AI and science’s happy ending
Petter Holme

Central to the essay are the limits human language puts on knowledge acquisition. For example, how we will never take the time to get away from the messiness of the vernacular language (see below) in favor of logical and systematic language that could support our collective intelligence project called science. However, ML/AI could do, in principle, but would also have to overcome several language barriers.

https://petterhol.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ai_science.pdf

Interested in using data on human behaviour to understand and predict epidemics? Come do a #PhD with us! Deadline 7 March
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/funding-scholarships/research-degree-funding/phd-studentships-health-analytics-modelling

A writing fellowship on scientific progress

We are looking for four to six writers who, over a six-month period, will produce richly detailed articles about a selected area of scientific progress. These could include writing on biotechnology, metascience, technology in China, the history of science, or just about anything in between. We will prioritize writers covering issues that are of interest to both of our organizations.

https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/a-writing-fellowship-on-scientific

#Postdoc in innovative statistical models & methods for analyzing smartphone data in biomedical and public health research. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13728

#phd student for our machine learning and causal modeling project on life course predictors of loneliness and social isolation

https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=163399

Quantum Networks
Mason A. Porter

Reviews:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42005-019-0152-6
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1751-8121/ad41a6

Two #phd student positions in Theoretical Physics (Condensed Matter Theory and Statistical Physics)

https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89bead79bb7258ad55c8d75228e5b7&job_id=36375

Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08564-w

Dirk Brockmann: "Doing Science like a Fungus – Complexity Research in the 21st Century"

https://youtu.be/iwMYuq4np6Y

Charting the Uncharted: Interview with Sune Lehmann

🎞 https://youtu.be/hbbjq54nQO8

🎧 Audio File

With Sune Lehmann, we explore his unconventional journey from traditional physics to the wild world of social data science and interdisciplinary research. We discuss the challenges of stepping into new fields, the process of unlearning and relearning, and the art of developing an instinct for meaningful research questions. Sune shares his thoughts on blending theory with real-world application, the evolving nature of the scientific inquiry, and what it takes to stay innovative in a rapidly changing landscape.

Sune is a Professor of Networks and Complexity Science at the Technical University of Denmark and a Professor of Social Data Science at the Center for Social Data Science (SODAS) at the University of Copenhagen. In this conversation, he reflects on the balance between deep analytical work and the hands-on excitement of experiments, all while mentoring the next generation of researchers.

Whether you're an early-career scientist or simply curious about how data shapes our understanding of human behavior, this discussion offers valuable insights and thought-provoking perspectives.

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Emergent Dynamical Ising Transition in Diffusive Sandpiles

https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.16893

We are glad to present 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐂𝐎𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐄𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 (𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄) 🎉

complexity-core.github.io

𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄 is a newly-created umbrella organization that aims to gather resources and initiatives directed to the Complexity and Network Science community.

#Postdoc (Hasselt, Belgium)
Infectious disease modelling, including on pandemic preparedness
with Niel Hens
https://iddjobs.org/jobs/postdoctoral-researcher-in-infectious-disease-modelling

#PhD position (Bristol, UK)
Developing AI methods for infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics
with Leon Danon

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/developing-artificial-intelligence-methods-for-infectious-disease-outbreaks-and-pandemics-ai-for-collective-intelligence-pandemic-resilience/?p181749

"Topology shapes dynamics of higher-order networks" klogW talk

https://youtu.be/mp4QQehBwAM?si=xrabdOmoF-n49c8C

Understanding Nash epidemics
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2409362122?af=R

"Applications of Entropy in Data Analysis and Machine Learning: A Review" (by Salomé A. Sepúveda Fontaine, José M. Amigó):
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02921

The Department of Mathematics of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam welcomes applications for a two-year #Postdoc position in Dynamical Systems based within the Amsterdam Center for Dynamics and Computation. Preference will be given to candidates who can connect to existing research strengths of the Center, including (but not limited to) differential equations, networks, data assimilation, systems biology, rigorous numerics, mathematical neuroscience, inverse problems, numerical analysis, and systems with multiple scales. We are an inclusive, interdisciplinary group, and diversity and internationalism is at the heart of our research principles, as well as our teaching practice.

https://workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/postdoc-in-dynamical-systems-amsterdam-1149159