Carl Bergstrom

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Carl Bergstrom
Born	Carl Theodore Bergstrom
Education	Harvard University (BA) Stanford University (PhD)
Known for	Eigenfactor [1] Disinformation dynamics
Spouse	Holly Ann Bergstrom [2]
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Washington
Thesis	Game-theoretic models of signalling among relatives  (1998)
Doctoral advisor	Marcus Feldman [2]
Website	ctbergstrom.com

Carl Theodore Bergstrom is a theoretical and evolutionary biologist and a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, United States. ^[3] Bergstrom is a critic of low-quality or misleading scientific research. ^[4] He is the co-author of a book on misinformation called Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World and teaches a class by the same name at University of Washington. ^[5]

Education

Bergstrom earned his B.A. from Harvard University in 1993, then completed his Ph.D. at Stanford University under the supervision of Marcus Feldman ^[2] in 1998.

Research

Bergstrom's work concerns the flow of information through biological and social networks, ^[6] as well as the ecology and evolution of pathogenic organisms, including the development of resistance. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

He is the coauthor (with Lee Dugatkin) of a college textbook, Evolution. ^[13] With Jevin West, he developed the popular course and website Calling Bullshit. ^{[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]} His work has led to the identification of him as a resource to explain the dynamics of disinformation and misinformation, ^[20] in general.

In addition to evolutionary biology, Bergstrom's interests include the ranking of scientific journals. In 2007, he introduced the Eigenfactor, ^[1] metrics for journal ranking. ^[21] This and related work on open access earned him and his father, Ted Bergstrom, the SPARC Innovator Award in June 2007. ^[22]

See also

• Brandolini's law
• On Bullshit

References

1. Bergstrom, C. T.; West, J. D.; Wiseman, M. A. (2008). "The Eigenfactor™ Metrics". Journal of Neuroscience . 28 (45): 11433–11434. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0003-08.2008. PMC   6671297 . PMID   18987179.
2. Bergstrom, Carl (1998). Game-theoretic models of signalling among relatives (PhD thesis). Stanford University.
3. Carl Bergstrom publications indexed by Google Scholar
4. Simonite, Tom (24 March 2020). "The Professors Who Call 'Bullshit' on Covid-19 Misinformation". Wired. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
5. "Calling Bullshit". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
6. Bergstrom, C. T.; Lachmann, M. (2006). "The fitness value of information". Oikos (Copenhagen, Denmark). 119 (2): 219–230. arXiv: q-bio.PE/0510007 . doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17781.x. PMC   4384894 . PMID   25843980.
7. Antia, R.; Regoes, R. R.; Koella, J. C.; Bergstrom, C. T. (2003). "The role of evolution in the emergence of infectious diseases". Nature. 426 (6967): 658–661. Bibcode:2003Natur.426..658A. doi:10.1038/nature02104. hdl:1773/1985. PMC   7095141 . PMID   14668863.
8. Levin, B. R. (2000). "Bacteria are different: Observations, interpretations, speculations, and opinions about the mechanisms of adaptive evolution in prokaryotes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97 (13): 6981–6985. Bibcode:2000PNAS...97.6981L. doi: 10.1073/pnas.97.13.6981 . PMC   34373 . PMID   10860960.
9. Bergstrom, C. T. (2004). "Ecological theory suggests that antimicrobial cycling will not reduce antimicrobial resistance in hospitals". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101 (36): 13285–13290. Bibcode:2004PNAS..10113285B. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402298101 . PMC   516561 . PMID   15308772.
10. Lipsitch, M.; Bergstrom, C. T.; Levin, B. R. (2000). "The epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in hospitals: Paradoxes and prescriptions" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 97 (4): 1938–1943. Bibcode:2000PNAS...97.1938L. doi: 10.1073/pnas.97.4.1938 . PMC   26540 . PMID   10677558.
11. Rosvall, M.; Bergstrom, C. T. (2008). "Maps of random walks on complex networks reveal community structure". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (4): 1118–23. arXiv: 0707.0609 . Bibcode:2008PNAS..105.1118R. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706851105 . PMC   2234100 . PMID   18216267.
12. Rosvall, M.; Bergstrom, C. T. (2007). "An information-theoretic framework for resolving community structure in complex networks". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (18): 7327–31. arXiv: physics/0612035 . Bibcode:2007PNAS..104.7327R. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0611034104 . PMC   1855072 . PMID   17452639.
13. Dugatkin, L. A.; Bergstrom, C. T. (2011). Evolution. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN   978-0-393-92592-0.
14. McWilliams, James (2019-04-17). "'Calling bullshit': the college class on how not to be duped by the news". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2019-10-08.
15. Guarino, Ben. "Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
16. Nijhuis, Michele (2017-06-03). "How to Call B.S. on Big Data: A Practical Guide". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
17. Bouygues, Helen Lee. "Why We Need To Think Critically About Data". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
18. McFarling, Usha Lee. "This college course teaches you how to call out things that are unscientific". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
19. Kolowich, Steve (2017-01-16). "The Fine Art of Sniffing Out Crappy Science". The Chronicle of Higher Education. ISSN   0009-5982 . Retrieved 2019-10-08.
20. Bellware, Kim, The coronavirus is spreading rapidly. So is misinformation about it. , The Washington Post, February 10, 2020
21. Bergstrom, C. T. (May 2007). "Eigenfactor: Measuring the value and prestige of scholarly journals". College & Research Libraries News. 68 (5): 314–316. doi: 10.5860/crln.68.5.7804 .
22. "SPARC Innovators: Ted Bergstrom and Carl Bergstrom (June 2007)". SPARC. Archived from the original on 2011-08-28.

External links

• Carl Bergstrom page at Santa Fe
• Carl Bergstrom publications indexed by Google Scholar