R. Michael Alvarez
@rmichaelalvarez
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Prof at Caltech. Founding co-director, Caltech Center for Science, Society, and Public Policy. Information, sustainability, and computational social science.
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Next month we will launch a new initiative at
@Caltech
, the Center for Science, Society, and Public Policy. I'm excited to be a founding co-director of
@CaltechCsspp
. Stay tuned!
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Got some good news this week. I've been appointed the
@Caltech
Flintridge Foundation Professor of Political and Computational Social Science!
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Really excited to share that this amazing new Element about regression discontinuity designs is now available in our
@CUP_PoliSci
QCMSS series. It's free for downloading and viewing online for a limited period, take advantage of the opportunity to add this to your collection!
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As some of you know I’ve been working on racing the 5K. My previous personal best was 22:07. This morning in the rainy Lakewood Race I smashed that previous personal record!
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Our new Center for Science, Society, and Public Policy
@CaltechCsspp
has launched and we will be announcing a number of events very soon! Great story on
@Caltech
's website about the Center.
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For political scientists interested in learning how to use
#LLMs
and
#GenAI
in their research, check out this new paper where we provide some ideas for how to use
#LLMs
for poli sci research.
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A year older, but still getting faster. A new half marathon PR for me, fastest M2B for me yet. It’s not been an easy training cycle for this one, this is a real win for me. This is a team effort, thanks to my family, Coach Sammy McClintock, and Adrienne Fildes for their help.
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We are very excited to be organizing this conference
@Caltech
. We are especially looking for social science research on the implications of
#AI
and
#genAI
for politics, economies, and society. Please apply - or DM if you have questions. Hosted by
@CaltechCsspp
!
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
@CaltechCsspp
is thrilled to announce a call for abstracts for the Conference “Navigating the New Frontier: The Political and Economic Implications of AI,” on September 13-14, 2024 at Caltech. Send your abstract by March 31st!
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It’s hard to teach in an N95 mask, with a couple of air filtration units running full-blast in the classroom. But it is great to be back in-person. And I appreciate all of the work that
@Caltech
done so that we can be in-person, safely.
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Well-deserved recognition of John's incredible intellectual and professional contributions. He is a great scholar, an incredible mentor, and a wonderful person.
Congratulations to John Aldrich! He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of distinguished achievements in original research.
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Congratulations to
@BetsySinclair1
for being named today as a Fellow of the Society for Political Methodology!
#polmeth
@Caltech
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If you are an undergrad (or know of a student of yours) who is interested in summer research in computational social science at
@Caltech
, still time to apply!
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We have an exciting new book that will be available soon in our Analytical Methods for Social Research series at Cambridge University Press! Gelman, Hill, and Vehtari's "Regression and Other Stories". Here's some info from
@StatModeling
,
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Interested in computational social science? Join our research team - lots of projects on election integrity, misinformation detection, and using ML/AI to improve politics & society.
@Caltech
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Starting the fall quarter
@Caltech
, with a great group of grad students. Thanks for the photo,
@DannyCEbanks
!
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I was just sitting in my Caltech office wondering why I have a landline office phone. I don’t think I’ve used it since March 2020. Then it rang! With a wrong number. Back to wondering why I have a landline office phone.
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I think the photo pretty much says it all. New half marathon PR this morning at M2B.
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Finished the Leadville Heavy Half! That’s the hardest 15.6 miles I have ever run.
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Got up to 10,519 ft this morning on my snowshoes. It was a truly exceptional experience. Wanted to share this photo, and wish everyone an early Happy New Year!
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If you are out for a walk, hike, or run, you’ll see a lot of other people out as well. Practice social distance, but also say hi, wave, and smile. Let’s be friendly to each other in this uncertain time. You’ll feel better, and you might brighten someone’s day.
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Getting better at racing the 5K. Improved my PR by 44 seconds in this morning’s Cypress Run 5K (22:07). It was a fun race with some pretty strong competition!
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Okay, just had to post this lockdown selfie with the puppy. Sorry.
