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Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · May 7

We are happy to announce our ERA townhall guest speaker: @emergentgarden.bsky.social!

Join us tomorrow from 1300-1400 GMT/UTC (8th May 2025) at discord.gg/UTvQ3sJR?eve...

Emergent Garden YT channel: youtube.com/@emergentgar...

Join the Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life (ERA) Members Discord Server!

Check out the Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life (ERA) Members community on Discord - hang out with 292 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

discord.gg

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Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · May 7

Hey! Are you a PhD student? Independent researcher? Engineer with side research projects?

Join ERA discord and chat about whatever you are working on without academic pressure!

We are early-career community orbiting artificial life research.

discord.gg/fCEH95RU8c

Join the Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life (ERA) Members Discord Server!

Check out the Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life (ERA) Members community on Discord – hang out with 292 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

discord.gg

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pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Apr 17

arxiv.org/abs/2503.24254

PromoPlot: Covering open-access fees by filling wasted space in corner plots

In an effort to reduce drain on grant funds and decrease unused space in publications, we have developed a Python package for inserting advertisements into the space left empty by corner plots. This n...

arxiv.org

pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Apr 17

My plots from now on will look like this:

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pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Apr 17

Watch for ESA JPP roles: www.esa.int/About_Us/Car...

Junior Professional Programme

The ESA Junior Professional Programme (JPP) targets Master’s degree graduates with two to three years of professional experience. Junior Professionals join ESA as staff members for four years and bene...

www.esa.int

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pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Feb 28

Emerging Researchers in Artificial life has own youtube channel now! You can follow our journal clubs there or join next one via: www.google.com/url?q=https%...

www.youtube.com/@EmergingRes...

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life

Welcome to the Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life (ERA) YouTube Channel! We are the official student chapter of the International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL), committed to fostering the ...

www.youtube.com

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pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Jan 11

Almost got into phishing scam. Fake "proton" email sent to proton account - they are getting better:

@proton.me

pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Jan 9

Anyone in need for web eye tracking? There is library to use for free: github.com/NativeSensor...

GitHub - NativeSensors/EyeGesturesLite

Contribute to NativeSensors/EyeGesturesLite development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Jan 6

I am presenting you unreasonable effectiveness of linear regression:

play snake just with your gaze.
peterwaiiace.github.io/me.github.io...

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · Jan 5

Save the date!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2025 will take place in the heart of Kyoto, Japan, from 6-10 October 2025. The conference logo, official website launch, and more details coming soon!

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pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Jan 5

Amazing start chart, posting for historical value:

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pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Jan 5

all the code you need to build eyetracker

pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Jan 5

JS eye tracker howto's in readme! Build your own gaze tracker even today!

github.com/NativeSensor...

GitHub - NativeSensors/EyeGesturesLite

Contribute to NativeSensors/EyeGesturesLite development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Jan 5

For anyone in need of cheap (free) web eye tracking:
eyegestures.com/tryLite

PS: contact me

EyeGesturesLite

eyegestures.com

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Craig Reynolds @craigreynolds.bsky.social · Jan 4

ALIFE 2025
The 2025 Conference on Artificial Life
6-10 October, 2025
Kyoto, Japan
#alife

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pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Jan 5

Js implementation of eyegestures coming!

github.com/NativeSensor...

GitHub - NativeSensors/EyeGesturesLite

Contribute to NativeSensors/EyeGesturesLite development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Jan 4

Testing fully front-end gaze tracking algorithm! No more servers!

peterwaiiace.github.io/me.github.io...

EyeGesturesLite

peterwaiiace.github.io

pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Jan 2

#bsky_builds_bots

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pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Jan 2

Kiedy nie wiesz jaką forme opodatkowania wybrać, więc czytasz wszystko co publikuje zus i robisz kalkulator:

peterwaiiace.github.io/me.github.io...

pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Dec 29

Color picker for scribe notes.

pw4ltz.bsky.social @pw4ltz.bsky.social · Dec 29

Upgrading EyeGestures from 3.1.3 to 3.2.4:

- fixing issues with skewed calibration,
- adding internal lowpass filters to remove cursor jumping.

github.com/NativeSensor...