Complexity Cat 🐱
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Review Semantic information, autonomous agency and non-equilibrium statistical physics
Shannon’s information theory does not consider meaning; it is a quantitative theory focused on the probability and transmission of messages as signals, completely divorcing information from its semant...
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Shannon's information focuses on the syntactic aspect of communication without regard for what the messages actually mean.
Can we measure meaning? What is the relationship between semantic information and autonomous agency? 🧐💭
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Can we measure meaning? What is the relationship between semantic information and autonomous agency? 🧐💭
#complexitycat 🐈⬛./1
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🌍 We are excited to announce that we are introducing a reduced registration fee for participants from developing countries.
🚨 Last days to send your contribution – submit by Nov 30, 2025 (sharp deadline)!
🚨 Last days to send your contribution – submit by Nov 30, 2025 (sharp deadline)!
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🌍 We are excited to announce that we are introducing a reduced registration fee for participants from developing countries.
🚨 Last days to send your contribution – submit by Nov 30, 2025 (sharp deadline)!
🚨 Last days to send your contribution – submit by Nov 30, 2025 (sharp deadline)!
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📅 Save the date!
Join us next Monday, Dec 1 at 11 AM EST, for another exciting seminar with Dr. Katharina Ledebur (Complexity Science Hub) on disease modeling.
Hoping to see you all there!✨
Join us next Monday, Dec 1 at 11 AM EST, for another exciting seminar with Dr. Katharina Ledebur (Complexity Science Hub) on disease modeling.
Hoping to see you all there!✨
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📅 Save the date!
Join us next Monday, Dec 1 at 11 AM EST, for another exciting seminar with Dr. Katharina Ledebur (Complexity Science Hub) on disease modeling.
Hoping to see you all there!✨
Join us next Monday, Dec 1 at 11 AM EST, for another exciting seminar with Dr. Katharina Ledebur (Complexity Science Hub) on disease modeling.
Hoping to see you all there!✨
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Motivational video for #MigrationMovieMonday. A persistent 4T1 breast cancer cell squeezing itself through a tight constriction despite undergoing repetitive nuclear envelope rupture. Credit: Kristen Nedza @weillinstitute.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Motivational video for #MigrationMovieMonday. A persistent 4T1 breast cancer cell squeezing itself through a tight constriction despite undergoing repetitive nuclear envelope rupture. Credit: Kristen Nedza @weillinstitute.bsky.social
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Working in theory/data-driven social science/methods for computational social science?
The second Italian Conference on Computational Social Science is coming: follow @cs2italy.bsky.social for updates and visit our website cs2italy.org for details.
🚨 Abstract submission deadline: January 15, 2026
The second Italian Conference on Computational Social Science is coming: follow @cs2italy.bsky.social for updates and visit our website cs2italy.org for details.
🚨 Abstract submission deadline: January 15, 2026
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Working in theory/data-driven social science/methods for computational social science?
The second Italian Conference on Computational Social Science is coming: follow @cs2italy.bsky.social for updates and visit our website cs2italy.org for details.
🚨 Abstract submission deadline: January 15, 2026
The second Italian Conference on Computational Social Science is coming: follow @cs2italy.bsky.social for updates and visit our website cs2italy.org for details.
🚨 Abstract submission deadline: January 15, 2026
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November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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With just two weeks to go until #ComplexNetworks2025, we remind you that you must upload your presentation/poster to our CMT submission system by today midnight AoE (Anywhere on Earth).
We can't wait to see you, we'll have lots of surprises for you! 🎁🪩
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We can't wait to see you, we'll have lots of surprises for you! 🎁🪩
complexnetworks.org/presentation...
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
With just two weeks to go until #ComplexNetworks2025, we remind you that you must upload your presentation/poster to our CMT submission system by today midnight AoE (Anywhere on Earth).
We can't wait to see you, we'll have lots of surprises for you! 🎁🪩
complexnetworks.org/presentation...
We can't wait to see you, we'll have lots of surprises for you! 🎁🪩
complexnetworks.org/presentation...
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As December approaches, we bring you the last #complexitycat thread of 2025, full of opportunities, from postdoctoral fellowships to international events taking place in 2026!
Here we go! 👇🧵
Here we go! 👇🧵
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
As December approaches, we bring you the last #complexitycat thread of 2025, full of opportunities, from postdoctoral fellowships to international events taking place in 2026!
Here we go! 👇🧵
Here we go! 👇🧵
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Winter Is Coming: And the Earth’s oldest organisms are prepping. 🥶
Even a Single Bacterial Cell Can Sense the Seasons Changing | Quanta Magazine
Though they live only a few hours before dividing, bacteria can anticipate the approach of cold weather and prepare for it. The discovery suggests that seasonal tracking is fundamental to life.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Winter Is Coming: And the Earth’s oldest organisms are prepping. 🥶
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I'm very much looking forward to our "Mathematical Phenomenology: Synergies and Connections" workshop tomorrow!
👉 www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bamxi/res... #consci
A huge thank you to our speakers and my co-organisizer @andrewyuanlee.bsky.social in advance!
