We have improved our clustering algorithm, which now uses a silhouette score to select optimal clustering parameters. Thanks to the reviewers for pointing out weaknesses in our previous approach 🙏 & to @hannahturney.bsky.social for her great work 😊
Lots of cool talks, including myself subbing in for @hannahturney.bsky.social presenting our ML workflow for glass transition temperature calculation (preprint v2):
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
Molecular sciences research hub building from the outside
Heading to White City @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social for the London #Polymer Group Meeting #LPG26! It’s well worth the trek for this SE dweller.
Heads up GitHub users. You have less than a month left to opt out of "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training".
"On April 24 we'll start using GitHub Copilot interaction data for AI model training unless you opt out." github.com/settings/cop...
Niiice 💅
A small English cocker spaniel is passed out on the carpet floor of a home office
My executive function after a big grant deadline with 3h sleep
A screenshot of a paper where the link to the page proof online system appears as part of the title
I for one believe it is fully justified that we pay solid money for the thorough quality checks for-profit publishers provide to us every day
View of the Thames from the south bank, with blackfriars behind, and the city and St Paul visible across. Blue sky finally!
Thé gym-> class commute ain’t too shabby either
A bouldering wall with nobody climbing
How I prepare for my quantum chemistry lecture
@supersciencegrl.co.uk please tell my undergrads! I will make a T-shirt with this quote lol.
😏😏😏😏😏😏😏
excited for your #compchem era haha 😛
You can also run calculations in parallel:)
It finally happened…
We fed the dog dinner, twice 🤣
She’s timeless ☺️
Of all the reasons to ask for an extension on an assignment, this is a pretty good one.
Canadian figure skater Maddie Schizas posts her email to her prof, asking for an extension.
Because she’s competing at the Olympics. Attached the press release for proof of participation.
Today I am getting my 🇬🇧 citizenship!!
If you want to learn about materials modeling, from DFT to MD, well marinated in a spicy ML sauce, don't miss out the @ictp.bsky.social / @nccr-marvel.bsky.social college. Details and application instructions here indico.ictp.it/event/11146/. See you in Miramare!
2️⃣ tinyurl.com/PDRAcatalystAI
1-year postdoc in collaboration with industry on #genAI and #catalysis
Deadline: Feb 22
Ideal profile: recent PhD looking to transition to industry, ML/AI and catalysis background 🤖
Not one but 2 (!) open #postdocjobs to work with me
1️⃣ tinyurl.com/EPSRCMattaPDRA
2-year postdoc on data-driven design and screening of organic mixed conducting materials ⚡️🔋
#omiecs
Deadline: Feb 8
Ideal profile: MD or DFT skills, experience in #high-throughput workflows, strong coding skills
Abstract Al assistance produces significant productivity gains across professional domains, particularly for novice workers. Yet how this assistance affects the development of skills required to effectively supervise AI remains unclear. Novice workers who rely heavily on AI to complete unfamiliar tasks may compromise their own skill acquisition in the process. We conduct randomized experiments to study how developers gained mastery of a new asynchronous programming library with and without the assistance of Al. We find that AI use impairs conceptual understanding, code reading, and debugging abilities, without delivering significant efficiency gains on average. Participants who fully delegated coding tasks showed some productivity improvements, but at the cost of learning the library. We identify six distinct AI interaction patterns, three of which involve cognitive engagement and preserve learning outcomes even when participants receive AI assistance. Our findings suggest that Al-enhanced productivity is not a shortcut to competence and AI assistance should be carefully adopted into workflows to preserve skill formation - particularly in safety-critical domains.
‘Novice workers who rely heavily on AI to complete unfamiliar tasks may compromise their own skill acquisition… We find that AI use impairs conceptual understanding, code reading, and debugging abilities, without delivering significant efficiency gains on average.’
arxiv.org/pdf/2601.20245
Really inspiring to celebrate #womeninscience with #loreal at the House of Commons! Congratulations to all the applicant and winners.
intreprecating takes the cake
Happy to see our #melanin Perspective featured in this collection!
is this at the Dulwich Picture Gallery? noted!
But what about that great ASCII art 😂
Teams status: “I am doing focused work, meeting-free day”
Real status: *paralysed by overdue tasks, inbox overflowing, unable to focus on anything because the house is a mess*
all these admission essays read exactly the same 🫠 thanks genAI
The disclaimer on the webpage chemrxiv.org noting that “due to a high volume of submissions, processing times may exceed 2 days”
@chemrxiv.org tell me about it.. it’s been almost a week 🥲
