Friday, July 28, 2023

What Happens in Sunnyvale Stays in Sunnyvale

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I am off to Sunnyvale for the weekend to attend the wedding of one of my former Ph.D. students. I have many friends in the area, so I will a...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

RIP Sinéad O'Connor (1966–2023)

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Sinéad O'Connor has died . She was only 56. But, to be honest, I am surprised that she lasted this long. She seemed to always be strug...
Monday, July 17, 2023

What Happens in Richland Stays in Richland

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I'll soon be visiting Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as part of a Directory Advisory Committee.
Saturday, June 24, 2023

Serendipitous Convergence of the Dodgers and Tarzan Boy

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On a few occasions this year, I had noticed the Dodger organist playing Tarzan Boy, and I was wondering why. I had thought it was for some...

What Happens in Dallas Stays in Dallas

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Well, unfortunately, I won't be making my connection (annoying flight delay), and I will be staying an unintended night in Dallas before...
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

"Bounded-Confidence Model of Opinion Dynamics with Heterogeneous Node-Activity Levels"

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One of my papers came out in final form today. Here are some details. Title: Bounded-Confidence Model of Opinion Dynamics with Heterogen...

"Lonely Individuals Process the World in Idiosyncratic Ways"

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One of my papers that came out a couple of months ago now also has its final volume and page numbers. Here are some details about the articl...
Sunday, June 18, 2023

What Happens in Beaver Hollow Stays in Beaver Hollow

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I am off to Beaver Hollow for our 2023 Mathematics Research Community on Complex Social Systems.
Thursday, June 08, 2023

"Detecting Political Biases of Named Entities and Hashtags on Twitter"

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One of my papers came out in final form earlier today. Here are some details. (This is in collaboration with computer scientists, and stylis...
Saturday, May 13, 2023

What Happens at "Snowbird" Stays at "Snowbird"

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Today I am off to the "Snowbird Meeting" (aka the SIAM applied-dynamical systems conference) for the latest instantiation of my f...
Wednesday, May 03, 2023

2023 Inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2023 inductees . Of the acts on the ballot this year, the ones for which I cast a vote...
Monday, April 24, 2023

Song Parody: "They're Still ODEs to Me"

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I felt inspired. :)
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Saturday, April 22, 2023

What Happens at SOCAMS Stays at SOCAMS

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Today I am off to Irvine for the 2023 version of the SOCAMS conference to celebrate applied mathematics in Southern California.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

What Happens in Vancouver Stays in Vancouver

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I am off to Vancouver today for a little while. I'll be giving a talk tomorrow at University of British Columbia, and I'll also be s...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

What Happens in Potsdam Stays in Potsdam

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I am heading to Potsdam, NY to partake in the 6th Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems .
Monday, March 06, 2023

"Theorems" (to the tune of ' "Heroes" ', by David Bowie)

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"Theorems" (to the tune of ' "Heroes" ', by David Bowie) I, I will be pure And you, you will use rigor And ...
Friday, February 10, 2023

"An Adaptive Bounded-Confidence Model of Opinion Dynamics on Networks "

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An article of mine just appeared in final form a couple of days ago. Here are some details. Title: An Adaptive Bounded-Confidence Mode...
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Saturday, February 04, 2023

The Dodgers are Finally Retiring Fernando Valenzuela's Uniform Number!

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It took way too long, but the Los Angeles Dodgers announced today that they are finally retiring Fernando Valenzuela's uniform number . ...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

"The Professional Road that I have Traveled (so far)"

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I was asked to write about my career trajectory for DSWeb , so I wrote this short article , which officially has the generic title of "...

Scott Rolen Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame!

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Yesterday, Scott Rolen was elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame in his 6th year of eligibility. He and Fred McGriff (who was elected to ...