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Charles Driver
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Asst Prof UZH Psychology - quant methods, dynamic systems, human development, psychology. @CharlesDriverAU
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Charles Driver @charlesdriver.bsky.social · Sep 25
G'day sky. I'm a quant. psychologist at Uni Zurich, interested in dynamic systems, thoughts here: cdriver.netlify.app/post/introto...
I maintain R packages ctsem (hierarchical continuous time dynamic systems) and bigIRT (IRT for 'big data'). #devpsy #AcademicSky #dataskyence #PsychSci
Dynamic Systems Modeling in Psychology | Charles Driver
What is a dynamic system? Why are they interesting? How do we take bits of the bumbling buzzing confusion around us and pack them into a statistical model of change to make nuanced predictions and tes...
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rmcelreath.bsky.social
The Max Planck Society has begun an exploratory round table for open science. We are drafting some recommendations to leadership. Still a long way to go! But here are my notes on the most recent draft, just so you all know how I am trying to steer things.
Richard McElreath: It must not be overlooked that junior researchers DO NOT TRUST US. We, the directors, are a big part of the problem. We made this system, we remake it every year, and we benefit from it. What can we do to credibly signal our commitment to reform a corrupt research culture? My conversations with junior scientists in the society has taught me that directors are too often either indifferent or hostile to science reform. We cannot hope to convince our prize winning colleagues. Their egos are immune. But we can replace retirements with researchers who care more about integrity than their own prestige. This is important both for earning the trust of the junior researchers who really do the research in the MPG and for attracting excellent future directors and starting to earn the trust of the public. So I suggest two strong signals to our junior researchers (and the public): (1) we will reform recruitment and promotion at all levels to eliminate proxies like citation counts and journal brands in favor of reliability and sustainability; (2) we will make open science skills a core part of scientific training, through the graduate schools at a minimum, as conditions for the central funding. The most ambitious thing we could do, as hinted at in item 5 above, is to meaningfully invest in metascientific research. As the largest basic research organization in the world, the MPG is uniquely suited to studying research and its products from a broad perspective that includes the humanities, the sciences, and policy. Governments are already involved in science reform. Someone should study it in an organized and sustained way.
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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upicchini.bsky.social
Parametrization Cookbook: A set of Bijective Parametrizations for using Machine Learning methods in Statistical Inference arxiv.org/abs/2301.08297
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
charlesdriver.bsky.social
The Department of Psychology @uzh-ch.bsky.social has an open position for a tenured Lecturer (Research) «Psychological Data Management and -Stewardship»

jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

#psychjobs
UZH: Lecturer Research «Psychological Data Management and -Stewardship»
The Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich invites applications for a tenured Lecturer Research position for «Psychological Data Management and -Stewardship». We are seeking an enthusias...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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thejuicemedia.com
The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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ianhussey.mmmdata.io
Works the other way around too.

“If I was Jonathan Haidt, how would I destroy the next generation?”
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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venpopov.bsky.social
A recent redesign of OSF by @cos.io led to widespread access failures. What began as a few broken download links became for me a total disappearance of eight years of DOI-registered work. What happened, how was it resolved, and what it reveals about trust and infrastructure in open science
Open Science needs reliable infrastructure – Ven Popov
After OSF’s October 2025 redesign, I discovered that eight years of DOI-linked preprints and materials were silently hidden by an automated spam flag. What happened, how it was resolved, and what it r...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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avehtari.bsky.social
Now I'm also looking for a research software engineer to implement a pile of research results to R packages loo, posterior, bayesplot, projpred, priorsense, brms or/and Python packages ArviZ, Bambi and Kulprit. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact info at users.aalto.fi/~ave/)
avehtari.bsky.social Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · Oct 29
I'm now also looking for a postdoc with strong Bayesian background and interest in developing Bayesian cross-validation theory, methods and software. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact information at users.aalto.fi/~ave/).

Others, please share
avehtari.bsky.social Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · Oct 6
I'm looking for a doctoral student with Bayesian background to work on Bayesian workflow and cross-validation (see my publication list users.aalto.fi/~ave/publica... for my recent work) at Aalto University.

Apply through the ELLIS PhD program (dl October 31) ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
charlesdriver.bsky.social
Some more shiny apps for the classroom -- here looking at different approaches to pooling information across groups (e.g., partial pooling), and how the group level predictions shift with changes in amount of data used for fitting.

charlesdriver.shinyapps.io/Pooling_Info...
Exploring Pooling of Information Across Groups
charlesdriver.shinyapps.io
October 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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ondrejzika.bsky.social
🚨 PhD/Postdoc alert 👇

If you are interested in doing a PhD/Postdoc in computational psychiatry (starting Sept 2026), do get in touch by October 4th at ondrej.zika@pm.me :)

Any inquiries are welcome. To apply, please attach your CV, half page motivation and half page research statements.
ondrejzika.bsky.social Ondrej Zika @ondrejzika.bsky.social · Sep 24
🚨 I am over the moon 🌓 to announce that I am joining University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor this fall to start the Uncertain Mind (UMI) lab 💫

I am looking for PhD/Postdoc candidates to join (more below 👇 ). Please RT as the deadline is pretty soon 🙏
October 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
charlesdriver.bsky.social
Prepping for @dgps.bsky.social Methods, few recent papers pushing ctsem and dynamic models in interesting directions

