Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. Interested in statistical physics, networks, complex systems, and cities. Webpage: https://aleckirkley.com/https://bsky.app/profile/captainkirk1041.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainkirk1041.bsky.social/post/3mgttjvio2s2r3 more days until the SINM deadline! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Mar 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:ch4ltcx6ji773e4qyrrvu76n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgttjvio2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainkirk1041.bsky.social/post/3mghbxycn622m8 more days to submit! We have a great lineup of invited talks including @alicepatania.bsky.social, Yinqiu He, and Mark Newman. See sinm.network for more details! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Mar 2026 07:19 +0000at://did:plc:ch4ltcx6ji773e4qyrrvu76n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mghbxycn622mhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainkirk1041.bsky.social/post/3mexatjudgk23Interested in giving a talk at @netsciconf.bsky.social but missed the main conference deadline? Submit your work to the Statistical Inference for Network Models (SINM) satellite! Send your one page abstract by March 15 and check out sinm.network for more details! https://sinm.network/16 Feb 2026 04:50 +0000at://did:plc:ch4ltcx6ji773e4qyrrvu76n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mexatjudgk23https://bsky.app/profile/captainkirk1041.bsky.social/post/3ltwgi7cvws2nExcited to see this out! If you need to identify a network backbone but don’t know how to choose the number of edges to keep, here’s a Bayesian solution. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2025 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:ch4ltcx6ji773e4qyrrvu76n/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwgi7cvws2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainkirk1041.bsky.social/post/3lqopbuxrp22mStarting the SINM satellite at @netsciconf.bsky.social with an exciting talk by Daichi Kuroda!03 Jun 2025 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:ch4ltcx6ji773e4qyrrvu76n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqopbuxrp22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainkirk1041.bsky.social/post/3llzzy2t3wc2zI've been guest editing a focus issue for Journal of Physics: Complexity with @jgyou.bsky.social, @gcant.bsky.social, and Cate De Bacco on Statistical Inference and Machine Learning for Complex Networks. See https://iopscience.iop.org/collections/jpcomplex-240806-630, and feel free to get in touch with any questions!05 Apr 2025 03:56 +0000at://did:plc:ch4ltcx6ji773e4qyrrvu76n/app.bsky.feed.post/3llzzy2t3wc2z