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Prashant Shenoy

@pshenoy.bsky.social
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Distinguished Professor at UMass Amherst, Computer Scientist, Distributed Systems researcher. Views my own. people.cs.umass.edu/~shenoy

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Ed Lazowska @edlazowska.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stro...
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Strong Scientific Leaders Must Speak Out against the Trump Administration’s Science Denial
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences should denounce the antiscientific policies of the Trump administration
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Emery Berger @emeryberger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/t...
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Turing Award Goes to A.I. Pioneers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton (Gift Article)
Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton developed reinforcement learning, a technique vital to chatbots like ChatGPT.
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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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UMass Amherst Computer Scientist Co-recipient of ‘Nobel Prize of Computing’ for Foundational Work on AI Technology | UMass Amherst
Andrew Barto, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences professor emeritus, and his former graduate student Richard Sutton have been honored with the 2024 A.M. Turing Award as pioneers of r...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Katherine J. Wu @katherinejwu.com · 27/02/2025
I talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Inside the Collapse at NIH
Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Quote from the article: "You know it’s serious when scientists are on the picket line." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Academic unions are rallying to defend science
"It's sad we have to do this."
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AAUP @aaup.org · 21/02/2025
It’s vital that presidents publicly defend their institutions & “be brave right now,” Todd Wolfson, president of the AAUP said. Presidents need to recognize what the administration is trying to do by attacking higher ed: They want total control. open-campus-dispatch.beehiiv.com/p/how-univer...
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How university leaders are — and aren’t — speaking out against Trump’s attempts to overhaul higher ed Trump wants to overhaul higher ed. College presidents have hesitated to fight back.
‘If you don't stand up now, no institution is safe.’
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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New post! Frequently Asked Questions about US Government Funding for R&D. Short answers in the thread, longer answers at the link in the replies.
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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
An excellent set of suggestions to help science by reconnecting with your local community.
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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This is amazing 😍😍 @500womensci.bsky.social has made cards for each state on funding for NSF and NIH avail for download bit.ly/NSF_bystate & bit.ly/NIH_bystate if they are helpful for folks
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NSF state cards - Google Drive
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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Sad to see a presidential library close in the week we celebrate President's day.
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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
CRA statement on the cuts at NSF: "These cuts are the very definition of being pennywise and pound foolish — a shortsighted move that will undermine American innovation and technological leadership .." cra.org/cuts-to-nsf-...
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Cuts to NSF and CISE Directorate Jeopardize American Leadership in Computing
A statement from the Computing Research Association (CRA) The reported termination today of 10 percent of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) workforce — including significant cuts to the Compu…
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Prashant Shenoy @pshenoy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Another sad day for science.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This absolutely will make flying less safe. Maybe not today. But inevitably. Conceivably *this* will finally get public attention? About the danger of just blowing up structures built with care over decades? Maybe some GOP Sen/Rep will think: "I'd rather not be on the wrong side of this one"?
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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
@nature.com “Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? Tell Nature” www.nature.com/articles/d41... via Signal: Max Kozlov: mkozlov.01; Dan Garisto: dgaristo.72; Heidi Ledford: hledford.01; Jeff Tollefson: jtollefson.11; Alexandra Witze: alexwitze.01; General Nature: naturenews.61 🧪
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Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature
Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Once again, maybe the presidents of major R1 research universities think existential threats to their business models & institutions might be worth loudly & collectively speaking out against in front of microphones 🤷‍♂️ bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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