Phil Chodrow
@philchodrow.bsky.social
Applied math, data science, and computing at Middlebury College.
www.philchodrow.prof
www.philchodrow.prof
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SFI is a research hub, home to between 20 and 50 resident and visiting researchers at any given time. SFI is currently seeking applications for full-time resident faculty. These 5+year appointments offer broad intellectual freedom and encouragement to take risks.
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January 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
SFI is a research hub, home to between 20 and 50 resident and visiting researchers at any given time. SFI is currently seeking applications for full-time resident faculty. These 5+year appointments offer broad intellectual freedom and encouragement to take risks.
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Announcing the "Software and Data for Supporting Network Science" satellite workshop at NetSci 2025!! Apply at netsci.nascol.net/cfa before Feb. 7th! Organized with @zpneal.bsky.social, @vtraag.bsky.social, @foucaultwelles.bsky.social, and @illegaldaydream.bsky.social!
Call for Abstracts
A NetSci 2025 Satellite Workshop June 2 or 3, 2025, Maastricht, Netherlands
netsci.nascol.net
December 30, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Announcing the "Software and Data for Supporting Network Science" satellite workshop at NetSci 2025!! Apply at netsci.nascol.net/cfa before Feb. 7th! Organized with @zpneal.bsky.social, @vtraag.bsky.social, @foucaultwelles.bsky.social, and @illegaldaydream.bsky.social!
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I just found out that as a faculty member, I can check out books from the library with NO DUE DATE. My mind is blown.
December 14, 2024 at 4:32 PM
I just found out that as a faculty member, I can check out books from the library with NO DUE DATE. My mind is blown.
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Meanwhile this use is deeply irresponsible.
AI generated titles and abstracts draw their text from somewhere, but you don't know where.
Using them is a great way to plagiarize other scholars — right where people are most likely to notice.
AI generated titles and abstracts draw their text from somewhere, but you don't know where.
Using them is a great way to plagiarize other scholars — right where people are most likely to notice.
December 11, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Meanwhile this use is deeply irresponsible.
AI generated titles and abstracts draw their text from somewhere, but you don't know where.
Using them is a great way to plagiarize other scholars — right where people are most likely to notice.
AI generated titles and abstracts draw their text from somewhere, but you don't know where.
Using them is a great way to plagiarize other scholars — right where people are most likely to notice.
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This is amazing, and I can’t wait to see where this merger goes! If you’re an early career network scientist, I really recommend getting involved with @netplace.bsky.social 🔥🕸️
We are thrilled to announce the merger of two key organizations supporting early-career researchers in network science: SYNS (Society of Young Network Scientists) and NetPLACE (Networks, PhD Life, and Complexity). Together, we are now NetPlace!
November 30, 2024 at 1:27 PM
This is amazing, and I can’t wait to see where this merger goes! If you’re an early career network scientist, I really recommend getting involved with @netplace.bsky.social 🔥🕸️
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Friends, this week marks a monumental step forward in my path towards pushing for a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI. Thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) @theaial.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024 aial.ie
AI Accountability Lab
Stewarding a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI
aial.ie
November 28, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Friends, this week marks a monumental step forward in my path towards pushing for a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI. Thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) @theaial.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024 aial.ie
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most people want a quick and simple answer to why AI systems encode/exacerbate societal and historical bias/injustice and due to the reductive but common thinking of "bias in, bias out," the obvious culprit often is training data but this is not entirely true
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November 24, 2024 at 4:26 PM
most people want a quick and simple answer to why AI systems encode/exacerbate societal and historical bias/injustice and due to the reductive but common thinking of "bias in, bias out," the obvious culprit often is training data but this is not entirely true
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One week left!
A few more weeks to apply for the Network Science PhD program at Northeastern! This is a quantitative and interdisciplinary program, full of great researchers.
Program page: www.networkscienceinstitute.org/phd
Also, feel free to ask questions (!!): www.networkscienceinstitute.org/people
Program page: www.networkscienceinstitute.org/phd
Also, feel free to ask questions (!!): www.networkscienceinstitute.org/people
November 24, 2024 at 9:08 PM
One week left!
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Designing AI interfaces that imitate human conversation is a bad idea. It shapes us in harmful ways as users. In the next phase of AI development, I hope we see more thoughtful interfaces that don’t rely on the deception of fake personableness.
Fake Personableness
The race to find generative AI's GUI is on. Here's why we should avoid the temptation to design our tools to imitate persons.
joshbrake.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Designing AI interfaces that imitate human conversation is a bad idea. It shapes us in harmful ways as users. In the next phase of AI development, I hope we see more thoughtful interfaces that don’t rely on the deception of fake personableness.
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This is an interesting piece from @hannahritchie.bsky.social about the relative energy demands of data centers and generative AI. Well worth a read if you’re curious about putting these numbers into context.
What’s the impact of artificial intelligence on energy demand?
The International Energy Agency (IEA) thinks we should all chill out a bit.
open.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:38 AM
This is an interesting piece from @hannahritchie.bsky.social about the relative energy demands of data centers and generative AI. Well worth a read if you’re curious about putting these numbers into context.
