🔶Apply to be a Linde Science Policy Intern thru Feb 9th!🔶 The LCSSP is currently accepting applications for Linde Science Policy interns until February 9th, 2026. To learn more, see lcssp.caltech.edu/more/interns...! Questions? Contact Sara Kassir at [email protected].

In case you missed it, you can download our latest report from @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & @washupolisci.bsky.social's Betsy Sinclair at the link in the @electionline.bsky.social article as well as on our website: protectingtheelection.us/conference.

There is still time to register for this Wed, 1/28 at 11am Pacific with #ElectionScienceOfficeHours Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu & guest Georgia Tech's @mikespecter.com! Register now and join us: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Wed, 1/28 at 11am Pacific: “Beyond the Hype: A Research Driven Look at Claims About New Voting Technology” #ElectionScienceOfficeHours Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu & guest Georgia Tech's @mikespecter.com. Register: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

LCSSP at @caltech.edu Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and @washupolisci.bsky.social Chair Betsy Sinclair have an article in @electionline.bsky.social Weekly today. Check out "Building Trust and Capacity to Protect U.S. Elections: Key Insights from the 2025 Election Integrity Conferences":

A new study, which draws on survey data from approximately 3,000 respondents in the United States and Canada, finds that women, on average, exhibit greater skepticism toward artificial intelligence (AI) technologies than men. www.caltech.edu/about/news/n...

New research in @pnasnexus.org: "Explaining Women's Skepticism toward Artificial Intelligence: The Role of Risk Orientation and Risk Exposure" See thread below from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Research Affiliate @beamagistro.bsky.social, Assistant Prof of AI Governance, @northeasternu.bsky.social

#MLKDay @caltech.edu

A team of scientists led by alumni-founded company Asari AI with researchers from Caltech and MIT, developed a new framework that enables programmers to improve their agent to quickly recover from errors without rewriting the core logic of their agent. www.caltech.edu/about/news/h...

Amid protests, NC elections board rejects campus voting sites and Sunday voting in several counties; ME secretary of state turns ballot investigation over to AG; Accused double voter in 2020 isn’t covered by broad presidential pardon, judge rules: electionline.org/news/2026/01...

Today, 11/14 at 11am Pacific! Register at the link below:

1/2 Today's 10/25 Protecting the Election: AI & Governance Conference recap features former Washington SOS Kim Wyman, President of Election Security & Innovation Consulting & was moderated by @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @washupolisci.bsky.social youtu.be/6lzCnBL7ne8?...

Answering a challenge from collaborating cancer specialists, Lihong Wang has pioneered a means of analyzing excised tissues during surgery itself with the help of AI, permitting surgeons to continue removing tissue as necessary until all the cancer is gone. www.caltech.edu/about/news/i...

Don't forget: proposals for our new grant supporting research on voter registration + list maintenance are due by Friday, January 16! Review the RFP or submit your proposal here:

Protecting the Election: AI & Governance Conference recap- How AI is Changing Elections: Election Technologists 🔸️ S Derheimer Hart IterCivic 🔸️ E Smith MTX Group 🔸️ J Marcotte Turnout Rocks 🔸️ M Coutts Unisyn Voting 🔸️ T Rice WashU 🔸️ @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @caltech.edu youtu.be/h4FjSM1OQWY?...

This Wednesday, Jan 14, 2026! Register today!

The @nytimes.com best selling author of Empire of AI @karenhao.bsky.social was a keynote speaker during the Protecting the Election: AI & Governance conference at WashU, St Louis last Oct. Watch: youtu.be/KeT-av5qaYM?... @caltech.edu @washupolisci.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social

Brent Minchew, Caltech professor of geophysics, discusses how we might prevent sea-level rise.

1/ Next in our Oct '25 Protecting the Election: AI & Governance conference at WashU video recap: How AI is Changing Elections: Election Officials Panel. Watch: youtu.be/Bn6R_AdpZ_E?...

Welcome and congratulations to @caltech.edu President Ray Jayawardhana! 🌟

Spend a few minutes watching this fantastic video that the Academic Media Technologies (AMT) team at @caltech.edu put together that highlights their 2025 work to support the research, events, and people of the Caltech community. 2 @caltechlcssp.bsky.social events are shown! youtu.be/HFd67yAzkPM?...

Our Oct '25 Protecting the Election: AI & Governance conference at WashU video recap continues! EAC Commissioner Don Palmer talks w/ co-orgs Betsy Sinclair, @washupolisci.bsky.social & @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu in AI at the Polls: Promises vs. Perils: youtu.be/bGVN3DtoVIc?...

Please join us tomorrow at 11 a.m. on campus or online for the naming of Caltech’s next president! www.caltech.edu/campus-life-...

Read "Causal Beliefs and the Potential for Political Backlash Against AI" - new from: @beamagistro.bsky.social, @sborwein.bsky.social, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social (@caltech.edu), @bartbonikowski.bsky.social, and Peter Loewen - & Beatrice's excellent thread 🔽

Join us!

