline is May 15th. The paper submission website is now open. Hope to see many exciting measurement papers.
📢 PAPER REGISTRATION! 🚨
PC Chairs Aruna Balasubramanian (@arunab.bsky.social) & Alberto Dainotti (@albertodainotti.bsky.social) just opened the cycle-2 registration site.
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PC Chairs Aruna Balasubramanian (@arunab.bsky.social) & Alberto Dainotti (@albertodainotti.bsky.social) just opened the cycle-2 registration site.
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IMC 2025
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April 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
IMC 2025 Cycle 2 deadline is nearing...registration deadline is May 8th and paper deadline is May 15th. The paper submission website is now open. Hope to see many exciting measurement papers.
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I had two NSF grants terminated last week, for a total of just under $1M. The largest one had just started and its goal was to provide users with more context and information on the content that they see on social media.
April 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I had two NSF grants terminated last week, for a total of just under $1M. The largest one had just started and its goal was to provide users with more context and information on the content that they see on social media.
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"The last few months have been a moral catastrophe. At least there’s no economic upside."
It’s a Shame We Have to Betray Our Allies, Starve the Poor, Halt Scientific Progress, Destroy the Environment, and Eliminate the Freedoms Enshrined in the Bill of Rights, but at Least My Investment Portfolio Is Also Tanking
“Mr. Trump has acknowledged, despite all his confident campaign predictions that ‘we are going to boom like we have never boomed before,’ that the ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
March 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"The last few months have been a moral catastrophe. At least there’s no economic upside."
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I talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Inside the Collapse at NIH
Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
IMC 2025 replicability track call is out. New this year: The papers accepted under this track will be part of the proceedings. You can also choose to replicate papers not only from previous IMCs, but also IMC-adjacent conferences. Take a look at the call and do apply!
🔔 Announcing the IMC 2025 Replicability Track!
Replicability Track for submissions that aim to reproduce or replicate Internet measurements published at IMC or other top-tier venues
• March 5 (EoI Deadline)
• March 7 (Notification)
More details🔗 imc2025-repro.hotcrp.com
Replicability Track for submissions that aim to reproduce or replicate Internet measurements published at IMC or other top-tier venues
• March 5 (EoI Deadline)
• March 7 (Notification)
More details🔗 imc2025-repro.hotcrp.com
IMC 2025 Reproducibility Track: EoIs
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February 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
IMC 2025 replicability track call is out. New this year: The papers accepted under this track will be part of the proceedings. You can also choose to replicate papers not only from previous IMCs, but also IMC-adjacent conferences. Take a look at the call and do apply!
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(1) This is awful, and shows the cruel end-game of this conservative takeover.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1) This is awful, and shows the cruel end-game of this conservative takeover.
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A very interesting archival project called “Indian mathematicians at work” does these long-form interviews with mathematicians not only about their mathematics but also about their lives. Here are two-part videos of an interview of my dad Prof Balasubramanian, an analytical number theorist.
January 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A very interesting archival project called “Indian mathematicians at work” does these long-form interviews with mathematicians not only about their mathematics but also about their lives. Here are two-part videos of an interview of my dad Prof Balasubramanian, an analytical number theorist.
I found this to be a really interesting and illuminating thread
This is a very thoughtful thread on mastodon about how the cost of "luxuries" (e.g., a tv) and the cost of necessities has flipped between the 60s and now, which might explain some of the perception difference between the generations:
beige.party/@Lana/113733...
beige.party/@Lana/113733...
𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not Christmas Cake" (@[email protected])
Content warning: Long thread about money, boomers, and psychology
beige.party
December 29, 2024 at 5:51 PM
I found this to be a really interesting and illuminating thread
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I keep thinking about how many institutional failures symptomatic of our society led to this doctor being able to cause such harm. This @propublica.org piece is long, wild, sad, terrifying, and definitely worth reading!
#MedicalEthics #MedEthics
#MedicalEthics #MedEthics
Alternate headlines, all taken from quotes in this story:
“What the hell is going on here?”
"Was I killing people?"
“How the fuck did this go on for so long?”
“It’s for their comfort... It’s not that I euthanize them.”
“It depends on what you mean by killing them.”
“What the hell is going on here?”
"Was I killing people?"
“How the fuck did this go on for so long?”
“It’s for their comfort... It’s not that I euthanize them.”
“It depends on what you mean by killing them.”
A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did th...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2024 at 8:35 PM
I keep thinking about how many institutional failures symptomatic of our society led to this doctor being able to cause such harm. This @propublica.org piece is long, wild, sad, terrifying, and definitely worth reading!
#MedicalEthics #MedEthics
#MedicalEthics #MedEthics
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Live view of professors joining Bluesky.
a woman is opening the trunk of a blue hyundai car
ALT: a woman is opening the trunk of a blue hyundai car
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November 17, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Live view of professors joining Bluesky.