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Best practices: conversation design
An introduction to IBM Research’s Natural Conversation Framework

Metagov x Future of Science Seminar - Discourse Graphs with Matt Akamatsu
Discourse Graphs and the Future of Science | Protocol Labs Research
Interview between Tom Kalil, Chief Innovation Officer of Schmidt Futures, Dr. Evan Miyazono, Research Team Lead at Protocol Labs, and Dr. Matt Akamatsu, Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Washington.

Open Science Network
Reclaim scientific discourse with federated digital spaces where researchers shape their own conversations, data, and collaborations

Exploring Conversation Design: Applications and Benefits
Discover the what, why and how of Conversation Design, including its definition, applications, and benefits.
Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem. This Means You.
Scholarly Communication Is a Research Problem.

“Just a Tool” and Other Fictions — Natalia Ilyin
Ever one to hope for the best, last semester I suggested that students use ChatGPT as a “research partner” in the big bibliographic project they do in the Fall term of Parallel Narratives , their Junior-level history-and-criticism class. In a 27-person class, only one student took me up on the idea
Open Sourcing Scientific Research with Lab Discourse Graphs
Chris Olah on Twitter / X
Research Intimacy: Internalizing obscure knowledge, equations, relationships, and ways of thinking related to a research topic.— Chris Olah (@ch402) August 16, 2020
2026 IC2S2: Keynote Presentation by Kate Starbird
Maclean’s Magazine (@macleans.bsky.social)
Engaging stories. Bold voices. Big ideas. Maclean’s leads the national conversation on everything that matters in Canada. macleans.ca
Excited to invite you to a panel I'll be on next week w/ @richardsever.bsky.social @joelchan86.bsky.social! We’ll discuss the future of open-access, new modular research tools (eg @discoursegraphs.bsky.social) and the role of social media in scientific discourse (@cosmik.network @atproto.science ..)
Frontiers In Research: Open Science · Zoom · Luma
luma.comGood news, everyone! I have a short piece coming out in The Conversation on Monday that explains the main issues with this study. It's impossible for me to have the same media reach as the original press release. So I'd be extremely grateful if people could help me share it as widely as possible 🙏
G. Willow Wilson
Good news, everyone cnn.com/2026/05/14/health/arts-ageing…
At @cascadiajs.com this year I gave a talk about #atproto and the Atmosphere: the open social ecosystem Bluesky and many other apps are built on, and what it means to actually own your data. I made a bunch of silly drawings for it, and I'm sharing them in this 🧵!
Frontiers In Research webinar on changes in science communication, the role of social media, and new infrastructure/tools - tomorrow (7/18) at 2 pm ET Looking forward to chatting with @ronentk.me & @joelchan86.bsky.social luma.com/7l18yyg4
Frontiers In Research: Open Science · Zoom · Luma
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