Debates on the nature of artificial general intelligence | Science
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado7069

CENTAI offers 2 three-year pre-doctoral contracts funded by CEDAR, an EU-funded research project. Successful applicants can enroll in a PhD program and conduct research in complex systems and artificial intelligence domains. More info: centai.eu/careers/cedar

How Is Flocking Like Computing?
Birds flock. Locusts swarm. Fish school. From chaotic assemblies of life, order somehow emerges. In this episode, co-host Steven Strogatz interviews the evolutionary ecologist Iain Couzin about how and why collective behaviors arise.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-is-flocking-like-computing-20240328/

Interested in network dynamical systems with higher-order interactions? Apply for a #PhD

https://workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/beyondtheedge-phd-position-in-network-dynamical-systems-amsterdam-1059512

#phd in network science

https://www.math.vu.nl/~bick/BeyondTheEdge/

#phd Machine learning the dynamics of force-sensing proteins

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/machine-learning-the-dynamics-of-force-sensing-proteins/?p170724

#Postdoc Fellowship on Society as a Complex System: Polarization, Segregation and Inequality

https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoctoral-Fellowship-on-Society-as-a-Complex-System-Polarization%2C-Segregation-and-Inequality/791948602/

On the Shape of Epidemics

Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic upended our societies and re-shaped the way we go about our day-to-day lives—from how we work and interact to the way we buy groceries and attend school. In this talk, I will present a series of studies quantifying how our behavior, mobility patterns, and social networks shaped and were shaped by COVID-19. Leveraging global data sets that represent billions of people, I will show how myriad factors interacted to structure the course of the pandemic. Then, by connecting the mathematics of epidemics to classical theory from ecology, I will outline a strategy for preventing future outbreaks from growing into pandemics. Finally, using the lessons learned from COVID-19, I discuss how we might balance the ethical and privacy considerations around high-resolution data with their critical role in responding to epidemics.

About the Speaker
Samuel V. Scarpino, PhD, is the director of AI + life sciences at Northeastern University and a professor of the practice in health and computer sciences. He holds appointments in Northeastern’s Institute for Experiential AI and Network Science Institute. In recognition for his contributions to complex systems science, he was named a fellow of the ISI Foundation in 2017, an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute in 2020, and an external faculty member at the Vermont Complex System Center in 2021. Prior to joining Northeastern, Scarpino was the vice president of pathogen surveillance at The Rockefeller Foundation, chief strategy officer at Dharma Platform (a social impact, technology startup), and co-founded a data science initiative called Global.health, which was backed by Google and The Rockefeller Foundation. Scarpino’s research has been published in journals such as Nature, Science, The Lancet Global Health, Nature Medicine, PNAS, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and Nature Physics. The New York Times, Wired, the Boston Globe, National Geographic, and numerous other venues have covered his work. He earned his doctoral degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 2013 and was Santa Fe Institute Omidyar Fellow from 2013 – 2016.

Register here: https://iu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kj-cg_saTmi4oQERGNX8Lg#/registration

A Short First Course in Network Science

Online, June 3-14, 2024

About: Networks are present in all aspects of our lives: networks of friends, computers, web pages, and roads are examples that we experience outwardly, while our brain cells and the proteins within our body form networks that determine our cognition and health. This introductory online short course explores the study of networks and how they help us understand the complex interaction patterns that shape our lives.

Target audience: A broad interdisciplinary-minded audience of learners. The course has no technical prerequisites other than some introductory programming and a willingness to learn by doing. Students in programs such as business, data science, social science, medicine, engineering, and more will benefit from this course.

Format: A combination of lectures by Professor Santo Fortunato; practical sessions with tutorials, exercises, and collaborative mini-projects; and office hours with teaching assistants. A certificate of participation will be awarded to individuals completing the full course.

Apply by May 15, 2024 — https://sites.google.com/view/netsci-course.

#Postdoc position in Marseilles in an interdisciplinary project

https://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~barrat/postdoc_Hinteract.html

Deadline for applications: June 5, 2024

SweCSS, the Swedish Centre for Computational Social Science, has just introduced its Visiting Fellows Program, designed to foster collaboration between social and computational sciences. More information here:

https://liu.se/en/research/swecss/visiting-fellows-program

📢 #اطلاعیه

⚛ انجمن علمی دانشکدهٔ فیزیک دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان برگزار می‌کند:

