Mil lieues - a blog about computation and biology

Étincelle seminars: eight years of ideas

seminars
interdisciplinarity
science
From January 2018 to June 2025, I organized 177 Étincelle seminars. Looking back at the series as a whole reveals not only the range of subjects we explored, but also the…
Oct 15, 2026
David Colliaux
 

Éthologie des robots humanoïdes / Ethology of Humanoid Robots

philosophy
robotics
ethology
Sep 30, 2026
David Colliaux

Hyperchaos in a flip-flop oscillatory network

dynamical systems
oscillators
chaos
Some almost 20 years ago, I was at Yoko Yamaguchi’s Lab where I developped a new model of a flip-flop oscillator with a Milnor attractor. Together with her and Colin Molter w…
Sep 22, 2026
David Colliaux
 

Introduction to Digital Humanities / Introduction aux humanités numériques

digital humanities
Sep 16, 2026
David Colliaux

Carrot fields forever

plant biology
L-system
3D
Carrots are quite tough to harvest by hand but there is a way to to do it without hurting your back or getting your hands dirty. Grow it virtually!
Jan 4, 2026
David Colliaux

Existential machines

philosophy
robots
ai
We had the great pleasure, at AIPHI, of hosting Dominique Lestel, who presented his work in a talk entitled Steps to an Ethology of Insurrectionary Machines. His…
Oct 30, 2025
David Colliaux

Basic Dream Model - Modeling photosynthetic regulation

photosynthesis
simulation
plants
We saw about the fluorescence response of plants to oscillating light stimulation in a previous post. I want here to present a model for these responses based on a system of…
Oct 24, 2025
David Colliaux

The sound of photosynthesis

photosynthesis
sonification
plants
Plants are converting H\(_2\)O and CO\(_2\) into O\(_2\) and glucose, respectively, via light energy through photosynthesis. This process is decomposed into: first the…
Oct 17, 2025
David Colliaux
 

Welcome to Mil Lieues

news
Hey! This is a blog about various scientific topics that I find interesting. I will post here my random thoughts and ideas related to modeling, machine learning and biology.
Oct 16, 2025
David Colliaux
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