Jeff Tharsen 康森傑
@tharsen.bsky.social
doting father, friend & ally; hyperpolyglot computational philologist & sinologist;
currently teaching AI, deep learning + multilingual NLP/NLU + HPC + humanities data science @UChicago, creating new methods for multilingual intertextuality、古聲韻學、文字學等等
currently teaching AI, deep learning + multilingual NLP/NLU + HPC + humanities data science @UChicago, creating new methods for multilingual intertextuality、古聲韻學、文字學等等
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Open models year in review.
What a year! We're back with an updated open model builder tier list, our top models of the year, and our predictions for 2026.
www.interconnects.ai/p/2025-open-...
What a year! We're back with an updated open model builder tier list, our top models of the year, and our predictions for 2026.
www.interconnects.ai/p/2025-open-...
December 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Open models year in review.
What a year! We're back with an updated open model builder tier list, our top models of the year, and our predictions for 2026.
www.interconnects.ai/p/2025-open-...
What a year! We're back with an updated open model builder tier list, our top models of the year, and our predictions for 2026.
www.interconnects.ai/p/2025-open-...
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this, from @kevinbaker.bsky.social, is a better analysis of the intersection between LLMs and academic science than 98% of what's out there.
Context Widows
or, of GPUs, LPUs, and Goal Displacement
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
this, from @kevinbaker.bsky.social, is a better analysis of the intersection between LLMs and academic science than 98% of what's out there.
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Tbf I think this is the expected behavior of someone who just happened to know 90 harmless facts about Hitler
December 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Tbf I think this is the expected behavior of someone who just happened to know 90 harmless facts about Hitler
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We are actively trying to spread the word globally beyond English-speaking institutions. We have been attending conferences and other events outside the US and speaking with researchers from South America, Asia, and Europe. If you can help us get the word out, it would be appreciated.
December 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We are actively trying to spread the word globally beyond English-speaking institutions. We have been attending conferences and other events outside the US and speaking with researchers from South America, Asia, and Europe. If you can help us get the word out, it would be appreciated.
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Excited to get this work out in the world at #chr2025 (with Sabrina Baur, Mackenzie Cramer, Anna Ho and Tom McEnaney) -- asking: how much do contemporary songs tell stories, and how has that changed over the past half century?
anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
Measuring the Stories in Contemporary Songs
anthology.ach.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Excited to get this work out in the world at #chr2025 (with Sabrina Baur, Mackenzie Cramer, Anna Ho and Tom McEnaney) -- asking: how much do contemporary songs tell stories, and how has that changed over the past half century?
anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
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"Paula Krebs, executive director of the Modern Language Association, said she expects graduates of the program will be in great demand"
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
How One University Is Reimagining a Humanities Ph.D. Program
Carnegie Mellon is turning its literary and cultural studies Ph.D. program into one focused on computational cultural studies. The reframe comes as many humanities graduate programs face an uncertain ...
www.insidehighered.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Paula Krebs, executive director of the Modern Language Association, said she expects graduates of the program will be in great demand"
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
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Here are the top 10 most popular post-1945 American authors at the Seattle Public Library over the last 20 years.
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Here are the top 10 most popular post-1945 American authors at the Seattle Public Library over the last 20 years.
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We’ve got 8 PhD studentships open in Durham for interdisciplinary research, especially projects sitting at the intersection of humanities and sciences. Many music psychology projects can tick these boxes! Feel free to get in touch www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We’ve got 8 PhD studentships open in Durham for interdisciplinary research, especially projects sitting at the intersection of humanities and sciences. Many music psychology projects can tick these boxes! Feel free to get in touch www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
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improving authorship attribution using phonetic features — fascinating work by Simon Gabay, @floriancafiero.bsky.social, and Jean-Luc Falcone at #CHR2025
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
improving authorship attribution using phonetic features — fascinating work by Simon Gabay, @floriancafiero.bsky.social, and Jean-Luc Falcone at #CHR2025
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Thanks to generous funding from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, John Basl and I are thrilled to be running the AI and Data Ethics summer school in 2026! ~12 graduate students, $10k stipend, 9 weeks to learn about scientific and ethical issues raised by AI. Please apply! aidesummer.org
AIDE Summer
AI + Data Ethics (AIDE) Summer is intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics, ethical theory, philosophy of science, metascience, epistemology, or other areas with potenti...
aidesummer.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Thanks to generous funding from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, John Basl and I are thrilled to be running the AI and Data Ethics summer school in 2026! ~12 graduate students, $10k stipend, 9 weeks to learn about scientific and ethical issues raised by AI. Please apply! aidesummer.org
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🎉 Congratulations to @mmvty.bsky.social, a 2025 HAVI awardee by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social! This grant of up to $450K, led by Tom Lippincott @jhu.edu with co-PIs John Hale (JHU) & Robert Lieck (@durham.ac.uk), will develop ML tools to analyze hierarchical structure in poetry, narrative & music.
Home - Schmidt Sciences
schmidtsciences.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🎉 Congratulations to @mmvty.bsky.social, a 2025 HAVI awardee by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social! This grant of up to $450K, led by Tom Lippincott @jhu.edu with co-PIs John Hale (JHU) & Robert Lieck (@durham.ac.uk), will develop ML tools to analyze hierarchical structure in poetry, narrative & music.