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Coming to
@Caltech
Spring 2023, BEM/Ec 120: Introduction to Sports Science. From yours truly &
@docsheadgames
. We'll have weekly guests from the sports world and will introduce students to sports data and methods. Looking forward to it (space may be limited)!
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A gold medal in the Cypress Run 10K this morning.
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It’s a great moment as a parent, when your kid calls you up and tells you that they have voted for the first time in a presidential primary.
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Want to work with us at
@Caltech
as we explore the frontiers of
#AI
& public policy? We just posted a position is jointly sponsored by
@CaltechCsspp
and Caltech's Computing and Mathematical Sciences department. Please apply if you are interested!
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The annual tradition! Got my Duke robe, my donut, and am about to march in the
@Caltech
commencement!
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Here’s what
@Caltech
’s 2022 commencement looks like from the faculty seats! Nice to be back in person for the celebration of the accomplishments of our graduates.
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Spent much of the day observing
@LACountyRRCC
primary election vote center operations. Four
@Caltech
students came along, collected some useful data. Students learn a lot in the field, they see election administration in practice!
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Ran the M2B half marathon this morning in 1:43:09, 4:33 faster than pre-pandemic in 2019. And I’m three years older! Thanks to my family and friends for their support. Thanks to Coach
@SarahCrouch89
for her help on this journey.
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Congratulations to
@sysilviakim
! She just successfully defended her PhD thesis, and is now nearly officially a doctor! She's got the screenshot from the defense! Another great
@Caltech
PhD!
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It is nice to open my inbox and see a conditional acceptance for a paper that we have been working on for some time now. More soon (after we receive the final accept)!
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Every once in a while someone will say "Caltech studies elections?" Well, we do, and it's a very impressive group of faculty who are
@Caltech
's "Election Experts"!
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It's a time of transitions. Excited that recent
@Caltech
SS PhD
@yimenglipolisci
is starting a postdoc at
@FSUPoliSci
&
@LCI_Florida
, working with
@LonnaAtkeson
and others there! Congrats
@yimenglipolisci
!
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The primary perk of being a
@CUP_PoliSci
book series editor is getting copies of books that appear in our series. Just got the new Inferential Network Analysis by
@SkylerCranmer
,
@brucedesmarais
&
@jason_w_morgan
. (Reposted with correct tags!)
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Been a long time since I closed down a bar on a Saturday night. Of course tonight it was at the Albuquerque airport, and the bar closed at 7pm.
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Check this out!
Why can’t we vote online?
As Caltech
#ElectionScience
professor
@rmichaelalvarez
explains, current technologies don’t provide the security and secrecy of in-person and mail-in voting.
Visit
#CaltechScienceExchange
to learn more.
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Some basketball celebrities in our gym today!
@CaltechHoops
Stephen Curry and
#Warriors
going thru shootaround at CalTech in Pasadena, ahead of tonight’s game vs Clippers
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Paper with
@simon_heuberger
just published in PS! We provide guidance to researchers & journals based on our work at
@polanalysis
.
@PolMethSociety
How (Not) to Reproduce: Practical Considerations to Improve Research Transparency in Political Science
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It’s official! Congrats to
@yimenglipolisci
for receiving his
@Caltech
PhD today!
#Caltech2022
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We are very excited to publish this new Element. Get your copy while it is free for downloading! Great for teaching
#RStats
#rstudio
!
New Cambridge Element Using Shiny to Teach Econometric Models by Shawna K. Metzger out now! Read for free for 2 weeks
#cambridgeelements
#politics
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Come work with our computational social science group
@Caltech
! The WAVE program is now accepting applications. Happy to chat with eligible undergrads about research opportunities in our group!
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It’s exciting to see that our quantitative and computational methods Elements series at
@CUP_PoliSci
has two new titles publishing soon. Stay tuned - when they publish they will be open access online for a limited time!
