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Cliodhna Quigley

@cvq.bsky.social

Scientist living in Vienna, enjoys arranging food into faces

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Are AI-generated summaries suitable for studying and research? Despite didactic, ethical, and environmental concerns, the use of GenAI is on the rise in academia. For most applications, the jury is still out on whether and how they will benefit education and rese...

This is one of the most reasoned & persuasive arguments for not allowing LLMs anywhere near reading & writing intensive classrooms. We can 100% choose not to outsource our reading & writing labor to a bot, and model for our students why they should do the same. #EduSky

www.tue.nl/en/our-unive...

28.02.2026 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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various computational neuroscience / MEEG / LFP short courses and summer schools

πŸ“† updated for 2026!

list of summer schools & short courses in the realm of (computational) neuroscience or data analysis of EEG / MEG / LFP: πŸ”— docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

19.12.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking for a Postdoc position and have a background in bioacoustics and animal cognition? Interested in whether other animals might have something akin to language? Join our team: www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeaw-home...

19.12.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Open postdoc position!🚨 Passionate about gut microbes 🦠 and the brain 🧠? We are an interdisciplinary group at the Faculty of Psychology & @cemess.bsky.social 🌍 @univie.ac.at and invite individuals who self-identify as female. Details: 4 years, full-time ➑️ careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

16.12.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Abstract submission closes soon for our local doctoral conference (focus: cognition, behaviour, neuroscience). Free to attend, always really fun and interesting! Masters students can submit abstracts for poster presentation, which is a great chance to present to a friendly crowd :)

27.11.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

5pm (CET) today, free, easy to register, very important topic for academics

25.11.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like Becky Chambers Monk & Robot series. I'm pretty sure it pre-dates AGI hype.

11.11.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨We have an open part-time paid position for an *Austria-based* master student in #ComputerScience (incl. adjacent fields) to help develop an automatic stress assessment in wild #GreatTits 🐦
More info in the job description below
Remote work is also possible for non-Viennese studentsπŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή
#AnimalWelfare

16.10.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Since @mariasantaca.bsky.social joined @fusanilab.bsky.social , she's been doing amazing work measuring perception of visual illusions in our ring doves. Here are the first results: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... (and stay tuned for findings from a playback study on illusions and courtship...)

22.10.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Researchers4Palestine provides a platform for academics and researchers to share perspectives, resources, and open letters on topics of justice, human rights, and policy. Among our publications is a recent open letter addressing developments in Gaza, available for study and engagement of both academics and the concerned members of the public.

Together, we can make a difference.

Screenshot of About text: Researchers4Palestine provides a platform for academics and researchers to share perspectives, resources, and open letters on topics of justice, human rights, and policy. Among our publications is a recent open letter addressing developments in Gaza, available for study and engagement of both academics and the concerned members of the public. Together, we can make a difference.

Calling all Austrian academics who care about the situation in Gaza. researchers4palestine.org have an open letter you can sign (and a petition of support if you're a nonacademic). They also link to an EU letter calling for a stop to EU funding for Israeli institutions.

18.09.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"I Saved A PNG Image To A Bird": YouTuber Stores 176KB Drawing Of A Bird Inside A Bird's Song According to Benn Jordan this effectively makes the birds capable of storing and transmitting image data.

πŸͺΆπŸ€– Someone stored an image in a Starling song!
β€œThis little bird successfully learned and emulated the sound in the exact same frequency range that he heard it…transferring about 176 kilobytes of uncompressed information…” (!!!)
www.iflscience.com/i-saved-a-pn...

31.07.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This is not the time to step back from diversity, equity, and inclusion Recently, I exchanged views with a prominent Ivy League scientist who was complaining about the minority students and junior faculty applying to his program. He claimed that the university, through di...

This is not the time to step back. It’s unquestionably the time to step forward. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

18.07.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Although my work has often involved brains, I haven't often talked about how my own unruly brain (migraine) affects my work. Thanks to @carodeimel.bsky.social for suggesting we and another colleague contribute to this inspiring TREE series on disability in EcoEvo: dlvr.it/TLShPk

11.07.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

Our demands, see link

Our demands, see link

Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss):

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

openletter.earth/open-letter-...

27.06.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 298    πŸ” 180    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 35

Hopefully of interest to @univie.ac.at people at UBB. More info here: wobio.univie.ac.at/events-netwo...

18.03.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Buy Books Online, Kennys Bookshop Ireland Buy Books Online, Kennys Bookshop Ireland

For buying book books I like www.kennys.ie, based in Ireland and ship worldwide. For ebooks I only ever borrow from my local library (but live in Vienna so it's a ridiculously good one!)

11.03.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent thread about an important resource. Entertaining and relevant - do read to the end. πŸ€—

06.03.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’re standing up for science ! 🀝
On March 7 at 1 pm, the #MarchforScience will start in front of the University of Vienna - an initiative of scientists raising their voices worldwide for free science.
The University of Vienna shares this important cause.β€ΌοΈπŸ›οΈ #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall

05.03.2025 07:21 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 9
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Zotero is great and I think that anyone who needs to organise and cite more than a handful of references should be using it. Here's an intro to Zotero that I made for my undergrad students (but the info is relevant for anyone new to Zotero).

Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU
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15.11.2024 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 425    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 9
A red squirrel regularly visits our balcony in Vienna, Austria. In the photo, the squirrel is standing with one paw on a crate of Ottakringer beer, looking directly at the camera.

A red squirrel regularly visits our balcony in Vienna, Austria. In the photo, the squirrel is standing with one paw on a crate of Ottakringer beer, looking directly at the camera.

Caught our regular balcony visitor politely asking for a drink...

26.02.2025 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture showing the back of two bowerbirds, potentially corresponding to the same individual. Below is the question: Are these two pictures showing the same individual or different individuals?

Picture showing the back of two bowerbirds, potentially corresponding to the same individual. Below is the question: Are these two pictures showing the same individual or different individuals?

Can humans discriminate individual birds of the spotted bowerbird from photographs?πŸͺΆ
Students from the @fusanilab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at need you to answer that question! You can test your visual discrimination skills with their online experiment (~15 min long): sosci.univie.ac.at/bowerbird_di...

24.02.2025 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wonderful Etho2025 conference in Tutzing! It was really nice to be able to present some previous works 🐟 and my current project 🐦 at @univie.ac.at with the @fusanilab.bsky.social

22.02.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Archive Request xkcd.com/3052

17.02.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 15114    πŸ” 1565    πŸ’¬ 121    πŸ“Œ 82

For my plant-loving friends in Vienna: the city makes excellent soil out of organic waste and it's on sale again at municipal trash centres. Very reasonably priced too!

16.02.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo showing the dove lab, currently in disarray as we prepare our next experiment. A very large computer screen shows 5 birds who are arranged to induce a visual illusion which should alter the size perception of the central bird.

Photo showing the dove lab, currently in disarray as we prepare our next experiment. A very large computer screen shows 5 birds who are arranged to induce a visual illusion which should alter the size perception of the central bird.

Happy Valentine's day from the Dove Lab @fusanilab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at We're preparing Maria SantacΓ 's new experiment investigating the possible role of visual illusions during courtship. Female birds will watch videos of courting males in different illusion-inducing configurations β™₯οΈπŸ•ŠοΈβ™₯️

14.02.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Harder! Faster! Louder! – Crows! Fireworks! Berlin! (KrΓ€hen in der Silvesternacht)
YouTube video by distrustful dinosaurs Harder! Faster! Louder! – Crows! Fireworks! Berlin! (KrΓ€hen in der Silvesternacht)

A beautiful insightful video about urban wildlife during new year’s eve in Berlin (sadly, representative of any German city) by @distrustful-dinos.bsky.social

If you are tempted to light even just 1 explosive for your pleasure, this video is for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCfH...

13.02.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!

09.02.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3301    πŸ” 872    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 139

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
Don't miss the chance to apply for the interdisciplinary graduate conference "From Minds to Movements - Foresight in Cognition and Activism" in Vienna!

04.02.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The map got even redder since ye posted it. Eeeeee!

23.01.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0