6 papers
The Rise of Large Language Models and the Direction and Impact of US Federal Research Funding
Yifan Qian, Zhe Wen, Alexander C. Furnas +3
Federal research funding shapes the direction, diversity, and impact of the US scientific enterprise. Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly diffusing into scientific practice, h…
Figures as Interfaces: Toward LLM-Native Artifacts for Scientific Discovery
Yifang Wang, Rui Sheng, Erzhuo Shao +4
Large language models (LLMs) are transforming scientific workflows, not only through their generative capabilities but also through their emerging ability to use tools, reason abou…
Sci2Pol: Evaluating and Fine-tuning LLMs on Scientific-to-Policy Brief Generation
Weimin Wu, Alexander C. Furnas, Eddie Yang +5
We propose Sci2Pol-Bench and Sci2Pol-Corpus, the first benchmark and training dataset for evaluating and fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) on policy brief generation from a…
SciSciGPT: Advancing Human-AI Collaboration in the Science of Science
Erzhuo Shao, Yifang Wang, Yifan Qian +3
The increasing availability of large-scale datasets has fueled rapid progress across many scientific fields, creating unprecedented opportunities for research and discovery while p…
Funding the Frontier: Visualizing the Broad Impact of Science and Science Funding
Yifang Wang, Yifan Qian, Xiaoyu Qi +6
Understanding the broad impact of science and science funding is critical to ensuring that science investments and policies align with societal needs. Existing research links scien…
Tenure and Research Trajectories
Giorgio Tripodi, Xiang Zheng, Yifan Qian +4
Tenure is a cornerstone of the US academic system, yet its relationship to faculty research trajectories remains poorly understood. Conceptually, tenure systems may act as a select…