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Tianjun Sun retweeted
I'm excited to share that Rice is hiring TWO new faculty members in Cognitive Neuroscience (1 Assistant level, 1 Associate/Full)!
Asst ad: apply.interfolio.com/153086
Assoc/full ad: apply.interfolio.com/153384
Please share, and reach out if you have questions!
Tianjun Sun retweeted
On putting the horse (raters and criteria) before the cart (variance components in ratings) | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4cHSOkg
Congratulations to @PanDwww and Hwayeon Meyong!
Tianjun Sun retweeted
The IRT Song, another Psychometric Jazz hit dropping in your timeline.
"In the land of stars and stripes, they turned away,
From Rasch's simple truths, they chose a complex way,
Item Response Theory, oh what a tangled dance,
They missed the Rasch measurement advantage,
didn't give it a chance.
To the tune of assumptions, they built a lofty throne,
With parameters three or more, complexity overblown.
Meanwhile, Rasch with its elegance stood quietly alone,
One parameter to rule them all, yet largely unknown.
Oh, in the halls of academia, they debate with such glee,
"Is it IRT or Rasch that truly holds the key?"
But those who've seen the light, they all agree,
The beauty of Rasch is in its simplicity.
So let's raise a glass to Georg Rasch, a visionary so bright,
His model cuts through the noise, brings the data to light.
And to those still lost in the IRT night,
May you find your way by Rasch's clear sight."
Tianjun Sun retweeted
Because the Psych Job Wiki is ending, I’ve worked with Amedee Martella to create a new Psych Job Wiki for the 2024-25 academic job cycle! This site has TT jobs, non-TT jobs, and postdoc positions. Feel free to spread the word, use the site, and contribute: sites.google.com/view/psychj…
Tianjun Sun retweeted
A feature on @KState’s Center for Artificial Intelligence and Date Science (#CAIDS), a consortium of labs led by our colleague @pascalhitzler, PI of @DaSeLab. This article also covers the work of @handekucuk & @tspsyched.
Faculty and student researchers at K-State are helping to make AI magic happen. Learn more about how they are making artificial intelligence smarter and safer at: bit.ly/4a7DNqR
#KStateResearch | #KState
Tianjun Sun retweeted
Many people have no idea how these things work.
For example, right now, as a Brazilian, I can't accept invitations to speak at conferences in Europe because my visa to work in the U.S. has expired.
I am not illegal; I have a work contract with the University of California until 2027. Still, I must travel outside the U.S. and get a visa stamp on my passport to allow me to move freely to talk about science.
I have to do this every single year I stay in the U.S. The costs of the visa, traveling, time lost, etc, are all on me. Not every international scientist can handle this.
Tianjun Sun retweeted
A fascinating paradox: People rate AI responses to their emotional problems as more empathic than human responses, but not if they *know* the response comes from AI.
They feel most "heard" by an AI they think is human, least by a human they think is AI.
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
Tianjun Sun retweeted
Super fun project on investigating the prediction behavior of LLMs from a psychological perspective🧠
🚨GPT-4 can fall into a cognitive trap and make mistakes even when it has the correct knowledge, like us humans🤯
✅A simple hint helps
Check out our paper for more details👇
Will the Real Linda Please Stand up...to Large Language Models? Examining the Representativeness Heuristic in LLMs
arxiv.org/abs/2404.01461
@PanDwww
@ZilinXiao2
@hanjie_chen
Tianjun Sun retweeted
Here are our prompts for educators and students, released under Creative Commons license.
They are built around the pedagogical approaches we discuss in our papers, and have worked well in class. I hope others experiment with them, improve them, & share. moreusefulthings.com/
Tianjun Sun retweeted
I just heard a PhD student say "I just need to get through one more week and then things will be less busy..."
I didn't have the heart to say anything
Tianjun Sun retweeted
If you know someone doing a dissertation or recently completed a dissertation on #EMA or #ESM, please have them apply for the @expiwell dissertation award! #pleaseshare
🚀 Exciting News!
@ExpiWell's Dissertation Award is back for its 4th year! Supporting #PhDStudents in #ESM & #EMA research with two $1,000 awards. Open to all fields, from Psychology to Engineering.
Looking for impactful, innovative dissertations. Apply by April 30, 2024!
Tianjun Sun retweeted
#iopsych PhD Students: you have a few weeks left to apply!
siop.org/Research-Publicatio…
Tianjun Sun retweeted
Call for Nominations! The Journal of Applied Psychology seeks nominations for 5 editorial fellowship positions for early-career scholars (ECSs) from historically excluded groups. The deadline to apply is March 7th!
thejournaleditorscorner.com/…
Tianjun Sun retweeted
Participants are sought to take part in a research study aimed at understanding current knowledge and perceptions about open science.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5a7ek4sd
#IOPsych
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📢Call for Papers📢 JAP is soliciting papers for a special issue on social impact research. Submissions should cover issues with great social impact, well beyond the organizations in which employees work. Proposals are due by April 1st, 2024.
Info here:
thejournaleditorscorner.com/…
Tianjun Sun retweeted
With so many new ways of interacting with AI, the risk of attacks through prompt injection (usually just hacking in prose) goes up considerably.
This is an interesting example. I have seen others, too.
Tianjun Sun retweeted
🚨New preprint🚨
How can we solve the problem of conceptual clutter in #psychology that limits the fields' cumulative progress?
In our new preprint, @rui__mata and I propose a solution based on #embeddings from #LLMs.
A thread.
osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/9h…
Tianjun Sun retweeted
I would like to pass on the call linked below from Yves Roseel, developer of the SEM-lavaan package in R. Yves has been doing this for many years besides his job and lavaan has quickly become a serious competitor to commercial software (like Mplus).
