Appreciated the opportunity to talk on Social Science Bites about our lab's research on race and criminal justice, from sentencing disparities to body cams! Check it out here: www.socialsciencespace.com/2024/10/nick...

Nick Camp on Trust in the Criminal Justice System - Social Science Space

The relationship between citizens and their criminal justice systems comes down to just that – relationships. And those relations generally start with […]

🚨POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY: @UM_PSC is offering two NIH-funded T32 postdoc awards for research on aging. Please share! @burgards.bsky.socialpsc.isr.umich.edu/training/pos...myumi.ch/zX23y

I said what I said www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/c...#EnergySky

Extreme Weather Is Taxing Utilities More Often. Can A.I. Help?

From hurricanes to wildfires, a new generation of technologies could help utilities better plan for the risk of extreme weather to their electric grid.

Out today from David Edmonds' outstanding Social Science Bites podcast, @ncamp.bsky.socialwww.socialsciencespace.com/2024/10/nick...

Nick Camp on Trust in the Criminal Justice System - Social Science Space

The relationship between citizens and their criminal justice systems comes down to just that – relationships. And those relations generally start with […]

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... Now out at PNAS Nexus 🚨 How can we use body camera footage to capture change in 🚓 interactions? We analyzed language from traffic stops to determine whether Oakland PD officers used communication strategies following procedural justice training. 🧵

Leveraging body-worn camera footage to assess the effects of training on officer communication during traffic stops

Abstract. Can training police officers on how to best interact with the public actually improve their interactions with community members? This has been a

Cool virtual conference on Paradata. Join Us! "gathering of methodological and substantive researchers who are interested in modern applications of survey paradata for enhancing methodological and substantive research." isr.umich.edu/news-events/...

A preview of some Arab Barometer Lebanon findings:

A new $3M Minerva-funded project will investigate the role of social cohesion in weathering crisis, focusing on the Indo-Pacific region. Allen Hicken @umisrcps leads with @armenon.bsky.social@dnsltr.bsky.social@tompepinsky.bsky.social#poliskycps.isr.umich.edu/2024/09/24/m...

"Asia has played virtually no role in the evolution of democratization theory. It’s like people’s globes don’t spin. In the policy world, there’s a very unfortunate tendency to flatten Asia into just China." My new interview with @E_IR, downloadable here: www.e-ir.info/2024/08/20/i...

Interview – Dan Slater

Dan Slater discusses the concepts of strength and weakness in democratisation, and how to account for variations in democratisation patterns across Asia.

This is what I use for my AI in Human Communication class: writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what...joshpasek.com/courses/f24/...)

What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?

Stephen Wolfram explores the broader picture of what's going on inside ChatGPT and why it produces meaningful text. Discusses models, training neural nets, embeddings, tokens, transformers, language s...