Oof -- a must-read for academics and parents. (Switch to private browsing window to avoid paywall.)

.Ana Mari Cauce officially became University of Washington president #OnThisDay in 2015. Her appointment represented several "firsts" for the University. magazine.washington.edu/feature/an-unp… #UWMag #TBT

Informational interviews are so, so, so useful. If you know ANYONE, or know anyone who knows anyone, who's doing a job you think sounds interesting -- or that uses some of your skills but you've never heard of! -- reach out and ask if they will talk to you about their job.

This is awful. I’m certain former colleagues have said the same about working with me despite actively trying to prevent me from succeeding. If y’all see my name in a DEI statement, check with me to see if the efforts are legitimate or if I was just their Hispanic lab mate.

Putting together notes on trans inclusive classroom practices. What are your favorite papers? Or examples? Or stories? Here are a few resources that I have found helpful recently. A thread. 🏳️‍⚧️ (1/n)

Today I was honored with 34 other amazing women in #Robotics IROS2022 in Kyoto. Even more inspiring are the young women and URM researchers presenting their work in person and remotely at this amazing venue. The future is bright.IEEE RAS

ECE Fall 2023 Graduate Applicants -- We're bringing back our grad application support program where you can submit your SOP/CV and get 1:1 feedback from current Ph.D. students. Link: forms.gle/UXuUznxMkvariZ… Deadline to submit materials: Nov 10, 2022 Pls RT/amplify

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I'm recruiting PhD students for Fall 2023; If you are interested in either advanced mechatronic design or machine learning-based control of assistive devices, please reach out! Examples of past projects on my lab site: shepherdlab.sites.northeastern.edu

Maneeshika Madduri, Sam Burden Sam Burden (he/him) and Amy Orsborn Amy Orsborn, PhD 👩‍🔬🐵 reviewed co-adaptation of human and machine via neural interfaces and discussed how game theory can be used to enhance human-machine co-adaptation. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I haven't been on here since last Fall. Anything happen while I was out?

Really powerful piece synthesizing a wonderful constellation of voices.

A bingo for Geoffrey Hinton's keynote at #acl2023nlp. Here are all the non-men he cited.

UW Professor Chet Moritz was featured in UW Medicine for his research on transcutaneous spinal stimulation. Through noninvasive electrical stimulation, people with spinal cord injuries can regain their abilities in function and hand dexterity. #uwece tinyurl.com/chet-moritz-sp…

New preprint, so #tweeprint time: Humans and machines dynamically interact in neural interfaces. Can we analyze & predict these interactions? We solve this w/ an interdisciplinary approach led by Maneeshika Madduri as part of a close collab with Sam Burden (he/him) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…