Luis M. Rocha @lmrocha@qoto.org
- Complex Networks and Systems
- https://casci.binghamton.edu/publications.php
- Social and Biomedical Complexity
- https://casci.binghamton.edu/research_interests.php, https://csbc.indiana.edu/
- Politics and Rants
- https://hey-city-zen.blogspot.com/
Post-identity earthling working on complex systems, networks, biomedicine, AI, evolution. Music, politics, DJ as E-Trash. Life through parrhesia. "E se mais mundo houvera, lá chegara".
Professionally, I'm the George J. Klir Professor of Systems Science at the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science (Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering), Binghamton University (State University of New York), where I lead the Complex Adaptive Systems and Computational Intelligence (CASCI: https://casci.binghamton.edu/) lab. I'm also Principal Investigator at the Instituto Gulbenkian da Ciencia in Portugal.
Joined Sep 2018
Autonomous Vehicles Are Driving Blind https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/11/opinion/driverless-cars-san-francisco.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
And as a reminder, the university is also looking for more senior hires in very related areas: https://binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp;jsessionid=B4112EA9A1A74DBB09982636FB5F327D?JOBID=167549
We continue hiring, #FacultyPositions in #ComplexSystems #NetworkScience #SystemsScience Areas of interest include: Computational Social Science, Biomedical Complexity, etc. DM me for more and check: https://binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=167724
Without a College Degree, Life in America Is Staggeringly Shorter https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/opinion/life-expectancy-college-degree.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Our work with @joanagsa , Johan Bollen and Ian Wood still food for thought.
"humans have grown more industrialized, claimed more agency over reproduction, and reshaped climate we are living in, the calendar of our own #fertility changed, by KatherineJWu https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/09/human-birth-babies-seasonality-surge/675420/
Esta coisa das figuras do estado virem visitar os #emigrantes é só para consumo em Portugal. Se tivessem verdadeiro interesse (além das remessas) e nos considerassem cidadãos, não nos privavam do direito ao voto igual aos outros cidadãos. #cidadania https://www.publico.pt/2022/02/22/opiniao/opiniao/emigrante-portugues-cidadao-10-classe-deixa-democraticamente-apatridas-1996334
David Bowie gave the Rock Hall the coldest of shoulders. Part of the 1996 induction class, he did not attend while touring in Europe. He never released a statement about the induction or even acknowledged its existence, sending Madonna to receive it.
https://youtu.be/7D8RLzOHk1Y?si=RZWF2jdG3N32C7Sa
We gotta love that Diesel...
Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/20/revealed-almost-everyone-in-europe-breathing-toxic-air?CMP=share_btn_tw
2 open faculty positions at the Full or Associate professor level. #AI/ML and #datascience in #complexsystems domains, e.g. healthcare, public health, health disparities and equity, pandemic prevention and preparedness, etc. http://binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=167549
What a surprise that the high priests of American rock and roll are sexist and racist. Why do you think #Bowie sent Madonna to receive his induction to the rock and roll Hall of Fame? Anyone into #disco, urban and club music knows this and ignores rolling stone magazine.
Jann Wenner Removed From Rock Hall Board After Times Interview https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/arts/music/jann-wenner-removed-rock-hall.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
In US I pay 4X more for telecom/internet/TV than in Portugal, while getting 1/4 speed, 1/10 quality (in Portugal price includes HBO, MAX, Prime, dvr), and 100x abuse from "customer service" https://youtu.be/V5DeDLI8_IM?si=dEzBC6kHFo1wCtuw #spectrum
O que #Portugal precisa nem é da epopeia mítica e protonacionalista de Camões, nem do reverso da mesma medalha paroquial e umbiguista que é o velho de Restelo. O que precisa é de mais Damiões de Góis, que abraçam o mundo como ele é, diverso, multicultural, miscegenado, em movimento, sem vacas sagradas e muito para além da prainha do Restelo. Não seja tão ludista JPP ! Já parece o Sr. Águia dos Marretas. Imagino que Damião de Góis se fosse vivo adoraria a tertúlia global do Twitter.
https://www.publico.pt/2023/09/09/opiniao/opiniao/apologia-velho-restelo-2062723
I am fascinated by the recent evidence showing that Polyplody may grant evolutionary advantages in the presence of drastic fitness changes (e.g. cataclysms):
https://www.science.org/content/article/cells-extra-genomes-may-help-tissues-respond-injuries-species-survive-cataclysms.
One option is that extra chromosomes may increase connectivity of gene regulatory networks--- fascinating work from van de Peer on that note: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.28.538696, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220257.
The results are similar to ours a long time ago with RNA Editing , where we experimented with drastic fitness changes (simulated cataclysms) and emergence of memory: https://doi.org/10.1162/evco.2007.15.3.253, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74913-4_7.
RNA Editing, we started arguing long ago, also adds additional regulatory variety and proves advantageous in drastic fitness changes---though RNA editing works by adding more variants, not greater number of regulatory possibilities (network connectivity) as it is hypothesized for polyploidy. Maybe this explains why the latter is maladaptive in stable fitness landscapes, whereas RNA Editing often isn't?
#Evolution #EvolutionarySystems #Polyploidy #Fitness #GenomeComplexity #Gemome
When people tell you it makes no difference who you vote for, and
Bernie Sanders, AOC, and colleagues are just window dressing, don't forget none of this would happen without their pressure.
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/29/insulin-medicare-drug-price-negotiation/
A visão sobre o que deve ser ensino superior em Portugal é mesmo muito pouco ambiciosa. Era bom lembrar que a nossa constituição é suposto garantir acesso ao ensino superior para todos, não só para aqueles que têm "talento, capacidade e garra." O numerus clausus em si nunca é posto em causa, quando é à partida uma exclusão por uma medida que não está de todo provada medir qualquer capacidade ou talento. Vários países da OCDE não têm numerus clausus (e.g. Bélgica), muito menos de fasquia tão elevada. Finalmente, assume-se que a universidade catalisa talento, mas a universidade portuguesa tende a ser onde vai morrer a criatividade e respeito pela individualidade e capacidade dos alunos. Baseada como é na exclusão por numerus clausus, está amarrada a uma cultura de autoridade, descarregamento passivo de matéria e notas para quem baixa a bolinha. É tudo menos um ambiente para quem tem imaginação e "garra". #ensino #EnsinoSuperior
Very well done. Uses only US data, but I wish people in other places would be more careful passing along these accepted wisdom myths. #pandemic #COVID #mentalhealth #schoolclosures
- Complex Networks and Systems
- https://casci.binghamton.edu/publications.php
- Social and Biomedical Complexity
- https://casci.binghamton.edu/research_interests.php, https://csbc.indiana.edu/
- Politics and Rants
- https://hey-city-zen.blogspot.com/
Post-identity earthling working on complex systems, networks, biomedicine, AI, evolution. Music, politics, DJ as E-Trash. Life through parrhesia. "E se mais mundo houvera, lá chegara".
Professionally, I'm the George J. Klir Professor of Systems Science at the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science (Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering), Binghamton University (State University of New York), where I lead the Complex Adaptive Systems and Computational Intelligence (CASCI: https://casci.binghamton.edu/) lab. I'm also Principal Investigator at the Instituto Gulbenkian da Ciencia in Portugal.
Joined Sep 2018