👉 www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bamxi/res... #consci
A huge thank you to our speakers and my co-organisizer @andrewyuanlee.bsky.social in advance!
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'm very much looking forward to our "Mathematical Phenomenology: Synergies and Connections" workshop tomorrow!
👉 www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bamxi/res... #consci
A huge thank you to our speakers and my co-organisizer @andrewyuanlee.bsky.social in advance!
👉 www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bamxi/res... #consci
A huge thank you to our speakers and my co-organisizer @andrewyuanlee.bsky.social in advance!
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🚨New paper! 🚨
"The topology of synergy: Linking topological and information-theoretic approaches to higher-order interactions in complex systems"
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"The topology of synergy: Linking topological and information-theoretic approaches to higher-order interactions in complex systems"
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The topology of synergy: Linking topological and information-theoretic approaches to higher-order interactions in complex systems
Author summary The problem of understanding when a set of interacting components of a complex systems produce behavior that is “greater than the sum of their parts" is foundational in many areas of mo...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🚨New paper! 🚨
"The topology of synergy: Linking topological and information-theoretic approaches to higher-order interactions in complex systems"
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"The topology of synergy: Linking topological and information-theoretic approaches to higher-order interactions in complex systems"
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journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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Network Medicine is entering a new phase: one that demands we rethink how we study, model and ultimately treat complex diseases.
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#ComplexSystems #NetworkScience #Medicine #MedSky 🧪🧬🌐
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#ComplexSystems #NetworkScience #Medicine #MedSky 🧪🧬🌐
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November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Network Medicine is entering a new phase: one that demands we rethink how we study, model and ultimately treat complex diseases.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ComplexSystems #NetworkScience #Medicine #MedSky 🧪🧬🌐
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#ComplexSystems #NetworkScience #Medicine #MedSky 🧪🧬🌐
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Special Issue: Complexity and Evolution, 2nd Edition
Paper submission: November 26
#MDPI #Entropy #CallForPapers #Complexity #Evolution #SpecialIssue ./19
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Paper submission: November 26
#MDPI #Entropy #CallForPapers #Complexity #Evolution #SpecialIssue ./19
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Special Issue: Complexity and Evolution, 2nd Edition
Submit your contribution by November 26th to this special number organized by Dr. Francis Heylighen and Dr. Tomas Veloz.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Special Issue: Complexity and Evolution, 2nd Edition
Paper submission: November 26
#MDPI #Entropy #CallForPapers #Complexity #Evolution #SpecialIssue ./19
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Paper submission: November 26
#MDPI #Entropy #CallForPapers #Complexity #Evolution #SpecialIssue ./19
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Postdoctoral Fellows Interdisciplinary Program
Application deadline: November 24
#postdoc #job #interdisciplinary #cancer #engineering ./18
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Application deadline: November 24
#postdoc #job #interdisciplinary #cancer #engineering ./18
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Postdoctoral Fellows Interdisciplinary Program
Applications are now open for 2026 Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. CST Monday, Nov. 24, 2025.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Postdoctoral Fellows Interdisciplinary Program
Application deadline: November 24
#postdoc #job #interdisciplinary #cancer #engineering ./18
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Application deadline: November 24
#postdoc #job #interdisciplinary #cancer #engineering ./18
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Open Interdisciplinary Positions as Assistant Professor
Application deadline: November 26
#job #faculty #interdisciplinary #complexsystems #networkscience ./17
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Application deadline: November 26
#job #faculty #interdisciplinary #complexsystems #networkscience ./17
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Open Interdisciplinary Positions as Assistant Professor
This call is aimed at enabling the incorporation into the university of people who hold the title of Doctor in order to develop teaching and research capacities and, where appropriate, knowledge trans...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Open Interdisciplinary Positions as Assistant Professor
Application deadline: November 26
#job #faculty #interdisciplinary #complexsystems #networkscience ./17
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Application deadline: November 26
#job #faculty #interdisciplinary #complexsystems #networkscience ./17
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A new special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of science’s biggest questions: how life begins.
Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
How life begins and where it might happen again
A recent special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of the biggest mysteries in science: how life first began. Instead of trying to replay Earth’s exact history, the issue’s authors lo...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A new special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of science’s biggest questions: how life begins.
Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
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The latest #complexitycat essay is about Wolpert-Kolchinsky’s approach to semantic information. Their metric can be applied to rocks, hurricanes, and cells, so what does this score reveal about life vs. non-life phenomena?🤔
Details below👇
www.complexitycat.org/posts/semant...
Details below👇
www.complexitycat.org/posts/semant...
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The latest #complexitycat essay is about Wolpert-Kolchinsky’s approach to semantic information. Their metric can be applied to rocks, hurricanes, and cells, so what does this score reveal about life vs. non-life phenomena?🤔
Details below👇
www.complexitycat.org/posts/semant...
Details below👇
www.complexitycat.org/posts/semant...
