yrochat, to academia
@yrochat@mathstodon.xyz avatar

I should get used to it but conferences communicating on twitter and not on mastodon depress me. As scholars, we should do better.

alx, to Palestine
@alx@mastodon.design avatar

"We call upon our colleagues in the homeland and internationally to support our steadfast attempts to defend and preserve our universities for the sake of the future of our people, and our ability to remain on our Palestinian land in Gaza. We built these universities from tents. And from tents, with the support of our friends, we will rebuild them once again."

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/5/29/open-letter-by-gaza-academics-and-university-administrators-to-the-world

@academicchatter

#palestine #gaza #AcademicMastondon #academia #AcademicFedi #Scholasticide

inquiline, to Israel
@inquiline@union.place avatar

Did I share this here earlier? Over 1300 Jewish faculty urged against turning "Antisemitism Awareness Act" into US law

"Criticism of the state of , the Israeli government, policies of the Israeli government, or Zionist ideology is not – in and of itself – antisemitic. We accordingly urge our political leaders to reject any effort to codify into federal law a definition of that conflates antisemitism with criticism of the state of Israel"

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lButpIiajBJ3vYIykA-mj5gV35btDhwfczfFUoXQRMQ/edit

elduvelle_neuro, to academia
@elduvelle_neuro@neuromatch.social avatar

Are there any grants that you can apply to at the stage to do data analysis?

inquiline, to academia
@inquiline@union.place avatar

This is a very good piece by a colleague accusing university presidents of lying, in their own narrow self-interest, about what's happening on campuses. Their craven behavior barely protects them and makes everyone else far less safe. Including Muslim and Jewish students, faculty, and staff.

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/23/all-hail-lord-voldemort-get-their-revenge-for-campus/

#GazaProtests #HigherEd #Policing #Academia #USC

steveroyle, to accessibility
@steveroyle@biologists.social avatar

How can we improve for scientific conferences? This short guide by Ulla McClurg covers many of the issues that organisers (and attendees) can consider.

https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/137/10/jcs261858/352179/A-short-guide-to-addressing-accessibility-at

gkalinkat, to academia
@gkalinkat@det.social avatar

We (the Leibniz PostDoc Network steering committee) have issued a statement on the lack of progress regarding the reform

https://leibniz-postdoc.de/statement-from-the-leibniz-postdoc-network-on-the-draft-bill-for-the-wisszeitvg/



DrPen, to ChatGPT
@DrPen@mastodon.social avatar

The unfolding tragedy of the deconstruction of university learning and teaching. Behold, a post in r/professors about the chatgpt wasteland of student submitted work.

floe, to academia
@floe@hci.social avatar

We've all suspected this one, but here's an actual experiment: if the people deciding on grant proposals get only a 1-page summary instead of the full proposal, it doesn't really make any difference. 😑

(Probably even more noteworthy: even if both panelists see the full proposal, they're only in agreement 53.4% of the time, which is basically random chance 🙄)

So it's all one big lottery, who would have thought.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-024-04968-7

(via @nielsvanberkel, thanks!)

keithwilson, to academia
@keithwilson@mastodon.social avatar

Apparently the first task of a appointee is to try and get their contract activated. Achievement (partially) unlocked… 😬

bridgetstirling, to academia
@bridgetstirling@zirk.us avatar

Academic associations: when you are looking for graduate students to do work for a conference, perhaps don't offer an honorarium equivalent to less than minimum wage in 12 out of 13 provinces and territories.

That's not even counting the unknown (uncompensated?) time for the mandatory orientation session.

jbzfn, to linux
@jbzfn@mastodon.social avatar

🐧Thinking of Switching to the Linux, Fellow Academics? | @rwg

"I should note I’m in the humanities, not computer science, so I’m using Linux mainly to write, research, and collaborate with other authors doing social science work. And it’s also important to note that I have worked at “Microsoft Campuses” for my whole career, meaning most of my colleagues use Windows and the IT folks support mostly Windows."

https://fossacademic.tech/2024/05/24/fald.html

johnrhutchinson, to disability
@johnrhutchinson@ecoevo.social avatar

I'm looking to do more for in . If you want a speaker for an event etc. in this theme, please contact me. I'd even enjoy just talking informally w/academics about lived experiences as disabled persons.

