Hivemind question: Palmer Penguins is doing great work avoiding overuse of Fisher's iris data. What other "dataset substitutions" do you like? Or just generally other cool, real, open datasets that are good for teaching because established methods work pretty well on them?

I made a (sort of) "Tinder for Git" site to help developers find 'good first issues' in open-source projects. It's early days, but it could be helpful. gitafix.com/

Some lecture notes on spatial and temporal modelling, illustrated using R - darrenjw.github.io/spatio-tempo... - #rstats #rspatial #quarto

The "netcontrol" #rstats package was recently removed from #cran - I have some instructions for installing the archived version: darrenjw.github.io/work/docs/ne...

Stochastic Gray Scott diffusion via the spatial chemical Langevin equation.

I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.

Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse www.bbc.com/news/article... BBC News has seen the complaint that the Guardian reported on Sunday. Main additional info seems to be that Helen Margetts and Cosmina Dorobantu left positions at the ATI last month. #govtech #techpolicy #AIpolicy

"ChatGPT will apologize for anything - even advice it definitely didn't give". Is ChatGPT... British?!

Little summer holiday project: learn enough about fluid dynamics to implement a 2d simulation from scratch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYos...

New report: britishprogress.org/reports/refo...

Going to the hospital because I broke my wrist smashing the endorse button: www.understandingai.org/p/i-got-fool...

Reflections on Haskell and Rust. ~ Sibi Prabakaran. academy.fpblock.com/blog/rust-ha... #Haskell #FunctionalProgramming #Rust

I was interviewed recently for the Durham maths student podcast, @chalkboardultra.bsky.social, episode 39: open.spotify.com/episode/06jx... - good fun.

Did you know? 100 years ago today, the BBC broadcast the #ShippingForecast for the very first time, produced by the Met Office for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. More than just a lifesaver, it’s become a beloved part of Britain’s cultural identity. Learn more: bit.ly/4kg877D 🛳️🌊

📢 UKRI is seeking feedback on a new draft research data policy to update expectations for sharing and managing research data. More info and feedback details: engagementhub.ukri.org/ukri-openres... Existing policies remain in effect: www.ukri.org/manage-your-... #ResearchData #UKRI

I’m teaching a grad course for the first time (a bit terrifying 😅) and I’ve decided to write a short blog post after each lecture, that will highlight a key takeaway from it and reflect on what can be improved. First one ⬇️

#python #jax #sysbio #scicomp #opensource

'I can't make money without breaking the law and therefore you should let me break the law' is one helluva flex. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...

Published (advance access) in #Bayesian Analysis: Bayesian Inference on the Order of Stationary Vector Autoregressions - doi.org/10.1214/24-B...

Created a Starter pack for all #Scala programming language enthusiasts, developers and users. Please share. If I missed anyone please let me know so I can add them to the list! I wasn't able to add some people assume that's their #Bluesky settings that prevents me adding them. go.bsky.app/APytbWH

Bayesian statistics and bayesian machine learning starter pack go.bsky.app/HiwtzcZ

UK Uni Funding Crisis "Among academics, morale is reportedly at an all-time low. The prospect of further job losses follows on from years of falling pay, heavier workloads, often precarious working conditions, and pension reductions – which have led to waves of strikes." #UKHE #AcademicSky

I got a Probabilistic Programming starter pack going. Hit me up if you're involved with #probprog R&D and want in! go.bsky.app/JfvubEf

By popular demand… the Guardian is officially on BlueSky @theguardian.com

I made a starter-pack for Statistics and Statistics-related groups, departments or organisations. Please share, and suggest accounts that I have missed. go.bsky.app/q6MfWL

New here? Interested in AI/ML? Check out these great starter packs! AI: go.bsky.app/SipA7it RL: go.bsky.app/3WPHcHg Women in AI: go.bsky.app/LaGDpqg NLP: go.bsky.app/SngwGeS AI and news: go.bsky.app/5sFqVNS You can also search all starter packs here: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

ok folks let’s build a starter pack for FP — who’s missing here? go.bsky.app/Tkj4hAZ

My fav starter packs so far, a thread: stats: go.bsky.app/Ki7PjpS stats: go.bsky.app/7TBN5rX causal inference: go.bsky.app/FdemGAZ package devs: go.bsky.app/N1569Qh data peeps: go.bsky.app/8TdEfdK medical stats: go.bsky.app/ArqEz36 bioinformatics: go.bsky.app/Ha64Gmv r-ladies: go.bsky.app/Vgxwa2F

Next month on Wednesday November 6 I will be offering my comprehensive hierarchal modeling course at a steep discount in an effort to raise funds for World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders, particularly their ongoing work in Gaza and Lebanon.

I wasn't serious

Scrap the REF "With pressures on both university and government finances, we can no longer afford an evaluation exercise which costs half a billion and fails to deliver clear benefits." #UKUnis #AcademicSky #HigherEd

jax-smfsb: a JAX port of my code for high-performance stochastic systems biology modelling, simulation and Bayesian inference - on PyPI for pip installation - pypi.org/project/jsmf...

Created a starter pack of Bayesians. It is *very* biased by who I engage with regularly and who I know is on this site. Let me know if you want to be added to the list or know someone who should be. #stats go.bsky.app/UfgChHe

for those looking to replicate that classic science twitter energy 🧪 go.bsky.app/FGTURr3

Using optimised BLAS and LAPACK libraries with #Scala #Breeze - darrenjw.wordpress.com/2024/07/06/u...

(1/4) Causal Inference in R 📚 🚀 If you are doing or want to learn causal inference, I recommend you check Causal Inference in R - a new book by @malcolmbarrett.malco.io, Lucy D’Agostino McGowan, and @travisgerke.bsky.social 🧵👇🏼 #rstats #datascience #machinelearning #stats

rud.is/b/2024/05/03... aitap.github.io/2024/05/02/u... The CVE shld not have been assigned, but the dire weakness in safety in R data files is most certainly not a hoax.

For those who know my book, Stochastic modelling for systems biology, third edition, but prefer #python to #rstats, there is now a full python/numpy port of the #smfsb R package on PyPI: pypi.org/project/smfsb/