Vijay Marupudi
@vijaymarupudi.bsky.social
Postdoc in Psychology at UC Berkeley
Interested in how people form and use abstractions, math cognition, online experiments, electronic music, books, fonts, typesetting, programming, etc.
https://vijaymarupudi.com
Interested in how people form and use abstractions, math cognition, online experiments, electronic music, books, fonts, typesetting, programming, etc.
https://vijaymarupudi.com
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Please join @spiantado.bsky.social at @caltech.edu today for an in-person ScienceHomecoming event with The Caltech Y
www.caltechy.org/programs/sas...
www.caltechy.org/programs/sas...
Science Homecoming
www.caltechy.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Please join @spiantado.bsky.social at @caltech.edu today for an in-person ScienceHomecoming event with The Caltech Y
www.caltechy.org/programs/sas...
www.caltechy.org/programs/sas...
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hell yeah
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
hell yeah
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Spotted on LinkedIn... a bad AI summary of our new paper on risks of AI in research.
Please make it stop.
Please make it stop.
October 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Spotted on LinkedIn... a bad AI summary of our new paper on risks of AI in research.
Please make it stop.
Please make it stop.
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Psychology friends, "the Professor" who Don is referring to here is cognitive psychology professor Art Markman.
The silver lining is the Professor still has his faculty job, but this is explicitly viewpoint discrimination, a message that there is no such thing as faculty governance.
All admin must be aligned with a political party. For all the talk of leftist indoctrination, this is no different from China.
All admin must be aligned with a political party. For all the talk of leftist indoctrination, this is no different from China.
October 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Psychology friends, "the Professor" who Don is referring to here is cognitive psychology professor Art Markman.
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Very excited to share a new preprint that’s been brewing for a long time! This work was led by the exceptional @traceym.bsky.social, and made possible by a developmental + comparative + computational dream team.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
October 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Very excited to share a new preprint that’s been brewing for a long time! This work was led by the exceptional @traceym.bsky.social, and made possible by a developmental + comparative + computational dream team.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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The AAUP is doing a skills training for campus organizing. Is your school participating?
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
AAUP Organize Every Campus: Core Skills Training (Oct 2025 Registration Form)
Chapters are encouraged to send at least five people to the training. Please choose one person to serve as a coordinator for your chapter. *Only the coordinator should complete this registration*
If...
docs.google.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The AAUP is doing a skills training for campus organizing. Is your school participating?
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sigh... Hoping universities say no
Trump offers universities a choice: Comply for preferential funding
Who needs peer review? Plan offers easier grants to schools that agree to limits.
arstechnica.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Sigh... Hoping universities say no
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Very disappointed on behalf of all the second-year graduate students (including one from my group) who could have applied last year, but who waited until this fall, based on the rule that you can only apply once!
Extremely disappointing decision from the NSF today to exclude second-year graduate students from eligibility for the GRFP. I and many other second-year grads purposely held off from applying in our first year to be able to do so now...
September 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Very disappointed on behalf of all the second-year graduate students (including one from my group) who could have applied last year, but who waited until this fall, based on the rule that you can only apply once!
I hope people will speak out about the threats to freedom of sppech which are happening at this very moment
September 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I hope people will speak out about the threats to freedom of sppech which are happening at this very moment
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Pay. For. News.
83% of US adults haven't paid for news in the last year.
About half (49%) say their main reason is they can find plenty of free news elsewhere.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
About half (49%) say their main reason is they can find plenty of free news elsewhere.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
September 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Pay. For. News.
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Participation has been outstanding at every level, across diverse science fields. We’ve published nearly 300 articles in local hometowns. 🧪🏠 Write yours today with help here:
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Participation has been outstanding at every level, across diverse science fields. We’ve published nearly 300 articles in local hometowns. 🧪🏠 Write yours today with help here:
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
From the home of the free speech movement
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
From the home of the free speech movement
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psych departments post a faculty job that has nothing to do with AI challenge
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
psych departments post a faculty job that has nothing to do with AI challenge
Political violence is bad, no matter who it is. When people's lives are at stake, the people who you want to be in power won't want it.
Just cause the the people in power are disgraceful doesn't mean that people should stoop to their level.
Just cause the the people in power are disgraceful doesn't mean that people should stoop to their level.
September 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Political violence is bad, no matter who it is. When people's lives are at stake, the people who you want to be in power won't want it.
Just cause the the people in power are disgraceful doesn't mean that people should stoop to their level.
Just cause the the people in power are disgraceful doesn't mean that people should stoop to their level.
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I'm a bit more enthusiastic about interdisciplinarity than other-Paul, but I endorse this 1000%:
"If you’re genuinely interested in a domain, you should be engaged with the work of other smart people who approach the issue—even if they are housed in different parts of the university."
"If you’re genuinely interested in a domain, you should be engaged with the work of other smart people who approach the issue—even if they are housed in different parts of the university."
September 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I'm a bit more enthusiastic about interdisciplinarity than other-Paul, but I endorse this 1000%:
"If you’re genuinely interested in a domain, you should be engaged with the work of other smart people who approach the issue—even if they are housed in different parts of the university."
"If you’re genuinely interested in a domain, you should be engaged with the work of other smart people who approach the issue—even if they are housed in different parts of the university."
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In 2019, 70% of Republicans said science has had a mostly positive effect on society. A few years later, fewer than half of Republicans (47%) said so.
www.pewresearch.org/science/2023... 🧪🌐
www.pewresearch.org/science/2023... 🧪🌐
September 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In 2019, 70% of Republicans said science has had a mostly positive effect on society. A few years later, fewer than half of Republicans (47%) said so.
www.pewresearch.org/science/2023... 🧪🌐
www.pewresearch.org/science/2023... 🧪🌐
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Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️
August 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️
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Children build math skills on a “cognitive bridge” between space & number. But where does it come from? Our new study finds monkeys transfer learning and abstractions across geometry & numerosity, revealing the evolutionary roots of basic math development. 🧪🧠
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Cognitive bridge between geometric and numerical learning in monkeys | PNAS
Educational research highlights strong developmental links between numerical and spatial
cognition in humans, often shaped by cultural tools like t...
www.pnas.org
August 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Children build math skills on a “cognitive bridge” between space & number. But where does it come from? Our new study finds monkeys transfer learning and abstractions across geometry & numerosity, revealing the evolutionary roots of basic math development. 🧪🧠
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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If these rules were in place 2 years ago (when I was deciding if I should leave Canada for the US), I absolutely would NOT have come to the US. Just on principle.
I suspect the same is true for MANY international scientists & scholars. Presumably this is why these new rules are being put in place
I suspect the same is true for MANY international scientists & scholars. Presumably this is why these new rules are being put in place
NEW: McCarthyism returns to immigration law, as @USCIS announces that it will begin screening applicants for immigration benefits for "Anti-America ideologies or activities." The term has no prior precedent in immigration law and its definition is entirely up to the Trump admin.
August 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If these rules were in place 2 years ago (when I was deciding if I should leave Canada for the US), I absolutely would NOT have come to the US. Just on principle.
I suspect the same is true for MANY international scientists & scholars. Presumably this is why these new rules are being put in place
I suspect the same is true for MANY international scientists & scholars. Presumably this is why these new rules are being put in place
Couldn't find anything simple and easy to use, so I made a tool to generate auditory numerosity stimuli for ANS studies in Python. Feel free to use it!
gitlab.com/vijaymarupud...
gitlab.com/vijaymarupud...
Vijay Marupudi / auditory-numerosity · GitLab
GitLab.com
gitlab.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Couldn't find anything simple and easy to use, so I made a tool to generate auditory numerosity stimuli for ANS studies in Python. Feel free to use it!
gitlab.com/vijaymarupud...
gitlab.com/vijaymarupud...
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Science belongs to all of us! Check out this piece Clarissa Thompson and I wrote for a small town paper in southwestern PA as part of the brilliant Science Homecoming @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social series by @cantlonlab.bsky.social and @spiantado.bsky.social. www.dailycourier.com/opinion/why-...
Why science belongs to all of us
Growing up in our small towns outside Pittsburgh in the 1980s, we never knew science and math weren’t “for us.” We counted from 1-12 with Sesame Street’s jazzy “Pinball Number
www.dailycourier.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Science belongs to all of us! Check out this piece Clarissa Thompson and I wrote for a small town paper in southwestern PA as part of the brilliant Science Homecoming @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social series by @cantlonlab.bsky.social and @spiantado.bsky.social. www.dailycourier.com/opinion/why-...