Carl Bergstrom

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Carl Bergstrom
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Born
Carl Theodore Bergstrom
Education
Known for Eigenfactor [1]
Disinformation dynamics
SpouseHolly 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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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.
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