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Ready to shape the future of #ComplexSystems science? Propose a Satellite Session for #CCS2026 and put your topic in orbit!🛰️
Methods, tutorials, debates, you name it!
Apply via link or scan the QR on the flyer. Please spread the word and reshare!🔁
📝 bit.ly/3LUgTNc
Methods, tutorials, debates, you name it!
Apply via link or scan the QR on the flyer. Please spread the word and reshare!🔁
📝 bit.ly/3LUgTNc
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Ready to shape the future of #ComplexSystems science? Propose a Satellite Session for #CCS2026 and put your topic in orbit!🛰️
Methods, tutorials, debates, you name it!
Apply via link or scan the QR on the flyer. Please spread the word and reshare!🔁
📝 bit.ly/3LUgTNc
Methods, tutorials, debates, you name it!
Apply via link or scan the QR on the flyer. Please spread the word and reshare!🔁
📝 bit.ly/3LUgTNc
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🌈 Rainbow neurons on the move!🧠
MultiColor FlpOut of L3 optic lobe neurons projecting into the medulla neuropil. 📸 Image by Isabel Holguera.
#FluorescenceFriday #DevBio
MultiColor FlpOut of L3 optic lobe neurons projecting into the medulla neuropil. 📸 Image by Isabel Holguera.
#FluorescenceFriday #DevBio
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🌈 Rainbow neurons on the move!🧠
MultiColor FlpOut of L3 optic lobe neurons projecting into the medulla neuropil. 📸 Image by Isabel Holguera.
#FluorescenceFriday #DevBio
MultiColor FlpOut of L3 optic lobe neurons projecting into the medulla neuropil. 📸 Image by Isabel Holguera.
#FluorescenceFriday #DevBio
The latest #complexitycat essay is about Wolpert-Kolchinsky’s approach to semantic information. Their metric can be applied to rocks, hurricanes, and cells, so what does this score reveal about life vs. non-life phenomena?🤔
Details below👇
www.complexitycat.org/posts/semant...
Details below👇
www.complexitycat.org/posts/semant...
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The latest #complexitycat essay is about Wolpert-Kolchinsky’s approach to semantic information. Their metric can be applied to rocks, hurricanes, and cells, so what does this score reveal about life vs. non-life phenomena?🤔
Details below👇
www.complexitycat.org/posts/semant...
Details below👇
www.complexitycat.org/posts/semant...
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𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘀 & 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗮𝘁𝘇 will give their first-ever 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 at NetSci 2026! Their groundbreaking work has shaped how we understand networks, & this session will be a highlight of NetSci’s 20th anniversary.
Call for abstracts: tinyurl.com/3tbj2v83
Call for satellites: tinyurl.com/42sru6kz
Call for abstracts: tinyurl.com/3tbj2v83
Call for satellites: tinyurl.com/42sru6kz
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘀 & 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗮𝘁𝘇 will give their first-ever 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 at NetSci 2026! Their groundbreaking work has shaped how we understand networks, & this session will be a highlight of NetSci’s 20th anniversary.
Call for abstracts: tinyurl.com/3tbj2v83
Call for satellites: tinyurl.com/42sru6kz
Call for abstracts: tinyurl.com/3tbj2v83
Call for satellites: tinyurl.com/42sru6kz
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Enaction meets dialectics!
New paper out on how sensorimotor agency scales up to social normativity
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper out on how sensorimotor agency scales up to social normativity
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Enactivizing dialectics: from individual to social normativity and back - Topoi
This paper examines the relation between embodiment and sociality within the enactive approach, highlighting the continuity between biological autonomy and social normativity. The central claim is tha...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Enaction meets dialectics!
New paper out on how sensorimotor agency scales up to social normativity
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper out on how sensorimotor agency scales up to social normativity
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Problems of Growth
Nineteenth Ischia Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences
Biblioteca Antoniana, Ischia, Italy, 28 June – 5 July 2026
More information: <http://ischiasummers...>
Nineteenth Ischia Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences
Biblioteca Antoniana, Ischia, Italy, 28 June – 5 July 2026
More information: <http://ischiasummers...>
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Problems of Growth
Nineteenth Ischia Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences
Biblioteca Antoniana, Ischia, Italy, 28 June – 5 July 2026
More information: <http://ischiasummers...>
Nineteenth Ischia Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences
Biblioteca Antoniana, Ischia, Italy, 28 June – 5 July 2026
More information: <http://ischiasummers...>
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Next talk at the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium was by Chris Kempes on The Easy Part of Biology. Commentary by Margaret Johnson.
[Physics. Physics is the easy part of biology.]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=riKf...
[Physics. Physics is the easy part of biology.]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=riKf...
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Next talk at the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium was by Chris Kempes on The Easy Part of Biology. Commentary by Margaret Johnson.
[Physics. Physics is the easy part of biology.]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=riKf...
[Physics. Physics is the easy part of biology.]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=riKf...
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📣 CALL FOR PAPERS!!
New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/ca...
#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism
New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/ca...
#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS!!
New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/ca...
#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism
New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/ca...
#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism