Tomo Nagashima

Photo of Prof. Dr. Sven Apel wearing glasses and a maroon polo shirt, standing with arms crossed against a light wall with sunlight casting striped shadows. Saarland Informatics Campus logo rests at the top left, while the Saarland University logo rests on the top right. A banner at the bottom reads: “Sven Apel becomes the 11th ACM Fellow of Saarbrücken.”

🏆 Saarbrücken now houses 11 ACM Fellows — about 1/3 of all ACM Fellows in Germany — highest of any location nationwide. This year, only 3 new Fellows in Germany were named, and Saarland University software engineering professor Sven Apel was one!

Congrats, Prof. Apel! 👏

🔗 Read more: sic.link/apel

Biggest difference (that I experience) in publishing and writing in Germany vs US might be that now I get LOTS of reviews asking why I chose to collect data in Germany... 🫤. Nobody questioned when I wrote papers on data from US schools.

Review of applications for this postdoc job in my lab starts in less than 2 weeks! 😊

The top half shows a screenshot of a mindful math learning tool with a forest-themed interface and algebra exercises, overlaid with a square portrait of Prof. Dr. Tomohiro Nagashima against a neutral background. The bottom half shows the AlgeSpace learning tool interface with a balance-scale algebra exercise, overlaid with a rectangular group photo of the members of LaLa Lab. Below the images, a large banner reads: "The Henriette Herz Fellowship: bringing researchers together for AI that supports, not dictates."

Are you an international researcher interested in ethical AI in education? Good news — Prof. Nagashima is hiring another Postdoc (as a Humboldt Fellow) to LaLa Lab!

🎤 Read his interview to see what he looks for in candidates: sic.link/lalalab

📄 Application requirements: sic.link/fellowship

So exciting!!! Can't wait to visit you, Echo, and all others in Tübingen.

Tomohiro Nagashima on the Henriette Herz Fellowship, LaLa Lab, and AI in Education - Saarland Informatics Campus How do we create AI systems that facilitate learning rather than dictating it? Meet Saarland University’s LaLa Lab. Directed by Professor Tomohiro Nagashima, LaLa Lab explores how we learn, how AI can...

I'm hiring another postdoc (as a Humboldt Fellow) in HCI/CS/Learning Sciences/Psychology! 🇩🇪 tomonag.org/wp-content/u... Also see my interview about how I select fellows: saarland-informatics-campus.de/en/piece-of-...
@humboldtuni.bsky.social @saarland-informatics-campus.de

Curious about how smartphones shape children’s development?

We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for 3(+2) years for a cutting-edge randomized controlled trial conducted in collaboration with @orbenamy.bsky.social and her team.

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At ZPID we are searching for a tenure track assistant professor for Psychological Metascience in joint appointment with @unitrier.bsky.social preferably someone who has conducted quantitative research in metascience in psychology or related disciplines. Questions? Feel free to contact me personally.

Choice-making in an adaptive learning system with motivational pedagogical agents - npj Science of Learning npj Science of Learning - Choice-making in an adaptive learning system with motivational pedagogical agents

How do students make choices in adaptive learning technology and how can pedagogical agents help students make good, self-regulated choices? Enjoy our new piece, open access in npj Science of Learning: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @echomansu.bsky.social

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

In this School's In podcast episode, I discuss the intersections of AI, writing, and critical thinking, and reflect on the central role of HCI in designing purpose-built educational tools! Link below:

Second and final deadline ISLS2026 extension announcement!! ISLS2026 submissions (all ICLS & CSCL formats) now due October 20, 2025, 11:59 PM AOE, in recognition of ongoing academic and personal challenges. See call for proposals for each format at 2026.isls.org

We've recently concluded a classroom study in Japan on our "Mindful Math" Tutor, an LLM-embedded ITS that uses mindful language and messages to guide students learn algebra while calming down their math anxiety. If interested in testing/using/collaborating let me know! tomonag.org/mindfulmath/

The submission deadline for the 2026 ISLS Annual Meeting, covering all ICLS and CSCL formats, has been extended. We recognize the significant academic and personal challenges that many are currently facing. We therefore extend the deadline for submissions to October 13, 2025 11:59PM AOE

What will future conferencing look like? Find out by submitting to #ISLS26! ISLS Annual Meetings feature cutting edge in-person and virtual (accommodation) designs. Our hybrid designs are facilitated to ensure smooth interaction across modalities. Check us out! 2026.isls.org

Submit to #ISLS26 in Irvine! Can’t travel due to disability, caregiving duties, or visa challenges? No problem! ISLS has an easy, quick accommodations process for scholars to present their work virtually! See a previous info page: 2024.isls.org/isls-2024-re...

