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bickmath.bsky.social
Dynamics, Networks, and Dynamics. Based at VU Amsterdam but also roaming around Exeter, Munich, and Oxford (family permitting). Personal webpage at https://www.math.vu.nl/~bick/ and more social media at https://linktr.ee/cbick.
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Come to the Focus Session "Network Dynamical Systems" at @netsciconf.bsky.social Friday afternoon for a free copy of Bear Networks! www.beyondtheedge.network/resources/be... #NetSci2025

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Join us July 9-11 at the Amsterdam Center for Dynamics and Computation to celebrate dynamical systems theory and application as well as two 0 mod 10 birthdays! Register now at www.amsterdam-dynamics.nl/zero-mod-ten/

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You've got friends round for coffee and cake. There are seven of you. Trouble is, you've made a square cake. How do you make sure everyone receives an equal share? Dominic has his cake and they all eat it.

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About a week left to apply (through May 5) for a fully-funded PhD position on the collective dynamics on networks. Come to Amsterdam to join the Emergence at All Scales consortium led by @emergencediep.bsky.social. Please share!

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Bear Networks at the Dutch Mathematical Congress www.beyondtheedge.network/articles/bea...

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Fantastic to have our own @lordgrilo.bsky.social for a visit in the NL! Join his seminar if you can.

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👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 Open PhD position in collective dynamics on networks at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social ! ⏳ As part of the Emergence at All Scales consortium, positions are gradually opening. Please share and forward to potential candidates! Deadline to apply: 5/05 More info: www.d-iep.org/openeaasposi...

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Come join the Amsterdam Center for Dynamics and Computation! Bob Rink and I are recruiting a PhD student to work on network dynamics as part of the consortium Emergence at All Scales (www.d-iep.org/eaas). Apply by May 5, 2025 through workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...

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About a week left to apply to join the Amsterdam Center for Dynamics and Computation as a postdoc!

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Join us for a workshop at the Amsterdam Center for Dynamics and Computation of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on Jul 9-11, 2025 to celebrate progress in dynamical systems! More information at amsterdam-dynamics.nl/zero-mod-ten

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Join us next Tuesday for the next BeyondTheEdge seminar with Prof. Renaud Lambiotte (University of Oxford) 🔬 Title: Consensus and Random Walks on Higher-Order Networks 📅 Date & Time: March 25th, 2-3pm (CET) Link: www.beyondtheedge.network/event/semina...

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The Amsterdam Center for Dynamics and Computation (www.amsterdam-dynamics.nl) at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social is recruiting a 2-year postdoc in dynamical systems. Applications are accepted through Fri April 4, 2025 at workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po.... Please share!

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Kuramoto oscillators + inertia + symmetry = global symmetric bifurcations organizing chimeras. Work with Pete Ashwin, available open access at doi.org/10.1007/s003....

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Join us TODAY for the first @beyondtheedge.bsky.social seminar! BeyondTheEdge PhD student Cyril Rommens will host Ginestra Bianconi at 15h CET, details at www.beyondtheedge.network/event/semina...

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Join us! The BeyondTheEdge Seminar Series kicks off: Ginestra Bianconi (QMUL) Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 15h CET www.beyondtheedge.network/event/semina... Eddie Nijholt (USP São Carlos) Thur, Feb 27, 2025 at 15h CET www.beyondtheedge.network/event/semina...

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Do we know the number of neurons in the human brain? A typical value cited in the literature is 86 billion. However, as I argue in this essay, the data does not justify this number and we do not have yet a satisfactory answer academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...

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Join us for the inaugural BeyondTheEdge Seminar by Ginestra Bianconi (QMUL) on Thur, Jan 16 at 15h CET! More information at www.beyondtheedge.network/event/semina...

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I am intrigued by the (approximate) symmetries. In that spirit, have enjoyable holidays and all the best for 2025!

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Clearly: The epsilon-neighborhoods of two points on the two-dimensional torus.

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Higher-order interactions: mechanisms, behaviors, and networks - Aug 25-31, 2025 We're happy to host a course/workshop at the Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture in the incredibly beautiful Erice, Sicily, with amazing speakers sites.google.com/view/ho2025e... Wait no further and join!

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Research on higher-order network interactions and dynamics. Who is missing? go.bsky.app/KhJsLVo

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There's only one week left to submit your abstracts to #NetSci2025

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BeyondTheEdge is now live on Bluesky: Follow @beyondtheedge.bsky.social for latest news, research, and updates. Alternatively @BeyondEdge_MSCA on X/Twitter and @[email protected] on Mastodon.

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Network science accessible even to the smallest: Stop by the Department of Mathematics at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social to pick up a copy of “Bear Networks”! Thanks to funding through BeyondTheEdge.network. Digital copies are available open access through Zenodo at doi.org/10.5281/zeno....

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Networks and coffee and networks in Tokyo. What could go wrong?

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New paper out! 🧠 We use a whole-brain modeling approach to investigate pathological alterations to neuronal activity in glioma patients. 🖥️ Work was led by Christoffer Alexandersen and @alaingoriely.bsky.social, together with Christian Bick and Mona Zimmerman. doi.org/10.1162/netn...

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And a nice write-up about our paper in The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/s...

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BeyondTheEdge has a shiny new homepage at beyondtheedge.network for anything related to higher-order networks and dynamics. Time to get one bluesky as well?

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I guess it is time to set up camp at bluesky.

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