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Proud to present Bram's first paper: in PlantModules.jl, we present a ModelingToolkit-based framework for plant water relations as a part of functional-structural plant modelling 🪴💧
in silico Plants@insilicoplants.bsky.social · 4mo agoNEW! PlantModules.jl: A framework for modular plant modelling by Bram Spanoghe, Tom De Swaef, Bernard De Baets and @michielstock.bsky.social buff.ly/MOxDyuF #PlantScience #FSPM #hydraulics
FOMO of not being able to do #genuary this year. Maybe next year...
Got interested in algorithmic information theory this year and finally found some time to write out the main ideas for myself (mainly based on @hectorzenil.bsky.social's book Algorithmic Information Dynamics). michielstock.github.io/posts/2025/2...
What a cool introduction to hyperdimensional computing! HDC: where dimensionality is a blessing, not a curse. speakerdeck.com/michielstock...
HDC tutorial
speakerdeck.com
Yesterday I had great fun teaching hyperdimensional computing, the algebra of concepts, to biodesign students. Learn how to build a brain: Slides🛝: speakerdeck.com/michielstock... Notebook🎈: kermit-ugent.github.io/HDC_tutorial/ Repo🐙: github.com/Kermit-UGent...
Slide deck finished. Looking forward to the practice session tomorrow!
@michielstock.bsky.social · 11mo agoA bit of work, but my hyperdimensional computing tutorial is progressing nicely!
A bit of work, but my hyperdimensional computing tutorial is progressing nicely!
New paper! 🚨 Is diversity and novelty the key to making machine learning open-ended, robust, and interpretable? Our latest paper reviews how #qualitydiversity algorithms can be used in the data-to-decision pipeline. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
New paper out! @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social We test whether optical fibres can be used to measure microclimate temperatures in the forest, and investigate what we can learn from it. 🧵👇 The full article is published Open Access: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Continuous quantification of forest microclimate temperatures in space and time using fibre‐optic technology
Most species experience microclimate temperatures, that is, variable and fine-grained thermal conditions determined by atmospheric conditions interacting with biotic and abiotic components of the ...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
The Incerto books are written in a provocative style that may not appeal to everyone. Beneath the prose, each book explores a profound concept in probability theory. I tried to strip each to its bare bones. (1/6)
The Incerto books are written in a provocative style that may not appeal to everyone. Beneath the prose, each book explores a profound concept in probability theory. I tried to strip each to its bare bones. (1/6)
Small blog post on how to automate model building for mechanical systems using ModelingToolkit. #julialang michielstock.github.io/posts/2025/p...
The KERMIT (kermit.ugent.be) research unit at @fbwugent.bsky.social focuses on holistic modeling for life sciences. In my subunit, we are particularly interested in (stochastic, differentiable, evolutionary...) computation for plants and biotechnology.
Finally, a new blog post! The Walk on Spheres algorithm is an elegant method for solving elliptic PDEs. Minimal implementation using #julialang michielstock.github.io/posts/2025/W...
Submitted a project application today and feel really good about it! Research lines have really fallen into place in the last few years!
As everyone shares AI-generated images, I'll also post something I've created. I took up watercolors to relax, and my latest one I am quite happy about!
Open #PhD position alert! Join @chofski.bsky.social and me, in thinking about how we can use (in silico) evolution in synthetic biology and biodesign! repost = 🥰 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
PhD position biodesig
PhD position in computational evolution for biodesign Biological evolution has given rise to the vast diversity and complexity of the biosphere. Evolutionary computation has made great progress in cap...
docs.google.com
Looking for a #PhD that is at the intersection of #biodesign, #synbio, #openendedness, #evolution? Look no further. Great supervisory team too 😉
Open #PhD position alert! Join @chofski.bsky.social and me, in thinking about how we can use (in silico) evolution in synthetic biology and biodesign! repost = 🥰 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
PhD position biodesig
PhD position in computational evolution for biodesign Biological evolution has given rise to the vast diversity and complexity of the biosphere. Evolutionary computation has made great progress in cap...
docs.google.com
This beautiful paper extends the bias-variance trade-off for some losses to a bias-variance-diversity trade-off for ensembles. Diversity of the predictors always reduces the risk but might lead to more variance or bias. arxiv.org/abs/2301.03962
A Unified Theory of Diversity in Ensemble Learning
We present a theory of ensemble diversity, explaining the nature of diversity for a wide range of supervised learning scenarios. This challenge has been referred to as the holy grail of ensemble learn...
arxiv.org
Low-key, I'm a bit depressed about having lost the Signal chat history with a new phone. I still have the history on the Desktop app, but I am afraid of relinking and losing years of memories and photos I shared with my partner.
Proud to have finally finished the new syllabus of my modeling course. 😌 We cover the fundamentals of modeling with ODEs and probability. I hope the students will also like it in a couple of weeks.
I recently finished Taleb's "Fooled by Randomness". Its main thesis is that a single random draw might not look random, especially after a selection process. Such processes would be vastly different if they were repeated. In a complex world, much is beyond our control.