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Thanks to the amazing
@nado1377
for spending the morning discussing election administration and technology with the
@Caltech
students in my elections & campaigns class. We learned a lot about election administration in
@NevadaCountyCA
and California! Students learn so much from
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For the final assignment in my campaigns & elections class this quarter, I asked students to pick a US House or Senate incumbent. Task one: Write a script for a 30-second negative radio ad targeting the incumbent. Task two: have
#ChatGPT
write the script.
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Academic journal editors need to demonstrate some courage, we need to see more applied research published, more facts about the real world, and work that is relevant to the pressing political, social, and economic problems we face today. I'll stop there.
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Our
@NSF
Convergence Accelerator study, "Election Science: A Proposed NSF Convergence Accelerator" is now online. Here's my initial thoughts, more on this soon!
#VotingTechnology
#ElectionAdministration
#ElectionScience
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Interested in the Social Science PhD program
@caltech
?
@Jonathan_N_Katz
and I will be available to discuss quantitative political science on November 9 at 2pm Pacific! Colleagues - please share with your students! Register here:
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We had a research meeting today at
@Activision
in Santa Monica. A great day discussing data and research. We ended with a
#CallofDuty
boot camp (of course we need to play to understand the data generation process). The game play got so intense we blew a fuse, twice.
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I’m pretty sure that
@Caltech
’s entire campus might fit within the perimeter of many UT-Dallas buildings and their parking lots. Thanks for the tour and hosting the conference,
@PatrickTBrandt
!
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Really excited to have the opportunity to travel with
@CaltechHoops
to the Midway Classic in Chicago this weekend. Looking forward to our games tomorrow and Sunday, had a great practice this afternoon!
@Caltech
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Any students interested in working with
@AnimaAnandkumar
's research group and mine at the intersection of computer and social science, let us know!
The WAVE Fellows program supports underrepresented undergraduate students from colleges and universities other than Caltech to spend 10 weeks conducting summer research under the guidance of a Caltech faculty member.
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@DannyCEbanks
presenting our “TensorLy-LDA” paper today at
#TexMeth2024
. Joint work with
@SaraKangaslahti
,
@JeanKossaifi
and
@AnimaAnandkumar
. Thanks for the great feedback today!
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All academic journals should publish data on time-to-decision. They should also be transparent about the stages of the process. I submitted to a major poli sci journal on 2/4; status changed to "with editor" on 2/10; despite emailing to the journal, radio silence.
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So we have to practice social distance. We need to exercise. Few people are driving. Why not shut down more streets and traffic lanes this weekend so we can walk, bike, run, safely from each other and from traffic?
@PasadenaGov
@PasadenaPD
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Some neighbors are installing new fencing. I guess they think we live in the Upside Down? I always thought the “dog ear” end goes on the top?
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Rumor has it that our next Element, by
@DevinCaughey
,
@AdamBerinsky
,
@poliscisara
, Erin Hartman, Eric Schickler, and Jas Sekhon on "Target Estimation and Adjustment Weighting for Survey Nonresponse and Sampling Bias" will be published soon and free access for a while!
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How exactly she got that rawhide (and what she plans to do with it) while in the cone of shame is a mystery. But she’s happy in the moment.
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It’s election season in SoCal! Enjoyed taking
@Caltech
students to observe
@LACountyRRCC
vote center operations yesterday. Students learn so much about election administration by seeing in in real time.
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Congrats
@akshayg_8
! Nice to see one of our wonderful
@Caltech
#PoliSci
majors get his well-earned degree at
#Caltech2023
! During his work at Caltech, Akshay undertook a number of interesting
#ML
electoral behavior projects.
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My paper with
@sysilviakim
and
@Jonathan_N_Katz
on "hidden donors" in the 2016 presidential election is now freely accessible for the next 30 days! Get your copy today!
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It’s been a long week. You can laugh. But I’m going to listen to Depeche Mode, really loud, because I can!
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Applying to grad school this fall and interested in a
@Caltech
social science PhD? On Oct. 31 at 1pm Pacific
@Jonathan_N_Katz
and I will host a virtual conversation and Q&A about opportunities in quantitative political and social science at Caltech.
