@RohanAlexander

I spend too much money on books. And too much time writing them. 🇦🇺. https://xitter.cf/t.co/Cl8oTbK32j

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Joined March 2009
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John Horton
@johnjhortonSep 24
Had a great visit to @UofT stats dept - thanks to @RohanAlexander & others for the invitation. Such a fantastic group!
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Chris J. Maddison
@cjmaddisonSep 2
What's the point of the academy, if our ideas cease to have influence and impact?
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Ryan Briggs
@ryancbriggsApr 21
I'll be at a workshop organized by @RohanAlexander next week on how AI will change quantitative social science. This is my short paper, and this is the key argument. ryancbriggs.net/blog/as-ai-l…
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Bruno Rodrigues
@brodriguesco19 Oct 2024
seriously, don't sleep on github actions
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✨I’m on the academic job market!✨ I'm a CS Postdoc at Stanford in the @stanfordnlp. I develop AI and causal inference to tackle societal issues like online civility, racial justice, sustainability, and more. Check out the thread for details! Website: kristinagligoric.com/

Kristina Gligorić

gligoric.cs.jhu.edu
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Josh Kertzer@jkertzer1 Oct 2024
I'm thrilled to announce the beginning of my month of saying no to everyone
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Sayash Kapoor
@sayashk24 Sep 2024
📣AI SNAKE OIL is out today! Writing this book over the last two years has been a labor of love. @random_walker and I are very excited to hear what you think of it, and we hope you pick up a copy. Some reflections on the process of writing the book 🧵
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Sayash Kapoor
@sayashk18 Sep 2024
📢New paper: Many companies and papers have claimed AI can automate science. How can we evaluate these claims? Today, we introduce CORE-Bench: a benchmark to measure if AI agents can automate reproducing a paper given access to its code and data. arxiv.org/pdf/2409.11363v1
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We are proud to announce that our database, Open By Default, won product of the year at the LION awards! Our database makes more than five million internal government documents free to access for all Canadians. Read about our win here: theijf.org/the-ijf-wins-2024…
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Paper just published on estimating the causes of maternal death, led by @michaelycchong, with Marija Pejchinovska and me: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Estimating causes of maternal death in data‐sparse contexts

Understanding the underlying causes of maternal death across all regions of the world is essential to inform policies and resource allocation to reduce the mortality burden. However, in many countr...

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Canadians now have public access to a trove of information on how government contracts are awarded, including files from Ottawa and B.C. Check it out: theijf.org/procurement

Procurement

Explore Canadian government contracting data.

theijf.org
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Science faces a reproducibility crisis. Data science & AI courses often include hands-on projects using real-world datasets. What if these projects could help solve the crisis? Check out our new Harvard Data Science Review @TheHDSR paper to learn how! hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/4d…

In-Class Data Analysis Replications: Teaching Students While Testing Science · Issue 6.3, Summer...

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Eva Vivalt
@evavivalt22 Jul 2024
We are happy to release the first results of a RCT of a US program that provided $1,000/month unconditionally for 3 years to 1,000 individuals in the treatment group, with a group of 2,000 people receiving $50/month serving as the control. These are sizable transfers. 1/ 🧵
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Today is the day! Data Management in Large-Scale Education Research is officially out in stores and online! @CRCPress routledge.com/Data-Managemen… The open access version will remain freely available as well here! datamgmtinedresearch.com/
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Maksim Zubok@antndlcxr8 Jul 2024
📣Calling all early-career researchers in social sciences! Join our FREE 5-day workshop on #LargeLanguageModels @NuffieldCollege, @UniofOxford, 23-27 September 2024! We offer in-depth lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research projects!🤓😍llmsforsocialscience.net/

Oxford LLMs

Research, teaching, and community for social scientists working with language models.

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Do you know Justin Trudeau? Or do you know someone who can persuade Canada’s prime minister? In federal politics, having that network of contacts could work wonders. Presenting: Ottawa’s cozy network of lobbyists and party leaders: theijf.org/who-knows-whom-in…
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I got tenure! Here are a few short reflections: monicaalexander.com/posts/20…
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Today is the day! Data Management in Large-Scale Education Research is available for pre-order! 🥳 Also available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble! routledge.com/Data-Managemen…
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David Shor
@davidshor13 Jun 2024
Very excited to announce that we are hiring for our junior data science role! boards.greenhouse.io/blueros…
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Is training your team on good data management practices a bucket list item for you this year? Do you have a new grant that you would like to get started on the right foot, or existing projects that you want to better organize? I can help! Learn more: cghlewis.com/consulting/
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