#psychometrics #longitudinaldata #dynamicalsystems

... initialize a low-dimensional autonomous ODE system, then let the dynamics evolve. No black box, and it's fully interpretable.

There's also an easy to run repository for reproduction or trying it out on your own longitudinal Likert (or Likert type) data.
github.com/amr28693/ECT...
#openscience

An entropy-initiated coupled-trait ODE framework for modeling longitudinal cohort dynamics This work introduces a minimal, information-theoretic dynamical framework for modeling longitudinal cohort data using an entropy-initiated system of coupled-trait ordinary differential equations (ECTO...

Happy and proud to share my first published scientific work in PLOS One--ECTO: an entropy-initiated coupled-trait ODE framework for modeling longitudinal cohort dynamics dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Core idea: compress population-level response distributions into Shannon entropy, use that to...

The Machine has Not Ingested the Ghost A fly brain was not uploaded.

Lots of work coming in 2026! First publication is due out soon, but while waiting, I started a Substack. Here's the lowdown on that viral 'Fly Upload' video (no, the Eon team didn't "upload a consciousness" or a brain...)

deadinformation.substack.com/p/the-machin...

Very excited to be presenting my Late Breaking Abstract, 'Entropy Coupled Trait ODEs (ECTO) Reveal Structured Population Dynamics in Longitudinal Psychometric Data', at @alife2025.bsky.social next month!

I'll share updates on this novel framework as the conference approaches.