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@jamescsanchez.bsky.social @amandagregg.bsky.social @ajayverghese.bsky.social @ajacobel.bsky.social @bencotts.bsky.social @caitlinmyers.bsky.social @philchodrow.bsky.social @jennortegren.bsky.social @eilatg.bsky.social
Hey Midd folks, I made a starter pack to find each other. Who am I missing?
Hey Midd folks, I made a starter pack to find each other. Who am I missing?
November 19, 2024 at 1:09 AM
@jamescsanchez.bsky.social @amandagregg.bsky.social @ajayverghese.bsky.social @ajacobel.bsky.social @bencotts.bsky.social @caitlinmyers.bsky.social @philchodrow.bsky.social @jennortegren.bsky.social @eilatg.bsky.social
Hey Midd folks, I made a starter pack to find each other. Who am I missing?
Hey Midd folks, I made a starter pack to find each other. Who am I missing?
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We need to have a science-wide announcement that LLMs networked together in an ABM is *absolutely not* a useful way to study human collective beahvior.
November 18, 2024 at 5:43 PM
We need to have a science-wide announcement that LLMs networked together in an ABM is *absolutely not* a useful way to study human collective beahvior.
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We're hiring a postdoc in the &-Lab at Northeastern's Network Science Institute!
Looking for a curious, collaborative scholar to work on computational social science questions, at the intersection of data justice + network science.
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Looking for a curious, collaborative scholar to work on computational social science questions, at the intersection of data justice + network science.
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
November 13, 2024 at 12:36 PM
We're hiring a postdoc in the &-Lab at Northeastern's Network Science Institute!
Looking for a curious, collaborative scholar to work on computational social science questions, at the intersection of data justice + network science.
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Looking for a curious, collaborative scholar to work on computational social science questions, at the intersection of data justice + network science.
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Y'all even though I left for industry, I'm still a network scientist / computational social scientist / communication researcher / social media scholar
I want to be included in some starter packs too 🥲
I want to be included in some starter packs too 🥲
November 13, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Y'all even though I left for industry, I'm still a network scientist / computational social scientist / communication researcher / social media scholar
I want to be included in some starter packs too 🥲
I want to be included in some starter packs too 🥲
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The BlueSky team created a great tool to help newcomers: starter packs.
Here a quick starter pack for #complexity and network scientists + feeds to quickly join the community! #NetSky
Please, help to share (and if you are not in the list, get in touch and I will add you)
go.bsky.app/KMfiTU2
Here a quick starter pack for #complexity and network scientists + feeds to quickly join the community! #NetSky
Please, help to share (and if you are not in the list, get in touch and I will add you)
go.bsky.app/KMfiTU2
November 12, 2024 at 8:41 PM
The BlueSky team created a great tool to help newcomers: starter packs.
Here a quick starter pack for #complexity and network scientists + feeds to quickly join the community! #NetSky
Please, help to share (and if you are not in the list, get in touch and I will add you)
go.bsky.app/KMfiTU2
Here a quick starter pack for #complexity and network scientists + feeds to quickly join the community! #NetSky
Please, help to share (and if you are not in the list, get in touch and I will add you)
go.bsky.app/KMfiTU2
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Very important work from @kspoon and an all-star team from CU Boulder and beyond. Thread.
1/ New paper! “Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty” w/ N Laberge KH Wapman @samzhang AC Morgan M Galesic BK Fosdick @danlarremore @aaronclauset: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A systematic study of gendered rates & reasons for faculty attrition in US academia 🧵
A systematic study of gendered rates & reasons for faculty attrition in US academia 🧵
October 21, 2023 at 12:10 AM
Very important work from @kspoon and an all-star team from CU Boulder and beyond. Thread.
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Asked to comment on impact(s) of AI in education, argued that more than worrying about fraud (an integrity issue) or adaptation to new tools, we should focus on how to educate future developers: shouldn’t we include in ML syllabi the social risks of our work? PT only sicnoticias.pt/especiais/in...
August 23, 2023 at 2:36 PM
Asked to comment on impact(s) of AI in education, argued that more than worrying about fraud (an integrity issue) or adaptation to new tools, we should focus on how to educate future developers: shouldn’t we include in ML syllabi the social risks of our work? PT only sicnoticias.pt/especiais/in...
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It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
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August 20, 2023 at 1:55 AM
It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
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My AI/LLM/ChatGPT syllabus statement. On this topic, does anyone know of a LLM that's trained solely on appropriately licensed data (e.g. everything was consented to or licensed openly)?
August 19, 2023 at 4:12 PM
My AI/LLM/ChatGPT syllabus statement. On this topic, does anyone know of a LLM that's trained solely on appropriately licensed data (e.g. everything was consented to or licensed openly)?
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This is going to be a huge problem for educational institutions using Zoom.
August 7, 2023 at 1:07 AM
This is going to be a huge problem for educational institutions using Zoom.