Ryan Cragun, Kevin McCaffree, Ivan Puga-Gonzalez, Wesley Wildman, F. LeRon Shults Secularism and Nonreligion Abstract: Statistical models attempting to predict who will disaffiliate from religions have typically accounted for less[…]
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Meet Rachel Bacon, Postdoctoral Fellow
Last year, Rachel Bacon started at CMAC as a Postdoctoral Fellow working full-time on the Modeling Religious Change project. She has a wide variety of academic experience in sociology and[…]
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Evaluating the authenticity of technology-assisted spirituality
One of the first questions that comes up when talking about new spiritual services like deep brain stimulation or hallucinogenic experiences is: are they the real deal? Are these experiences[…]
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Spirit Tech: from techniques to technology
From hallucinogenic drugs to deep brain stimulation, we are constantly finding new ways to foster or deepen spiritual experiences. The sheer range of technology available today that aims to create,[…]
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The Artificial University: Decision Support for Universities in the COVID-19 Era
Wesley J. Wildman, Saikou Y. Diallo, George Hodulik, Andrew Page, Andreas Tolk, and Neha Gondal Complexity January 2021 Overview: Operating universities under pandemic conditions is a complex undertaking. The Artificial[…]
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Minding morality: ethical artificial societies for public policy modeling
Saikou Diallo, F. LeRon Shults, Wesley J. Wildman AI & Society August 2020 Abstract: Public policies are designed to have an impact on particular societies, yet policy-oriented computer models and simulations often[…]
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Meet George Hodulik, Creative Solutions Designer
Earlier this year, we welcomed George Hodulik to the CMAC team as a Creative Solutions Designer. George comes to CMAC with years of technical experience in software engineering and an[…]
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