Dashun Wang

Dashun Wang

@dashunwang.bsky.social

Kellogg Chair of Technology, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

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Dashun Wang
@dashunwang.bsky.social

Exciting tenure-line hiring at Kellogg!! Led by Northwestern Innovation Institute. Open to all ranks, including junior, adv junior, and senior. Can be hosted in any Kellogg dept as the tenure home. focus area: innovation / science of science / AI.

Dashun Wang
@dashunwang.bsky.social

AI agents are "airplanes for the mind" - check out my latest piece in Nature. The question is not whether machines replace scientists, but what kind of scientist emerges when we learn to fly. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.comAI agents are ‘aeroplanes for the mind’: five ways to ensure that scientists are responsible pilotsAs artificial-intelligence systems take on more of the scientific workflow, the central goal should not be complete automation, but designing platforms that preserve creativity, responsibility and sur...

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Nature Computational Science
@natcomputsci.nature.com

📢Out now! @dashunwang.bsky.social and colleagues introduce SciSciGPT, a prototype AI collaborator for the domain of science of science that streamlines a wide range of empirical and analytical research tasks. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #cssky

nature.comSciSciGPT: advancing human–AI collaboration in the science of science - Nature Computational ScienceSciSciGPT is an open-source prototype AI collaborator that explores the use of LLM research tools to automate workflows, support diverse analytical approaches and enhance reproducibility in the domain...
Dashun Wang
@dashunwang.bsky.social

We’re a purposefully multidisciplinary group working at the intersection of science-of-science, innovation, AI, networks, and complexity. We’re looking for postdocs who want to ask bold new questions, with rigorous data, theory, and computation. Please share with great candidates! Join us!!!

Dashun Wang
@dashunwang.bsky.social

Candidates from all disciplines are welcome. This year we’re esp excited about candidates interested in one or more of the following areas: -LLMs & AI agents -Political science (science, policy & governance) -Technological progress + societal impacts of science -Nonequilibrium statistical physics

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Mary Elizabeth Sutherland
@meharpist.bsky.social

What happens when scientists leave their original research theme to explore a new field? A new @nature.com paper by @dashunwang.bsky.social et al quantifies this "pivot" and shows that it comes at a cost: work in new fields receives relatively fewer citations 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comThe pivot penalty in research - NatureAn analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents reveals a ‘pivot penalty’ when researchers shift direction, with the impact of studies decreasing rapidly the further they move from their prev...

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