Hacker News with Generative AI: Academia

Cybersecurity Professor Faced China Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing (wired.com)
Before the official faculty profiles of renowned Indiana University, Bloomington (IU) data privacy professor Xiaofeng Wang and his wife disappeared and the FBI raided two of the couple’s homes last week, the school is said to have been reviewing for months whether the professor received unreported research funding from China, WIRED has learned.
Cybersecurity, Academia, China, Government Investigation
5 points by sva_ 6 hours ago | 2 comments
Top US Scientists "SOS" Letter to the Government (nytimes.com)
Researchers at academic institutions nationwide say that U.S. science is being dismantled.
Science, Government, Research, Academia, United States
6 points by hydrolox 1 day ago | 1 comments
Xiaofeng Wang (researchgate.net)
Research, Academia, People
48 points by rolph 3 days ago | 14 comments
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado (arstechnica.com)
A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer Indiana University, and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why.
Cryptography, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Law Enforcement, Academia
982 points by JaimeThompson 3 days ago | 463 comments
When the physicists need burner phones, that's when you know America's changed (theguardian.com)
At international academic conferences recently, one sees an interesting trend. Some American participants are travelling with “burner” phones or have minimalist laptops running browsers and not much else. In other words, they are equipped with the same kind of kit that security-conscious people used to bring 15 years ago when travelling to China.
Privacy, Technology, United States, Academia
265 points by giuliomagnifico 4 days ago | 257 comments
Open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it's time to write (nature.com)
Let me begin with a hard truth. As scientists, writing is our chief activity. It can be argued that it is the only thing we do that matters. It is the singular activity that you as a young scientist partake in that will raise your salary.
Science, Graduate School, Writing, Academia
8 points by indogooner 5 days ago | 0 comments
Mathematical Compact Models of Advanced Transistors [pdf] (eecs.berkeley.edu)
Mathematical Models, Transistors, Electronics, Computer Science, Academia
85 points by nill0 5 days ago | 30 comments
ICE detains Harvard researcher from Russia who protested Ukraine war (msn.com)
A 30-year-old Harvard researcher from Russia has been held for more than a month at a private detention center in Louisiana where federal immigration officers are sending a growing number of international students with lives here suddenly in jeopardy.
Immigration, Politics, Russia, Academia, Law Enforcement
11 points by MilnerRoute 5 days ago | 2 comments
Is AI the new research scientist? Not so, according to a human-led study (warrington.ufl.edu)
In a comprehensive study examining the capabilities of artificial intelligence in academic research, University of Florida researchers have found that while AI can be a valuable assistant, it falls short of replacing human scientists in many critical areas.
Artificial Intelligence, Science, Research, Academia
32 points by gnabgib 5 days ago | 58 comments
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll are now considering leaving the US (nature.com)
Cuts to research funding in the US have forced many scientists to rethink their careers.
Science, Research Funding, United States, Academia, Immigration
24 points by jslezak 6 days ago | 5 comments
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada (theguardian.com)
A Yale professor who studies fascism is leaving the US to work at a Canadian university because of the current US political climate, which he worries is putting the US at risk of becoming a “fascist dictatorship”.
Fascism, Academia, Politics, United States, Canada
93 points by 0xmohit 6 days ago | 80 comments
Ai2 Paper Finder (allen.ai)
Artificial Intelligence, Research Tools, Academia
9 points by dataminer 6 days ago | 2 comments
Inside arXiv–The Most Transformative Platform in All of Science (wired.com)
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” With a sly grin that I’d soon come to recognize, Paul Ginsparg quoted Michael Corleone from The Godfather. Ginsparg, a physics professor at Cornell University and a certified MacArthur genius, may have little in common with Al Pacino’s mafia don, but both are united by the feeling that they were denied a graceful exit from what they’ve built.
Science, Academia, Publishing, Research, AI
92 points by fprog 7 days ago | 2 comments
How to Read a Paper (2016) (dropbox.com)
Reading, Research, Academia, Education, Science
18 points by nvr219 8 days ago | 1 comments
A French university is offering 'scientific asylum' for US talent (theguardian.com)
In six weeks, the Trump administration’s “rapid scheduled disassembly” of American science has been as sharp and deep as its trashing of the US’s alliances and goodwill; Earth science, weather forecasting and early warning systems, medical research (including cancer research), Nasa.
Science, Politics, Immigration, Academia, United States
13 points by etiam 9 days ago | 3 comments
How 'animal methods bias' is affecting research careers (nature.com)
Some early-career researchers report feeling pressure to use animal models to meet journal and grant requirements, even in disciplines and projects that don’t require them.
