What are you simulating?
12.01.2026 08:37
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What are you simulating?
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...
Put in my to-read pile for 2026!
What a cool introduction to hyperdimensional computing! HDC: where dimensionality is a blessing, not a curse.
speakerdeck.com/michielstock...
Big fan ;-)
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!
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/...
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)
I think of Taleb's viewpoints as "probabilistic stoicism": accept the randomness and unpredictability in the world, build a system and accept consequences to maximize expected success, however you define it. (6/6)
Skin in the Game emphasizes the necessity of personal exposure to the consequences of risk. By facing an 'absorbing barrier' (potential ruin), individuals are forced into more robust behavior, allowing the system to eliminate the fragile over time and improve. (5/6)
Antifragile explores how systems respond to randomness. An antifragile entity exhibits a convex response, meaning it benefits from higher volatility (Jensen's Inequality). Example: buffers, good selection criteria.... (4/6)
The Black Swan highlights rare yet extremely impactful events. It argues the world isn't governed by 'Mediocristan' (compact Gaussian distributions), but by 'Extremistan' with fat tails – assuming we can even characterize the distribution. (3/6)
Fooled by Randomness states that a string of successes is likely due to chance, especially when some selection is involved. Randomness produces patterns, and our brains are wired to detect those. (2/6)
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)
Akkoord, behalve met het zout!
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.
Hoe kan je zo'n interval zelfs interpreteren? Frequentistisch totaal onbetrouwbaar, Bayesiaans enkel via "gegeven alle veronderstellingen".
And with a Julia package 💜
You can (an many people obviously did) go much farther than my example. I have been thinking about Von Neumann boundary conditions (CST fluxes), though not entirely clear.
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...
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...