LCSSP at Caltech

The Protecting the Election: AI & Governance conference is happening Oct 16-17 at @washupolisci.bsky.social, co-organized by WashU's Betsy Sinclair & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social/ @caltech.edu.
INFO: polisci.wustl.edu/protecting-e...

Congratulations to all! We want to recognize member of the @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Board of Directors Christian Frankenberg,
Chandler Family Professor of Environmental Science & Engineering,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. @caltech.edu

Join us on 10/21 at 7pm for "Behind the Book" w/ @caltech.edu alum @jimfruchterman.bsky.social discussing his book "Technology for Good: How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software & Data to Solve Our Most Pressing Social Problems" w/ @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social Reg: ci.ovationtix.com/36761/produc...

If you missed yesterday's great session of @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar-part of the #CaltechElectionIntegrity project-featuring @voting.works' @benadida.com, listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

If you missed yesterday's great session of @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar-part of the #CaltechElectionIntegrity project-featuring @voting.works' @benadida.com, listen on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/4hFe...

If you missed yesterday's great session of @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar-part of the #CaltechElectionIntegrity project-featuring @voting.works' @benadida.com, watch on YouTube here: youtu.be/MJkiWDh7igk?...

More info on the launch of the Linde Center (@caltechlcssp.bsky.social) #BioPolicy Initiative here:

www.caltech.edu/campus-life-...

*REMINDER

*REMINDER!

Join us! The Launch of the Linde Center #BioPolicy Initiative, Tues, Oct 14, 2025, 4:30pm

Biology as a Cultural, Political, & Strategic Domain w/ @drewendy.bsky.social, @hooverinstitution.bsky.social Science & Sr Fellow & Martin Family Fellow, Undergrad Ed for #BioEng, @stanfordpress.bsky.social

This afternoon, 2pm eastern. Should be fun. Audience questions included.

REMINDAR: 🟠TODAY🟠 Wednesday, 10/1 at 11am Pacific. Register NOW!

#ElectionScienceOfficeHours

@rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social of @caltech.edu / @caltechlcssp.bsky.social & @benadida.com of @voting.works #CaltechElectionIntegrity

A New Model of Water in Jupiter's Atmosphere How Jupiter's rotation leads to turbulent nonuniform distribution of water in its atmosphere

Caltech researchers have developed a new simulation of the hydrological cycle on Jupiter, modeling how water vapor condenses into clouds and falls as rain throughout the giant planet's swirled, turbulent atmosphere.

www.caltech.edu/about/news/a...

This week's Election Science Office Hours! @benadida.com will join me to talk about election technology, voting system security, and cryptography in elections! I'll be a great conversation, join us live at 11am Pacific on Wednesday!

Re-upping this important #Biotech event at @caltech.edu hosted by the @caltechlcssp.bsky.social on 10/6. Register today!

REMINDAR: Happening this Wednesday, 10/1 at 11am Pacific. Register today!

#ElectionScienceOfficeHours

@rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social of @caltech.edu / @caltechlcssp.bsky.social & @benadida.com of @voting.works #CaltechElectionIntegrity

This work is part of the #CaltechElectionIntegrity Project. Read more about the @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's work in this area on the project's website, as led by @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, LCSSP at @caltech.edu
CO-Director.
www.protectingtheelection.us

Today, @caltech.edu's Mitchell Linegar presented "The Persuasiveness of #AI: AI Interventions Increase Confidence in #ElectionIntegrity" at @stanfordcyber.bsky.social's Trust & Safety Research Conference. Mitchell Linegar, Betsy Sinclair, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social

It’s convocation day!

#Fall2025 #Caltech #FutureOfSTEM

Great read from @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social on Substack about AI and #ElectionAdministration and Mike's recent #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar/podcast with @microsoft.com's Matt Masterson. Read this essay and subscribe at the link below:

Here's the latest from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social on his #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack:

"Can AI Improve #ElectionAdministration? Excerpts from my recent conversation with Matt Masterson"

electionscience.substack.com/p/can-ai-imp... | @caltech.edu

Looking forward to this episode!

Looking forward to chatting with my old colleague @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social about all things voting technology next week.

A Conversation on Election Technology with Ben Adida, PhD, Executive Director of VotingWorks — Caltech Election Integrity Project Please join us on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 11:00 am Pacific for the next episode of Election Science Office Hours, a webinar and podcast series presented by the Caltech Election Integrity Project...

#ElectionScienceOfficeHours: A Conversation on #ElectionTechnology with @benadida.com, Executive Director of @voting.works — Hosted by @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
#CaltechElectionIntegrity Project
REGISTRATION: share.google/YRG4PPbwa4MK...

Join us on Oct 1 at 11 am Pacific for the next segment of the #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar & podcast, part of the #CaltechElectionIntegrity project. Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social welcomes @voting.works Exec Director @benadida.com to talk all things #ElectionTechnology. @caltech.edu

NASA’s Deep Space Communications Demo Exceeds Project Expectations The project has exceeded all of its technical goals after two years, setting up the foundations of high-speed communications for NASA’s future human missions to Mars.

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology successfully showed that data encoded in lasers could be reliably transmitted, received, and decoded after traveling millions of miles from Earth at distances comparable to Mars.

www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-d...

YouTube video by Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy A Conversation with Microsoft's Matt Masterson to Discuss Elections and Technology

ICYMI yesterday, watch this excellent episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours, part of the #CaltechElectionIntegrity project, on YouTube as host & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social
Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social talks w/ @microsoft.com's Matt Masterson.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=6lbi...

Episode 23: Matt Masterson on election security

And here is the 9/16 episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with @microsoft.com's Matt Masterson, hosted by @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social as a Spotify podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/0XBF...

Episode 23: Matt Masterson on election security Podcast Episode · The Election Science Office Hours Podcast · 09/16/2025 · 53m

And here is the 9/16 episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with @microsoft.com's Matt Masterson, hosted by @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social as an Apple podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Episode 23: Matt Masterson on election security

And here is the 9/16 episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours with @microsoft.com's Matt Masterson, hosted by @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social as an Apple podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...