Science, Research, Animal Welfare, Ethics, Academia
36 points by LinuxBender 12 days ago | 9 comments
‘The Celts: A Modern History’ by Ian Stewart Review (historytoday.com)
Around the 1990s, the historical Celts endured something of an identity crisis. First in academic articles, then in popular books, and eventually in newspaper headlines, people started loudly declaring that ‘Celts’ did not really exist.
History, Identity, Academia, Books, News
107 points by lermontov 13 days ago | 43 comments
When Will US Academia and Business Speak Up Against Trump? (scmp.com)
America’s prodigious wealth and power are founded on two pillars: universities and businesses.
Politics, Business, Academia, United States
12 points by xnhbx 13 days ago | 0 comments
Trump is surveying Australian academics about gender diversity and China (theconversation.com)
Shortly after taking office, US President Donald Trump issued executive orders banning federal funding on so-called “woke” research.
Politics, Australia, Academia, Gender Diversity, China
8 points by femto 14 days ago | 0 comments
Dutch institutes seek to attract sacked American academics (dutchnews.nl)
Dutch universities and scientific institutes are looking to attract American academics who have lost their jobs since president Donald Trump took office, according to the Financieele Dagblad.
Politics, Academia, Netherlands, USA
16 points by throaway-1931 14 days ago | 1 comments
'It Is Facing a Campaign of Annihilation': 3 Columnists on War Against Academia (nytimes.com)
Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists M. Gessen, Tressie McMillan Cottom and Bret Stephens about Donald Trump’s attacks on Columbia University and other elite colleges and how they became vulnerable to a political and ideological reckoning.
Politics, Academia, Higher Education, Opinion, Journalism
13 points by jarsin 16 days ago | 2 comments
The PhD Metagame: Don't try to reform science – not yet (maxwellforbes.com)
Don’t try to reform science. Not yet. Not in your PhD.
Academia, PhD, Research, Science
148 points by jxmorris12 18 days ago | 160 comments
'My career is over': Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team's cut (nature.com)
The US government has begun slashing US$400 million in research grants at Columbia University over pro-Palestinian campus protests.
Politics, Academia, Science, Funding Cuts
20 points by rntn 19 days ago | 1 comments
NASA, Yale, and Stanford Scientists Consider 'Scientific Exile' (404media.co)
Last week, Aix Marseille University, France’s largest university, invited American scientists who believe their work is at risk of being censored by Donald Trump administration’s anti-science policies to continue their research in France.
Science, Politics, Academia, Research
6 points by newaccountlol 20 days ago | 0 comments
Yale Suspends Scholar After A.I.-Powered News Site Accuses Her of Terrorist Link (nytimes.com)
The deputy director of a liberal project at Yale Law School was put on leave over allegations that she is linked to Samidoun, a group the U.S. government has said funds terrorists.
AI, Academia, Controversy, Terrorism
14 points by jbegley 21 days ago | 2 comments
His manuscript was rejected. Then he saw it published by other authors (retractionwatch.com)
A chemist at a university in Pakistan found a surprise when he opened an alert from ResearchGate on a newly published paper on a topic related to his own work.
Plagiarism, Academia, Scientific Publishing, Research
5 points by jruohonen 25 days ago | 4 comments
Matters Computational (2010) [pdf] (jjj.de)
Computer Science, Academia, Research Papers
176 points by nill0 27 days ago | 23 comments
A Software Engineer's Guide to Reading Research Papers (codingconfessions.com)
Reading research papers is becoming an essential part of a software engineer's job.
Software Engineering, Research Papers, Academia
9 points by TheAnkurTyagi 27 days ago | 1 comments
Safe Place for Science: French University Ready to Welcome American Scientists (univ-amu.fr)
At a time when academic freedom is sometimes called into question, Aix-Marseille Université is launching the Safe Place For Science program, offering a safe and stimulating environment for scientists wishing to pursue their research in complete freedom.
Science, Academia, Research, Immigration
20 points by Geekette 27 days ago | 7 comments
Show HN: Scholium, Your Own Research Assistant (github.com/QDScholium)
Researchers spend days finding relevant papers because Google returns non-credible and unscholarly sources without citations. Scholium is an AI agent that finds and cites the relevant scholarly papers in seconds.
Artificial Intelligence, Research, Academia, Tools
23 points by SunnyWan15 29 days ago | 6 comments