The Department of Computer Science is pleased to welcome nine new tenure-track faculty to its ranks this academic year! Featuring @anandbhattad.bsky.social, @uthsav.bsky.social, @gligoric.bsky.social, @murat-kocaoglu.bsky.social, @tiziano.bsky.social, and more:

10 new CS professors! 🥳 @anandbhattad.bsky.social @uthsav.bsky.social @gligoric.bsky.social @murat-kocaoglu.bsky.social @tiziano.bsky.social

NSF just cancelled ALL grants to Harvard researchers. That’s right - physics, astronomy, bio, CAREER - ALL. Professors won’t get paid. Postdocs won’t get paid. PhD students won’t get paid. This is insane! If they can do this to Harvard, they can do this to your school.

Wow. "NIH" canceled my co-mentored (with Dave Sulzer) PhD student's F31 funding. His work is on understanding the genetics and neuroscience of language learning disorders. F31 provides no indirect $ to Columbia, just pays his salary. Not that it should matter, but he's an American citizen. W.T.F.

2⃣ seminars coming up on Thursday with @tiziano.bsky.social and @uthsav.bsky.social! Check them out at bit.ly/3Fv5n7C and bit.ly/3FssGPr

GASTON, our method to learn “topographic maps” of gene expression, is out now @naturemethods.bsky.social! IMO the coolest part is a new model of *spatial gradients in sparse data*. As is typical for bio papers, it’s buried in Methods, but see below for a quick outline on the math 👇

A must-read article by @sashagusevposts.bsky.social (hopefully by those whose voice will have an impact). Personally, I'd advocate for a fruit-based distribution system of funds. theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/distinguis...