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Melissa Dell
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Economics Professor @Harvard. Development economics, political economy, economic history, deep learning methods for data curation.
Cambridge, MA
Joined March 2021
Excited to present at #TEC2024 on the potential of embedding models to enrich economic research! Many economists leverage tools like ChatGPT, but deep neural networks hold even richer potential. Embedding models are covered in more depth in my article (Section VIII) #econtwitter #deeplearning
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Why do some regions thrive economically while others struggle? This year’s Nobel Laureates examine how societal institutions shape prosperity. Explore my column to learn more about how their work has reshaped our understanding of global wealth disparities #NobelPrize2024 #econtwitter
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Interesting tool to turn research papers into AI generated podcast discussions that provide a high level overview: Fed it some of my papers and it did a very reasonable job, especially with the ML pubs. #econtwitter
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RT @HarvardWCFIA: Attention recent PhDs and advanced doctoral candidates in the social sciences! Apply to our Academy Scholars Program for…
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Visual communication is key. Thrilled to discover the mini-course "Visual Design in Scholarly Communication" by the phenomenally talented @shannonzshen #econtwitter
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Huge thanks to my awesome collaborators on Newswire and LinkWikipedia @EmilySilcock1 @LeanderHeldring @96abhishekarora Luca D'Amico-Wong
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RT @LeanderHeldring: Empirical political economy’s impact on political philosophy. Nice full page article by @TheEconomist on our recent pa…
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Thanks @pquerubo for suggesting we use AI to query historical articles most similar to 2024 predictions. The model pulled celebrity psychic Jeane Dixon (1969) on Vietnam and a 1931 article on the folly of gloomy prophecies.
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