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View article: Quoting the Resonant Computing Manifesto
Quoting the Resonant Computing Manifesto Open
Five principles for the future of computing: private, dedicated, plural, adaptable, and prosocial.
View article: The False Choice Between Meaning and Accountability in Higher Education
The False Choice Between Meaning and Accountability in Higher Education Open
Thoughts on Ronald Purser's December 2025 essay in Current Affairs, "AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself"
View article: The "If-Then" Approach to AI Biosecurity
The "If-Then" Approach to AI Biosecurity Open
A Measured Approach to AI+Biosecurity: The "If-Then" Framework from the 2025 NASEM report, The Age of AI in the Life Sciences: Benefits and Biosecurity Considerations.
View article: The "If-Then" Approach to AI Biosecurity
The "If-Then" Approach to AI Biosecurity Open
A Measured Approach to AI+Biosecurity: The "If-Then" Framework from the 2025 NASEM report, The Age of AI in the Life Sciences: Benefits and Biosecurity Considerations.
View article: Quoting Kevin Roose (NYT / Hard Fork)
Quoting Kevin Roose (NYT / Hard Fork) Open
I'm not going to listen to opinions about AI from people who don't use AI.
View article: NeurIPS 2025 Workshop on Biosecurity Safeguards for Generative AI
NeurIPS 2025 Workshop on Biosecurity Safeguards for Generative AI Open
Accepted papers from the NeurIPS 2025 Workshop on Biosecurity Safeguards for Generative AI (BioSafe GenAI 2025)
View article: The Genesis Mission
The Genesis Mission Open
An AI Manhattan Project for Science and Biotech
View article: Weekly Recap (Nov 14, 2025)
Weekly Recap (Nov 14, 2025) Open
All the talks from posit::conf(2025) and the 2025 Nextflow Summit are on Youtube. I embedded all the recordings into a single page for each: openRxiv (bioRxiv+medRxiv) launches a partnership with q.e.d…
View article: Weekly Recap (Nov 14, 2025)
Weekly Recap (Nov 14, 2025) Open
All the talks from posit::conf(2025) and the 2025 Nextflow Summit are on Youtube. I embedded all the recordings into a single page for each: openRxiv (bioRxiv+medRxiv) launches a partnership with q.e.d…
View article: Nextflow Summit 2025 Talks on YouTube
Nextflow Summit 2025 Talks on YouTube Open
Last year's Nextflow Summit was one of the best conferences I've been to in years. This year's meeting was fully virtual, and all the recordings are now available on YouTube.
View article: Nextflow Summit 2025 Talks on YouTube
Nextflow Summit 2025 Talks on YouTube Open
Last year's Nextflow Summit was one of the best conferences I've been to in years. This year's meeting was fully virtual, and all the recordings are now available on YouTube.
View article: posit::conf(2025) talks on YouTube
posit::conf(2025) talks on YouTube Open
Over 100 recorded talks from posit::conf(2025) are now available on YouTube
View article: posit::conf(2025) talks on YouTube
posit::conf(2025) talks on YouTube Open
Over 100 recorded talks from posit::conf(2025) are now available on YouTube
View article: Weekly Recap (Nov 7, 2025)
Weekly Recap (Nov 7, 2025) Open
Andrew Heiss: LLMs are bad and dangerous for learning how to code in this class (Data Visualization with R). The R Data Scientist November 4 2025 : R ecosystem updates, workflows & techniques, ggpl…
View article: Weekly Recap (Nov 7, 2025)
Weekly Recap (Nov 7, 2025) Open
Andrew Heiss: LLMs are bad and dangerous for learning how to code in this class (Data Visualization with R). The R Data Scientist November 4 2025 : R ecosystem updates, workflows & techniques, ggpl…
View article: WIRED: AI of a Thousand Faces
WIRED: AI of a Thousand Faces Open
WIRED recently published a special AI issue at wired.com/ai-issue . Here are all the stories from that issue.