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Friends and family ask me why I like to run early in the morning. Here’s one reason.
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Enjoying catching up and working on research with
@yimenglipolisci
! Taking a break from the conference and checking out the
@LACountyRRCC
facilities, great opportunity to learn more about election admin in LA County!
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I gave an undergrad in one of my classes a DVD to watch. They came back a few days later to ask if I had a way for them to play it - apparently they couldn’t find a DVD player in their dorm nor among their friends. I guess that’s a sign of the times.
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Caltech's
@CaltechCsspp
is helping organize an interesting workshop next week that is bringing policymakers, climate scientists, and social scientists together to discuss water quality. A lot of the debate about water (especially out in the American Southwest) revolves around
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I usually don't like to jump into political controversies. But I am not a fan of Daylight Savings Time.
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You know, Amazon could do their part - make every Kindle book 99 cents for the next two weeks. For that matter, Netflix could make their service free for two weeks. Time for corporate America to step up!
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Earlier this week I had a great conversation with
@ZevYaroslavsky
about his book, “Zev’s Los Angeles.” Our conversation was part of
@Caltech
’s “Behind the Book” series. It’s a wonderful book and I recommend it for anyone interested in recent history of the LA area. We talked
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A number of our amazing
@Caltech
students will be presenting research at
#MPSA2022
this week. One is
@ClaudiaKann
, a grad student who is presenting on Saturday (8am CDT), "Collective Identity in Collective Action: Evidence from the 2020 Summer BLM Protests."
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Final run of 2021! Got in 11 solid miles before the bit snowstorm arrives in Santa Fe.
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I think someone liked their hike today, up to over 11,000ft.
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@yimenglipolisci
presenting at today’s
@CaltechCsspp
workshop on how to measure conspiratorial beliefs in large-N national surveys.
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Congrats to Paul
@gronke
! I've known Paul for my entire professional career, and he's been a great colleague, friend, and mentor throughout my career. Well deserved honor and recognition for your many contributions.
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Happy to be out with 700 other runners this morning in Santa Fe! Got my best yet in this 5K, there are some really fast runners here in Santa Fe each Thanksgiving, quite a fun race.
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Congratulations on your landslide victory,
@nado1377
!
In red California, anti-mask recall effort fizzles and a candidate harassed by election deniers wins
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Congratulation to our wonderful
@Caltech
colleague
@KirbyKNielsen
for promotion to full prof w/ tenure!
@KirbyKNielsen
is a fantastic colleague who is producing remarkable and important research.
1/2 Our brilliant colleague
@KirbyKNielsen
(AsstProf 2020) just got promoted to tenured Full Prof, 2y ahead of schedule. Here's a hint about why:
1. she writes *perfect* haikus describing papers. That is *not easy*
2. Three
@AEAjournals
AER papers in 2 years. Different topics.
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Congrats
@DeshawnSambrano
! (Harvard PhD, who has worked with us a bit the past few months).
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Interesting Medium post by
@anqi_liu33
, one of the
@Caltech
research team working on trustworthy social media.
Thoughts on Challenges in Computational Social Science by Anqi Liu
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Last class of the fall quarter this morning. Great group of grad students, an interesting journey this fall through contemporary computational social science. Wonderful to be back in person this quarter! Congratulations
@Caltech
!
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Our "Blue Shift" paper (with
@yimenglipolisci
and Michelle Hyun) gets a shout-out in this Atlantic article, . Also the work of
@cstewartiii
and Edward Foley discussed, with great commentary from
@OCRegistrar
!
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Lunch with some of the undergrads who are working with us this summer - and their mentors! Great group, really amazing research this summer! The
@Caltech
summer research programs provide incredible research opportunities for undergrads.
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Bruce Cain from
@westcenter
gave an amazing keynote address at our
@Caltech
workshop on "Innovations in the Science & Policy of Water Quality Measurement." A fascinating talk about water policy and politics, providing important context the workshop!
@CaltechCsspp
#waterquality
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