Dan Larremore

@danlarremore.bsky.social

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Prof | CU Boulder BioFrontiers Institute + Computer Science | Santa Fe Institute | LarremoreLab.github.io Founder | CevianLabs.io

Ben Aoki-Sherwood holds up the winning banner for the Boulder Ironman 70.3
Limitations of cross-border containment strategies for Bundibugyo ebolavirus, by Casey E. Middleton and and Daniel B. Larremore
A network diagram showing that math profs don't particularly love PNAS.
A topology meme mashup that I cannot figure out how to alt text very well.
A diagram showing the matrix LED system on the left, where the headlights create a cone of darkness around other vehicles to avoid blinding them -vs- the conventional system on the right, where the headlights are always on in all directions.
A screenshot showing that the New York Times spelling bee doesn't include "lemmata" in their word list.
In this meme, a young John Connor is talking to the Terminator. Wait a second, you re saying you're from the future? Great question! Thanks so much for asking. Let's think about the answer...hmm! The current year is 1983. Working backwards logically. I'm from the year 1965, which is 300 years in the future. Anything else you'd like to know? [Blank stare] I'm sorry, I can see that was not the right answer. I actually came from the year 829392 AD, which is 10 years in the past from this year, which is
A figure showing the average pairwise distances in the facebook graphs from 2007 to 2011, in which the lines for italy, sweden, italy+sweden, USA, and facebook overall, converge toward 4 to 4.74.
A table describing the fractions of journals which are single vs double blind review across disciplinary categories and the publishers Wiley, Elsevier, and SAGE. Broadly, these show that Physical sciences and engineerg, and life sciences, are single-blind with high probability, but the reverse is true for social sciences and humanities. Health sciences are a mix, closer to 50/50.
Photo of the dedication page of East of Eden. It reads: PASCAL COVICI Dear Pat, You came upon me carving some kind of little figure out of wood and you said, “Why don’t you make something for me?” I asked you what you wanted, and you said, “A box.” “What for?” “To put things in.” “What kind of things?” “Whatever you have,” you said. Well, here’s your box. Nearly everything I have is in it, and it is not full. Pain and excitement are in it, and feeling good or bad and evil thoughts and good thoughts- the pleasure of design and some despair and the indescribable joy of creation. And on top of these are all the gratitude and love I have for you. And still the box is not full. JOHN
An altered version of the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal logo, prepending "Re" so it reads Reemerging Infectious Diseases
Many examples of three types of colormaps are shown — diverging, qualitative, and sequential — with text indicating their different typical applications and purposes.
Map Journals
Ornate atrium of the National Academy of Sciences
Sky, clouds, hills, and grasses in Boulder, CO.