MatthewChat, to Astronomy
@MatthewChat@mstdn.social avatar

@starstryder https://astrodon.social/@JohnBarentine/112458401142793548 Hats off to the Royal Astronomical Society for tackling this issue. "Urgent action is needed to address an insidious and systemic problem within the world of and , a damning new report warns."

https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/urgent-change-needed-tackle-bullying-astronomy-and-geophysics

upol, to ai
@upol@hci.social avatar

Compiling a reading list for grad students and need your input: what are the best readings on
(1) methods to identify and
(2) measure AI harms?

Self-plugs are always welcomed. Bonus points if papers include ways to "quantify" said harms.

davidho, to random
@davidho@mastodon.world avatar

Yesterday would have been the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, but oceanographers and our ability to make predictions called for a one-day delay. This ensured that the landings were a success.

https://nautil.us/the-man-who-delayed-d-day-237811/

albertcardona,
@albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@davidho

"You learn a lot from failure, but I’ve been unable to persuade our graduate students and our faculty. Our faculty should be willing to give the Ph.D. for an experiment that failed, provided it’s been done responsibly." – Walter Munk

mrundkvist, to academia
@mrundkvist@archaeo.social avatar

Wrote this paper where I first present some enigmatic evidence, then reveal a cool well-supported interpretation with an elegant flourish. Peer reviewer and editor tell me they know nothing about Sweden and are just confused by this. So now I have to start with the interpretation to get all the foreigners on board, then present the evidence after they have been primed how to think about it. It irks me but I'll do it. They are after all indicative of the readership. /-:

beatnikprof, to academia
@beatnikprof@mas.to avatar

I’m now convinced that the Jedi would fit right in on an academic committee.

CharlieMcHenry, to academia
@CharlieMcHenry@connectop.us avatar

Why weird nerds are needed to save academia… A meta science treatise worth a read.

https://www.writingruxandrabio.com/p/the-weird-nerd-comes-with-trade-offs

mrundkvist, to Travel
@mrundkvist@archaeo.social avatar

Travelling Stockholm - Hamburg - Cologne - Brussels for a two-day conference about public metal detecting. It'll take 24 hours, one third of which I'll spend asleep. It's the 2024 way to #travel.

#trains #railways #academia

keithwilson, to academia
@keithwilson@mastodon.social avatar
skyglowberlin, to academia
@skyglowberlin@vis.social avatar

I was on a panel discussion this morning on #OpenScience, and ended up being more radical than I intended...

But the main barrier to open science becoming standard practice is the broken system of rewards that underly our selection and promotion procedures.

Taking time to do research carefully is in direct conflict with maximizing publication numbers and grant funding.

#Academia
#IchBinHanna

mtcerio, to academia
@mtcerio@mastodon.social avatar
BerLinguistin, to academia
@BerLinguistin@mas.to avatar

I really wish more academics would realize that time boundaries (making sure we have breaks at events, classes finish on time, evenings/weekends are protected, we don't expect answers to non urgent emails in 24 hours) are about INCLUSION & not a nice extra, but the strict minimum

abcdw, to scheme
@abcdw@fosstodon.org avatar

There is a conference on Live Programming. It sound like a perfect fit for sharing our results on Guile Scheme IDE, which is more than 100% about live/interactive programming in Scheme language. Moreover, this event is not too academic, so I don't need to write a full-blown paper.

The only concern is that my USA visa is expired and getting a new one can take too much time :/

https://liveprog.org

My genuine thoughts: fuck those visas.

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