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Tue, Apr 07 2015 20:16:30

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BIRS: Biological and Bio-Inspired Information Theory

A 5 Day workshop on Biology and Information Theory hosted by the Banff International Research Station

ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

I know where I’ll be in Oct 2014! Let’s hear it for Biology & Information Theory! https://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170 … #ITBio #Banff @andreweckford

Fri, Feb 22 2013 02:23:35

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

. @andreweckford You might be interested in this grouping of research papers: http://www.mendeley.com/groups/2545131/itbio/ … #ITBio #Banff

Fri, Feb 22 2013 02:25:36

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Wishing I was at the Gene Regulation and Information Theory meeting starting tomorrow http://bit.ly/XnHRZs #ITBio

Wed, Apr 17 2013 02:12:04

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

#ITBio: @andreweckford has a new book on Molecular Communication available Oct 31. http://bit.ly/15uEUzF

Wed, Sep 25 2013 22:50:23

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Mathematical and Statistical Models for Genetic Coding starts today. http://www.am.hs-mannheim.de/genetic_code_2013.php?id=1 … @andreweckford might borrow attendees for BIRS

Thu, Sep 26 2013 15:47:57

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

John Baez has announced a workshop on Entropy & Information in Biological Systems http://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/entropy-and-information-in-biological-systems/ … #NIMBioS #ITBio @andreweckford

Tue, Nov 05 2013 01:33:04

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Mathematical Foundations for Information Theory in Diffusion-Based Molecular Communications http://bit.ly/1aTVR2c #ITBio

Thu, Nov 21 2013 17:23:29

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Bill Bialek giving plenary talk “Information flow & order in real biological networks” at Feb 2014 workshop http://mnd.ly/19LQH8f #ITBio

Thu, Nov 21 2013 22:09:05

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Workshop on Information Theoretic Incentives for Artificial Life http://jhu.md/1lM8tAn #ITBio #ALife14 @alifeofficial @14thALIFE @cxdig

Tue, Mar 18 2014 20:51:24

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Researchers working in information theory & biology http://jhu.md/1gieQGR #ITBio @andreweckford @ChristophAdami @wbialek @johnhawks

Mon, Mar 31 2014 23:34:05

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CECAM Workshop: “Entropy in Biomolecular Systems” starts May 14 in Vienna. http://jhu.md/1faLR8t #ITBio pic.twitter.com/Ty8dEIXQUT

ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

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Sun, Apr 20 2014 07:10:34

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

Currently organizing my Banff workshop on bio-information theory … https://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170 …

Wed, Jul 09 2014 13:42:55

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

Last RT: wonder what the weather is going to be like at the end of October for my @BIRS_Math workshop

Thu, Sep 04 2014 00:32:23

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

@JoVanEvery I’m organizing a workshop in Banff in October … hopefully this isn’t a sign of weather to come!

Mon, Sep 08 2014 18:03:26

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Special issue of Entropy: “Information Theoretic Incentives for Cognitive Systems” http://boffosocko.com/2014/09/19/special-issue-of-entropy-information-theoretic-incentives-for-cognitive-systems/ … #ITBio #CallForSubmissions

Fri, Sep 19 2014 18:51:48

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How information theory could hold the key to quantifying nature. http://wrd.cm/1uy1xdX by @vero_greenwood pic.twitter.com/ek5DUb2Ul9

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Mon, Sep 22 2014 16:22:12

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Next week @BIRS_Math: Biological and Bio-Inspired Information Theory http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170 … | Live @ http://www.birs.ca/live #bioinformatics

Fri, Oct 24 2014 01:06:39

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

Good morning from Banff. Current temp: -1 C

Mon, Oct 27 2014 13:09:58

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

Banff takes its name from the town of Banff, Scotland, not to be confused with Bamff, also Scotland.

Mon, Oct 27 2014 13:12:08

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Good morning from beautiful Banff. How can you not love the mountains? pic.twitter.com/mxYBNz7yzl

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Mon, Oct 27 2014 14:52:25

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Andrew Eckford (York University), The Landscape http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410270858-Eckford.mp4 …

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Mon, Oct 27 2014 15:37:30

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

“Not an obvious connection between utility and information, just as there is no obvious connection between energy and entropy” @BIRS_Math

Mon, Oct 27 2014 16:42:04

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Peter Thomas (Case Western Reserve University), Signal Transduction and Information Theory http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410270940-Thomas.mp4 …

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Mon, Oct 27 2014 16:51:44

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

Last RT: a lot of discussion of my signal transduction work with Peter Thomas.

