University of Georgia: Storm surge virtual reality simulation designed to save lives. “Weather the Storm, a virtual reality simulation that takes users through the effects of storm surge to communicate its devastating and sometimes fatal consequences, is now available for download. The simulation aims to empower coastal residents to actively prepare for hurricanes.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/26/university-of-georgia-storm-surge-virtual-reality-simulation-designed-to-save-lives/

There's finally open-source software for modeling #soft #materials, because apparently, simulating #Jell-O was a top priority . Meanwhile, #Tufts #University is over here patting themselves on the back for revolutionizing the world of #squishy #simulations.
https://now.tufts.edu/2025/03/04/now-theres-open-source-software-modeling-soft-materials #open #source #simulation #HackerNews #ngated

Sir, ma'am, do you have a minute to talk about #evolution?

In these gloomy days, teaching #evolution is the safe harbour. Tomorrow the lecture is online, because I (and many students) are going to a strike in #Utrecht against budget cuts to higher education , but I hope they will still enjoy these absolute classics:

Niklas, Karl J. "Evolutionary walks through a land plant morphospace." Journal of Experimental Botany 50.330 (1999): 39-52.

I still remember being awe-struck by the work of Karl Niklas on plant #biophysics and #morphogenesis when I was a 1st year student at the University of Warsaw. This was truly a portal to a world where everything in nature could be explained and had an underlying principle.

Budd, Graham E. "Morphospace." Current Biology 31.19 (2021): R1181-R1185.

While I am learning my part in French to explain #simulations of #evolution in Brussels for a Science is Wonderful show by @ERC_Research later this week.

GamesRadar: Two Point Museum review: “The best management sim from Two Point Studios to date”. “Two Point Museum is the best management sim from Two Point Studios to date. With a wealth of customization options and intuitive building tools, you can create the museum of your dreams, with different museum themes that offer up unique challenges and designs. Curating exhibits through expeditions […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/08/two-point-museum-review-the-best-management-sim-from-two-point-studios-to-date-gamesradar/

Chapter 2 is now online!

2. #modeling: https://modfeelblog.wordpress.com

How #good #decisions are made: Creating #models of the #environment and how to use them for #simulations and #predictions.

We shed light on the #limitations of #neural #modeling and discuss challenges such as the #selection and #combination #problem

Chapter 2 of #Modfeel now online!

2. Modeling https://modfeelblog.wordpress.com

About #models, #simulations and #predictions. How organisms create #neuronal models of their environment and use them for simulations and predictions. And the #limits of #modeling.

Many mysteries surround the origin of the universe. One of these concerns the ‘false vacuum decay’, exploring the dynamics of the ‘Big Bang’. A team of scientists from JSC, the University of Leeds & the Institute of Science and Technology Austria used #quantum #simulations to examine it more closely. The results were published in Nature Physics. Dr Jaka Vodeb (JSC) explains these findings in an interview:
https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/ias/jsc/news/news-items/jsc-interview-false-vacuum-decay

'Last Ice Area' In The Arctic Could Disappear Much Sooner Than Previously Thought
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-ice-area-arctic-sooner-previously.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02034-5 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Arctic #Canada #LastIceArea #LIA #icedependent #species #ArcticOcean #icefree #climatechange #ecology #polarbears #belugas #bowheadwhales #walruses #ringedseals #beardedseals #ivorygulls #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #spatiotemporal #Tuvaijuittuq #FirstNation #inuit #indigenous #seaice #simulations #archipelago

#UFO #experiencer Kelly Chase & the good folks over at the #UFORabbitHole & #Ontocalypse are launching a new series on #AppleTV+.

@KronoMoon would like to see more rigor in #UFO / #UAP reporting, particularly in the honest labeling of #photos & #video clips, including #simulations or #reenactments, and whether or not they have been digitally "enhanced" (scratches added or removed).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUPTffIaRz8
https://Ontocalypse.com
https://UFORabbitHole.com

If you are interested in modelling global processes, the WorldDynamics.jl written in Julia looks like a fast start.

https://github.com/worlddynamics

(You can look into World3, the model used in "The Limits of Growth" by the Club of Rome 50 years ago. Earth4All.jl is a modern simulation. Documentation, and references are in the projects.)

Preparing for a talk at the COMRAD24 conference in Pisa starting tomorrow (https://comradconf.wixsite.com/comrad24): a small overview of how coding passive Lagrangian tracers in grid cosmological #simulations enabled us to visualise mesmerising transport patterns of gas in clusters of galaxies.

1. Selection of tracers ending up in radio emitting shocks waves (Credits: D.Wittor et al. )

Hello!

After a few days figuring out Mastodon with the help of the folks at QOTO, I will formally introduce myself in order to pin this in my profile :)

My name is Abde and I am a computer scientist. My main domain is #NumericalCalculus and #ParallelComputing. I am currently a PhD student at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (#belgium) and working on porting numerical solvers for simulations on the GPU using #CUDA. You may find my first paper here: https://etna.math.kent.edu/vol.55.2022/pp687-705.dir/pp687-705.pdf

Other research interests are #complexity #computability #graphtheory #geometry #discretemath

I also work as a #VirtualReality developer. My current professional interests are #simulations #numericalcalculus #geometry. We also contribute in several #opensource projects. Most of my work is done in #Unity3D, so feel free to ask any questions!

As a hobby I do some #gamedev and also #musicproduction. I will share some snippets of what I do here, but for now I am focusing in crafting my art by producing #housemusic in #bitwig.

Please enjoy! I am not the most active but I am looking to build my Mastodon network, so feel free to follow and I will follow back :)