[LOGOS] LOGOS website & event

[Jana Grittersova]

Dear Emiliano,
We are truly grateful for all your efforts in keeping this excellent
initiative moving forward!
Wishing everyone a lovely (albeit rainy) Friday,
Jana

On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM Emiliano De Cristofaro <
emilianodc at cs.ucr.edu> wrote:

> Hi Alejandra,
>
> I made some edits based on Jana's and others' suggestions. Thanks again.
>
> There is no official connection between LOGOS and RAISE. I suppose we
> simply share some overlap in research interests among people and topics.
> I'm not aware of any other initiative at UCR that might be related. FWIW,
> it is not an institute or any officially recognized entity by any means(*).
>
> So far, LOGOS has just been an informal initiative to connect individuals
> who are or might be interested in modeling and improving online discourse
> -- whatever that means :) In practice, it's been a kind of reading
> group/seminar series.
>
> Now this is also my chance to call for others to propose different/new
> directions, as I believe the seminar series has run its course. I'd be even
> more eager to have someone else take on coordinating activities -- I'm not
> by any means in charge/directing anything, I've just tried to keep it from
> dying as I care too much :)
>
> Cheers,
> Emiliano
>
> (*)The only thing we sought (and received) from UCR was some small funding
> through a CoR grant (~$3,000), which helped us purchase equipment for
> hybrid meetings and support the organization of an event.
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM Alejandra Dubcovsky <
> alejandra.dubcovsky at ucr.edu> wrote:
>
>> I love Jana's suggestions. I would second them. Also, I would like to
>> know what is the connection between LOGOS and Raise or other campus
>> wide initiatives.... especially to include in the site.
>>
>> Thank you for this work!
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM Jana Grittersova via LOGOS
>> <logos at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> >   Dear Emiliano,
>> >
>> > Thank you very much for all your efforts in developing this webpage. I
>> have a small suggestion: if the goal is to attract new participants or
>> increase visibility, it may be helpful to include a brief closing line such
>> as:
>> > • “Faculty and students interested in participating are welcome to
>> contact us at [email].”
>> > • “Follow our upcoming events here.”
>> >
>> > Additionally, do we want to clarify that information itself is not
>> inherently harmful? Information can empower societal actors, strengthen
>> democratic engagement, and support better policymaking. It becomes
>> “weaponized” only within some environments or when used intentionally by
>> malicious actors.
>> >
>> > As for a potential keynote speaker, I would suggest Matthew Gentzkow
>> (Stanford, Economics): media, political polarization, and the economics of
>> information.
>> >
>> > All the best,
>> > Jana
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Jana Grittersova
>> >
>> > Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
>> >
>> > Cooperating Faculty, Department of Economics
>> >
>> > University of California-Riverside
>> >
>> > E-mail: jana.grittersova at ucr.edu
>> >
>> > http://janagritters.com/
>> >
>> > Author https://www.press.umich.edu/9469106/borrowing_credibility
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM Emiliano De Cristofaro via LOGOS <
>> logos at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Everyone,
>> >>
>> >> With the help of ChatGPT :), I've drafted a website for the LOGOS
>> initiative. It's staged at https://spalab.cs.ucr.edu/logos/ (I will
>> eventually migrate it away from my lab website and have it indexed).
>> >>
>> >> Please let me know:
>> >> 1) If you have any feedback/proposed edits (Please note that the
>> founding manifesto part is just a placeholder for now)
>> >> 2) If you would NOT like to have your name listed on the website.
>> >>
>> >> Also, we are planning to have an open day event sometime in early
>> Spring. I will follow up in due course -- meanwhile, please let me know if
>> you have any recommendations for a high-profile person we could invite for
>> a keynote for the event.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Prof. Emiliano De Cristofaro
>> >> Computer Science and Engineering
>> >> University of California, Riverside
>> >> https://emilianodc.com
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