#1 Developmental changes in twin cognitive correlation (ACE) across age, test instrument, zygosity, with @evangiangrande.bsky.social @ent3c.bsky.social et al

osf.io/preprints/ps...
September 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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mc-stan.org
MC Stan is here! Follow for the latest Stan news, and tag if you want us to repost your posts about new papers, packages, courses, etc. about Stan
September 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
charlesdriver.bsky.social
Perhaps a touch dreamy? but interesting and hopeful thread...
shuhbillskee.bsky.social Andrew Przybylski 🛫🌎🎊 @shuhbillskee.bsky.social · Sep 4
On reflection, this is a really magical time to be on Bluesky. A quiet period before some important dynamics start to happen. I think things will start to change here because of things happening outside Bluesky and the things happening under Bluesky.
September 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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o.simardcasanova.net
Third-party algorithmic feeds on Bluesky are about to become a lot more interesting and powerful 👀
August 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
August 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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lillyshanahan.bsky.social
Applications still open for the professorship in the Sociology of Child and Adolescent Development 100 % at University of Zurich!

jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
UZH: Professorship in the Sociology of Child and Adolescent Development
The University of Zurich invites applications for a professorship in the sociology of child and adolescent development, starting on 1 February 2027. The future holder of the position will be affiliate...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
charlesdriver.bsky.social
dear @quarto.org using friends, lost too much time on this already and I'm very stubborn please save me:

---
title: "wrap text"
format: pdf
---

```{r}
print("I just want this text to wrap to a new line I just want this text to wrap to a new line I just want this text to wrap to a new line ")
```
August 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social
Happy to announce ✨quarto-revealjs-editable✨

This fully supersedes the imagemover extension, as I back then didn't realize the potential. You can now also move, resize, change font size and alignment for text in your slides

github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto #slidecrafting
August 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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kellybodwin.com
I am shooketh. This is a gamechanger. 🤩
emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · Aug 13
Excited to share my newest quarto revealjs plugin: imagemover

Easily reposition and resize images directly in your quarto revealjs slides for a much smoother slidecrafting experience

github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto
August 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
charlesdriver.bsky.social
@sagepub.com Your unsubscribe links are ineffective and your spam is apparently not recognised as such by my robot email guardians. Please desist before I'm forced to invent even more elaborate reasons for not reviewing.
August 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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leabartsch.bsky.social
🚨 PostDoc Opening 🚨 The lab of Klaus Oberauer is looking for a new postdoc, starting end of this/beginning next year. Research focus is #cognition, #workingmemory, #methods and #computationalmodeling or anything in that direction. I cannot highlight ENOUGH how great it is to work in this lab 🥰🤓
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Position (80%) at the Cognitive Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich. The ideal start date would be January 1st, 2026 but could be somewhat earlier or later. The position is for initially 3 years, with possible renewal for another 1.5 years. The successful applicant will work with the head of the Cognitive Psychology Unit, Prof. Dr. Klaus Oberauer, and the Cognitive Psychology team. The post involves research and teaching (one course per semester). Research at the Zurich Cognitive Psychology Unit focuses on capacity limits of cognition, in particular working memory, long-term memory, and attention, which we investigate with experimental, individual-differences and aging studies and computational modeling. For further information see: https://www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/nec/allgpsy.html We offer: - An attractive research environment with close collaboration within the team - Excellent lab infrastructure - Salary according to Cantonal regulations We expect: - a PhD in psychology or a related discipline - experience with experimental research - excellent method knowledge and skills - very good command of English - interest in pursuing an academic career in cognitive psychology In addition, it would be desirable if you had: - experience with publishing in international journals - programming skills - experience with mathematical / computational modeling Please send applications including your CV and motivation letter no later than September 10, 2025 electronically as a single PDF to: Michaela Oestmann, michaela.oestmann@psychologie.uzh.ch For questions about the position please contact Klaus Oberauer, k.oberauer@psychologie.uzh.ch
August 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
charlesdriver.bsky.social
Your dynamic systems models aren't complicated enough? Skewed distributions keep you awake? Your dynamics dynamic differently at different dynamic levels? Here's a not-very-beginner friendly outline for addressing the issue with ctsem cdriver.netlify.app/post/ctsemas...
Asymmetric (State‑Dependent) Discrete and Continuous-Time Processes in ctsem
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August 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
charlesdriver.bsky.social
In case I can reach the @quarto.org and #rstats and windows users driven mad by the inability to render files when stored on dropbox (there must be billions of you right?), here's an Rstudio add-on that uses temp files instead:

github.com/cdriveraus/Q...
July 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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adamtranter.bsky.social
If anyone proposed this in my town I’d kill them
July 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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tobiasdienlin.com
Excellent job opportunity
@ikmz.bsky.social!

- Work: Digital Health Communication
- Contract: Permanent
- Salary: 123k
- Location: Zurich

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UZH: LECTURER RESEARCH IN DIGITAL HEALTH COMMUNICATION (PERMANENT POSTDOCTORAL POSITION) AT IKMZ – DEPT. FOR COMMUNICATION & MEDIA RESEARCH
The lecturer position is a permanent postdoctoral position (100%, paid according to cantonal salary scheme; 123K CHF p.a.) with optional promotion to senior lecturer Workplace is Zurich
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June 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM