Thomas Cherian

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Although it took an exceptionally long time to get this out to you all, I am extremely proud of my first manuscript . This study could not have been possible without @sparuniisc's invaluable guidance and the excellent resources and support from @psychopy. Please read below:

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The recent Memorandum from DoPT requiring mandatory checking-in on their digital system at workplaces is a good initiative in principle to deal with absenteeism of government officials. But surely some flexibility is called for in the case of those, like scientists & technical staff working under various scientific departments of the Govt, or emergency responders, or even drivers of senior officials, who are obliged to keep irregular hours. Eg., Depending on the research work they are engaged in, scientists often work beyond office hours, even up to midnight some days. Rather than requiring them to turn up for work early the next day, they could be evaluated based on the total number of hours they put in. An 8 to 10 hour work day (or a 40 to 50 hour work week) should surely suffice to demonstrate their sincerity, rather than they time they punch the clock in the morning? @DrJitendraSingh

Baingan?

What is this image made up of red, green, blue, white, and black pixels?

Bringing back this gem about JNU 😂

Pumped to share this work from my PhD, “A single computational objective drives specialization of streams in visual cortex”, just in time for the holidays! With the all star team @eshedmargalit , @cvnlab , @dyamins & @kalatwt 🔗:biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 🧵: 1/n…

'Development of visual object recognition', a new Review by Vladislav Ayzenberg (@vayzenberg90) & Marlene Behrmann (@behrman81779370) Web: go.nature.com/47akCer PDF: rdcu.be/duhtE

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Are the invariances of artificial neural networks aligned with those of humans? Check out our paper, now out in @NatureNeuro! w/ my PhD advisor @JoshHMcDermott and collaborators @aleks_madry & @gpoleclerc. See 🧵 for highlights. nature.com/articles/s4159… 🧵1/N

WHERE THERE’S A WALL, THERE’S A WILL

Data fraud is often framed as a victimless crime--or else the perpetrators frame themselves as the victim. But the true victims are often graduate students who struggle to replicate a prominent study, face professional ostracism, and their only recourse is to leave the field or become a whistleblower. The @NewYorker has a fantastic article today revealing how the fraud from Dan Ariely and Francesa Gino's research was originally identified by @ZoeZiani and shared with @DataColada newyorker.com/magazine/2023/… I encourage people to read this article to see what happens when a grad student is skeptical about the strength of a paper. Her career was completely derailed and she was pressured not to criticize flimsy research. She had to report it anonymously and @datacolada had to do the labor of investigating and stick their necks out (and get sued). This is such a broken system and a lot of people are implicated in perpetuating the problem.

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@witch_doc @1inconsiderate @USAndIndia Were you able to get help in fixing this issue? Facing the same issue here.

@1inconsiderate @USAndIndia My slot for booking ends today and I don’t know what to do. The guy at helpline picked up after 52 minutes and hung up on me!

Hi There @USAndIndia my family member has to visit USA for their son's Funeral and they had requested for an emergency appointment from US Travel docs/appointment portal. But they are yet to receive any reply from any concerned person over email or portal. Its a hard time for our

@1inconsiderate @USAndIndia Were you able to book slot finally? Is there any solution for this issue?

@USAndIndia @USAndIndia you portal US visa scheduling is not working Not able to see available consulate appointment even after clicking on OFC appointment

@USAndIndia @CGI_USFederal I'm posting this on behalf of my friend: Hi, I've received approval for booking an emergency appointment on the portal, yet when I select OFC date and click 'submit' I see no response from the portal. Please help! Case # on portal: CAS-2969431-L5L4N4