Emergence across sciences.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Joined September 2022
Next DIEP seminar is on thursday at 11am, where Nabil Iqbal (University of Amsterdam) will talk Spontaneous symmetry breaking and Goldstone modes for deep information propagation. Hope to see you there! more info at d-iep.org/talks
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Next DIEP seminar is on thursday at 11am, where Tanniemola Liverpool (University of Bristol) will talk about Active self-assembly: from travelling strings to flapping sheets of active dipolar colloids. Hope to see you there! more info at d-iep.org/talks
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Next DIEP seminar is thursday at 11am, where Eric De Giuli (Toronto Metropolitan University) will talk about Random energies and random languages. Hope to see you there! more info at d-iep.org/talks
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We are pleased to announce four new members joining the EAAS consortium! Govert Nijs & Mile Vrbica will join workpackage 2, and Matt Verhoeven & Zahra Ahmadi Heidari will join workpackage 3. For more information about the workpackages, please visit d-iep.org/eaas-projects.
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We are thrilled to welcome Marijn Bril as the art fellowship coordinator for the EAAS project as of June 2026! Marijn Bril is an independent curator focused on the intersections of art, technologies, and systems. For more info see: d-iep.org/artsciencefellowsh…
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Next DIEP seminar is thursday at 11am, where Prof. Debabrata Panja (Utrecht University) will talk about Disrupted complex systems: emergence from coordination breakdowns in space and time. Hope to see you there!⏳
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Final reminder! On tuesday DIEP is organizing a workshop on Emergent Computations in Neural and Behavioural Systems🧠📷 Time: 9:00-17:00. Place: De Brug, Roeterseiland campus, Amsterdam. More info at d-iep.org/workshopemergentne…
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Missed the latest DIEP Seminar from PK Mohanty on Position-Momenta Uncertainties in Classical Systems? No worries! The recording is now uploaded on youtube👇👇👇 youtube.com/watch?v=CDF8IUkT…
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Furthermore, we are very excited to announce an upcoming workshop at DIEP! Title: Emergent Computations in Neural and Behavioural Systems🧠💿✨ Date: Wed 16/09 9:00-17:00. Place: De Brug, Roeterseiland campus, Amsterdam. Info & registration: d-iep.org/workshopemergentne…
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DIEP is back from Holiday break! 😴Next DIEP seminar is thursday at 11am, where Prof. PK Mohanty (IISER Kolkata) will talk about Position-Momenta Uncertainties in Classical Systems [Phys. Rev. E 112, 054129 (2025)]🌳 Location: IAS second-floor library Hope to see you there!
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Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena retweeted
New blog post---Truth is not a direction! LLMs embed sentences in semantic spaces where directions correspond to concepts. There seems to be a direction that corresponds to "truth"! That is great news for alignment, but can lead to paradoxes under Tarski-like attacks. (link 👇)
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Last DIEP seminar of this academic year happening tomorrow at 11am! ‼️ We will have Matteo Marsili (from ICTP, Trieste) who will talk about one of his recent works on "The pursuit of happiness" 😄 More info here: ias.uva.nl/content/events/20… Figure taken from arxiv.org/pdf/2506.10537
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Updated deadline 🚨 You still have until June 30th to apply! Don't hesitate to share this opportunity around 🎨
DIEP invites artists, makers & collectives to apply for the EAAS fellowship and create work inspired by emergence, in collaboration with scientists. 👩‍🎨 Selected projects will premiere at the Emergence Festival in June 2027. Apply by June 1st! 🎨 More info: d-iep.org/artsciencefellowsh…
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🌍 Science & Cocktails tonight! In this edition, Eveline van Leeuwen explores the idea of “doughnut cities”: urban systems that meet human needs while staying within planetary boundaries. 📍 Tolhuistuin at 7pm Info & tickets: scienceandcocktails.org/en/e…
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