🗣 وبینار علمی با موضوع: First Passage


👤 ارائه‌دهنده: پروفسور سیدنی ردنر (Sidney redner)
📌 عضو هیئت علمی مؤسسه پژوهش‌های نظری سنتافه (Santa Fe)
📌 برندهٔ جایزه Leo P. Kadanoff انجمن فیزیک آمریکا (APS)
📌 رئیس سابق گروه فیزیک دانشگاه بوستون (Boston University)
📌 فارغ‌التحصیل مقطع دکتری از مؤسسه
فناوری ماساچوست (MIT)

👤 مدیر جلسه: دکتر فرهاد شهبازی، عضو هیئت‌علمی دانشکدهٔ فیزیک دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان


📆 زمان برنامه: سه‌شنبه ۱۱ اردیبهشت، ساعت ۱۶:۰۰

🚪 بستر برنامه:

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✅ جهت ثبت‌نام به آیدی زیر مراجعه کنید.

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با تخفیف: ۳۵ هزار تومان



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Call for abstracts: The EpiMob satellite

https://epimob.weebly.com/

(“Epidemic control: from mobility data to public health”) at the NetSci 2024 conference in Québec City is accepting abstracts for oral presentations.

EpiMob aims to gather researchers working on the use of mobility data for the study of, and response to, infectious disease epidemics. We welcome both methodological studies, aiming to integrate data and epidemic models, and applied projects, showing the potential of mobility data for public health action and epidemic response.

Topics potentially covered in the satellite:
- from raw data to mobility patterns for epidemic modeling;
- linking mobility and epidemic activity;
- mobility to assess and guide movement restrictions and other public health policies;
- mobility data for social epidemiology and social determinants of health;
- theoretical frameworks to integrate mobility data into epidemic models

NetSci 2024 will be held June 16-21, 2024, at the Québec City Convention Centre. The EpiMob satellite will take place on Monday, June 17 (AM session) at the NetSci conference venue. We encourage researchers of all career stages to submit abstracts, which will be accepted on a rolling basis until June 1, 2024.

To access more information about the EpiMob satellite and the abstract submission form, please follow the link:

https://epimob.weebly.com/. Please also feel free to share this call with your colleagues, trainees, and departments.

"Bridging Physics and Computer Science: Understanding Hard Problems." No technical background is needed. Enjoy!

https://www.cornell.edu/video/lenka-zdeborova-2024

#PhD student in Computer and Systems Sciences, with focus on Data Science

https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/work-at-su/available-jobs/phd-student-positions-1.507588?rmpage=job&rmjob=23228&rmlang=UK

Anatomy of a Post | Interview with Petter Holme about his blog petterhol.me/blog

Join us for an in-depth discussion with Petter Holme, renowned for his influential blog on complexity science. In this interview, Petter discusses his motivations and the sustained effort required to manage a sophisticated science blog. He reflects on the beginnings of his blogging journey, the evolution of his content, and the decision-making process behind choosing blog posts over formal research papers.

Throughout the conversation with Abbas Rizi, Petter shares insights into the feedback he receives from readers, the unintended academic uses of his blog posts, and his views on the future of science communication in an increasingly digital world.

This dialogue also covers practical aspects for academics considering starting their own blogs, including Petter's personal approach to writing and managing content and the tools and resources that have been indispensable to him. Whether you're an academic, a student, or simply interested in the convergence of science communication and Complexity Science, this interview provides a thoughtful perspective on the impact and challenges of blogging in the scientific community. Join Petter Holme as he shares his experiences and advice for integrating blogging into professional scientific communication.

🔗 https://youtu.be/Wtjo7eWE76E
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#سیتپـــــور به خاطر روایتگری در علم

Where do the boundaries of physics begin and end? The debate has persisted for more than a century.

The theoretical physicists Freeman Dyson and Steven Weinberg have both used the phrase “not respectable” to describe how cosmology was seen by physicists around 1960. The subject was simply “not physics.”

The boundaries of a discipline bear directly on the opportunities departments can offer students. They also influence those students’ evolving identities as physicists, and on how they think about their own professional futures and the future of physics.

https://aps.org/publications/apsnews/202405/backpage.cfm

"Physics of Coffee"
How physics plays a role in coffee production, brewing, and latte art?

https://youtu.be/UFxA9cRFm-M

#PhD student position in stochastic modelling of infectious diseases

https://www.chalmers.se/om-chalmers/arbeta-hos-oss/lediga-tjanster/?rmpage=job&rmjob=12860&rmlang=SE

#PhD Student - Infectious Disease Modelling / Network Analysis
University of Münster, Institute of Epidemiology und Social Medicine

https://iddjobs.org/jobs/phd-student-infectious-disease-modelling-network-analysis