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theoretical physicist #complexsystems #computationalneuroscience #Neuroscience #statisticalphysics #synchronization #neuroskyence #compneurosky #complexity CY Cergy Paris University (France) @cy-univ.bsky.social web: https://perso.u-cergy.fr/~atorcini/

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Alessandro Torcini @torcini.bsky.social · Jul 14

At #STATPHYS29 in Florence Yoshiki Kuramoto wiil be soon awarded the Boltzmann medal, next year Simona Olmi et al will organise this worshop on 50 years of the Kuramoto Model in Germany -- join

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Alessandro Torcini @torcini.bsky.social · 18d

@incn.bsky.social Ready to participate to the INCNT Conference 2025 in Padua, with my new work on Dynamical balance for WEAK external currents with D. Angulo Garcia and A. Politi

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Anirvan Chatterjee @chatterjee.net · 26d

“Unlike birthright citizens, naturalized citizens can now be stripped of their status through a ‘civil process’ — which doesn’t guarantee a lawyer and uses lower standards of evidence.”

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Attention, US Citizens: Yes, You Can Now Be Deported

The Justice Department last month issued a memo outlining priorities for deportation, including naturalized citizens.

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Alessandro Torcini @torcini.bsky.social · 29d

#neuroskyence #compneurosky

Finally published the entire story

D. S. Goldobin, M.V. Ageeva M. di Volo F. Tixidre, A. Torcini, "Synaptic shot-noise triggers fast and slow global oscillations in balanced neural networks", Physical Review E 112, 034301 (2025)

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · Sep 6

Led by @stanford.edu's @suryaganguli.bsky.social, our Simons Collaboration on the Physics of Learning & Neural Computation will study AI's fundamental scientific principles: www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-foundation-launches-collaboration-on-the-physics-of-learning-and-neural-computation/ #science

Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on the Physics of Learning and Neural Computation

Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on the Physics of Learning and Neural Computation on Simons Foundation

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · Sep 5

The unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, it's highest level since 2021.

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Alessandro Torcini @torcini.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Preprint in #neuroskyence #compneurosky strong external currents are not needed to get dynamical E/I #balance short term depression suffices, results for rate and spiking networks via dynamical mean field theory with David Angulo Garcia

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Aug 31

A theory for self-sustained balanced states in absence of strong external currents https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672268v1

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Alessandro Torcini @torcini.bsky.social · Aug 31

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A theory for self-sustained balanced states in absence of strong external currents

Recurrent neural networks with balanced excitation and inhibition exhibit irregular asynchronous dynamics, which is fundamental for cortical computations. Classical balance mechanisms require strong e...

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Alessandro Torcini @torcini.bsky.social · Aug 31

Last preprint in #neuroskyence #compneurosky strong external currents are not required to get dynamical #balance in rate chaos, results obtained via dynamical mean field theory

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Aug 29

@nature.com I love this article - but WHY are the only share options to X and Facebook when the whole point of the article is that science-based posts get more shares here?

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Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement

Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Jul 31

Is the cortical dynamics ergodic? A numerical study in partially symmetric networks of spiking neurons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.28.666831v1

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Nature @nature.com · Aug 4

Eating ultra-processed foods might hinder attempts to lose weight even when the diet accords with national healthy-eating recommendations

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Eating ultra-processed foods could make it harder to lose weight

Trial compared effects of diets with differing levels of food processing.

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Alessandro Torcini @torcini.bsky.social · Aug 1

#Neuroskyence #compneurosky #StatisticalPhysics

Non ergodic scenarios in the brain can explain a high variability in the neurons' responses joined to slow relaxational time scales, an investigation in #neural #network with Ferdinand Tixidre and Gianluigi Mongillo:
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Nicole Yunger Halpern @nicoleyh11.bsky.social · Jul 13

Giorgio Parisi opening StatPhys29: AI resembles the heat engine in that the technology arrived before the theory.

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Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · Jul 14

Glad to be in Florence for the #statphys29 conference.

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吉田正俊 (Masatoshi Yoshida) @pooneil.bsky.social · Feb 26

(3年に一度の)Boltzmann Medalを蔵本由紀氏 (とMehran Kardar氏)が受賞、のソースはこちら。
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ブログで「蔵本モデル」とか書いてたらこのニュースが飛び込んできたのでびっくりした。

Boltzmann Medal – StatPhys29 – 2025 Florence, Italy

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Alessandro Torcini @torcini.bsky.social · Jul 15

We had almost no public in a parallel session Giorgio Parisi was speaking . ...

Alessandro Torcini @torcini.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy to have chaired this morning a session at #STATPHYS29 with Astero Provata, Diego Pazo and Denis Goldobin on #Nonlinear #Dynamics

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Alessandro Torcini @torcini.bsky.social · Jul 14

At #STATPHYS29 in Florence Yoshiki Kuramoto wiil be soon awarded the Boltzmann medal, next year Simona Olmi et al will organise this worshop on 50 years of the Kuramoto Model in Germany -- join

Alessandro Torcini @torcini.bsky.social · Jul 7

@cnsorg.bsky.social Our workshop starts tomorrow

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cnsorg.bsky.social @cnsorg.bsky.social · Jul 5

🌟 Welcome to Florence—CNS*2025 is officially underway! 🎉 The Palazzo dei Congressi is buzzing with cutting-edge science and a stellar program. 📢 Browse the schedule, flag your must-see talks and posters, and dive into the excitement. 🇮🇹✨ #CNS2025Florence

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · Jul 7

Interesting workshop at CNS*2025 on training spiking networks using recursive least squares:
"Training recurrent spiking neural networks to generate experimentally recorded neural activities"

It was Sat July 5th, but materials are available online--
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CNS*2025 Florence: Training recurrent spiking neural networ...

View more about this event at CNS*2025 Florence

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Alessandro Torcini @torcini.bsky.social · Jul 4

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#neuroskyence #compneurosky @mgiugliano.bsky.social #cns2025

CNS*2025 in Florence
Join us to the workshop "Population activity : the influence of cell-class identity, ...." organized with S, Olmi and M. GIUGLIANO on 8/9 July

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DOOCN-XVI: Dynamics On and Of Complex Networks

Official website of the Dynamics On and Of Complex Networks workshop series

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