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New Principal Investigators: you're not alone! Our latest blog explores the unexpected challenges and feelings of isolation faced by new PIs, drawing from a 2018 Science article from Elisabeth Pain (https://lnkd.in/e2B7t2CY). Learn how to navigate the transition from collaborative researcher to lab leader and find out how Lumos Scientific can support you in managing these complexities. https://lnkd.in/exKsikPJ

Consider submitting an abstract for our "Tackling Ecosystem-Level Impacts from Rising Water Temperatures in the Tidal Waters of Chesapeake Bay" special session! The full description can be found here (https://loom.ly/j8k0tLQ), and abstracts are due on February 1st!

Some of the questions we will be thinking about at #SciFM24. Feel free to add yours in the comments section. 1. What are some characteristics of problems that make them suitable to be described by foundation models? 2. How do we conceive of and construct foundation models for problems in which no clear “building blocks” exist (in contrast to areas such as materials science)? 3. Is it possible for foundation models to produce Nobel prize-type discovery of new phenomena as this usually goes against conventional wisdom? Would it be able to produce a hypothesis contrary to most data that it is likely to see? 4. What [really] is emergence? How do we better better understand the factors that determine emergent properties in large models? 5. What are the scaling laws to describe the dependency on factors such as training data size, feature dimension, computational resources, and structure and size of model?  6. Methods for training models when the inference objectives are abstract, ill-specified, or misaligned 7. Methods to develop trust in Foundation Models 8. Mathematical challenges and solution strategies for training large models given limited energy, computation, and  memory 9. Mathematical characterization of the effect of data imbalance on accuracy and generalizability, especially with regard to exceedingly rare events and other phenomena in the tails of the training distribution.  10. What are the new mathematical and statistical frameworks that embody human-like properties of reasoning, insight, creativity, and critical judgment that could enable models to postulate well beyond the data used to train them?

We're MSTA members, it's what we do! 🤷♀️ ⚡Our Flash Sale ends tonight! Save $50 on registration for the 2024 MSTA Annual Conference! Share with a friend and register TODAY before the sale ends! https://bit.ly/48puIsV . . . #stemeducation #chemistryclass #chemistryteacher #scienceexperiments #scienceteacher #scienceclass #teacherlife #physicsteacher #physicsclass #biologyteacher #biologyclass

I was briefly featured in the latest video by Gesellschaft für Tribologie e.V., where I was captured discussing the experimental testing of tribological systems such as clutches and synchronizers at our Gear Research Center (FZG). For further insights, refer to our peer-reviewed publication titled „Experimental Setup for the Investigation of Wet Shifting Elements“ published in TuS (https://lnkd.in/dVe-nrYm). Watch the full video here: https://lnkd.in/dDMNSqir

Check out the map below to see what conferences our team will be attending this spring!

Our latest open access paper is now available for everyone to read. 📚 Title: "Development of excitation power-responsive anti-stokes emission wavelength switching and their energy saving induced by localized surface plasmon resonance" DOI:https://lnkd.in/etYPNVka We're thrilled to share insights into our groundbreaking work on a novel TTA-UC (Upconversion) system. Our paper delves into the innovative technique of altering the emission spectrum shape by modulating the intensity of the excitation light. Additionally, we've achieved remarkable results in enhancing the sensitivity of the response to the excitation light through the utilization of plasmon resonance. 🌟

Love how non scientists are increasingly being involved in ocean conservation. Learn more about Citizen of the Sea and the potentially behind this new initiative!

Check out JGI’s annual meeting! If you’re interested in learning more about JGI’s data and computing resources and how you might use them for an investigation, let me know! We’ll be holding some hands on data inquiry sessions at the meeting. :)

🚀 The first manuscript of the MAPSTROKE project is available in the International Journal of Stroke! 📄A computational strategy to help plan acute stroke care coverage globally. 🗣MAPSTROKE is my Ph.D. project, also boosting academic careers at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Mateus Boiani , Leonardo Dorneles, Marcio Dorn 🤝Thank you to the authors, mentors, collaborators, and sponsors for making all this possible! Link to the manuscript: https://lnkd.in/dkmg-bf8 World Stroke Organization Future Stroke Leaders Programme