Mon, Oct 27 2014 17:07:13

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http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170 …

ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Following @andreweckford @BIRS_Math 4 updates/video from Biological & Bio-Inspired Information Theory https://storify.com/ChrisAldrich/biological-and-bio-inspired-information-theory … @cxdig #ITBio

Mon, Oct 27 2014 19:01:04

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There’s a good-lookin’ group! @BIRS_Math http://www.birs.ca/workshops/2014/14w5170/groupphoto.jpg …

Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

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Mon, Oct 27 2014 20:34:20

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Live now: Nicolo Michelusi of @USCViterbi on Stochastic Model for Electron Transfer in Bacterial Cables http://www.birs.ca/live #ITBio

Mon, Oct 27 2014 20:51:10

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Nicolo Michelusi (University of Southern California), A Stochastic Model for Electron Transfer in Bacterial Cables http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410271450-Michelusi.mp4 …

Mon, Oct 27 2014 21:21:03

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

Listening to the always awesome @cnmirose talk about the ultimate limits of molecular communication.

Mon, Oct 27 2014 21:41:14

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

“Timing is fundamental … subsumes time-varying concentration channel” @cnmirose @BIRS_Math

Mon, Oct 27 2014 21:44:42

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Chris Rose (Rutgers University), Molecular Communication Channels: timing vs. payload http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410271538-Rose.mp4 …

Mon, Oct 27 2014 22:16:22

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

Standard opening quote of these talks: “I’m not a biologist, but …” @BIRS_Math

Mon, Oct 27 2014 22:43:50

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Stefan Moser (ETH Zurich), Capacity Bounds of the Memoryless AIGN Channel – a Toy-Model for Molecular Communicat… http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410271610-Moser.mp4 …

Mon, Oct 27 2014 22:47:24

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Biodiversity, Entropy and Thermodynamics

I’m giving a short 30-minute talk at a workshop on Biological and Bio-Inspired Information Theory at the Banff International Research Institute. I’ll say more about the workshop later, but here’s my talk: * Biodiversity, entropy and thermodynamics. Most of the people at this workshop study neurobiology and cell signalling, not evolutionary game theory or…

John Baez

BIRS @BIRS_Math

Weisi Guo (University of Warwick), Communication Envelopes for Molecular Diffusion and Electromagnetic Wave Propag… http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410271643-Guo.mp4 …

Mon, Oct 27 2014 23:17:10

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John Baez

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

.@Storify stream coming out of @BIRS_Math: Biological & Bio-Inspired Information Theory this week: http://boffosocko.com/2014/10/27/birs-workshop-on-biological-and-bio-inspired-information-theory-storify-stream/ …

Mon, Oct 27 2014 23:36:37

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

@ChrisAldrich @Storify @BIRS_Math Thanks for that.

Mon, Oct 27 2014 23:36:58

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N. Ghoussoub @NGhoussoub

Terrific introduction of Canada/Banff by Andrew Eckford (York)The Landscape http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410270858-Eckford.mp4 …”

Tue, Oct 28 2014 00:04:01

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N. Ghoussoub @NGhoussoub

@andreweckford “The Landscape” to become a permanent resource for @BIRS_Math participants http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410270858-Eckford.mp4 …”

Tue, Oct 28 2014 00:09:02

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Banff sunset pic.twitter.com/fw04PkAGED

Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

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Tue, Oct 28 2014 01:33:00

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Blacki Migliozzi @BlackiLi

Biological and Bio-Inspired Information Theory workshop videos! http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos … @BIRS_Math

Tue, Oct 28 2014 01:43:39

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

@NGhoussoub @BIRS_Math great!

Tue, Oct 28 2014 01:58:59

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Lav Varshney @lrvarshney

.@ChrisAldrich @andreweckford @Storify @BIRS_Math Sounds like a fascinating workshop on bioinformation theory in Banff.

