Jim Whitehead
@TheJimWhitehead
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Professor of Computational Media at University of California, Santa Cruz. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, Baskin School of Engineering.
Santa Cruz, California
Joined November 2014
RT @emollick: "The meta-analysis results of this study confirm the positive impacts of ChatGPT on learning performance, learning perception….
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Really important meta-analysis.
A study was published on the best ways to beat depression. At the top is dancing followed by walking or jogging.
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RT @BaskinEng: 🤝 Meet UCSC #ACM (@TheOfficialACM)—a hub for students to learn, collaborate, and prepare for future careers! Entirely studen….
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RT @AIIDEconference: 👾Call for Papers for #AIIDE25 is live! 👾. Join us in Edmonton, Canada where we will be celebrating over 20 years of AI….
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RT @togelius: Who do you trust most on matters of AI?.Someone who has worked on AI for 2 or 20 years? .Someone who works in academia or a l….
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RT @ItaiYanai: We have to stand up for science! Anyone who can join these rallies and believes that US science must be protected should com….
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Illegal Trump administration actions to reduce National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant indirect rates to 15% will have pervasive negative impacts on US Universities and medical science.
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RT @PutrinoLab: Wanted to check-in with these new @NIH changes that are going to affect so many. First let me remind everyone: I run 6 hybr….
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RT @jaygirimd: 🧵 Many “hot takes” about the reduction of @NIH indirect grant costs to 15%. Let’s lay out the facts about the university g….
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RT @DrPhiltill: It seems few people know what an “indirect cost” is or why it has to be 40-60%. The reason the government forced universi….
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RT @ProfessorPowder: My letter to Utah Senator John Curtis (@SenJohnCurtis) concerning reductions to @NWS budget and staffing https://t.co/….
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RT @Weather_West: On Fri 2/7, I'll discuss why #NOAA's National #Weather Service is an indispensable public utility, & the broader risks of….
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The National Science Foundation is facing steep cuts in staff and budgets. Computing Research Association lays out the case for why this is bad. Please share.
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A statement from the Computing Research Association (CRA) Recent executive actions have raised the potential of significant budget cuts and mass layoffs at the National Science Foundation (NSF), a …
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RT @BaskinEng: Join us on Jan 30 at the UCSC Hay Barn, to hear from innovative women in #climate and #tech! Panel features women entreprene….
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An evening with women entrepreneurs, funders, and founders to discuss innovation and opportunities to create change. Discussion panel followed by networking and light refreshments. Moderator: Sri...
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We are hiring a Teaching Professor of Technology and Information Management at UC Santa Cruz (Associate or Full). Open to people with industry backgrounds who have an MS and strong management experience. Final days, apply soon!
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Every year I'm asked a series of rating questions by graduate schools when I submit a letter of recommendation. Is there any data showing correlations between these ratings and performance in graduate programs? I believe they are completely useless as predictors.
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Watch Duty is amazing. If you live in a wildfire zone, you should definitely have this app installed.
talked with @watchdutyapp about what it's like being the platform that everyone turns to during a horrible fire, how they keep info flowing despite a flood of shitposts and misinformation online, and what happens in the next disaster.
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A few days later, the scope of the tragedy in Valencia and nearby Paiporta (Spain) is becoming clear. Most chilling to me are the still-flooded underground garages, many filled with corpses.
Dado que quiero estudiar periodismo y he vivido esta DANA en primera persona he decidido traeros un hilo con todos los archivos que he recopilado de la tragedia, cosas que no veréis en otros medios y que creo que ayudará a la gente a ver la situación en la que se encuentran los
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