David J. Gillcrist

David J. Gillcrist

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Mathematician • PhD Candidate • Science Educator • Unabashedly Confused Person • Dad Website: davidjgillcrist.com Landscape geometry-focused, optimal experimental design researcher Banner: Rings of dry ice vapor trapped by acoustic radiation force

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David J. Gillcrist
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I'd like everyone on #MathSky to know that I recently got published in the Journal of Machine Learning for Modeling and Computing! 🎉🎉🎉 The article is titled Design of Experiments via Multi-Fidelity Surrogates and Statistical Sensitivity Measures, found here: www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/558...

dl.begellhouse.comDESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS VIA MULTI-FIDELITY SURROGATES AND STATISTICAL SENSITIVITY MEASURESAbramowitz, M. and Stegun, I.A., Orthogonal Polynomials, Applied Math Series, Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1972.
David J. Gillcrist
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#MathSky I'm desperately looking for some genuine math-based clothing for my newborn daughter. I'm hoping to find some stuff made by someone in the community, I'm trying to avoid generic, mass-market kind of stuff found on Amazon and the like.

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Bruce Y Lee
@bruceylee.bsky.social

How New Trump Multiyear Policy Makes NIH Grants Even Harder To Get Here’s my coverage in @forbes.com of this 🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

forbes.comHow New Trump Multiyear Policy Makes NIH Grants Even Harder To GetThe new Trump administration multiyear funding policy for NIH grants has dropped National Cancer Institute grant funding rates from one in 10 applicants to one in 25.

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The Women In Science Archive
@wisarchive.bsky.social

Wishing a happy 83rd birthday to NASA mathematician and researcher Christine Darden, who specialized in the analysis of supersonic noise and research into its reduction. She was the first Black woman at NASA to reach Senior Executive Service status. #WomenInSTEM #NASA #MathSky 🧪🚀

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American Coalition for Public Radio
@goacpr.org

🎻 96% of all classical music is heard on public radio. If Congress approves a proposal to strip public radio funding, on-air classical music would virtually cease to exist in the United States. Take action today to #SavePublicRadio and the music you love at goACPR.org

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Noam Ross
@noamross.net

UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated #NSF grants at grant-watch.us. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days. We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.

David J. Gillcrist
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There is no singular article that reflects the autocracy—and the rampant violations of the core rights and principles that go along with it—happening right now in the United States. However, stripping children away from a country they have a constitutional right to be in, and justifying it… (1/5)

npr.orgU.S. judge says 2-year-old apparently deported to Honduras 'with no meaningful process'The toddler, a U.S. citizen, was apparently sent to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister, even as a federal judge tried to contact an attorney representing the government.
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David J. Gillcrist
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with it. "First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist (4/5)

David J. Gillcrist
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Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me" – Martin Niemöller, Lutheran Pastor, Holocaust Survivor (5/5)

David J. Gillcrist
@davidjgillcrist.com

There is no singular article that reflects the autocracy—and the rampant violations of the core rights and principles that go along with it—happening right now in the United States. However, stripping children away from a country they have a constitutional right to be in, and justifying it… (1/5)

npr.orgU.S. judge says 2-year-old apparently deported to Honduras 'with no meaningful process'The toddler, a U.S. citizen, was apparently sent to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister, even as a federal judge tried to contact an attorney representing the government.
David J. Gillcrist
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baselessly as the outcome of a mother's choice who was swiftly and forcefully ejected out of this nation is one of the sorriest excuses for a deplorable act of this regime. Governments, regardless of the parties that steer them, are never owed the benefit of the doubt, and should ALWAYS be… (2/5)

David J. Gillcrist
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faced the utmost scrutiny of the people that elected them. Call your local, state, and federal representatives and put all the pressure you can muster on them to stand against the zealous grab of power we're witnessing . People that do not live with virtue should never be expected to govern… (3/5)

David J. Gillcrist
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I internalize posts like this as subtly encouraging us to not dispair and be optimistic about the future. Sometimes a calm meditative moment is enough to promote a proactive attitude for positive change. I for one WILL watch some birds this weekend. 😊 #Science 🌍🌎🌏

The Institute for Bird Populations@instbirdpop.bsky.social

🪶🌎🧪 Try to take a break and watch some birds this weekend.