Tue, Oct 28 2014 03:13:36

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Complexity Digest @cxdig

Mathematical Modeling of Biological Processes (by Avner Friedman & Chiu-Yen Kao) http://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Modeling-Biological-Processes-Modelling/dp/3319083139/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=compldiges-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=3H5F3QNHI6IDWAFQ&creativeASIN=3319083139 …

Tue, Oct 28 2014 04:08:02

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

Toby Berger, winner of the 2002 Shannon award, speaking right now. @BIRS_Math

Tue, Oct 28 2014 15:08:00

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Naftali Tishby (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Sensing and acting under information constraints – a principled a… http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410281032-Tishby.mp4 …

Tue, Oct 28 2014 17:49:09

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

“…places such as BIRS and the Banff Centre exist to facilitate the exchange and pursuit of knowledge.” S. Sundaram http://www.birs.ca/testimonials/#testimonial-1454 …

Tue, Oct 28 2014 18:22:39

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

We’re going for a hike tomorrow. Many thanks to Lukas at the @ParksCanada info centre in Banff for helpful advice! @BIRS_Math

Tue, Oct 28 2014 19:19:10

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Behnaam Aazhang (Rice University), Real-Time Network Modulation for Intractable Epilepsy http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410281337-Aazhang.mp4 …

Tue, Oct 28 2014 20:16:40

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Alexander Dimitrov (Washington State University), Invariant signal processing in auditory biological systems http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410281416-Dimitrov.mp4 …

Tue, Oct 28 2014 20:53:41

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Joel Zylberberg (University of Washington), Communicating with noisy signals: lessons learned from the mammalian v… http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410281450-Zylberberg.mp4 …

Tue, Oct 28 2014 21:25:15

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Robert Schober (Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg), Intersymbol interference mitigation in diffusive molecular communi… http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410281549-Schober.mp4 …

Tue, Oct 28 2014 22:34:21

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Rudolf Rabenstein (Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU)), Modelling Molecular Communication Cha… http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410281627-Rabenstein.mp4 …

Tue, Oct 28 2014 23:11:45

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Math at the pub. (MacLab Bistro) @BIRS_Math pic.twitter.com/LRe4sVcaDw

Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

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Wed, Oct 29 2014 02:27:11

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Jim Olver @JimOlverTBC

THis week @BIRS_Math ” Biological and Bio-Inspired Information Theory ” @thebanffcentre #biology #math @NSF

Wed, Oct 29 2014 14:55:18

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

“Your theory might match the data, but the data might be wrong” – Crick @BIRS_Math

Wed, Oct 29 2014 15:31:42

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

So information theory seems to be a big deal in ecology. @BIRS_Math

Wed, Oct 29 2014 15:34:59

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Tom Schneider (National Institutes of Health), Three Principles of Biological States: Ecology and Cancer http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410290904-Schneider.mp4 …

Wed, Oct 29 2014 16:26:07

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

“In biodiversity, the entropy of an ecosystem is the expected … information we gain about an organism by learning its species” @BIRS_Math

Wed, Oct 29 2014 16:41:09

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

Seriously, I’m blown away by this work in information theory in ecology. Huge body of work; I had no idea. @BIRS_Math

Wed, Oct 29 2014 16:57:15

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.@andreweckford @BIRS_Math Harte’s book Maximum Entropy & Ecology is excellent in this area http://amzn.to/1DwIl3V pic.twitter.com/EIBDpM35uf

ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

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Wed, Oct 29 2014 17:08:48

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

.@andreweckford @QuantaMagazine had a nice overview of some of John Harte’s work in September http://bit.ly/1DwIWCD @BIRS_Math

Wed, Oct 29 2014 17:10:49

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Chan-Byoung Chae (Yonsei University), Molecular MIMO: From Theory to Practice http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410281705-Chae.mp4 …

Wed, Oct 29 2014 17:19:02

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

John Baez (University of California, Riverside), Biodiversity, entropy and thermodynamics http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410291038-Baez.mp4 …

Wed, Oct 29 2014 17:21:17

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

I encourage @BIRS_Math attendees at Biological & Bio-Inspired Information Theory to contribute references here: http://bit.ly/1jQwObk

Wed, Oct 29 2014 17:25:36

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Christoph Adami (Michigan State University), Some Information-Theoretic Musings Concerning the Origin and Evolutio… http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410291114-Adami.mp4 …

Wed, Oct 29 2014 17:58:38

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Twitter Lists for @BIRS_Math workshop #Biology #InformationTheory:
#ITBIO: http://bit.ly/1yIfzfJ
#complexitytheory http://bit.ly/1scfZbw

Wed, Oct 29 2014 18:24:37

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.@ChristophAdami talk Some Information-Theoretic Musings Concerning the Origin of Life @BIRS_Math this morning #ITBio pic.twitter.com/VA8komuuSW

