DANIEL POLLACK @danpollack@qoto.org
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Math Professor & Divisional Dean of Natural Sciences at University of Washington / husband, father, bound to cats & dogs / Aikidoist @TwoCranesAikido / Erdös-Bacon-Einstein #=10 / toots & views my own
Joined Nov 2022
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There's a live feed from the Orion spacecraft as it approaches earth https://youtu.be/GFbVREEtc1Y
@dalcantonJD Very glad to know that you’re recovering and have hopefully gotten through this rough ride.
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The #HuMetricsHSS team is at the University of Washington this week doing a series of workshops on #ValuesEnacted scholarship and institutional transformation.
Our work here in Seattle is based in part on our article entitled “The transformative power of values-enacted scholarship”
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#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, PhD student Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars.
Not included in the 1974 Nobel prize for the discovery, Bell received a £3m prize for her work in 2018. She's using it to set up a foundation to improve diversity in STEM.
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Why I Quit Elon Musk’s Twitter
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-i-quit-elon-musks-twitter
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One of the quirks of professional mathematics is that researchers are discouraged from speculating too far beyond the range of what they can actually prove. To quote Minhyong Kim (from https://mathoverflow.net/a/38694/766): "it's almost as though definite mathematical results are money in the bank. After you've built up some savings, you can afford to spend a bit by philosophizing. But then, you can't let the balance get too low because people will start looking at you in funny, suspicious ways."
@johncarlosbaez @tao It is interesting to contrast the tone of what counts as informed speculation among mathematicians compared to scientists in other fields. Mathematicians seem to be less comfortable getting out of the comfort zone of what they can (at least conceivably) prove. Chemists, Astronomers, Physicists, Biologists and Statisticians all seem able to engage with others in their discipline more broadly outside of their immediate areas of expertise. The culture of rigor/proof seems to stifle many mathematicians from voicing their insights in a broader context. IMHO this is a loss for the entire scientific community,
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My friend Robert Bartnik, whom I’ve known since 1982 and whose work in #mathematical general #relativity was extremely influential, passed away after a long illness a week ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bartnik
@monsoon0 I am sorry to hear this news. Robert was a wonderful person and a fantastic mathematician. I’d first gotten to know him when I was a graduate student. He was welcoming and deeply interactive even when he was unwell. It’s a deep loss and he will be sorely missed.
@monsoon0 lovely. Thanks for sharing
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When I tweeted "Maths is in my heart" (way back in 2011 on the bird site) @trixiebarretto
was inspired to make a video of me: https://vimeo.com/33615260
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I am a Professor of Mathematics and the Divisional Dean of Natural Sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington. My mathematics research has focused on geometric analysis and mathematical general relativity #GR. As divisional dean I work to support faculty, staff and students in the mathematical sciences (#Math, #AppliedMath, #Statistics), the physical sciences (#Physics, #Astronomy, #Chemistry) and the life sciences (#Biology, #Psychology and Speech and Hearing Sciences) at #UW.
Doing everything that I can to improve the environment for our fantastic faculty, dedicated staff and amazing students. I try to both champion and nourish the tremendously impactful research that our faculty lead in the natural sciences, often in collaboration with our colleagues in engineering, environment, public health, and medicine. Working to improve #equity and #inclusion in #STEM is a front-line priority for me.
Outside of the academic realm, I am a student and erstwhile teacher of #Aikido at Two Cranes Aikido, where I have amazing teachers and friends to practice with. I hold the rank of Sandan and I’m at the dojo far too infrequently these days. #ukemi #hugs
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I don’t know how mastadon will develop but one of the things I like about it is that it feels like we can contribute something to change course or add to the features/type of community we want. I hope these aren’t famous last words 😂
- https://twitter.com/danpollack
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Math Professor & Divisional Dean of Natural Sciences at University of Washington / husband, father, bound to cats & dogs / Aikidoist @TwoCranesAikido / Erdös-Bacon-Einstein #=10 / toots & views my own
Joined Nov 2022
