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Complexity Cat 🐱 @amahury.bsky.social · 1d

Now @imytk.bsky.social introduces us to his computational framework of bio-inspired adaptive systems using social allostatic principles. He followed up his model showing empirical testing of it.

#ALIFE2025

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Harald M. Ludwig @haraldludwig.bsky.social · 8d

We put a lot of effort into creating this year’s MiniCon with lots of exciting talks! The best of it - it is free for everyone! So if you are in Kyoto this Sunday please sign up and join 🙂‍↕️
#ALIFE2025 #ERA

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 9d

Not sure if you should join ERA MiniCon 5th October opening Alife 2025, now you can decide! Check out our schedule and sign up here: forms.gle/wbJpThRnjXmZ...

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · 6d

Hello Japan! And see you soon @alife2025.bsky.social!

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · 12d

ERA MiniCon is a blast, and your gateway drug into the conference and the community! All free of charge, come through!

ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 12d

ERA MiniCon is back with its 2nd edition this year (FREE OF CHARGE 🎉)!

Join us and soft-start your #ALIFE2025 conference with #ERA!

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · 18d

If you're coming to @alife2025.bsky.social and have ideas (even half-baked ideas) for how we can improve #ALIFE outreach efforts, please:
- add them in the link below
- join us on Monday 6th October 9am to see if we can bring these ideas to fruition!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · 28d

Incredibly high house prices, unaffordable rent, a moderate-high amount of tourism, in a *very* small city that's filled with students and old old money...

(That being said, Cambridge is beautiful and my favourite restaurant is there but I'm not sure I would want to live there either 🤔)

'Remarkable decline' in life satisfaction reported in Cambridge - BBC News

Figures on health and wellbeing are included in a 'State of the Region' report for Cambridgeshire.

www.bbc.co.uk

Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · 29d

Ah yes, very normal behaviour when you want to negotiate a peace deal to not turn up, and instead send 15 planes to kill the other party. And to do it to a country that has continually hosted these negotiations for you. Yes, completely normal behaviour by a state that wants nothing but peace.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 29d

The U.S. had advance knowledge of the Israeli strike against Hamas leaders in Qatar, AP sources say.

Follow live updates.

Live updates: Israel says it targeted Hamas leadership in Qatar's capital as blast is heard in Doha

Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas' leadership in Qatar on Tuesday, officials said, further widening its campaign against the militant group, as negotiations over ending the war in the Gaza Strip appear stalemated before a new military offensive there.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · Sep 2

Meet Emerging Researchers in #ALIFE2025 at MiniCon October 5th!

Warm up and join us the day before the conference for valuable insights on building your research career!

MiniCon is a series of career-oriented lectures and events designed for researchers.
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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · Sep 3

This follows the call published in the Lancet for all professional and academic associations to “break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza” and fulfil their moral responsibility by speaking out.

Find the call here and support it by signing their petition:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza

Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...

www.thelancet.com

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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is a call for the Complex Systems Society to stand with other academic organizations and publicly condemn the ongoing genocide in Gaza 🇵🇸

Add your name to the letter here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

CSS, recognize the genocide in Gaza!

This is a call to all members of the Complex Systems Society. We ask the CSS to join other academic organisations in publicly condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza. We ask you to sign the letter be...

docs.google.com

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you're passionate about contributing to #ALIFE outreach efforts (or have some new ideas), then please send us the ideas in advance (link above), and come join us to discuss further.

We'll also have some quick talks by:
@alifenewsletter.bsky.social
@emilydolson.bsky.social
@amahury.bsky.social

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Sep 3

#Workshop Call!
Does ALIFE have a "marketing problem" ?
We think so - and we're trying to do something about it!
Come help us, at the Societal Outreach Initiatives for Artificial Life Workshop #ALIFE2025.

More details: imytk.github.io/blog/2025/al...

@alife2025.bsky.social

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Aug 28

*proceeds to buy a million of these*

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Aug 23

"We need to charge that much to cover our costs."

bruh so just spend less 🫥

Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Aug 23

Just seen a conference registration fee at just $1600 ($1400 early bird)...

At what point can we just admit that this system is completely nonsensical and that we need to cull it and start over?

Absolute shambles.

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Pretty sure that when I tell the Amazon chatbot that I'd like to speak to an associate, they say, "okay" and pass me over to another chatbot. 😫🥸

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Aug 19

i am surprised that the title made it through the reviews unscathed lol

Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Aug 19

Pre-print is up for my paper to be presented at #ALIFE2025 @alife2025.bsky.social!

[Social] Allostasis: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Noise

tl;dr: Systems that leverage social & environmental "noise" for reconfiguration of internal parameters > systems that react to and resist it

[Social] Allostasis: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Noise

The notion of homeostasis typically conceptualises biological and artificial systems as maintaining stability by resisting deviations caused by environmental and social perturbations. In contrast, (so...

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Aug 19

Such a great contest!

And a well-deserved winner! 🐱 😸

ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · Aug 18

Announcing the results of our mascot design contest!

We want to thank all of the amazing artists and community members who took the time to conceptualize and submit their designs to try and become the mascot for #ALIFE2025.
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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Aug 7

me: *adds two words to manuscript*
LaTeX: *spills four lines over to the next page*

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Aug 6

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · Aug 4

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📣 Decisions are out for Full Papers & Summaries!
Camera-Ready Versions Due Aug 18th 2025 (AoE)

We’re delighted to announce that notifications for full paper & summary submissions were released on Monday, 4 August 2025. Authors, please check your emails!

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Aug 4

I'm sorry to hear that @kngwyu.bsky.social. Could you try for a late breaking abstract or a workshop, that might allow you to use the funding (if your school will let you do that)?

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Aug 4

Yay, paper accepted!

See you soon, @alife2025.bsky.social :)

#ALIFE2025

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Leftist Gamer Memes @leftistgamermemes.bsky.social · Jul 31

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