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Wed, Oct 29 2014 18:54:48

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

ICYMI @ChristophAdami had great paper: Information-theoretic Considerations on Origin of Life on arXiv http://bit.ly/1yIhK2Q @BIRS_Math

Wed, Oct 29 2014 19:01:34

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Johnston Canyon selfie @BIRS_Math pic.twitter.com/MEKeY5To5s

Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

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Wed, Oct 29 2014 20:29:31

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Baez has a post on Tishby’s talk “Sensing & Acting Under Information Constraints” http://bit.ly/1yIDonR @BIRS_Math pic.twitter.com/dFuiVLFSGC

ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

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Thu, Oct 30 2014 02:34:38

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Sensing and Acting Under Information Constraints

I’m having a great time at a workshop on Biological and Bio-Inspired Information Theory in Banff, Canada. You can see videos of the talks online. There have been lots of good talks so far, but this one really blew my mind: * Naftali Tishby, Sensing and acting under information constraints—a principled approach to biology and…

John Baez

INFORMATION THEORY is the new central …

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Thu, Oct 30 2014 02:59:07

Jesús Peña Cedillo @jpenac

I’m listening to a talk on the origin of life at a workshop on Biological and Bio-Inspired Information Theory. … https://plus.google.com/117562920675666983007/posts/gqFL7XY3quF …

Thu, Oct 30 2014 04:06:24

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Ilya Nemenman @EmoryUniversity on Predictive information http://bit.ly/1titfOw
Follow his research: http://bit.ly/1tithFW @BIRS_Math

Thu, Oct 30 2014 12:55:09

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NIMBioS Science @NIMBioS

Now accepting applications for the #Research Collaboration Workshop for Women in #MathBio at NIMBioS http://ow.ly/DzeZ7

Thu, Oct 30 2014 14:15:21

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Stephen Pimentel @StephenPiment

#Biology and #Information Theory: workshop videos http://www.birs.ca/videos/2014

Thu, Oct 30 2014 14:35:11

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Inkpots selfie from yesterday’s hike. @BIRS_Math pic.twitter.com/0A6ZQsQVwE

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Thu, Oct 30 2014 14:49:59

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Inkpots group selfie. @BIRS_Math pic.twitter.com/O5vXDjtA3u

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Thu, Oct 30 2014 14:50:48

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On the way home from Inkpots. @BIRS_Math pic.twitter.com/1XhO8mLOkq

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Thu, Oct 30 2014 14:51:34

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Ilya Nemenman (Emory University), Predictive information http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410300907-Nemenman.mp4 …

Thu, Oct 30 2014 16:29:57

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Toby Berger (University of Virginia), Neruoscience Applications of GIG Distributions http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410280914-Berger.mp4 …

Thu, Oct 30 2014 17:20:26

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

We removed a faulty microphone from our lecture room this morning. We’re now fixing the audio buzz in this week’s videos, and reposting.

Thu, Oct 30 2014 17:52:10

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Daniel Polani (University of Hertfordshire), Informational Principles in Perception-Action Loops http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410301038-Polani.mp4 …

Thu, Oct 30 2014 18:03:21

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Rajiv Iyer@RajivIyer86

Fascinating stuff! #Information Theory #Entropy #Thermodynamics #Chemistry #Physics & lastly #Life itself: https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/information-theory-and-the-origin-of-life-4cf6b93d156c …

Thu, Oct 30 2014 18:06:03

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Didn’t get enough information theory & biology this week @BIRS_Math? Apply for NIMBioS workshop in April 2015 http://bit.ly/1yIeiWe #ITBio

Thu, Oct 30 2014 18:15:08

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Amin Emad (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Applications of Discrete Mathematics in Bioinformatics http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410301329-Emad.mp4 …

Thu, Oct 30 2014 20:06:57

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Paul Bogdan (University of Southern California), Multiscale Analysis Reveals Complex Behavior in Bacteria Populati… http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410301401-Bogdan.mp4 …

Thu, Oct 30 2014 20:42:45

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Robert Shaw (ProtoLife Inc.), Information and Causality in a Reaction-Diffusion System http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410301434-Shaw.mp4 …

Thu, Oct 30 2014 21:10:19

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Lubomir Kostal (Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), Efficient information transmi… http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410301534-Kostal.mp4 …

Thu, Oct 30 2014 22:12:41

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BIRS @BIRS_Math

Nima Soltani (Stanford University), Applications of Directed Information to Neuroscience http://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170/videos/watch/201410301647-Soltani.mp4 …

