Our header to the @AeraOpen special issue on educational data science. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Our overview of the emerging field of education data science (EDS), also discussing 12 articles that illustrate an AERA-angle on EDS journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

There are *many* ways of quantifying the quality of models for binary outcomes. However, the vast majority have shortcomings that, in our view, limit utility. 1/

There is a tradition in psychometrics of evaluating metrics for the "fit" of item response models by asking which metric most frequently identifies the data generating model. Ben Stenhaug suggests that maybe we can do better. 1/n

It's official! South Asian Approaches to Researching Education🕊️ announces its inaugural seminar by the exceptional Prof Padma Sarangapani. If #education #research in the #GlobalSouth, especially in the #SouthAsian context is your interest area, #SAARE is the space to engage with. Register today and kindly retweet.

The International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) July 19-22, 2022 at UChicago will be hosted by James Evans, Sendhil Mullainathan, Rochelle Terman, Luis Bettencourt and a mind-blowing line-up of speakers: Details @ ic2s2.org; spread the word!

So I guess I’m on the job market now!?!? I’m a computational social scientist interested in social psych, soc of culture, orgs, and econ soc. My dissertation examines the origins of cultural meaning using various computational methods (ML, text analysis, & simulations). (1/5)

A warm welcome to our newest graduate fellows! Joining us from across Stanford University schools, these students will learn from HAI faculty and share perspectives from their individual disciplines including engineering, medicine, education, and more. hai.stanford.edu/news/introduci…

At what point can we confidently say that OJS from Public Knowledge Project (PKP) is the most widely adopted scholarly publishing software in the world? And celebrate the sustainable growth of open infrastructure as the way to resolve structural barriers to equitable research _globally_. #openscience

Beyond Web of Science and Scopus there is already an open bibliodiverse world of research – We ignore it at our peril #ScholComm wp.me/p4m9em-c4i

Beyond Web of Science and Scopus there is already an open bibliodiverse world of research – We ignore it at our peril #AcademicPublishing wp.me/p4m9em-c4i

.@Nalsi A great paper on bibliodiversity, using Open Journals System dataset by Saurabh Khanna et al! Daniel E. Acuna Han Zhuang direct.mit.edu/qss/article/3/…

Meet our inaugural class of Tech Ethics & Policy Summer Fellows! These fellows will work across various government agencies, think tanks, and legislative offices in Washington, D.C. to better understand how the U.S. government enacts tech policy. stanford.io/3ymCPqb

📣📣The second event, Global, celebrating #DOAJat20 has been opened by Tom Olijhoek and is moderated by Ivonne Lujano Our first speaker is Saurabh Khanna discussing the steps to be taken to decolonize #scholarlypublishing #scholcomm #openaccess #AcademicChatter

#Welcome 🎉 to our new ASCoR member Saurabh Khanna! Saurabh works on developing methods to quantify the diversity of information on the internet. He also studies misinfotainment and the effects of blurring lines between political and entertainment communication on today’s youth 👋

📢 Join this symposium hosted by @Form4Open, bringing together reps from Public Knowledge Project (PKP), DOAJ, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation, National Research Foundation of South Africa, and NYU Abu Dhabi to discuss "dismantling global hierarchies of knowledge" in academia ⤵️ #ScholComm #OpenAccess #OpenScience #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicChatter

Join us for a special Knowledge Equity Network & University of Leeds event on Global Biases in Research Metrics. 🌍 Guest speakers: Ann Campbell & Saurabh Khanna with Nick Sheppard. 🗓️ Monday 10 June 📍 Online - register: ow.ly/jpRk50S1TrK Open Research Leeds @ResCultureLeeds Dimensions

in the spirit of boosting invisible information, the united states election has taken over the media, but there are equally important elections going on in other parts of the world as well ndi.org/elections-cale…

Announcing new open-source Python package: aisuite! This makes it easy for developers to use large language models from multiple providers. When building applications I found it a hassle to integrate with multiple providers. Aisuite lets you pick a "provider:model" just by