Simulating Science Funding

Last updated on 14 Mar 2018
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Science Funding
Assistant Research Professor

My research focuses on risks at the interface of Silicon and Carbon (and, occasionally, Plutonium).

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Publications

Policy Considerations for Random Allocation of Research Funds

Expanding on the policy implications of the model results in my PhD thesis.
Shahar Avin
PDF Project

Centralized funding and epistemic exploration

Extension of the model developed in my PhD thesis.
Shahar Avin
Preprint PDF Code Project

Science funding is a gamble so let’s give out money by lottery

Popular version of the argument made in my PhD thesis.
Shahar Avin
Project Aeon

Funding science by lottery

Early quick overview of the argument made in my PhD thesis.
Shahar Avin
Preprint PDF Project

Breaking the grant cycle: On the rational allocation of public resources to scientific research projects

Agent-based simulations of hypothetical research communities show random allocation can outperform selection by potential merit under certain conditions.
Shahar Avin
PDF Project Poster

Talks

Science funding is a gamble so let's give out money by lottery

PhD findings highlights.
1 May 2018 13:00 — 14:00 Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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