Shawn M. Jones, PhD

@shawnmjones.org

Cat parent. PhD ODU CS. @webscidl.bsky.social 4Life. Opinions are my own. Reposts are worth a look, but not always an endorsement. https://www.shawnmjones.org Also on Mastodon: @shawnmjones@hachyderm.io

2026 WS-DL Research Expo Tuesday, June 23, 2pm EDT All are welcome: members, alumni, friends, etc. github.com/oduwsdl/2026... 5 students, 1 from each @webscidl.bsky.social prof, will give a ~15 min summary of their current research. Status updates from profs & alumni too! (zoom link in repo)

GitHub - oduwsdl/2026-research-expo: 2026 ODU Web Science and Digital Libraries (WSDL) Research Expo

2026 ODU Web Science and Digital Libraries (WSDL) Research Expo - oduwsdl/2026-research-expo

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Your prompt can be there when you need it. My post talks about how we evaluate prompt templates. Highlights: 1. Build a foundation with Ground Truth 2. Finding Your Candidate Prompt (Ground Truth) 3. Statistical Trials -- Because Unit Tests Alone Don't Work dev.to/shawnmjones/...

Making Sure Your Prompt Will Be There For You When You Need It

At Google, our team (Google Cloud Samples) uses Gemini to produce thousands of samples in batches. In doing so, we’ve learned that the biggest hurdle isn’t the AI, it’s our own expectations about thes...

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