Wesley Hanwen Deng
@wes_deng
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PhD @cmuhcii. Developing tools and processes to support responsible AI practices on the ground. Prev @MSFTResearch @Berkeley_EECS @BerkeleyISchool
Pittsburgh
Joined July 2020
Our work on supporting industry computing researchers in assessing, articulating, and addressing the potential negative societal impact of their work (with @wes_deng and @s010n) is featured in this edition of Research Focus.
In the latest issue of Research Focus: Fara-7B brings efficient agentic computer use to small models; new tools help computing researchers assess societal impact; and more. https://t.co/EWaQZ1XBLP
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Who is winning the open AI race? Our new study "Economies of Open Intelligence" maps 2.2B @huggingface downloads across 851k models (2020โ2025). 1) Power is rebalancing (US big tech โ; China + community โ) 2) Models got big & efficient (MoE, quant, multimodal surge) 3)
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๐งตSharing our most-recent work! Critical or Compliant? The Double-Edged Sword of Reasoning in Chain-of-Thought Explanations
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Spread the word! ๐ข The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) group at @MSFTResearch in NYC is hiring interns and postdocs to start in summer 2026! ๐ Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
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Check out my website: https://t.co/wI8pYMuyM3 My current CV: https://t.co/iA1m4VhCCz Iโm deeply grateful for the incredible mentors, collaborators, and friends who have supported me along the way โค๏ธ, and Iโm excited to see what comes next!!
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๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐: The RAI tools Iโve developed have been used by ๐ญ,๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ+ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ at universities worldwide, and my research has ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ at
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๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Iโve organized ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ on RAI, AI auditing, and AI red-teaming at top AI and HCI conferencesโbringing together over ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ across
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๐ฐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ: I have led or co-led ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด $๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ+ in research support from industry partners such as Microsoft, Google, IBM, Amazon, PwC, eBay, and several academic centers. I
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๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: During my Ph.D., Iโve published ๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ at top-tier HCI, AI, and RAI venuesโreceiving ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐
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Hello colleagues and friends! โจPlease help repost and share โจ: I am officially on the job market for ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ and ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ where I can apply my research to real-world AI safety challenges!!
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We disrupted a highly sophisticated AI-led espionage campaign. The attack targeted large tech companies, financial institutions, chemical manufacturing companies, and government agencies. We assess with high confidence that the threat actor was a Chinese state-sponsored group.
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๐ข a little announcement I will be joining the University of Melbourne in the School of Computing & Information Systems as an Assistant Professor in 2026! I am recruiting several PhD students to come work with me on HCI for social impact areas! ๐๐งต ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ๐จ
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The viral new "Definition of AGI" paper has fake citations which do not exist. And it specifically TELLS you to read them! Proof: different articles present at the specified journal/volume/page number, and their titles exist nowhere on any searchable repository.
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I am beyond trilled to present two ๐ award-winning papers โจ @ACM_CSCW in beautiful Bergen, Norway!! Broadly, I'm excited to chat about responsible AI, AI auditing and red-teaming, and human-agent interaction. Say hi if we run into each other! ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ญ:
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Additional resources โจ - Societal Impact Assessment template we developed in our study: https://t.co/F9DVy38u8Z - Google doc version of the template that's easy to adapt: https://t.co/pNGT86qBII - Check out our full paper for more details!
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Recent years have witnessed increasing calls for computing researchers to grapple with the societal impacts of their work. Tools such as impact assessments have gained prominence as a method to...
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Through an iterative process, we developed our own version of Societal Impact Assessment (SIA) template: https://t.co/F9DVy37Wjr. A user study with 15 industry research interns revealed both perceived strengths and limitations of the SIA template, as well as directions for
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We identified four key factors that influence how they grapple with (or choose not to grapple with) the societal impact of their research, as well as 10 design considerations for supporting societal impact assessment.
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We conducted interviews and co-design sessions with 25 industry researchers across different companies and research areas, as well as 16 โimpact assessment expertsโ to develop the very first Societal Impact Assessment Template thatโs EXPLICITLY designed for industry researchers.
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Whatโs the current perceptions, practices, and challenges around assessing, articulating, and addressing the potential negative societal impact of their research? How might we develop an effective societal impact assessment template for industry AI and computing researchers?
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