Krakauer et al. challenge the traditional view of biological individuals, arguing that individuality is instead a process of "temporal integrity" that measures how an aggregate propagates information from its past into its future. What are the limitations of this approach? Is it possible to characterize individuals without taking semantics and pragmatics into account? In this review, I will address this and other important questions regarding the characterization of life using only syntactic information.

The Network Epidemics Group at the HUN-REN Rényi Institute of Mathematics lead by Prof. Márton Karsai works on the mathematical, computational, and data-driven modelling of dynamical epidemiological processes. On one hand, the group plays special focus on the mathematical foundation of network effects on evolving spreading processes, and on the other hand, on the data-driven simulations of behavior informed epidemic processes to observe and understand real-world spreading phenomena.

The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Thiruvananthapuram is one of the premier science education and research institutes established by the Government of India in 2008 to impart high-quality education integrated with outstanding research in modern science.

Dr. Yi-Cheng Zhang and Dr. Shimin Cai are calling for papers to his 3rd Editioon Special Issue on Complexity, Entropy and the Physics of Information. Deadline for manuscript submissions is 30 April 2026.

NU London is both a UK university governed by UK higher education regulations, and the European campus of Northeastern University – a large, top-tier research intensive, Boston-based institution. Founded in 1898, Northeastern received $230.7m of external research funding in 2022, and is the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Whilst the PhD will be a UK qualification, students will have the opportunity to engage with and visit the Northeastern University network overseas as part of their London-based doctoral studies, providing a truly unique and highly sought-after dimension to their research training.

The Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics Prague (CETE-P) invites abstracts for the "Caring for Non-Humans" conference, held October 12-14, 2026. This event explores care ethics across animals, the environment, and AI, aiming to bridge gaps between environmental studies, technology ethics, and moral philosophy. Submissions close April 30, 2026.

General Information The Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick is inviting applications for an 18-month, fixed-term Research Fellow to assist with the AHRC–DFG project ‘The mathemati...

Job description The University of Stavanger invites applicants for a position as Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental History at the Faculty of Education and Humanities, Department of Cultural Stud...

Do you want to build realistic social network models when the real networks cannot be shared? Are you excited about developing privacy-safe synthetic networks that still preserve the dynamics that matter for diffusion and intervention analysis? Join ROOTS at the University of Amsterdam and help deliver network generation methods and software that enable policy-relevant modelling of sustainable transitions without compromising data protection.

LODAS 2026 (First International Workshop on Learning and Optimization for Distributed AI Systems) is a premier venue for researching efficient, privacy-aware AI in distributed environments, held alongside FLICS 2026 in Valencia, Spain, from June 9–12, 2026. The workshop focuses on addressing real-world constraints such as limited resources, communication efficiency, and security.