Linde Center for Science, Society, & Policy at Caltech | Research & debate on topics at intersection of science, society, & policy | R.M. Alvarez & F. Eberhardt
We are delighted that joint paper, "Rethinking Psychometric Evaluation of LLMs: When and Why Self-Reports Predict Behavior," has been accepted at NeurIPS 2026 Main Track as poster.
Congratulations to all the authors!! 🎉
📢New blog from @CaltechLCSSP's Research Policy Lead Sara Kassir, @Caltech - "Fit for What Purpose? Evaluating Data Centers on Local Terms."
Data centers aren't inherently "good" or "bad." What matters is whether they align with community goals.
🔗lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp…
An insanely technically challenging project has come to a glorious end! I can't emphasize the amount of hard work behind this effort which I hope will influence the trajectory of 3D perception
NASA has selected Caltech to operate the Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions (OCO-2 and OCO-3)
beginning this fall.
Read more: caltech.edu/about/news/nasa-…
🌍🚀Congratulations to @CaltechLCSSP Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath, @Cambridge_Uni on his new role as Founding Director of CSEE at @CRASSHlive!
Looking forward to the Fall 2026 launch & the exciting work to come: climatraces.org/csee
📺See the interactive tutorial created by @CaltechLCSSP Board Member, @chr_fronge showing how solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence is retrieved from a spectrum — and why it works at all!
🔶For details and link to tutorial: rsfralab.github.io/Tutorials…
📖Read the @politico article that led to an engaging discussion about forces that shape emerging climate technologies.
@CaltechLCSSP Research Affiliate Ramit Debnath, @Cambridge_Uni is quoted saying he & coauthors have seen this conspiratorial trajectory on social media before.