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My final manuscript in! And now I give you..... COVER REVEAL (US cover, UK is sooooo different but it's not public yet)
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
My final manuscript in! And now I give you..... COVER REVEAL (US cover, UK is sooooo different but it's not public yet)
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Public AI, Built On Open Source, Is The Way Forward In The EU
Aquarter of a century ago, I wrote a book called “Rebel Code”. It was the first – and is still the only – detailed history of the origins and rise of free software and open source, based on interviews with the gifted and generous…
Aquarter of a century ago, I wrote a book called “Rebel Code”. It was the first – and is still the only – detailed history of the origins and rise of free software and open source, based on interviews with the gifted and generous…
Public AI, Built On Open Source, Is The Way Forward In The EU
Aquarter of a century ago, I wrote a book called “Rebel Code”. It was the first – and is still the only – detailed history of the origins and rise of free software and open source, based on interviews with the gifted and generous hackers who took part. Back then, it was clear that open source represented a powerful alternative to the traditional proprietary approach to software development and distribution.
www.techdirt.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Public AI, Built On Open Source, Is The Way Forward In The EU
Aquarter of a century ago, I wrote a book called “Rebel Code”. It was the first – and is still the only – detailed history of the origins and rise of free software and open source, based on interviews with the gifted and generous…
Aquarter of a century ago, I wrote a book called “Rebel Code”. It was the first – and is still the only – detailed history of the origins and rise of free software and open source, based on interviews with the gifted and generous…
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My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
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Do you write research software for the humanities?
Consider writing a software paper to share your work!
Reach out to me, @nolauren.bsky.social , or any of the other editors at the CHR journal with your questions or ideas.
Consider writing a software paper to share your work!
Reach out to me, @nolauren.bsky.social , or any of the other editors at the CHR journal with your questions or ideas.
“The Software Paper fills a gap for the computational and digital humanities communities...” Thank you to research software engineer extraordinaire @suttonkoeser.bsky.social for leading this initiative for Computational Humanities Research journal. Please share!
Introducing the 'Software Paper': New ways to publish on research software in Computational Humanities Research
When Lauren Tilton first approached me about joining the Computational Humanities Research (CHR) journal’s Editorial Board as an Associate Editor, the thing that made the invitation so compelling and ...
www.cambridge.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Do you write research software for the humanities?
Consider writing a software paper to share your work!
Reach out to me, @nolauren.bsky.social , or any of the other editors at the CHR journal with your questions or ideas.
Consider writing a software paper to share your work!
Reach out to me, @nolauren.bsky.social , or any of the other editors at the CHR journal with your questions or ideas.
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There would not be a social safety net in this country had Frances Perkins not dedicated her life to improving worker's rights. @hcrichardson.bsky.social points out how this #WomanInHistory directly affects our current lives.
youtu.be/s6x_7Kq0Psc?...
#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
youtu.be/s6x_7Kq0Psc?...
#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
Frances Perkins | Episode 8, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There would not be a social safety net in this country had Frances Perkins not dedicated her life to improving worker's rights. @hcrichardson.bsky.social points out how this #WomanInHistory directly affects our current lives.
youtu.be/s6x_7Kq0Psc?...
#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
youtu.be/s6x_7Kq0Psc?...
#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
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I am very happy to not be repeating the AI class I did in fall 2023, but this is the first piece of AI-themed writing that made me laugh so hard I almost wish I could put it on the syllabus.
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I am very happy to not be repeating the AI class I did in fall 2023, but this is the first piece of AI-themed writing that made me laugh so hard I almost wish I could put it on the syllabus.
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📢 Deadline Extended! #DH2026 proposal submissions now open until December 15, 2025 (KST).
📍 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27–31, 2026
🎯 Theme: "Engagement" Submit your long/short papers, posters, workshops & mini-conferences!
🔗
📍 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27–31, 2026
🎯 Theme: "Engagement" Submit your long/short papers, posters, workshops & mini-conferences!
🔗
CFP – DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea
The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submissions for its annual conference, DH2026, to be held in Daejeon, South Korea, from July 27 to 31, 2026.
dh2026.adho.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📢 Deadline Extended! #DH2026 proposal submissions now open until December 15, 2025 (KST).
📍 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27–31, 2026
🎯 Theme: "Engagement" Submit your long/short papers, posters, workshops & mini-conferences!
🔗
📍 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27–31, 2026
🎯 Theme: "Engagement" Submit your long/short papers, posters, workshops & mini-conferences!
🔗
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Olmo 3 32B Think is now free on Open Router until 12/22.
Let us know what you think and what to improve!
(Hosted by Parasail)
This may give it the hug of death... would be my dream.
openrouter.ai/allenai/olmo...
Let us know what you think and what to improve!
(Hosted by Parasail)
This may give it the hug of death... would be my dream.
openrouter.ai/allenai/olmo...
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Olmo 3 32B Think is now free on Open Router until 12/22.
Let us know what you think and what to improve!
