Andrew Perfors<p>I just changed instances. Hello <a href="https://aus.social/tags/aus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aus</span></a>.social! Glad to be here!</p><p>Here's an <a href="https://aus.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>.</p><p>I'm a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/prof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prof</span></a> in computational <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cogsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cogsci</span></a> at <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UniMelb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniMelb</span></a>. I use behavioural experiments and mathematical models to study how people <a href="https://aus.social/tags/learn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learn</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/reason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reason</span></a>. I think a lot about how we make <a href="https://aus.social/tags/inferences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inferences</span></a> from sparse <a href="https://aus.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>, how we <a href="https://aus.social/tags/share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>share</span></a> information with each other, and how this affects our <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/informational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>informational</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systems</span></a>. </p><p>I am a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/parent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parent</span></a> to two amazing kids, love <a href="https://aus.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a> to psychology undergraduates, am an <a href="https://aus.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> living in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> (citizen of both) in the beautiful <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Dandenongs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dandenongs</span></a>, and am <a href="https://aus.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> (see post below). I try not to take myself too seriously, especially on social media.</p><p><a href="https://perfors.net/blog/im-transgender-thats-okay/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">perfors.net/blog/im-transgende</span><span class="invisible">r-thats-okay/</span></a></p>