Eric T. Meyer (@etmeyer) profile picture

Dean & Professor, UT Austin iSchool Senior Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, U Oxford

Austin, TX
Joined February 2009
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Congratulations @LM_HATII who has successfully defended her DPhil thesis @oiioxford today! Special thanks to fellow examiner @WITWhat and supervisor @etmeyer
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.@utsystem Board of Regents unanimously votes to appoint @JCHartzell the 30th president of The University of Texas at Austin: utex.as/2RVminO Watch Chairman Kevin Eltife talk with President Hartzell about his vision for the university:
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The School of Information is pleased to announce the establishment of the Virginia & Charles Bowden Endowed Professorship in Librarianship, thanks to a generous $500,000 gift from iSchool alum, Virginia Bowden, and her husband, Charles Bowden. Read more: ischool.utexas.edu/news/endo…
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The iSchools Organization has released the following Statement on Injustice and Racism: ischools.org/News/9030953 #BlackLivesMatter #iSchools
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VP for Diversity @leonardnmoore and @UTPDChiefCarter talk about racism and police brutality against Black people in this country, policing on UT campus, and how we can do better: utex.as/3dGKh3o
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.@DellMedSchool's inaugural graduates will help revolutionize how people get and stay healthy — starting now: utex.as/3cSZ2jc
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Curious how our increasing reliance on tech might affect our understanding of our past? Join award-winning science fiction writer Ted Chiang for a public talk on Technology & the Narrative of Self, sponsored by @UTiSchool and @UTGoodSystems. Register now: attend.com/tedchiang
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Learn about UT Austin's School of Information (@UTiSchool) and our research to curb misinformation, as part of UT Austin's Grand Challenge @UTGoodSystems to develop responsible AI technologies: goodsystems.utexas.edu
Micron's @DanPBingham talked with @UTiSchool's Matt Lease about what it means to them being one of @MicronGives Advancing Curiosity Grant recipients at #MicronInsight bitly.com/34t5Uzx
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We have 47 schools and specialties ranked in the top 10 of the latest edition of “Best Graduate Schools” from @usnews — that's the most in Texas: utex.as/2TZ9fW7 #WhatStartsHere 🤘
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First day of classes at @UTAustin for 2 new deans. Excited to start the new academic year with new leadership from Paul Goldbart & Eric Meyer. Together, we will #ChangeTheWorld. Welcome @PaulGoldbart & @etmeyer.
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A pleasure to have Professor Eric Meyer (@etmeyer) @oiioxford as speaker at our workshop (just started!) addressing @KingsSSPP colleagues xitter.gq/kingsdigitallab/status…
Calling our colleagues in @KingsSSPP - we have a digital research and funding workshop planned for May 15. Space is limited and there will be 3 excellent speakers as well as an opp. to pitch your own ideas: bit.ly/2H5flNo
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Hard-copies of my new book have arrived! Time to start thinking about launch activities: palgrave.com/gb/book/9781137….
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We have a new postgraduate (MSc/DPhil) programme in Social Data Science! Apply Sept-17 for Start Oct-18 oii.ox.ac.uk/study/msc-in-so…
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.. thanks to support from the School of Advanced Study/U of London, Aarhus U Research Foundation, Webster Research & Consulting @pj_webster xitter.gq/NielsBr/status/8387918…
Fascinating ( mind blowing) session from Prof Harry Burns- creating strategies early on in life deal with a complex system #ntsummit
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Wanna hear more on our "fighting bots" project + more by @etmeyer @ginasue & others? sign up for our workshop humane2020.eu/workshop/
Time to start thinking about summer! OII Summer Doctoral Programme 2017: Oxford 3-14 July 2017. Deadline: 20Feb 2017 sdp.oii.ox.ac.uk
Opportunity: International #DigitalHealth Conference Call for Papers Open Now! #London, July 2017 #IoT #AI #mhealth #healthcare #cfp #Health