Ben WaberIt was another nice day in Boston, which meant lots of time outside with talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/11)
First was a nice talk by @lisik on the neural computations underlying human social interaction recognition at MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences. After showing how some traditional models of neural computation can't replicate social understanding, Isik demonstrates that a graph-structured model can perform quite well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcQW3bYW2yo (2/11) #neuroscience
The neural computations underlying real-world social interaction perception
Next was an engaging conversation with Sebastian Edwards on the influence of the "Chicago Boys" on the Chilean economy and society on the @stiglercenter Capital Isn't podcast. I hadn't been familiar with this particular chapter of history, and it makes me excited to get my hands on this book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-840D1DjhE (3/11) #Chile #economics
Key Lessons From The “Chicago Boys” Chile Experiment
Next was an intriguing talk by Steven Ruggles on government data reporting at the Toulouse School of #Economics. This is a bit autobiographical, but then gets into complaints about the US #Census moving to a synthetic data model https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWv1kH8vpDg (4/11)
Big Data in Economic History Conference - Steven Ruggles
Next was an enjoyable discussion with David Krackhardt (one of my thesis readers!) on #networks in organizations on the Knitting Networks podcast. David is one of the giants of the field, and gives an excellent overview of what can be learned from network surveys https://podcasts.google.com/u/1/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zMTJiMzA1MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/Y2I2NjgxMGEtZGQ3Mi00ODAzLTg0MDMtZjc5MWY0NTg1OTVl?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjI47rJrI2BAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQOA (5/11)
Knitting Networks / Tejiendo Redes - 56.David M. Krackhardt
[Capítulo en Inglés / Chapter in English] David Krackhardt is a Professor of Organizations at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, with a joint appointment at the Tepper School of Business. His current research agenda includes developing models of diffusion of controversial innovations, exploring and testing visual representations of networks, identifying effective leverage points for organizational change, and exploring the roles of Simmelian (super-strong) ties in organizations. Prior to joining Carnegie Mellon University, Dr. Krackhardt's appointments included faculty positions at Cornell's Graduate School of Management, the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, INSEAD (France) and the Harvard Business School. He received a BS degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD from the University of California, Irvine. You can read more about his research in Google Scholar, or on his profile's websites (…
Next was a thought-provoking session on embryo modeling and cultivation in research at Harvard Medical School Center for #Bioethics with Jianping Fu and Insoo Hyun. The ethical framework here is impressive, incorporating medicine, theology, and politics (easter egg: look at the date of this in person event!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSmpuNvieqY (6/11)
Embryo Modeling and Embryo Cultivation
Next was an interesting talk by Manju Ahuja on mobile use, well-being, and productivity from a partner's perspective at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. This is a unique qualitative look at an increasingly important issue as remote work becomes more common https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiZchBmqzfQ (7/11)
Trading Well-Being for Productivity: Mobile Overuse from a Partner's Perspective
Next was a fantastic talk by Robert Frank on winner-take-all markets at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. Frank rightly centers the role of luck, cognitive biases, and other issues in distorting results in winner-take-all markets and discusses potential interventions to make outcomes more fair and equitable. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EohESvuXTiQ (8/11)
Seminar Series with Robert Frank: Winner-Take-All Markets
Next was an important talk by Anthony Jehn on postgraduate earnings and the #gender wage gap in Canada at Western University, showing that wage premiums are larger for women but have declined generally over time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6pSCA-qEcQ (9/11) #bias #economics
Postgraduate Earnings and The Gender Wage Gap in Canada
Next was a riveting talk by Iris Clever on the practice and history of quantifying race at the University of Chicago. Clever takes us on a harrowing tour of how the predecessors of modern biometric practices and statistics were used (and continue to be used) to explicitly divide humanity. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su3V6jcwtCQ (10/11) #biometrics #bias #racism #science
"Quantifying Race: How Numbers Divide Us" with Iris Clever--Cultures and Knowledge Workshop
Last was a short film highlighting voices from the Eastern #Pequot on their heritage, culture, and collaborative archaeological/anthropological research with UMass Boston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsJ2znR-Wq8 (11/11) #archaeology #anthropology