(Hosted by Parasail)
This may give it the hug of death... would be my dream.
openrouter.ai/allenai/olmo...
Let us know what you think and what to improve!
(Hosted by Parasail)
This may give it the hug of death... would be my dream.
openrouter.ai/allenai/olmo...
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📢 Deadline Extended! #DH2026 @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social proposal submissions now open until December 15, 2025 (KST). Please share! 🔂
📍 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27–31, 2026 🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submit your long/short papers, posters, workshops & mini-conferences!
🔗 dh2026.adho.org/cfp
📍 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27–31, 2026 🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submit your long/short papers, posters, workshops & mini-conferences!
🔗 dh2026.adho.org/cfp
CFP – DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea
dh2026.adho.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📢 Deadline Extended! #DH2026 @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social proposal submissions now open until December 15, 2025 (KST). Please share! 🔂
📍 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27–31, 2026 🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submit your long/short papers, posters, workshops & mini-conferences!
🔗 dh2026.adho.org/cfp
📍 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27–31, 2026 🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submit your long/short papers, posters, workshops & mini-conferences!
🔗 dh2026.adho.org/cfp
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New article in #JCLS 4(1)! 🎉
Du, Ackerschewski, Navruz, Sınır, Valline & @christofs.bsky.social: “Reconstructing Shuffled Text. Bad Results for #NLP, but Good News for Using #In-Copyright Texts” doi.org/10.48694/jcl...
#CLS #DTF #LiteraryComputing #CCLS25 #OpenScience #Copyright
Du, Ackerschewski, Navruz, Sınır, Valline & @christofs.bsky.social: “Reconstructing Shuffled Text. Bad Results for #NLP, but Good News for Using #In-Copyright Texts” doi.org/10.48694/jcl...
#CLS #DTF #LiteraryComputing #CCLS25 #OpenScience #Copyright
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
New article in #JCLS 4(1)! 🎉
Du, Ackerschewski, Navruz, Sınır, Valline & @christofs.bsky.social: “Reconstructing Shuffled Text. Bad Results for #NLP, but Good News for Using #In-Copyright Texts” doi.org/10.48694/jcl...
#CLS #DTF #LiteraryComputing #CCLS25 #OpenScience #Copyright
Du, Ackerschewski, Navruz, Sınır, Valline & @christofs.bsky.social: “Reconstructing Shuffled Text. Bad Results for #NLP, but Good News for Using #In-Copyright Texts” doi.org/10.48694/jcl...
#CLS #DTF #LiteraryComputing #CCLS25 #OpenScience #Copyright
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Do you want to know about experts in Chinese history? How astronomers, artisans, interpreters, servants, sailors, diviners, and surveyors worked? Then check out this special issue edited by Sarah Schneewind and Yang Qiao!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Latest issue | Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 | Cambridge Core
Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊
www.cambridge.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Do you want to know about experts in Chinese history? How astronomers, artisans, interpreters, servants, sailors, diviners, and surveyors worked? Then check out this special issue edited by Sarah Schneewind and Yang Qiao!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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DSA: DeepSeek Sparse Attention
DeepSeek 3.2 & 3.2-Speciale are ridiculously cheap because of DSA
LLMs aren’t quadratic anymore
They trained an additional “model” that does acts as a “pre-attention”, selecting only the portions that are probably relevant
DeepSeek 3.2 & 3.2-Speciale are ridiculously cheap because of DSA
LLMs aren’t quadratic anymore
They trained an additional “model” that does acts as a “pre-attention”, selecting only the portions that are probably relevant
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
DSA: DeepSeek Sparse Attention
DeepSeek 3.2 & 3.2-Speciale are ridiculously cheap because of DSA
LLMs aren’t quadratic anymore
They trained an additional “model” that does acts as a “pre-attention”, selecting only the portions that are probably relevant
DeepSeek 3.2 & 3.2-Speciale are ridiculously cheap because of DSA
LLMs aren’t quadratic anymore
They trained an additional “model” that does acts as a “pre-attention”, selecting only the portions that are probably relevant
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🗣️ Keen to share your #DigitalHumanities research methods?
Everything we publish is #DiamondOpenAccess.
tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog
📩 Send us your proposal by: 15 February 2026
#CallForPapers
Everything we publish is #DiamondOpenAccess.
tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog
📩 Send us your proposal by: 15 February 2026
#CallForPapers
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🗣️ Keen to share your #DigitalHumanities research methods?
Everything we publish is #DiamondOpenAccess.
tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog
📩 Send us your proposal by: 15 February 2026
#CallForPapers
Everything we publish is #DiamondOpenAccess.
tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog
📩 Send us your proposal by: 15 February 2026
#CallForPapers
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Are you a grad student working on post-1945 culture? Could your research benefit from incorporating some data, even minimally? Want feedback from journal editors?
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
The Post45 Data Collective invites graduate students in the humanities or adjacent fields to explore cultural data reflexively and collaboratively in a mini-workshop hosted virtually on Friday, March 13. Details here: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Are you a grad student working on post-1945 culture? Could your research benefit from incorporating some data, even minimally? Want feedback from journal editors?
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...