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19 Jun 2020
This is bullshit. Uni is not vocational training. Even if it was, graduate employment rates are not much different between humanities and STEM. abc.net.au/news/2020-06-19/u…
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18 Jun 2020
Our uni is reviewing the metrics they use to evaluate research excellence. They’re after academic input. So: what metrics indicate excellence? nothing’s perfect, they’re all biased in some way, but can we do better?
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16 Jun 2020
This was a cool webinar today, using data (and experiment manipulations) from Japanese vending machines in train stations. Had a speed-accuracy trade off component: how long til the train departs!
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14 Jun 2020
Kudos to the organisers of the @socmathpsych meeting 2020. This looks like it's going to be fun! Online, asynchronous, low-barrier to participate. Excellent choices! (Also pleased not to have to travel for a day and a bit each way.) Thanks, @VandekerckhoveJ @pernillehemmer
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11 Jun 2020
Check out this - a project from a recent PhD student in our lab! Public health impacts from the Australian bushfires earlier this year (remember them??). Well done, Dr. Zach Howard!
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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9 Jun 2020
Heard of Benford's Law? Used in fraud detection, and often discussed at Oz Math Psych conferences. COVID19-Benford, for next week's Journal Club meeting!
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
jupiter.ethz.ch/~ajackson/be…
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5 Jun 2020
Too many of our @Psychology_UON students live below the poverty line. A new initiative from the staff - a pantry of our donations to help those who need them. I’m proud of our department today.
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3 Jun 2020
A big month for Zachary-now-Doctor Howard. Just got his PhD @Uni_Newcastle and published two articles based on his thesis:
1. Exploring memory intersections, with @simonjohndennis, in Cognition, authors.elsevier.com/a/1bAQU…
2. Multi tasking, in PB&R, rdcu.be/b4A0Q
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2 Jun 2020
I have been away from Twitter for a while. Nothing bad, it just slipped down my list. But now is not the time to let this slide. Being silent about the injustices that black and brown people experience is not OK. We must all do our part to change the system. #BlackLivesMatter
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12 Mar 2020
Lab dog (a lab!) of the week is the gorgeous Lulu. Courtesy of a friend of the lab. Here she is having a lovely snore during our spirited discussion about experimental methods.
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3 Mar 2020
Join us today for the first of this year’s School Wide Seminars. Today it’s Flash Presentations from seven of our own staff. Some of these colleagues don’t often get a chance to talk research with us - should be fun! L326 at 12-1. Also zoom. uonewcastle.zoom.us/j/433518…
2 Mar 2020
And now Murray cracking jokes on his way through the PhD confirmation seminar. We must make these more nerve-wracking somehow.
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1 Mar 2020
PhD student Tom working his way through a thesis plan in his confirmation seminar today.
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28 Feb 2020
A day late, but gotta share this week’s lab meeting dog. He brought us a gift! 10/10 good boy.
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26 Feb 2020
Another new issue of @CompBrainBeh is published! Check it out - some cool articles in this one.
link.springer.com/journal/42…
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18 Feb 2020
Office possum update: the possum is sleeping cos it’s hot. And nocturnal probably. And it’s name is Paprika (I was told that by @dora_matzke - maybe it’s a Hungarian possum).
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16 Feb 2020
Today’s journal club is: Reinforcement Learning, Fast and Slow. (From TiCS) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3100…
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