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Announcing Two Events around EAG London in Collaboration with the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Communities
3 min readMay 2, 2023
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Some STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) communities from the broader EA community are coming together to bring you two events during the week of EAG London. This post introduces the communities and events and hopes to inspire closer collaboration between STEM communities and the wider EA community.
We want to:
HI-Eng, Hi-Med, EA Software Engineers, EA Data Science/ML/AI, and EA Math & Physics are hosting an online panel event for people in STEM looking to have more impact through their careers. We will introduce our organisations and share knowledge in discussions on relevant topics. We hope that people in STEM are able to come away from this event with a set of concrete next steps for how to have more impact with their careers. Please leave your questions for us as comments on this post, or in the sign-up form. Sign up to receive joining instructions.
Join us at the Northeastern University Campus (~15 mins walk from the EAG London venue) for an evening of snacks, non-alcoholic drinks, and board games. We hope to facilitate networking amongst people studying and working in STEM and provide a conversation and community! Sign-ups are required and are open until Wednesday 17th May. You’ll need a photo ID to attend, and to show your EAG ticket on the Swapcard app when you arrive. We hope to see you there!
STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. People working in these disciplines often develop similar skills (numerical skills, analytical skills, problem-solving skills, etc.), which are generally in high demand. The evidence-based scientific approach that EA uses is familiar to people in STEM, which might be why the EA community seems to attract and keep lots of STEM people (perhaps to a fault).
The following STEM communities from the wider EA community aim to provide a space for people with similar interests and backgrounds to learn more about how they can contribute to the shared project of doing the most good in the world. These groups overlap heavily with the Profession-Specific Organisations – I’ve linked to their descriptions where they overlap.
This group is for sharing all the data initiatives around Effective Altruism, supporting aspiring data scientists, discussing the most pressing problems and new paradigms, and perhaps starting new projects together!
Join EA Data Science/ML/AI on Slack.
Stefania currently runs EA Data Science/ML/AI. Email her at [email protected]
Join EA Data Science/ML/AI on Slack.
We aim to be a community for EAs with an interest in Math and Physics. In bi-weekly meetings, we discuss topics related to altruism (such as biophysics for addressing pandemics or statistical physics for modelling human cooperation) and share thoughts regarding our career decisions. We wish to be a group of peers to anyone working on a project which connects EA and Math/Physics, and provide a place to present ideas and receive feedback and encouragement.
Since March 2023 we moved to be part of the EA Anywhere Slack where you can find us at the #math-and-physics channel.
Mart and Ella currently run EA Math and Physics. Contact us at [email protected]
Join this community on the EA Anywhere Slack at the #math-and-physics channel.
Description on Profession-Based Communities EA Forum post.
Description on Profession-Based Communities EA Forum post.
Description on Profession-Based Communities EA Forum post.
