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Luís M. Rocha

@lmrocha.bsky.social
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Post-identity earthling working on complex systems, networks, biomedicine, AI, evolution. Music, politics, DJ as E-Trash. E se mais mundo houvera, lá chegara. casci.binghamton.edu linktr.ee/LMRocha (LinkTree)

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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My latest piece in Público. One of the most political I have written recemntly. www.publico.pt/2026/10/04/o...
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
3/3 prediction performance and parsimony, GSPS still provides an unmatched unifying notational and mathematical language to work on system representation, model inference and validation, and parsimonious theory development (metasystem study). www.google.com/books/editio...
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Architecture of Systems Problem Solving
One criterion for classifying books is whether they are written for a single pur pose or for multiple purposes. This book belongs to the category of multipurpose books, but one of its roles is predomi...
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
2/3 It reminds me that Complexity and Network Science are still advancing notions put forward in Systems Science, by George Klir (and others) with his General Systems Problem Solver (GSPS). While we have since advanced a lot in both modelling frameworks and statistical and information measures of...
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
1/3 Love the higher-order representations by @manlius.bsky.social at manlius.substack.com/p/do-higher-.... I particularly like the contribution by Alex Arenas and colleagues (and this response by Manlio) to think about it all in terms of modeling goals.
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Do higher-order interactions need higher-order networks?
Higher-order interactions exist. Whether they require a higher-order representation is a different scientific question.
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
youtu.be/luz0De5WaqM?...
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Jaron Lanier explains how to make AI safe
YouTube video by Wagner James Au (Hamlet Au)
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Should be played in a platform that allows Spotify's mixing features, such as the app on your phone or computer.
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
neunundneunzig canzoni para los amoureux solitaires: a Loving, melancholy synthesizer pleasure. A not-so-dark mix from deep euro trash angst, to anglo-american sensuality, and italo-disco liberation. With DJ Angst using Spotify's mixing features (not ideal but fun) open.spotify.com/playlist/41Y...
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neunundneunzig canzoni para los amoureux solitaires
Loving, melancholy synthesizer pleasure. A not-so-dark mix from deep euro trash angst, to anglo-american sensuality, and italo-disco liberation.
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
2/2 Vasco da Gama is a sentence. Despite the importance of e.g. Alfonso de Albuquerque and followers in undermining the influence middle-eastern powers in India, and trade in the indian ocean being dominated by Portuguese ships and currency for a century and half (until the Dutch control Malacca)
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
1/2 Wonderful book to learn about the influence of India on planetary culture. Amazing Barnes and Noble edition too. My only criticism is that it is a bit anglo-centric...For instance, European influence in India goes straight from Rome and Greece to London. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-golden...
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The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World (B&N Exclusive Edition)
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Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Google Maps's "Lake America" inherited 4.6 Start testified by 1632 reviews from #LakeOntario. #/r/place
[one star] "Far from great"
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My latest opinion piece in Público. #universidades www.publico.pt/2026/08/30/o...
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Maximilian Schich @schichmax.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Never gets old ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkl3...
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Dolly Parton - Jolene (Todd Terje Remix)
YouTube video by Discolypso
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NSF just announced its GRFP solicitation due in October - deadline varies by field: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... Now for the bad news... * NSF estimates they will issue 1,500 awards, down from 2,500+ last year. * NSF removed STEM Education and Learning Research as a Major Field.
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Thank you for invitation and introduction!
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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#ALIFE2026 award ceremony -- Binghamton University's Systems Science members also receive multiple awards!! We are particularly glad to see the late Howard Pattee and his work recognized by the ALife community
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Stefano Nichele @handle.invalid · 20/08/2026
On behalf of ISAL @isalofficial.bsky.social, congrats to all awards winners! #ALIFE2026
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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Now at the Teaching (with) Artificial Life workshop Jason Yoder introduces the ALife-Edu initiative #ALIFE2026
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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The legendary Craig Reynolds presenting the evolutionary design of Boids using multiobjective optimization #ALIFE2026
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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Now Amahury's talk!! #ALIFE2026
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Ana Bento @anaisabelbento.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Averages can make measles risk look safer than it is. In our new @NatureMedicine paper, we found that school-level transmission potential crossed the epidemic threshold in 2022 to 2023. A blog post about it communities.springernature.com/posts/the-hi... #Measles #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #Vaccines
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Some words about Howard Pattee, expanding a bit my comments last night @alifeconf.bsky.social . heycityzen.substack.com/p/howard-h-p... #ComplexSystems #TheoreticalBiology #ArtificalLife
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Howard H. Pattee (1926-2026)
It is with a lot of emotion that I applaud the International Society for Artificial Life for honoring the lifetime achievement of Howard Pattee to the field.
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So wonderful and moving that @alifeconf.bsky.social bestowed the lifetime achievement award to Howard Pattee, whose contributions to understanding life's complexity are profound and remain relevant.
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Congratulations @amahury.bsky.social for the Inman Harvey reviewer award at @alifeconf.bsky.social ! Work hard, party hard;)
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Congratulations @hirokisayama.bsky.social for the award for outstanding publication of the decade at @alifeconf.bsky.social ! So well deservedn
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
3/3 O colonialismo europeu não se desfaz elevando identidades; isso só trás nacionalismos. Desfaz-se com a humanidade comum; com o ubuntu. Daí a África do Sul ser a grande nemesis de Israel. A primeira representa a humanidade comum, e a segunda a conclusão trágica da insanidade identitária europeia.
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
2/3 Não foi capaz de desfazer o colonialismo (e seu apartheid mental) numa nova maneira de pensar a humanidade comum. Só Mandela (e Tutu também, não esquecer) conseguiram pensar fora da caixa com o seu umbunto africano.
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
1/3 Excelente lembrança e aviso. Há muito que digo que a descolonização portuguesa foi tão racista quanto a colonização, no sentido em que manteve os mesmos preceitos identitários: raça branca para Portugal, raça negra em África. www.publico.pt/2026/08/12/o...
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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A slide from a 2018 talk of mine on tipping points. That year, a climate report warned that we might be approaching critical turning points within 12 years. Everything suggests we are getting closer. Action is needed across science, engineering and policy. edition.cnn.com/2018/10/07/w...
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
such xenophobia in Europe... Dixit Magnus Brunner: "I do understand that Spain did it because it’s mainly about Latin Americans speaking the same language, having *the same culture*, but the signal for the rest of Europe is not a good one, definitely not." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting
Migration commissioner says scheme regularising undocumented people ‘not a good signal’ for Europe
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Summer vibes ETrash playlist on Spotify. bit.ly/ETrashSky
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Don't miss this satellite at CCS!
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Joana G Sa @joanagsa.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Outra tentativa de ter Ciência na política de ciência: discussão de 3 relatórios recentes q mostram PT a piorar Precisamos de tutelas q percebam q a sua principal tarefa é garantir q temos condições p/ fazer o nosso trabalho. É p/ isso que servem e não nos têm servido www.publico.pt/2026/07/17/c...
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
@joanagsa.bsky.social, obrigado por este estado da situação. Andamos a discutir problemas come exames nacionais anacrónicos, em vez do futuro da ciencia e verdadeira inovação em Portugal. Obrigado por este "big picture", que é tão raro ver na discussão nacional. www.publico.pt/2026/07/17/c...
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Cool use of Shannon's entropy :) www.popsci.com/technology/b...
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Want to beat Wordle? Try a 1940s mathematical theory.
A new strategy found the correct word 99 percent of the time.
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Very honored to speak at Alife later this summer. So excited about it and will likely recontextualize some classical systems science work from Pattee, Rosen, Klir, and Conrad with current-day advances in #networkmedicine, #AI, #complexsystems, and #systemsbiology.
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Interesting take on Heinz von Foerster as a "jailbroken" scholar. #Cybernetics books.juandavidcampolargo.com/jailbroken/a...
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Heinz von Foerster | Jailbroken People | The Jailbroken Guide to the University | Juan David Campolargo
Heinz von Foerster in Jailbroken People, Appendix B of The Jailbroken Guide to the University: From Heinz von Foerster, I learned this: to live fully is...
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Recent interview I gave about digital medicine and complex systems, in Portuguese. #NetworkMedicine sapo.pt/artigo/a-med...
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A medicina conta com mais dados do que nunca: como os vai usar?
A inteligência artificial promete transformar a medicina, mas o verdadeiro desafio já não está em gerar mais dados, e sim em convertê-los em conhecimento útil para cada doente. Em entrevista, Luís Roc...
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Safety and efficacy of mRNA vaccines: a mechanistic and public health perspective - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Safety and efficacy of mRNA vaccines: a mechanistic and public health perspective
mRNA vaccines represent a transformative advance in vaccinology, combining rapid development timelines, scalable manufacturing, and strong immunogenicity with a favourable safety profile. Global deplo...
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
2/2 I will argue that #DigitalTwins in #biomedicine must simplify and provide causal models for actionable explanation. I present our work on multiscale models of disease, which combine machine learning, multilayer networks and discrete dynamical systems to characterize multiscale disease factors.
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
1/2 Honored and excited to give a keynote lecture at ICCS tomorrow (June 30). The title is"Towards Digital Twins for Precision Medicine from a #ComplexSystems Perspective." www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2026/
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The International Conference on Computational Science – The International Conference on Computational Science
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Last week our @cberaproject.bsky.social forum was an amazing mix fest of high quality science and art, but most of all, friendship, family, collegiality and respect! @ccattuto.bsky.social @danielapaolotti.bsky.social @amarallab.bsky.social @clbockting.bsky.social @joanagsa.bsky.social
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Awesome program for our @cberaproject.bsky.social forum this week. Amazing roster of speakers in #complexsystems, #complexnetworks, biomedicine and art! At the Champalimaud foundation exhibition hall in Lisbon. Open to all.
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Such a great collection of art exhibits at our @cberaproject.bsky.social forum this week. www.cberaproject.eu/cbera-forum-...
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CBeRa FORUM Exhibition - Open Signals - CBeRa
CBeRa FORUM Exhibition – Open Signals
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
www.vanityfair.com/story/the-ne...
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The Next Black President
Kamala Harris’s quest for the White House was rooted in a political tradition of nonviolence pioneered by black women. In the wake of Gaza, the broad promise of that tradition proved too much for her ...
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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The era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel Zucman
There is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
3/3 Entrance is free to all events, but please register online for access, catering, etc. www.cberaproject.eu/cbera-forum-...
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CBeRa FORUM Registration - CBeRa
CBeRa FORUM Registration Join us in Lisbon Complex Networks, Systems & Art in Biomedicine Bringing together researchers, industry professionals and innovators in the field of networks and systems in b...
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
2/3 On June 19th at Hospital da Luz, we also have a "Healthcare Systems Engineering and Operations Management" workshop, which should be of interest to people working in clinical care, hospital management, or complex systems in general. (www.cberaproject.eu/wp-content/u...).
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
1/3 Here is the final program for our @cberaproject.bsky.social project forum (www.cberaproject.eu/cbera-forum/ ). Talks by excellent speakers on "Complex Networks, Systems & Art in Biomedicine", June 22-24 at the Exhibition Hall of the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon. See amazing roster below.
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