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On 16 and 17 November 2023, the Universidad Católica del Norte in Antofagasta hosted the IX Annual Congress of the Chilean Scientific Society of Psychology (SCP), a meeting that brought together leading researchers and scientists to share their findings and discuss the latest advances in the field of psychology. In this context, our research associate Jaquelin Morillo obtained an honourable mention in the “Thesis in 5 minutes” competition with her work entitled “Exploring Factors Affecting Lie Quality: Morphological, Psychological, Behavioral, and Physiological Perspectives”.

Last October, our research associate Bastián González-Bustamante had the honour of presenting his paper entitled “New Data Sources and Signals on Presidential Approval: Daily Indicator Based on Google Trends” at the BigSurv23 conference, held on 26-29 October in Quito, Ecuador. This important international meeting brought together experts in data and social sciences to share ideas and experiences on producing socially relevant statistics.

Our research associate, Bastián González-Bustamante, had the honour of presenting his research at the general conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) in Prague, Czech Republic. This important annual meeting brought together experts and practitioners in political science and related disciplines to discuss the latest advances and findings in the field.

We are excited to announce that our research associate, Carla Cisternas, has been awarded a Slicher van Bath de Jong research prize by the University of Amsterdam. This prestigious award is a testament to Carla’s excellent research project and trajectory.

Last July 15-19, our research associate Bastián González-Bustamante had the honour of presenting his research entitled “The Impact of Ministers’ Profiles on Cabinet Turnover during Presidential Crises” at the World Congress of Political Science, which took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This important conference brought together more than 2,995 participants from 98 countries to discuss the most relevant issues in political science.

In recent months, our research associate, Bastián González-Bustamante, had the honour of presenting his work at three major international conferences in the field of political science. These presentations gave Bastián the opportunity to share his findings with experts and colleagues from around the world and receive valuable feedback.

At Training Data Lab, we are committed to sharing our research and insights with a broader audience, and social media is an important part of that effort. However, managing social media can be time-consuming, and crafting engaging content that resonates with our followers can be challenging. That is why we have decided to use ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI, to help us create high-quality content for our social media channels.

Training Data Lab is excited to share a new addition to our research ecosystem: Vibrant Ink Flavoured Theme for RStudio, created by our research associate Bastián González-Bustamante. This innovative theme is designed to enhance your experience when coding with R, and is now available under an MIT No Attribution (MIT-0) license.

In recent weeks, our Training Data Lab research team had the privilege of presenting two papers at international conferences. Our researchers, Bastián González-Bustamante and Diego Aguilar, showed their research on territorial patterns of open e-government in Chilean municipalities, highlighting the importance of digital democracy in modern government.