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waingram.bsky.social
Associate Professor & Associate Dean, Virginia Tech University Libraries | Research in Digital Libraries, Information Retrieval, NLP, Scholarly Big Data & AI Ethics | Runner | Tennis player | Nature lover | Dad http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8307-8844
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Look at this terrifying scene: happy, healthy animals running through co-located wind and solar energy farm cranking out clean energy in a grassy field. I can see now why people would rather have a field of oil pumps and pipelines instead 🤦‍♂️ #energysky #🔋 #⚡️job

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Publisher dominance enables restrictive licensing terms that can override fair use for entire institutions, with all researchers, faculty, and students covered under the agreement. Libraries face limited negotiating power, forced to choose between access and rights. #ScholarlyPublishing #FairUse

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“Few people realize that cognitive science is crucial for evaluating claims about AI capabilities. We often overestimate what computers are capable of, while vastly underestimating what human cognition is capable of.” www.ru.nl/en/research/...

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AI bias in systems for HR create legal risks and reputational damage to companies using these systems. However, companies that address AI bias proactively could gain a competitive advantage in attracting talent, partners, or funding.

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Happy our poster was accepted at IEEE BigData 2024! arxiv.org/abs/2411.17598

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I am recruiting a post-doc to work with me at UVA on a project about youth (18-25) financial cultures, literacies, and well-being in the digital environment. Please share widely! Deadline is rolling. virginia.phenompro.com/us/en/job/R0...

submitted 98 days ago • 2 comments

Interesting Lib Congress experiments > Could Artificial Intelligence Help Catalog Thousands of Digital Library Books? An Interview with Abigail Potter and Caroline Saccucci | The Signal

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I’ll be presenting our recent IMLS grant (imls.gov/grants/award...) to the ASERL Fall 2024 Membership Meeting tomorrow

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Hello world

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