Luís M. Rocha

Luís M. Rocha

@lmrocha.bsky.social

Post-identity earthling working on complex systems, networks, biomedicine, AI, evolution. Music, politics, DJ as E-Trash. E se mais mundo houvera, lá chegara. https://casci.binghamton.edu/ https://linktr.ee/LMRocha (LinkTree)

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Luís M. Rocha
@lmrocha.bsky.social

1/2 Today I delighted in "ultimatum", a favorite poem from a favorite poet, Fernando Pessoa (actually, his Alvaro de Campos heteronym). Maybe I see a pre-cybernetics complex systems thinking (even if Pessoa couldn't have known then that means are likely not characteristic in complex systems).

Luís M. Rocha
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2/3 It reminds me that Complexity and Network Science are still advancing notions put forward in Systems Science, by George Klir (and others) with his General Systems Problem Solver (GSPS). While we have since advanced a lot in both modelling frameworks and statistical and information measures of...

Luís M. Rocha
@lmrocha.bsky.social

3/3 prediction performance and parsimony, GSPS still provides an unmatched unifying notational and mathematical language to work on system representation, model inference and validation, and parsimonious theory development (metasystem study). www.google.com/books/editio...

google.comArchitecture of Systems Problem SolvingOne criterion for classifying books is whether they are written for a single pur pose or for multiple purposes. This book belongs to the category of multipurpose books, but one of its roles is predomi...
Luís M. Rocha
@lmrocha.bsky.social

neunundneunzig canzoni para los amoureux solitaires: a Loving, melancholy synthesizer pleasure. A not-so-dark mix from deep euro trash angst, to anglo-american sensuality, and italo-disco liberation. With DJ Angst using Spotify's mixing features (not ideal but fun) open.spotify.com/playlist/41Y...

open.spotify.comneunundneunzig canzoni para los amoureux solitairesLoving, melancholy synthesizer pleasure. A not-so-dark mix from deep euro trash angst, to anglo-american sensuality, and italo-disco liberation.
Luís M. Rocha
@lmrocha.bsky.social

1/2 Wonderful book to learn about the influence of India on planetary culture. Amazing Barnes and Noble edition too. My only criticism is that it is a bit anglo-centric...For instance, European influence in India goes straight from Rome and Greece to London. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-golden...

barnesandnoble.comThe Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World (B&N Exclusive Edition)Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.
Luís M. Rocha
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2/2 Vasco da Gama is a sentence. Despite the importance of e.g. Alfonso de Albuquerque and followers in undermining the influence middle-eastern powers in India, and trade in the indian ocean being dominated by Portuguese ships and currency for a century and half (until the Dutch control Malacca)

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Hiroki Sayama
@hirokisayama.bsky.social

#ALIFE2026 award ceremony -- Binghamton University's Systems Science members also receive multiple awards!! We are particularly glad to see the late Howard Pattee and his work recognized by the ALife community

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Ana Bento
@anaisabelbento.bsky.social

Averages can make measles risk look safer than it is. In our new @NatureMedicine paper, we found that school-level transmission potential crossed the epidemic threshold in 2022 to 2023. A blog post about it communities.springernature.com/posts/the-hi... #Measles #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #Vaccines

Ana Bento@anaisabelbento.bsky.social

The committee reviewing US measles elimination status met this month. PAHO decides in November. Our new paper in @NatureMedicine shows this wasn’t sudden. It was visible years ago, in data nobody was looking at. 🧵

Luís M. Rocha
@lmrocha.bsky.social

2/3 Não foi capaz de desfazer o colonialismo (e seu apartheid mental) numa nova maneira de pensar a humanidade comum. Só Mandela (e Tutu também, não esquecer) conseguiram pensar fora da caixa com o seu umbunto africano.

Luís M. Rocha
@lmrocha.bsky.social

3/3 O colonialismo europeu não se desfaz elevando identidades; isso só trás nacionalismos. Desfaz-se com a humanidade comum; com o ubuntu. Daí a África do Sul ser a grande nemesis de Israel. A primeira representa a humanidade comum, e a segunda a conclusão trágica da insanidade identitária europeia.

Luís M. Rocha
@lmrocha.bsky.social

such xenophobia in Europe... Dixit Magnus Brunner: "I do understand that Spain did it because it’s mainly about Latin Americans speaking the same language, having *the same culture*, but the signal for the rest of Europe is not a good one, definitely not." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

theguardian.comEU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meetingMigration commissioner says scheme regularising undocumented people ‘not a good signal’ for Europe
Luís M. Rocha
@lmrocha.bsky.social

Don't miss this satellite at CCS!

Dennis P Waters@dpwaters.bsky.social

Howard Pattee will celebrate his 100th birthday in October, and a group of his collaborators and former students will mark the occasion with a one-day symposium at Binghamton University on October 15th. Attend in person or virtually.

Luís M. Rocha
@lmrocha.bsky.social

Very honored to speak at Alife later this summer. So excited about it and will likely recontextualize some classical systems science work from Pattee, Rosen, Klir, and Conrad with current-day advances in #networkmedicine, #AI, #complexsystems, and #systemsbiology.

ALIFE Conference@alifeconf.bsky.social

🎤 Meet our #ALIFE2026 keynote speaker: Luis M. Rocha (Binghamton University)! "Canalizing Dynamics as a Network Mechanism for Collective Decision, Control, Modularity, and Abstraction in Living Systems." 📅 Regular registration ends July 15. Register now and save a few Canadian dollars!

Luís M. Rocha
@lmrocha.bsky.social

2/2 I will argue that #DigitalTwins in #biomedicine must simplify and provide causal models for actionable explanation. I present our work on multiscale models of disease, which combine machine learning, multilayer networks and discrete dynamical systems to characterize multiscale disease factors.