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Michael Hinczewski | Controlling stochastic biophysical processes, from protein folding to evolution | March 14, 2023

Michael Hinczewski | Department of Physics | Case Western Reserve University Abstract: The chemical reaction networks that regulate living systems are all stochastic to varying degrees. The…

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Carl Bergstrom | The crisis of human collective decision-making in a social media world | January 31, 2023

Carl Bergstrom, Department of Biology, University of Washington ABSTRACT: We are a species of information foragers. Individually and collectively, we have evolved to scour our natural and social…

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Steven Strogatz | Searching for the densest network that does not always synchronize | November 17, 2020

Steven Strogatz, Applied Mathematics, Cornell University Abstract: Consider a network of identical phase oscillators with sinusoidal coupling. How likely are the oscillators to globally synchronize,…

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Pavel Chykov | Low rattling: A predictive principle for self-organization in active collectives | February 23, 2021

Pavel Chvykov - Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ABSTRACT: In this work we suggest a mechanism for self-organization of active matter, which we believe may be quite…

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