Geoff Hutchison

Thanks, that's great - I'm trying to emphasize to colleagues the impact of AI / ML in the field and hard data is always welcome. (In addition to everything else you do!)

Worked on some plugin examples for the upcoming @avogadro.cc 2.0 release.

I think we're at 12 as of tonight... woudn't be surprised if we get to at least double that by the end of the month.

Any requests?
- electrostatics
- energies / potentials
- file formats
- commands / builders

#compchem

But yeah, it seems like those Waffle House indicators. If the Waffle House locations are out, it’s been a really bad storm. If a McDonalds is out of burgers, something is really wrong.

Is it back to being an official BK? That place has been through a lot.

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I'm somehow picturing a meeting room with someone saying "well, there's this one online review in which there's no mention of staff smiling or being friendly, so …"

Not sure how you *rank* friendly small businesses, but White Whale is fantastic.

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There will be a memorial in September - we will share details as they become available.

We had a brief time for remembrance over lunch today - it was a shock to all of us. I knew a few days ago that I had to find co-advisors for some students, but thought only that he needed time for treatment

Yes, he was still working on submitting proposals and editing manuscripts. My group will hopefully soon submit one of these.

He submitted a recommendation letter for a student on Tuesday.

But it would also be fitting if he just wanted to focus on the science and mentorship.

Really cool - great work!

My PhD mentor, Mark Ratner, used to say that one of the best things about science are the people.

Dave was one of those.

Asymmetric Scattering of Polarized Electrons by Organized Organic Films of Chiral Molecules Electron transmission experiments demonstrate a large asymmetry in the scattering probability of polarized electrons by thin organized films of chiral molecules. This large asymmetry results from the ...

He's probably best known for co-discovering the Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity effect with Ron Namaan.

I think it's one of those cases in which basic science "hey, polarized electrons do weird things in chiral films" .. has finally begun to show promise across chemistry

doi.org/10.1126/scie...

I could write a lot about Dave - he hired me and was a great mentor and collaborator. He was amazing to watch as a colleague - always keeping very high standards for his research and teaching while being encouraging and supportive.

He accomplished a lot while remaining humble.

Photograph of David Waldeck - in the background is the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning

I share the sad news that Prof. David H. Waldeck passed away after a battle with cancer. Dave was an extraordinarily creative scientist, a devoted educator, and to all of us a friend, mentor, and leader.

He will be deeply missed

#chemsky #chemchat

That does not match the vast majority of students I teach.

Maybe some students don't care about learning. Some students don't bother to come to lecture.

But year in and year out, I'm impressed with the vast majority of my students putting in hard work to learn.

Zero. Maybe less than zero.

I mean, would anyone associated with Feynman or Caltech ever imply that teaching students didn't matter?

It varies. Do I find some AI-generated homework? Yep.

But I also put together a customized chatbot tutor for this semester and no one has used it.

"So I find that teaching and the students keep life going, and I would never accept any position in which somebody has invented a happy situation for me where I don't have to teach. Never."

-Richard Feynman

Just what I always wanted… we can get an AI grader to respond to student AI homework?! #chemchat

😡

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Avogadro Stories (for 2.0 Release) As we finish up the 2.0 (final!) release, I’d like to feature some stories (and citations) about how Avogadro has shaped research and teaching. So if Avogadro has helped your research, please let me ...

Has @avogadro.cc helped your research? Teaching?

As we prepare Avogadro 2.0 for release this spring, I'm hoping to feature some stories (and citations).

#compchem #opensource #openscience ⚗️

Let me know:
discuss.avogadro.cc/t/avogadro-s...

Avogadro Stories (for 2.0 Release) As we finish up the 2.0 (final!) release, I’d like to feature some stories (and citations) about how Avogadro has shaped research and teaching. So if Avogadro has helped your research, please let me ...

Has @avogadro.cc helped your research? Teaching?

As we prepare Avogadro 2.0 for release this spring, I'm hoping to feature some stories (and citations).

#compchem #opensource #openscience ⚗️

Let me know:
discuss.avogadro.cc/t/avogadro-s...

I mean, take 10 minutes times an average consulting rate… I think they also owe you lunch?

Yeah, no API or feeds. I did take a look through CrossRef and that seemed to work (ie filtering by DOI prefix)

Yes, I end up looking at a bunch of different sources, including arXiv. I’d guess maybe 40 feeds?

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🙏🏽

Screenshot of vibe-coded "RSS Ranking" tool Dispatch indicating a set of unread journal articles, "Bookmarked" articles including [ASAP] General-Purpose Models for the Chemical Sciences: LLMs and Beyond

I decided to see what Claude Code code do on this.

- It pulls RSS feeds (& import OPML)
- It claims to rank my thumbs up
- It keeps my "I want to read this" instead of 100 open tabs

I don't know how well it actually ranks, but 🤷‍♂️

If it seems useful, let me know...

github.com/ghutchis/rss...

Semantic Scholar | Publishers Publishers partner with us to acquire highly qualified traffic and gain valuable insight into how scholars interact with their content.

I found the list of publishers: www.semanticscholar.org/about/publis...

Looks like it gets a good set, including PubMed, but not RSC or ACS yet.