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.

Watch Duty is amazing. If you live in a wildfire zone, you should definitely have this app installed.

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.

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! recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01833

Join us on Jan 30 at the UCSC Hay Barn, to hear from innovative women in #climate and #tech! Panel features women entrepreneurs, funders, and founders who will discuss innovation and opportunities to create change. See details: bit.ly/3ClS3Bw

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. cra.org/nsf-budget-cut…

From the President of the American Meteorological Society (American Meteorological Society)

My letter to Utah Senator John Curtis (Senator John Curtis) concerning reductions to National Weather Service budget and staffing

What does NOAA do?

On Fri 2/7, I'll discuss why #NOAA's National #Weather Service is an indispensable public utility, & the broader risks of "moving fast and breaking things" that are not easily fixable. Plus, thoughts on possible major SoCal storm next week? #CAwx #CAwater youtube.com/live/QVSGiBpcD…

It seems few people know what an “indirect cost” is or why it has to be 40-60%. The reason the government forced universities to raise their indirect costs up to (typically) 40-60% was to force a huge amount of regulations on the universities while also minimizing the

🧵 Many “hot takes” about the reduction of NIH indirect grant costs to 15%. Let’s lay out the facts about the university grant management process & accounting. And then use this to project likely short and longer term impacts of the policy.

Wanted to check-in with these new NIH changes that are going to affect so many. First let me remind everyone: I run 6 hybrid clinical/research centers, each with a specific clinical focus. Unlike the vast majority of my colleagues, federal funding sources account for less 1/

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.

We have to stand up for science! Anyone who can join these rallies and believes that US science must be protected should come!

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 large, well-funded industry lab? (Please RT, I want to get a high N on this one)

👾Call for Papers for #AIIDE25 is live! 👾 Join us in Edmonton, Canada where we will be celebrating over 20 years of AIIDE with a special theme: Strong Foundations! We encourage the submission of work that builds on prior work from AIIDE proceedings. 🔍Info in replies!

🤝 Meet UCSC #ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)—a hub for students to learn, collaborate, and prepare for future careers! Entirely student led, the club fosters a strong sense of community, helping students develop technical skills and gain hands-on experience.

Really important meta-analysis.

"The meta-analysis results of this study confirm the positive impacts of ChatGPT on learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking," Plenty of caveats, but a meta-analysis of all 51 experimental papers suggests ChatGPT helps learning when used appropriately