Professor: Computer Science@MSU; Director: BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action; President: International Society for Artificial Life
Joined April 2013
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Being a professor's assistant DOES seem like it would be so much easier in retrospect...
True story. When I first wanted to enter science I Googled the type of AI I was interested in. I kept finding mentions of @CharlesOfria, but he was an "Assistant Professor." For 1-2 frustrating days I thought "I don't want the professor's assistant! Who is the real professor?!?"
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Biomolecules’ structures have an intuitive relationship to their specific Physical Thing They Do… like the photopsin light receptors likely streaming this tweet to your brain…
((thread on investigation of evolutionary properties of in silico tag matching mechanisms))
Jose was co-advised by @amlalejini and myself, and his dissertation title is "Beyond Benchmark Suites: Engineering Diagnostics Tools to Characterize Selection Schemes". We're really going to miss having him around, but excited to see what he does next.
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This preprint is the fruit of several years of hard work by @peterlconlin & Heather Goldsby in collaboration with @CharlesOfria (who, w/ Heather, built the platform), @wc_ratcliff, @SFI_elibby, & Kate Skocelas- a truly wonderful higher-level unit! (14/14)
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Have I mentioned that I'm heavily involved in organizing the virtual event and it is very, very inexpensive?
As in, $20 for student members inexpensive?
As for the in-person: Talks! Symposia! Posters! A museum visit! Workshops! Fundraising for Diné College scholarships!
Registration is now OPEN for Evolution 2023! Join us for the in-person conference in sunny Albuquerque this June 21-25 and for the virtual event a few weeks before on June 2-3! Details and registration at: evolutionmeetings.org. #Evol2023 @sse_evolution @ASNAmNat @systbiol
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🚨 New Preprint Alert 🚨
Informed Down-Sampled Lexicase Selection: Identifying productive training cases for efficient problem solving.
Authors: @RyanBoldi*, Martin Briesch*, Dominik Sobania, @amlalejini , Thomas Helmuth, Franz Rothlauf, @CharlesOfria & @leespector
In evolutionary biology, is there a common term that encompasses both "selective sweeps" and "range expansions"? It's awkward to keep mentioning them both repeatedly, but I can't figure out a simpler wording.
Congratulations to DR. Matthew Moreno (@MorenoMatthewA)! Wonderful defense. My head is still spinning from all of the scientific directions your work has opened up; I'm excited to see your next studies on major evolution transitions.
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The Call for Papers & Extended Abstracts for the @ALifeConf 2023 Conference on Artificial Life is now published at sites.google.com/view/alife-…! Submission deadline 3 March 2023. Also on that page you'll see details of the Call for Special Sessions and Call for Workshops & Tutorials!
This is exciting; I just found out that MSU has opened a new tenure-track faculty position in "Algorithmic bias reduction and/or auditing with results that may lead to improvements in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in society." careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/51…
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If I ever quit academia, it will be because of the sheer volume of admin work that is being piled on us PIs. It's non-stop and is coming from all directions including the Univ. Attending training sessions, filling out forms etc is becoming my nth full-time job and I am fed up.
I'm writing a multiple choice question, and need to fill out the other options, so: In C++, what are the variable names 'argc' and 'argv' typically used for? Wrong answers only.
Happy 60th Birthday @ChristophAdami! It has been wonderful being your colleague and friend and look forward to many more years of collaboration and insightful conversation. May all of your grants be funded!
Congratulations @EmilyDolson and @joshua_nahum!!
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By far, the most accurate representation of machine learning pipelines in the real world 🍿 😀
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My team and I are very excited to announce that the 2024 artificial life conference will be held in Copenhagen. Velkommen til danmark ALIFE! @alifeofficial @ALifeConf
This morning (for me) I had the pleasure of running the members session for the International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL; @alifeofficial) at the 2022 Artificial Life Conference #alife2022. Below are some relevant links. (1/10)
- Want to teach about/with ALife? @CejkovaJitka is our Education & Outreach Chair.
- Passionate about DEI? @AnyaEVostinar is our DEI Chair (DEI info: alife.org/dei-committee/)
- Interested in applying ALife to problems in the modern world? @petelewis is our Societal Impact Chair.
The full ISAL board of directors is here: alife.org/board-of-directors…
Of course, you should feel free to contact me directly with questions or ideas for getting involved!
Please also reply with any links or resources that I might have missed. (10/10)