michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Proud to present Bram's first paper: in PlantModules.jl, we present a ModelingToolkit-based framework for plant water relations as a part of functional-structural plant modelling 🪴💧 020
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 07/01/2026FOMO of not being able to do #genuary this year. Maybe next year... 010
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Got interested in algorithmic information theory this year and finally found some time to write out the main ideas for myself (mainly based on @hectorzenil.bsky.social's book Algorithmic Information Dynamics). michielstock.github.io/posts/2025/2... 020
Reposted by @michielstock.bsky.socialAl Merose @al.merose.com · 03/12/2025What a cool introduction to hyperdimensional computing! HDC: where dimensionality is a blessing, not a curse. speakerdeck.com/michielstock...speakerdeck.comHDC tutorial 141
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Yesterday I had great fun teaching hyperdimensional computing, the algebra of concepts, to biodesign students. Learn how to build a brain: Slides🛝: speakerdeck.com/michielstock... Notebook🎈: kermit-ugent.github.io/HDC_tutorial/ Repo🐙: github.com/Kermit-UGent... 051
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Slide deck finished. Looking forward to the practice session tomorrow! 020
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 23/11/2025A bit of work, but my hyperdimensional computing tutorial is progressing nicely! 030
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 20/10/2025New paper! 🚨 Is diversity and novelty the key to making machine learning open-ended, robust, and interpretable? Our latest paper reviews how #qualitydiversity algorithms can be used in the data-to-decision pipeline. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... 011
Reposted by @michielstock.bsky.socialForNaLab @fornalab.bsky.social · 14/10/2025New paper out! @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social We test whether optical fibres can be used to measure microclimate temperatures in the forest, and investigate what we can learn from it. 🧵👇 The full article is published Open Access: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comContinuous quantification of forest microclimate temperatures in space and time using fibre‐optic technologyMost species experience microclimate temperatures, that is, variable and fine-grained thermal conditions determined by atmospheric conditions interacting with biotic and abiotic components of the ... 155
Reposted by @michielstock.bsky.socialmichielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 28/06/2025The Incerto books are written in a provocative style that may not appeal to everyone. Beneath the prose, each book explores a profound concept in probability theory. I tried to strip each to its bare bones. (1/6) 182
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 28/06/2025The Incerto books are written in a provocative style that may not appeal to everyone. Beneath the prose, each book explores a profound concept in probability theory. I tried to strip each to its bare bones. (1/6) 182
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Small blog post on how to automate model building for mechanical systems using ModelingToolkit. #julialang michielstock.github.io/posts/2025/p... 073
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 10/06/2025The KERMIT (kermit.ugent.be) research unit at @fbwugent.bsky.social focuses on holistic modeling for life sciences. In my subunit, we are particularly interested in (stochastic, differentiable, evolutionary...) computation for plants and biotechnology. 010
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Finally, a new blog post! The Walk on Spheres algorithm is an elegant method for solving elliptic PDEs. Minimal implementation using #julialang michielstock.github.io/posts/2025/W... 1122
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Submitted a project application today and feel really good about it! Research lines have really fallen into place in the last few years! 020
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 28/03/2025As everyone shares AI-generated images, I'll also post something I've created. I took up watercolors to relax, and my latest one I am quite happy about! 010
Reposted by @michielstock.bsky.socialmichielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Open #PhD position alert! Join @chofski.bsky.social and me, in thinking about how we can use (in silico) evolution in synthetic biology and biodesign! repost = 🥰 docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comPhD position biodesigPhD position in computational evolution for biodesign Biological evolution has given rise to the vast diversity and complexity of the biosphere. Evolutionary computation has made great progress in cap... 055
Reposted by @michielstock.bsky.socialThomas Gorochowski @chofski.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Looking for a #PhD that is at the intersection of #biodesign, #synbio, #openendedness, #evolution? Look no further. Great supervisory team too 😉 11518
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Open #PhD position alert! Join @chofski.bsky.social and me, in thinking about how we can use (in silico) evolution in synthetic biology and biodesign! repost = 🥰 docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comPhD position biodesigPhD position in computational evolution for biodesign Biological evolution has given rise to the vast diversity and complexity of the biosphere. Evolutionary computation has made great progress in cap... 055
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 23/01/2025This beautiful paper extends the bias-variance trade-off for some losses to a bias-variance-diversity trade-off for ensembles. Diversity of the predictors always reduces the risk but might lead to more variance or bias. arxiv.org/abs/2301.03962arxiv.orgA Unified Theory of Diversity in Ensemble LearningWe present a theory of ensemble diversity, explaining the nature of diversity for a wide range of supervised learning scenarios. This challenge has been referred to as the holy grail of ensemble learn... 010
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Low-key, I'm a bit depressed about having lost the Signal chat history with a new phone. I still have the history on the Desktop app, but I am afraid of relinking and losing years of memories and photos I shared with my partner. 100
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Proud to have finally finished the new syllabus of my modeling course. 😌 We cover the fundamentals of modeling with ODEs and probability. I hope the students will also like it in a couple of weeks. 010
michielstock.bsky.social @michielstock.bsky.social · 30/12/2024I recently finished Taleb's "Fooled by Randomness". Its main thesis is that a single random draw might not look random, especially after a selection process. Such processes would be vastly different if they were repeated. In a complex world, much is beyond our control. 110
