Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
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Information Retrieval Researcher 🇵🇸🍉✊🏽🕊️ | Pronouns: He/him
Montréal, Québec
Joined February 2009
Only a few hours left to submit your abstract to the ECIR 2026 IR-for-Good track. You can also still nominate yourself for the program committee here: https://t.co/rYJlzJ92iD
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Please sign up here if you are interested in reviewing for the IR-for-Good track at ECIR 2026. We are looking for reviewers that are doing IR or IR adjacent research and are also actively considering...
⏰ Gentle reminder #ECIR2026 IR-for-Good track abstracts due: Oct 21, papers due: Oct 28. This year, we're revamping the #IR4Good track as a core conference track to highlight top societally-motivated IR research. CFP: https://t.co/iCf7RDIeXI Blog post:
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Gentle reminder: 📣 Abstract submission deadline for #ECIR2026 #IR4Good Track is tomorrow! Please submit your abstracts before the deadline.
⏰ Gentle reminder #ECIR2026 IR-for-Good track abstracts due: Oct 21, papers due: Oct 28. This year, we're revamping the #IR4Good track as a core conference track to highlight top societally-motivated IR research. CFP: https://t.co/iCf7RDIeXI Blog post:
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They’re admitting genocide with their whole chests now. That’s the level of impunity we’re dealing with.
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⏰ Gentle reminder #ECIR2026 IR-for-Good track abstracts due: Oct 21, papers due: Oct 28. This year, we're revamping the #IR4Good track as a core conference track to highlight top societally-motivated IR research. CFP: https://t.co/iCf7RDIeXI Blog post:
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(This blog post has been jointly co-authored by Maria Heuss and Bhaskar Mitra, co-chairs of ECIR’26 IR-for-Good Track. Please see the call for papers for more details about the track. Abstracts are...
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In our lifetime Palestine will be free. ✊🏽 🇵🇸 🍉 🕊️
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"Turkish journalist and Gaza Sumud Flotilla participant Ersin Celik told local media outlets he witnessed Israeli forces “torture Greta Thunberg,” describing how she was “dragged on the ground” and “forced to kiss the Israeli flag.”" https://t.co/Y1AcVBSmOx
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Activists describe mistreatment after Israel intercepted Gaza aid flotilla and detained about 450 people.
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Worldwide protests have erupted following Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, with demonstrators demanding stronger sanctions against Israel. — in pictures https://t.co/jR0BYxhXFK
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The global sumud flotilla is being intercepted by the Israeli occupation forces in international waters. Pressure your government for the protection of global sumud flotilla
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"growing nexus of extremist ideologies [..] underscores the urgency of working locally while strategizing w/ a global perspective.. building strong inclusive coalitions & strategic alliances is essential to bolstering grassroots organizing and resistance" https://t.co/YrDOWEkYtH
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Those of us in South Asian Diaspora Action Collective (SADAC) and the Centre d’étude et de recherche sur l’asie du sud (CERAS), both based in Montreal, recognize the growing reach of far-right
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A little Sunday morning tune to get you started. https://t.co/mYQVJp2YKz
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Mass crowds in Cape Town, South Africa, rally in support of Palestine and demand an end to the Israeli genocide.
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"At a moment when billionaires and tech titans gather more power than ever, there’s a whole world of people out there willing and hoping for a better alternative. We want Hard Reset to be the publication for those people." https://t.co/p3FPKx9YpN
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I updated my reading list with few more books that I read recently (or, am currently reading). So, resharing the list. https://t.co/WybJfK2ZTX
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🚨🚨🚨Massive protest walk out in the UN general assembly hall as Netanyahu takes the stage
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Wrapping up an exciting Dagstuhl Seminar on "RAG–The Future of Search?". I gave a talk about the threat of AI persuasion to censor and manipulate public opinion. We must be intentional to ensure these technologies liberate us, not manipulate us. Slides: https://t.co/cfzU8cYjl3
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WE WILL NOT STOP! WE WILL NOT REST! DIGITAL ARMS EMBARGO NOW! IOF OFF AZURE!
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