Dr. Amy Rae Fox

Applied cognitive scientist studying External Representation @MITVIS | semiotics, diagrams, InfoVis, tools for thought | research & design | PhD @ucsdcogsci

[Dr. Amy Rae Fox @thoughtafox]

THRILLED to share our new volume 'Visualization Psychology' is (finally) available! Please reach out if you'd like a copy of my chapter on [CH2 theories] or [CH9 research programmes] in graph comprehension and visualization psychology #dataviz
https://t.co/rw1ng0paD4

[Crystal Lee (@crystaljjlee on all platforms) @crystaljjlee]

🚨 JOB ALERT FOR THREE ACADEMIC POSITIONS @ MIT 🚨

My department at MIT is hiring for 3 positions this coming year! Two are at the assistant level (applications opened yesterday), and the third is a senior level position (applications will open August 1).

Apps due Aug 30!

[Mariel Goddu (@marielgoddu.bsky.social) @marielgoddu]

Proud of this review with @AlisonGopnik ! -
'The development of human causal learning and reasoning'
- now available here: https://t.co/Io7Kt1DL05 @NatRevPsych

We review the development of human-unique causal understanding from an 'interventionist' perspective, outlining

[Dr. Amy Rae Fox @thoughtafox]

I don't know who in #ieeevis2024 land needs to hear this right now... but \vspace{-7mm}

[Bret Victor @worrydream]

Dynamicland's new research website will be up in the spring.

[Eric Wilkey @EricDWilkey]

✨Well, I'm just thrilled to be among the group of wonderful investigators named an APS Rising Star! Thanks to all of my mentors that laid out a path and the many collaborators and trainees that I get to do this work with. https://t.co/oxrC3uqafG

[Dr. Amy Rae Fox @thoughtafox]

Brilliant news! I hope students in the US can participate in the future! In the meantime, I look forward to see what workshops are offered!

[Daniël Lakens @lakens]

We are thrilled to announce the Paul Meehl Graduate School for metascience at Eindhoven University of Technology. We will offer 6-8 free workshops a year for metascience PhD students. You can register and find more information at https://t.co/CqoPm7czYI

[Kristy Ainslie @AinslieLab]

I chaired a search committee for an open Asst/Assoc Prof. We did 15 zoom pre-interviews. We had 7 questions that lasted 25 mins, w/ an opportunity for the candidates to ask questions at the end. Here are my tips from that experience, themed around song lyrics! Enjoy!

[Stephanie Sherman @detectiveyes]

Seeking rare, visionary, rigorous, internationalist, systems-obsessed Operations and Media / Production Directors to join @antikythera_xyz and @bratton in reorienting planetary computation. https://t.co/dgeOhPHfS9

[Alex Kale @AlexKale17]

0 for 2 on co-authored CHI submissions this year. You cannot win them all. Setbacks and resubmissions are completely normal in research. If you’re a grad student feeling bad about rejection, chin up and keep on pushing toward your goals!

[Daniël Lakens @lakens]

Excellent episode on meta-analysis and what they teach us about how we need to improve how we do science to better integrate knowledge, as well as a very interesting observation about how you'd hope our effect sizes increase over time because we learn more (but they don't).

[Emily Wall @profembwall]

Come learn more about our grad programs in Computer Science and Informatics at Emory (+ get an application fee waiver if you attend!) https://t.co/zDfnoU7CzU

[Christina Engelbart @ChristinaDEI]

On this day in 1970 Doug Engelbart was awarded the US patent for the computer mouse, which became an icon for his life's work, but in fact was among his LEAST significant contributions. Today we revisit his seminal talk:
"The Augmented Knowledge Workshop"
https://t.co/rQmKOGZmC7

[Josh Pollock @joshmpollock]

Excited to share Bluefish, a new JS library for making diagrams!
Bluefish lets you code diagrams like they're UIs: using declarative components and reactivity.

Check it out: https://t.co/7CiCM8VoCA
https://t.co/67YbFki5TW
https://t.co/tomUONxy0a

Quick backstory 🧵

[Paul Parsons @drpaulparsons]

Purdue @LifeAtPurdue @CGT_Purdue is hiring a teaching-focused assistant professor position in UX Design. Join our innovative and growing program! @Purdue_UX apply here: https://t.co/YX15KD4UCd #academicjobs #hci #uxjobs

[Chinmay Kulkarni https://hci.social/@chinmay @chinmay________]

When I'm thinking about HCI implications for LLMs, I keep coming back to David Kirsh's work. Here is a great paper about how tools influence thinking and work. https://t.co/0qXCz7yFKN

[CogSci Society @cogsci_soc]

Let's once again congratulate the winners of the ✨2023 #GlushkoPrize for outstanding doctoral dissertations in Cognitive Science✨Valentina Bruno @valentinabruno_, Frederick Callaway @callfredaway, Samuel Cheyette, Mathias Sablé-Meyer @MSableMeyer, and Erin Isbilen @erin_isbilen

[Michael Black @Michael_J_Black]

In the LLM-science discussion, I see a common misconception that science is a thing you do and that writing about it is separate and can be automated. I’ve written over 300 scientific papers and can assure you that science writing can’t be separated from science doing. Why? 1/18

[Dr. Amy Rae Fox @thoughtafox]

@levikul09 YES we should visualize, BUT descriptive stats VS vis is a false dichotomy. It’s not that descriptive (vs inferential) stats are deceptive, rather measures of central tendency are insufficient in this case. So it’s misleading to call the class of descriptives misleading :)

[Dr. Amy Rae Fox @thoughtafox]

@seixasthugo @sharoz @sexiashugo I recommend this for a thorough review of relevant research https://t.co/qUSbYdjLmW