View article: WIRED: AI of a Thousand Faces
WIRED: AI of a Thousand Faces Open
WIRED recently published a special AI issue at wired.com/ai-issue . Here are all the stories from that issue.
View article: Weekly Recap (Oct 31, 2025)
Weekly Recap (Oct 31, 2025) Open
MIT Technology Review : Biodiversity: A missing link in combating climate change Science : At futuristic meeting, AIs took the lead in producing and reviewing all the studies . Ne…
View article: Weekly Recap (Oct 31, 2025)
Weekly Recap (Oct 31, 2025) Open
MIT Technology Review : Biodiversity: A missing link in combating climate change Science : At futuristic meeting, AIs took the lead in producing and reviewing all the studies . Ne…
View article: Bioconductor 3.22 Released
Bioconductor 3.22 Released Open
The Bioconductor 3.22 release is now available. It includes 2,361 software packages, 435 experiment data packages, 926 annotation packages, 29 workflows, and 6 books. This cycle adds 59 new software packages, 6 new experiment data packages…
View article: Bioconductor 3.22 Released
Bioconductor 3.22 Released Open
The Bioconductor 3.22 release is now available. It includes 2,361 software packages, 435 experiment data packages, 926 annotation packages, 29 workflows, and 6 books. This cycle adds 59 new software packages, 6 new experiment data packages…
View article: Weekly recap (Oct 24, 2025)
Weekly recap (Oct 24, 2025) Open
Bruno Rodrigues: A Polyglot Data Science Pipeline with rixpress . This post demonstrates the power of the rixpress R package to build, orchestrate, and execute a fully reproducible, polyglot data science pipeline.
View article: Weekly recap (Oct 24, 2025)
Weekly recap (Oct 24, 2025) Open
Bruno Rodrigues: A Polyglot Data Science Pipeline with rixpress . This post demonstrates the power of the rixpress R package to build, orchestrate, and execute a fully reproducible, polyglot data science pipeline.
View article: Switching word processors with Zotero
Switching word processors with Zotero Open
I used Google Docs in a recent paper I led because I had collaborators across the US, UK, Jersey, Denmark, and Mauritius, and Google Docs is infinitely better than Word online / O365 at collaborative real-time editing. I've used Zotero for…
View article: Switching word processors with Zotero
Switching word processors with Zotero Open
I used Google Docs in a recent paper I led because I had collaborators across the US, UK, Jersey, Denmark, and Mauritius, and Google Docs is infinitely better than Word online / O365 at collaborative real-time editing. I've used Zotero for…
View article: Weekly recap (Oct 17, 2025)
Weekly recap (Oct 17, 2025) Open
GPU Support in Bioconductor . GPU acceleration enables faster and more scalable analysis workflows, especially for tasks like deep learning, image processing, and large-scale genomics. Bioconductor is developing better s…
View article: Weekly recap (Oct 17, 2025)
Weekly recap (Oct 17, 2025) Open
GPU Support in Bioconductor . GPU acceleration enables faster and more scalable analysis workflows, especially for tasks like deep learning, image processing, and large-scale genomics. Bioconductor is developing better s…
View article: Most graduate students propose to do too much
Most graduate students propose to do too much Open
I recommend subscribing to Claus Wilke's newsletter, Genes, Minds, Machines. I've linked to many of his essays in recent weeks. This one was a good read. Now that I'm back in academia and will be taking on Ph.D. students in my lab, this wa…
View article: Most graduate students propose to do too much
Most graduate students propose to do too much Open
I recommend subscribing to Claus Wilke's newsletter, Genes, Minds, Machines. I've linked to many of his essays in recent weeks. This one was a good read. Now that I'm back in academia and will be taking on Ph.D. students in my lab, this wa…
View article: Asymmetries in Biosecurity
Asymmetries in Biosecurity Open
In cybersecurity, defenders have to get everything right. Cyber defense must patch every vulnerability, secure every endpoint, anticipate every exploit. Attackers, by contrast, only need to find one overlooked flaw. That imbalance, which h…