Thu, Oct 30 2014 23:28:28

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

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Fri, Oct 31 2014 00:12:17

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

@lrvarshney I shoulda invited you to this BIRS workshop …

Fri, Oct 31 2014 01:11:46

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

@conservativelez I’m a big fan of your dad’s research & was reminded of much of it via a workshop on Biological Information Theory

Fri, Oct 31 2014 05:03:15

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

@conservativelez Though he may not have been able to attend, he can catch most of the talks online if he’d like https://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170 …

Fri, Oct 31 2014 05:03:58

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Depressed that @BIRS_Math Workshop on Biological & Bio-Inspired Information Theory is over? Relive it here: http://bit.ly/1rF3G4B #ITBio

Fri, Oct 31 2014 13:00:11

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

Kudos @andreweckford, Toby Berger, Peter Thomas, @NGhoussoub, @BIRS_Math & friends on a fantastic workshop! http://bit.ly/1ckttZq

Fri, Oct 31 2014 13:05:08

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ChrisAldrich @ChrisAldrich

This @BIRS_Math Workshop was biggest thing in #informationtheory & #biology since the Gatlinburg Symposium in 1956. http://bit.ly/1rF4RRr

Fri, Oct 31 2014 13:07:14

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See you later Calgary. pic.twitter.com/mkmU6yrmVz

Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

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Fri, Oct 31 2014 15:10:30

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

A few thoughts about that workshop while I wait for my flight back to Toronto.

Fri, Oct 31 2014 15:13:15

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

1/ Everyone I talked to said it was the best workshop they’d ever been to, and they’d like to do a follow-up workshop @BIRS_Math

Fri, Oct 31 2014 15:15:10

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Andrew Eckford @andreweckford

2/ There is an amazing diversity of work under the umbrella of “information theory”. @BIRS_Math

Fri, Oct 31 2014 15:15:45

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3/ Much of this work is outside the IT mainstream, and an issue is that people use different terms for related concepts. @BIRS_Math

Fri, Oct 31 2014 15:16:06

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4/ Some community building is in order. I think this workshop was a good first step. @BIRS_Math

Fri, Oct 31 2014 15:16:21

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5/ Many many thanks to @BIRS_Math and huge kudos to @NGhoussoub for excellent service to the Canadian scientific community. BIRS is a gem.

Fri, Oct 31 2014 15:17:10

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6/ Also many thanks to the participants for their excellent talks, and to @ChrisAldrich for maintaining a Storify.

Fri, Oct 31 2014 15:24:45

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@andreweckford Perhaps we could consider tying in our friends from @sfiscience? @MelMitchell1 https://www.birs.ca/events/2014/5-day-workshops/14w5170 … @BIRS_Math #complexity

Fri, Oct 31 2014 17:50:19

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Entropy and Information in Biological Systems (Part 1)

John Harte is an ecologist who uses maximum entropy methods to predict the distribution, abundance and energy usage of species. Marc Harper uses information theory in bioinformatics and evolutionary game theory. Harper, Harte and I are organizing a workshop on entropy and information in biological systems, and I’m really excited about it!

John Baez

Entropy and Information in Biological Systems (Part 2)

John Harte, Marc Harper and I are running a workshop! Now you can apply here to attend: * Information and entropy in biological systems, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Knoxville Tennesee, Wednesday-Friday, 8-10 April 2015. Click the link, read the stuff and scroll down to “CLICK HERE” to apply.

John Baez

Bio-Inspired Information Theory

There will be a 5-day workshop on Biological and Bio-Inspired Information Theory at BIRS from Sunday the 26th to Friday the 31st of October, 2014. It’s being organized by * Toby Berger (University of Virginia) * Andrew Eckford (York University) * Peter Thomas (Case Western Reserve University) BIRS is the Banff International Research Station,…

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Andrew Eckford: The Blog

How does it feel to (co-)write a book and hold the finished product in your hands? About like this: Many, many thanks to my excellent co-authors, Tadashi Nakano and Tokuko Haraguchi, for their hard work; thanks to Cambridge for accepting this project and managing it well; and thanks to Satoshi Hiyama for writing a nice blurb.

Andrew Eckford

Andrew Eckford: The Blog

You may have seen our PLOS ONE paper about tabletop molecular communication, which received loads of media coverage. One of the goals of this paper was to show that anyone can do experiments in molecular communication, without any wet labs or expensive apparatus.

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Meeting: Gene Regulation and Information Theory

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