Matthew Ackerman

I study technology design for social impact, especially healthcare. PhD candidate of Information Science at Rutgers University . 🏳️‍🌈 (he/him/his)

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" ~ Nelson Mandela

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

I haven't seen my family in Korea for some time, and do want to go back soon. There has been a lot of progress and am hopeful for a better tomorrow.

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

is what gets protest. There have been many really important protests in Korea recently including for climate change and shows of senior doctors supporting junior doctors on the cost of medical school. But I also understand the general views of queer folk in Korea. 3/4

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

Had the amazing opportunity to speak with scholars at #APHA2024 who were really engaged with and interested in my work. Got great feedback and I am feeling really motivated to get back to it.

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

What an incredible pleasure to be part of this discussion on community engaged scholarship and sitting next to these 2 doing amazing work, @TawfiqAmmari and @jazz4pca's founder Ralph Stowe. If you are unfamiliar with Jazz 4 Prostate Cancer Awareness, check out their great work.

[Rutgers School of Communication and Information @RutgersCommInfo]

Today! From 10:30am - 4:15pm: “Rethinking the Future: People-centered Information & Communication Practices” hosted by the #RUSCI #LIS Research Committee. In person or virtually https://t.co/DQNPslysJN @RutgersU

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

@drjentheiss @HElizabeth44 Congratulations Dr. Jones!

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

It is a very much well deserved award, and the inspiring work that he does constantly is why I picked him as an advisor.

[Kimi @kimiwenzel]

If you're submitting to #CHI2024 in Hawai'i, please be respectful and consider donating to relief efforts for Maui. @acm_chi / 🧵 thread with donation links

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

I still don't understand why this is such a common thing. Radio buttons limit selection to 1 item. People can be more than one race. Not only does it cause discomfort for the patient, being categorized as "other" results in poor data. Easier to analyze, but worse output.

[Rebecca Reynolds @rbrbrbr]

The LIS Dept. (iSchool) at Rutgers-NB invites applications for a Data Science tenure track appointment (pre- and post-tenure) as part of a larger interdisciplinary Fair and Responsible Data Science (FRDS) cluster hire. Plz circulate! Job ad & details: https://t.co/5zJpgJS2q2

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

It's quite interesting knowing some of the research on hospital discharges and readmits, and then going through a hospital discharge myself that was so awful and not good practice according to the literature. It's no wonder readmits are so high. Though did give me a project idea.

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

My buddy @mcladle's game just got posted to steam. If you have a steam account, you can help a lot by simply wishlisting the game since steam uses wishlists to determine games to promote.

[mcladle @mcladle]

The Steam page for my indie game, the Static, is here at last! Check out the full trailer and if the neon vibes intrigue you, add it to your wishlist!

https://t.co/SHqciLD7Br

#madewithunity #unity3d #indiedev #solodev #3dplatformer #indiegame #indiegaming #gamedev

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

Missed posting yesterday, the actual lunar new year, but happy lunar new year. For Koreans, we traditionally eat tteokguk, a rice cake soup. When we eat it on the new year, it signifies everyone getting a year older. This specific one is tteok mandu guk because it has dunplings.

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

One of my students came up to me at the end of class and told me the class was surprisingly refreshing because he felt the material was useful and relatable to the work he does. And that was so affirming to all the internal debates on how to format the class.

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

ok, I did the thing and made a mastodon @[email protected]

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

Prepping to teach class, and completely forgot Aboutface used Civilization as an example of using visual representation of info. It just happens to be one of my favorite games ever.

[Rutgers School of Communication and Information @RutgersCommInfo]

Today @alisehq #ALISE2022’s Social Justice & Equity session @CharlesSenteio and #RUSCI #PhDstudents Kaitlin Montague & @theacks103 will present, “’Louder for the people in the back:’ Amplifying historically marginalized voices through qualitative research.” #RUSCIProud

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

@RogerSoraa It's sort of like "stop and smell the roses." If you're passing you cannot see, but if you stop you can see.

[Susan Gonzalez (@susangonzalez.bsky.social) @TheNewsan]

THE STUDENT LOAN DEBT RELIEF APPLICATION IS OPEN TELL YOUR FRIENDS https://t.co/wCFqwrHJGB

[Matthew Ackerman @theacks103]

Don't care about the like, seems like a mistake. But focusing on what JKR said, this is why continuing to purchase Harry Potter or eat at Chick-fil-A etc. empowers these people to continue their hatred and shows people you don't care about them because it might not impact you.