Hey fellow disabled scholars! The ISLS accommodations process is SUPER EASY. As someone who was BEEN THROUGH IT with invasive processes, this is not that. If you have concerns, please reach out!! ISLS is making sure that remote presenters are deeply integrated in conference activity! Don't miss out!

Research Coordinator, Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab in Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United States The Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) seeks a full-time Research Coordinator (acting lab manager) to help launch and coordinate the Minds,.....

I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share:
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Our new piece in JLS! If you don't yet know much about our postdoc Echo's work, this is a great opportunity to learn about how awesome she is and her work is! 😊

🚨Job Alert
W2 (TT W3) Professorship in Computer Science "AI for People & Society"
@saarland-informatics-campus.de/@uni-saarland.de is looking to appoint an outstanding individual in the field of AI for people and society who has made significant contributions in one or more of the following areas:

The ISLS 2026 First Call for Papers has been sent! The paper submission deadline is October 5, 2025, and the pre-conference event submission deadline is November 15, 2025. Check your inboxes for more information!

Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.

1/ I'm feeling real pain at the cuts to Indiana public universities, especially IU, especially cogsci. These are some of the biggest brains in cogsci and edupsych in the world, but why do *I* care? I'll tell you what they've done *for me, personally*. ↵
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Don't miss! A discussion on LEARNING & Design, as part of our
@cogscisociety.bsky.social
Minds in the Making workshop ft. Yasmin Kafai, Vanessa Bermudez, & @togelius.bsky.social!

Wednesday July 16th, 12pm-1pm PT. Register here: stanford.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Photo: Prof. Dr. Tomohiro Nagashima

👏 Congrats to Prof. Dr. @tomonag.bsky.social for being appointed a Henriette Herz Scout by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation!

He can now nominate three international researchers for the Humboldt Fellowship to join his research group. Maybe it's your turn? 👀

Apply here: sic.link/humboldtfellow

Last chance to register for the Tübingen pre- #cogsci2025 workshop. Register by Jul 1st 👉 forms.gle/v6VtEE6UqYw5... to give a talk, present a poster, or just check out great science and a free lunch (generously provided by @ml4science.bsky.social). Accepted Cogsci paper *not required*. Pls. share 🙏

🚨Hiring for a postdoc in HCI, LS, & EdPsych!🚨 Looking for a postdoc to join my lab tomonag.org as a Humboldt Research Fellow (www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/spo...). This fellowship is unique and comes with many benefits. Please see more details and apply by July 25! tomonag.org/wp-content/u...

Existing virtual agents are either teacher agents or "good" learner agents who follow your instruction. What if agents make mistakes? What about dishonest agents? Excited to share my student's @acm-idc.bsky.social work on codesigning trustworthy agents w/ Armenian(!) kids dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

🚀Join our team @tuda.bsky.social ! 🚀
I'm looking for 3 PhDs & 1 Postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu project “C4: Compositional Compression in Cognition and Culture” to study learning across individuals, teams, and cultural timescales
👉 PhD: hmc-lab.com/ERC_PhDs.html
👉 Postdoc: hmc-lab.com/ERC_Postdoc....

Super stoked for our Minds in the Making workshop at @cogscisociety.bsky.social 2025! If you are at all interested in the intersection between cognitive science and design, you won’t want to miss it!! 🧠🛠️

Title slide: Processing Trans Languaging - Vagrant Gautam (they/xe), Saarland University, with a very brightly patterned background featuring colourful people and math symbols.

Come to my keynote tomorrow at the first official @queerinai.com workshop at #NAACL2025 to hear about how trans languaging is complex and cool, and how this makes it extra difficult to process computationally. I will have SO many juicy examples!