Biography:Carl Bergstrom

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Short description: American theoretical and evolutionary biologist
Carl Bergstrom
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Born
Carl Theodore Bergstrom
Education
Known forEigenfactor[1]
Disinformation dynamics
Spouse(s)Holly Ann Bergstrom[2]
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington
ThesisGame-theoretic models of signalling among relatives (1998)
Websitectbergstrom.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 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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. PMID 18987179. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named bergstromphd
  3. ↑ Carl Bergstrom publications indexed by Google Scholar
  4. ↑ Simonite, Tom (24 March 2020). "The Professors Who Call 'Bullshit' on Covid-19 Misinformation". Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/professors-call-bullshit-covid-19-misinformation/. 
  5. ↑ "Calling Bullshit". https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563882/calling-bullshit-by-carl-t-bergstrom-and-jevin-d-west/. 
  6. ↑ Bergstrom, C. T.; Lachmann, M. (2006). "The fitness value of information". Oikos (Copenhagen, Denmark) 119 (2): 219–230. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17781.x. 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. doi:10.1038/nature02104. PMID 14668863. Bibcode: 2003Natur.426..658A. 
  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. doi:10.1073/pnas.97.13.6981. PMID 10860960. Bibcode: 2000PNAS...97.6981L. 
  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. doi:10.1073/pnas.0402298101. PMID 15308772. Bibcode: 2004PNAS..10113285B. 
  10. ↑ Lipsitch, M.; Bergstrom, C. T.; Levin, B. R. (2000). "The epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in hospitals: Paradoxes and prescriptions". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97 (4): 1938–1943. doi:10.1073/pnas.97.4.1938. PMID 10677558. PMC 26540. Bibcode: 2000PNAS...97.1938L. https://digital.lib.washington.edu:443/researchworks/bitstream/1773/2004/3/PNAS_hospital.pdf. 
  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. doi:10.1073/pnas.0706851105. PMID 18216267. Bibcode: 2008PNAS..105.1118R. 
  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. doi:10.1073/pnas.0611034104. PMID 17452639. Bibcode: 2007PNAS..104.7327R. 
  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" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/16/calling-bullshit-college-class-news-information. 
  15. ↑ Guarino, Ben. "Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS." (in en). Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/06/24/misinformation-is-everywhere-these-scientists-can-teach-you-fight-bs/. 
  16. ↑ Nijhuis, Michele (2017-06-03). "How to Call B.S. on Big Data: A Practical Guide". The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/how-to-call-bullshit-on-big-data-a-practical-guide. Retrieved 2019-10-08. 
  17. ↑ Bouygues, Helen Lee. "Why We Need To Think Critically About Data" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/helenleebouygues/2019/03/07/why-we-need-to-think-critically-about-data/. 
  18. ↑ McFarling, Usha Lee. "This college course teaches you how to call out things that are unscientific". https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-call-out-bad-science-2017-2. 
  19. ↑ Kolowich, Steve (2017-01-16). "The Fine Art of Sniffing Out Crappy Science" (in en-US). The Chronicle of Higher Education. ISSN 0009-5982. https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Fine-Art-of-Sniffing-Out/238907. 
  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. https://sparcopen.org/our-work/innovator/bergstrom/. 

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