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Stephen Curry
@scurry.bsky.social

Thanks to the more than *1100* members of the scientific community who have signed the letter to insist that the Royal Society remains true to values that we all hold dear but that Musk FRS has ridden roughshod over. Please keep signing & sharing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

docs.google.comOpen letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your valuesIf you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...
David J. Gillcrist
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I think everyone in #sciart agrees that AI generated art is overall bad for the art community, and society by and large. We seem to have a good eye for finding visual AI art, but what about music? I hope I'm not defaming anyone, but after listening to Eternal Eclipse's cinematic music, I've… (1/2)

youtube.comEternal Eclipse

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪
@altnih4science.bsky.social

John Tuthill, a scientist who studies brain control of movement, was banned from NIH today due to Trump directives. He was scheduled to give a seminar about his work. But all visiting seminars have been banned. Exchanging ideas is the lifeblood of science, and this will harm progress. 🧪

John Tuthill@tuthill.bsky.social

I was supposed to give a talk in the NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series today, but it was cancelled because of Trump's executive orders. research.ninds.nih.gov/seminars-eve... Amongst the deluge, it seems that most Americans remain unaware that Trump is paralyzing the biomedical research community.

research.ninds.nih.govNeuroscience Seminar Series | NINDS Division of Intramural ResearchImage
David J. Gillcrist
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What a wonderfully written opinion that I 100% agree with. #scicomm

Silvia Pineda-Munoz, PhD - Climate Ages@climateages.bsky.social

Why Scientists Should Care About Social Media? For a long time, scientists were told to “let the research speak for itself.” But in today’s world, that’s not enough. Whether we like it or not, science communication is happening on social media—with or without us. 🧵1/7

David J. Gillcrist
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I signed up for Medium to read the article because I was curious to know if the tone of the piece matched the title. The article was actually quite nice and gave a diversity of explanations for the problem. Nevertheless, it's unfortunate that the writer… (1/6) #MathSky #iTeachMath #SciComm #EduSky

Tony Lizza@tonylizza.bsky.social

I’m not sure why math and statistics folks need to even insinuate this kind of meanness, but okay. #MathSky #stats

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potentially something crutial is lost. I try not to judge when I see things like this, I'm sure I've also made mistakes in my communication journey that has discouraged someone at somepoint, but I do try to improve. An alternative title that conveys the… (5/6) #MathSky #iTeachMath #SciComm #EduSky

David J. Gillcrist
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same notion of exhaustiveness, but doesn't call to question the reader's sense of intellect: "Never understood the Monty Hall problem? Perhaps, you've never had it explained the right way." If we're lucky, he will see this and change to a more inviting title. 🤞 #MathSky #iTeachMath #SciComm #EduSky

csferrie.medium.comIf You Still Don’t Understand the Monty Hall Paradox, You Never WillYou are presented with three doors and know that behind one of the doors is a new car, while the other two reveal a goat. The host of this…
David J. Gillcrist
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I signed up for Medium to read the article because I was curious to know if the tone of the piece matched the title. The article was actually quite nice and gave a diversity of explanations for the problem. Nevertheless, it's unfortunate that the writer… (1/6) #MathSky #iTeachMath #SciComm #EduSky

Tony Lizza@tonylizza.bsky.social

I’m not sure why math and statistics folks need to even insinuate this kind of meanness, but okay. #MathSky #stats

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David J. Gillcrist
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on a daily basis because we choose careers that require us to do just that. As someone who's never shown any artistic prowess but only now at 30 has decided to learn to draw, if I saw an article that said "If you still don't understand how to draw… (3/6) #MathSky #iTeachMath #SciComm #EduSky #sciart

David J. Gillcrist
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perspective lines, you never will" then I either wouldn't read it at the risk of feeling shamed by someone more skilled, or I would and potentially jeopardize my own drive to improve. Nothing is really gained starting off with an air of cavilingness, but… (4/6) #MathSky #iTeachMath #SciComm #EduSky

David J. Gillcrist
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I signed up for Medium to read the article because I was curious to know if the tone of the piece matched the title. The article was actually quite nice and gave a diversity of explanations for the problem. Nevertheless, it's unfortunate that the writer… (1/6) #MathSky #iTeachMath #SciComm #EduSky

Tony Lizza@tonylizza.bsky.social

I’m not sure why math and statistics folks need to even insinuate this kind of meanness, but okay. #MathSky #stats

David J. Gillcrist
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chose such a condescending title. I'd give the benefit of the doubt to him and assume he had no intention of passing judgement on those that might struggle more with mathematical reasoning than people like us that literally engage in mathematical thinking… (2/6) #MathSky #iTeachMath #SciComm #EduSky