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Posts by Alessandro Torcini

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How to build an AI Scientist: first peer-reviewed paper spills the secrets Nature - AI Scientist, an autonomous research tool, first released in 2024, has now undergone peer review, highlighting its strengths and limitations.

AI Scientist, an autonomous research tool, first released in 2024, has now undergone peer review, highlighting its strengths and limitations

go.nature.com/3NYwxZn

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ICE deployed to US airports as security queues stretch for hours Hundreds of ICE agents have been deployed to 14 airports, in cities including New York, Atlanta and Houston.

Can we please all stop with the ridiculous notion of having academic conferences in the US?

I know these things are planed years in advance, but at this point we're just waiting for an ugly incident to happen.

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David Colon - Soirée #HelloQuitteX Nouvelle ère Numérique Soirée organisée le 25 Janvier 2025 par l'Institut des Systèmes Complexes de Paris Île-de-France avec le soutien d'Escape-X…

Après la soirée "Résilience numérique européenne et géopolitique en 2026" , l'ISC-PIF rediffuse #HelloQuitteX du #20Janvier 2025
Aujourd'hui : David Colon 👉 vimeo.com/1154067680

#20janvier 26 👉 iscpif.fr/20janvier2026

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The "publish or perish" culture must perish. Scientists need time to think.

We just published our Slow Science Manifesto, where we argue that huge changes are needed in the way we fund, publish, and evaluate science.

Read more and sign here: www.slow-science.com

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I recommend this school to anyone interested in computation in the brain - it receives excellent reviews year after year, it is highly interactive and social, and the setting is remarkable.

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#neuroskyence #compneurosky
Finally published with David Angulo Garcia:

A theory for self-sustained balanced states in absence of strong external currents
@plos.org

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The church at the center of Don Lemon’s arrest has ties to Christian nationalism And the "TheoBros."

One detail getting lost in the coverage of Don Lemon's arrest?

The church at the center of the case has ties to the Christian nationalist movement, including the “TheoBros," a loose network of mostly millennial, extremely online Christian nationalist pastors, podcasters, and shitposters.

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Federal agents just arrested an Army veteran—after he protested ICE outside a church Ian Austin was part of the group that interrupted a St. Paul church service.

Breaking: Days after declaring, "I'm not going to live in fear" in a now-viral video, Army veteran Ian Austin was arrested by federal agents on Friday. Austin was part of a group, including journalist Don Lemon, that interrupted a St. Paul church service.

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Behind the paywall: archive.is/ClhQ0

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À Minneapolis, l’arrestation de deux journalistes amplifie les colères La « petite désescalade » promise en début de semaine par le président Trump n’a pas duré longtemps à Minneapolis. L’arrestation de deux journalistes et celle de plusieurs militants ayant manifesté il y a quelques jours dans une église ont ravivé les tensions, vendredi 30 janvier.

À Minneapolis, l’arrestation de deux journalistes amplifie les colères

Par Patricia Neves

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The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.

This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.

They must be released immediately.

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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

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Deadline is approaching

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ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.

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Postdoc position in Paris: come help develop new generation human brain computer interfaces ⚡🧠💻

Interested? Contact me if you have experience with machine learning (e.g. simulation-based inference, RL, generative/diffusion models) or dynamical systems.

See below for + details and retweet 🙏

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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I don’t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.

“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

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#neuroskyence #compneurosky

Join us to the 4th International Workshop On
Neurodynamics (NDy'26) to be held in Castro-Urdiales, Spain, May 26-29,2026

cody.unizar.es/events/neuro...

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Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience Learn to analyze open neuroscience data and introduce dry lab modules into your existing classes at the Incorporating Open Connectomics data into...

Teach neuroscience to undergraduates? Learn how to incorporate our connectomics data into your courses!

🧠 "Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience"
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2: https://bit.ly/3LAfOdy

#neuroskyence

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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.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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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.

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

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@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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Attention, US Citizens: Yes, You Can Now Be Deported The Justice Department last month issued a memo outlining priorities for deportation, including naturalized citizens.

“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.”

indiacurrents.com/attention-us...

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#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)

perso.u-cergy.fr/~atorcini/AR...

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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

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

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

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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

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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A theory for self-sustained balanced states in absence of strong external currents www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08....

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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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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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