I agree! The performances and interviews are nice but this format makes the actual announcements very low-energy and anti-climatic. Maybe the excitement is higher in the arena? I would have preferred the full team announced all at once followed by celebratory performances.

I can’t believe how much less stressful academia is when you aren’t trying to finish a PhD

I can’t decide whether this is more or less surprising and exciting that Takahashi

I reacted similarly! 😱

Students can pick up on underlying positive energy even when we feel like we aren’t showing it or don’t even have it. It’s really incredible.

Congratulations! Super excited to hear what comes out of this work!!

A large white building with the letters “FIU” against a blue sky with fluffy clouds with a sidewalk and palm trees in the foreground

New academic year, new institution, new role. I am no longer with the National Park Service and I am grateful to be a #postdoc for FIU’s Institute of Environment. I’d love to connect with others working across sectors or navigating #earlycareer research in these uncertain times.

Yikes - you all wear suits? In this climate???

I’ve learned that if ChatGPT doesn’t know the answer to the coding issue after two or three iterations, it never will and it’s best to abandon course. Hope you find good help from your human supporters!

Oooh! Very excited to listen to this one

I remember there was also a time when everyone assumed machine learning meant artificial neural networks (because that was the big Silicon Valley-driven innovation of the day). What we are seeing is part of a totally predictable problematic pattern but on a much wider scale

(And I do agree with your point about the trend of de-centering and de-valuing the people doing the work)

💯 and I push for this with my collaborators and as a reviewer

We could say the same thing about machine learning. It’s not very specific and includes techniques with a wide range of complexity. Years ago machine learning was the buzz word. Now we just have a bigger vague bucket that was made to include the hottest innovation of the day.

One of the other big differences I noticed was how much more time they spent on Dulcy night 2. It’s like they swapped their Gabbie airtime for Dulcy

She got some good airtime on Friday night too!

Just got home from an inspiring week at the NITMB celebrating Dr. Ricardo Cortez, biofluid dynamics, and math modeling education. Grateful for the invitation and reminders of the value of creativity, kindness, and collaboration when building a career in research and training.

Oh that makes much more sense 😂

Have you done anything with how movement ecology impacts fisheries? How that data is collected alone is super cook.

At the same time? 😱 impressive!

Adventures of being a data scientist in the natural sciences: I just got an email about the “Florida Python Challenge” and assumed it was a programming competition. Turns out it’s about literal pythons 🐍

Math humor and organized religion humor are two of my very favorite things

Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago on 14 September 1955, the son of Louis Marius Prevost and Mildred Martínez.[4] His father, who was a United States Navy veteran of World War II and school administrator,[5] was of French and Italian descent, and his mother of Spanish descent.[6] As a child, Prevost served as an altar boy at St. Mary of the Assumption Church on the far South Side of Chicago.[7] He completed his secondary studies at the minor seminary of the Order of St. Augustine in 1973. Prevost earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics at Villanova University in 1977.[8]

first math pope?

Do you have any insight on the outlook on programs through places like NITMB? I was invited to a workshop there in July but I’m worried 😬

Dropping blocks in an inefficient way and making the wall too tall

The coaching carousel begins!

Do the unlimited snuggles during the competition action help make up for it?

I am as jealous as you would expect. But I’m happy for you! Enjoy it!

Are you there in person??? 😮

Go Jackie go!