"Free yourself with constraints" is a good summary of the work.
14.07.2025 11:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@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.
"Free yourself with constraints" is a good summary of the work.
14.07.2025 11:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Adaptive network dynamics are too high dimensional? Constrain! Or maybe adaptation may be naturally constrained to low-dimensional dynamics? Joint work with
@math-martens.bsky.social
now on the arXiv at arxiv.org/abs/2507.06359.
Maybe I should use generative AI to plot any vector field in the style of ancient nails...
30.06.2025 12:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ancient vector fields excavated close to Dynamics Days Europe 2025 in Thessaloniki. It was a fun conference (just too short), see you in Lisbon next year!
28.06.2025 16:56 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0If you couple two systems with bistability between oscillations of distinct effective frequencies, you have to make them different for the distinct states to synchronize in frequency. Some theory and experiments now in Science Advances. doi.org/10.1126/scia...
23.06.2025 18:19 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Indeed, great to see so many of you! And of course thanks to @andai.bsky.social and @piratepeel.bsky.social for making NetSci 2025 happen.
09.06.2025 13:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Can a network be physically be a graph but effectively be a hypergraph? Tiago Pereira is speaking about emergent hypernetworks in the focus session βNetwork Dynamical Systemsβ at @netsciconf.bsky.social.
06.06.2025 13:30 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Come 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
04.06.2025 11:02 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Join 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/
30.05.2025 18:04 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0You'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.
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!
28.04.2025 13:08 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Bear Networks at the Dutch Mathematical Congress www.beyondtheedge.network/articles/bea...
23.04.2025 07:24 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Great fun, say hi!
19.04.2025 13:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0With red light sabers?
11.04.2025 07:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Fantastic to have our own @lordgrilo.bsky.social for a visit in the NL! Join his seminar if you can.
09.04.2025 19:03 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1π©βπ©βπ§βπ§ Open PhD position in collective dynamics on networks at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social !
β³ 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...
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...
01.04.2025 14:57 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 2Maybe we should have a sponsorship package for this?
01.04.2025 10:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0About a week left to apply to join the Amsterdam Center for Dynamics and Computation as a postdoc!
27.03.2025 15:15 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Join 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
23.03.2025 15:10 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Join us next Tuesday for the next BeyondTheEdge seminar with Prof. Renaud Lambiotte (University of Oxford)
π¬ Title: Consensus and Random Walks on Higher-Order Networks
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Date & Time: March 25th, 2-3pm (CET)
Link: www.beyondtheedge.network/event/semina...
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!
06.03.2025 13:58 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1Kuramoto oscillators + inertia + symmetry = global symmetric bifurcations organizing chimeras. Work with Pete Ashwin, available open access at doi.org/10.1007/s003....
22.02.2025 19:47 β π 21 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Join 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...
04.02.2025 08:51 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Join 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 SΓ£o Carlos)
Thur, Feb 27, 2025 at 15h CET
www.beyondtheedge.network/event/semina...
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...
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...
09.01.2025 13:26 β π 5 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0I am intrigued by the (approximate) symmetries. In that spirit, have enjoyable holidays and all the best for 2025!
24.12.2024 07:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tempted to ask generative AI to turn the torus into Mona Lisa.
16.12.2024 12:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0White board sketch
Clearly: The epsilon-neighborhoods of two points on the two-dimensional torus.
16.12.2024 06:58 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0