Network comparison and the within-ensemble graph distance arxiv.org/abs/2008.02415

We will begin the #ALife2020 Twitter Conference tomorrow August 12 to the 31! We will post 5 talks w/ videos & papers per day. Make sure to ask lots of questions to the speakers. MIT Press Proceedings: ow.ly/ypS250AWQdv Public Video Playlist: ow.ly/Q3be50AWQdu

Join us tomorrow morning at 9am ET for Blake Williams (pronounced @balake_williams) defending his Master's Thesis in Complex Systems & Data Science Vermont Complex Systems Institute @ UVM: On the Dynamics and Structure of Multiple Strain Epidemic Models and Genotype Networks DM Laurent Hébert-Dufresne for Zoom link.

Collective computation: What makes a "good" formal language for computation in biology? Some of us Santa Fe Institute, building on Fontana + others, believe an FL needs to take seriously the logic of biological mechanism + thermodynamic constraints. Useful background to this discussion

Sid has been an incredible mentor for myself and so many others because of his kindness and honesty. This well-deserved prize honors his legendary curiosity and creativity. Congratulations to an exemplary scientist and person!

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The SYNS pre-Networks 2021: A Joint Sunbelt & NetSci Conference event registration is open! This year will feature interactive workshops w/ experts in new forms of science communication @suneman & Alice Schwarze. Learn to communicate your ideas with new friends from your field in a virtual group-table workshop (½)

Anyone who claims they are self-made are delusional egoists to be avoided. To be self-made is to go to a land where no person has settled. To know what no person has known. To build what no person has built. And to be emotionally, physically, and mentally self-sufficient.

Do not delude yourself. Nothing we do matters. But, that does not mean it is not worth pursuing. Beauty is pleasant to behold, and the ceaseless cycle of death and rebirth is a delightful waltz.

“We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.” - Pablo Picasso

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When you overexplain, listeners will be less likely to ask questions and more likely to retain problematic interpretations - fueling your perception that you have to explain things more. Solve this by giving others a chance to speak and ask questions.

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