Happy New Year! Our video recap of the 10/25 "Protecting the Election: AI & Governance" conference at WashU is here! Video: @washupolisci.bsky.social 's B Sinclair gives Welcome & Introductions, joined by co-organizer @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social: youtu.be/Ou3uEDHsDLk?...

Inequitable efficiency: Unravelling the social & built environment drivers of London's housing energy performance - Zhang @ox.ac.uk, Cao @caltechlcssp.bsky.social, Zhang @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @caltech.edu, Debnath Cambridge www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Read our @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Year in Review for 2025 on our @linkedin.com site, and don't forget to follow us while you are there! cc: @caltech.edu | LCSSP Co-Directors @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & Frederick Eberhardt (www.hss.caltech.edu/people/frede...) www.linkedin.com/posts/the-ro...

1/ The 2026 @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Election Science Office Hours slate starts on 1/14/26 w/ "Inside the 2025 @caltech.edu Election Integrity Project Conferences: Research, Risks & Real-World Implications" hosted by @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social w/ guest @washupolisci.bsky.social's Betsy Sinclair

Here is the @caltech.edu Year in Review for 2025: www.caltech.edu/about/news/2...

Currently in FirstView: In “Analyzing Political Text at Scale with Online Tensor LDA,” @sarakangaslahti.bsky.social, Danny Ebanks, @jeankossaifi.bsky.social, Anqi Liu, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, and Anima Anandkumar introduce a topic modeling method that scales linearly to billions of documents.

A new Caltech-led study provides the most detailed picture to date of how the Hollywood Basin responds to groundwater usage, revealing that current estimates of sustainable groundwater yield may be too high. www.caltech.edu/about/news/s...

$50 million commitment to Caltech endows and names the Lynn Booth and Kent Kresa Department of Aerospace, securing the Institute's leadership in the rapidly evolving sectors of space science and exploration. Read more: bit.ly/456iTZt

Happy Holidays from all of us at the Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy (LCSSP) at @caltech.edu!

Astronomers are reporting evidence for a possible second kilonova event, but the case is not closed. In fact, this situation is much more complex. www.caltech.edu/about/news/p...

Analyzing Political Text at Scale with Online Tensor LDA: @sarakangaslahti.bsky.social @harvard.edu | D Ebanks @iqss.bsky.social | @jeankossaifi.bsky.social NVIDIA |A Liu @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @caltechlcssp.bsky.social @anima-anandkumar.bsky.social @caltech.edu

Don't forget: the clock is ticking on our RFP supporting research that aims to improve voter registration systems + list maintenance practices! Proposals are due Jan. 16; optional letters of intent due by Dec. 15. More info on our website:

A team of scientists led by Caltech and Cedars-Sinai has developed a new artificial intelligence framework that can accurately, quickly, and efficiently create virtual models of brain neurons. www.caltech.edu/about/news/m...

Congrats "The Personality Illusion: Revealing Dissociation Between Self-Reports & Behavior in LLMs" co-authors P Han R Kocielnik @psong1.bsky.social R Debnath @fearbrain.bsky.social @anima-anandkumar.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social for #NeurIPS2025 recognition openreview.net/group?id=Neu...

1/ Research cited 12/1 @politico.com -"How #Prop50 will change #CAElections, district by district"-"The new map would likely increase voting power for CA’s Hispanic population, according to an analysis by researchers at @caltech.edu & @calpolypomona.bsky.social that was cited in the DOJ complaint."

New on Substack from our LCSSP Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social

Watch yesterday's episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours - Ballots Beyond Borders: A Conversation on Military & Overseas Voting w/ host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social - on @caltechlcssp.bsky.social 's YouTube channel: youtu.be/wdswsDy17uE?...

Final JAWS of the semester! ⬇️

REMINDER: Taking place tomorrow (12/3) at 11am Pacific. #ElectionScienceOfficeHours. Register at the link below.

The latest CSG 50-State Scan Report is now available! This report provides an in-depth analysis of state legislation aimed at supporting the development and innovation of the AI sector, offering new insights for lawmakers and policy professionals. www.csg.org/2025/05/21/c...

Next #ElectionScienceOfficeHours: 12/3, 11am Pac. Join Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @caltechlcssp.bsky.social BALLOTS BEYOND BORDERS A Conversation on Military & Overseas Voting 🔸 Casandra Hockenberry @csgovts.bsky.social 🔸 Paul Lux, Okaloosa County, FL 🔸 Hilary Rudy @cosecofstate.bsky.social

Board member of @caltechlcssp.bsky.social at @caltech.edu Georgia Gkioxari co-led a major 3D perception model - Segment Anything Model (SAM 3D) - built on AI. Read more here: www.caltech.edu/about/news/g...

New on the #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack from @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director: What Election Stakeholders Should Worry About in 2026 open.substack.com/pub/election...