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We've starting putting the pieces together for Sprouts 2027, which will happen sometime in April on Zoom. (Usually on a Saturday.) This year we'll be playing Fjords. (Only the second phase.) Here's what we've got up so far:

* Sprouts 2027 homepage: https://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2027/
* Play Fjords online here: https://kyleburke.info/DB/combGames/fjords.html
* Interested in writing a computer player? Learn what you need to do to write one and submit it here: https://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2027/sprouts2027ComputerTournament.php

Sprouts is an abstract games conference where undergrads contribute talks. Even though there is a focus on undergrads, everyone is invited to attend!

#Sprouts2027 #CombinatorialGames #FjordsGame #UndergradResearch #AbstractGames

🧪 Whether you're prepping for fall classes or finishing a summer research project, paywalls shouldn't be the reason you give up on a source.

Open Access Helper finds the legal free version — if one exists.

https://www.oahelper.org
#GradSchool #UndergradResearch

One of my students coded up some Toads and Frogs games last year and this semester wanted to improve the Elephants and Rhinos positions so they were all generated with mean value of zero.

The issue is that if you generate really random E&R boards, they are often either extremely unbalanced or there are very few moves available.

They got it working! Now you can play Elephants and Rhinos games where it's complicated to find and make the best moves. Try it out here:

https://kyleburke.info/DB/combGames/elephantsAndRhinos.html

(I don't want to say it's "hard" because you can still find them in polynomial time.)

#CombinatorialGames #UndergradResearch

#Sprouts2026 was yesterday and it was great! Sprouts is our annual conference in abstract games (often #CombinatorialGames) where students present #UndergradResearch for the contributed talks.

Here are my summaries of the talks: https://combinatorialgametheory.blogspot.com/2026/04/sprouts-2026-summaries.html

Here are a bunch of my after-the-fact thoughts: https://combinatorialgametheory.blogspot.com/2026/04/sprouts-2026-afterthoughts.html

I need to make sure I figure a bunch of those things out in time for next year!

Thank you to everyone who attended and especially to all of our great speakers. Craig and I agreed that we're very lucky to get such amazing talks!

The #Sprouts2026 program is coming along! We have nine contributed talks all lined up (from undergrads) and our keynote info should be going up later this week. https://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2026/

#CombinatorialGames #UndergradResearch

We got our first talk scheduled for #Sprouts2026! https://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2026/ I'm looking forward to receiving more proposals.

I've also been getting questions about writing #AIPlayers and updated the directions on that page. https://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2026/sprouts2026ComputerTournament.php (Some of the notes were about last year's game, whoops!)

#CombinatorialGames #UndergradResearch

We have a date for #Sprouts2026: Saturday, April 11, 2026. Woo!

Sprouts is a #CombinatorialGames conference where undergrads give the contributed talks. Everyone can attend. Registration is free and we have great talks as well as human and computer tournaments.

This year we're playing #BattleSheep. Come join us at Sprouts! https://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2026/

#UndergradResearch

Looking for a summer research experience abroad? ☀️🧪

Our lab is welcoming undergraduate students from the UK, USA, or Canada to join us next summer via the DAAD-RISE program!

Discover research in Germany and be part of a collaborative international community. 🌍🇩🇪🧬

🔗 https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#DR

#DAAD #RISE #UndergradResearch #OpenScience #AcademicOpportunities
@PuckerLab @samnm

Opportunity for Undergrads: https://bit.ly/47NE6pP

The Critical Zone Collaborative Network & CUAHSI are offering a NSF-funded REU program in Critical Zone Science.

Work at one of 50 research sites across the U.S. this summer.

Stipend included.

Apply by Feb 6, 2024.

#UndergradResearch #CriticalZone #FieldWork #EnvironmentalScience

Just discovered #MarshMadness is a thing

Any #PlantSci folks studying marsh #vegetation interested in a #TenureTrack Biology Prof #PlantSciJobs @SUNYGeneseo in Western New York?

We'd love you to connect marsh #plant studies to #sustainability & #global issues.

We value #Diversity and #Inclusion and #UndergradResearch #UndergraduateResearch

Find more details & apply here:
jobs.geneseo.edu/postings/4254

Attention #PlantScience #PlantSci #botany folks here's a #PlantSciJobs

SUNY Geneseo, a #pui, is #hiring a #tenuretrack Asst Prof of Biology!

Geneseo, ~30min from Rochester in WNY is a great place to live & work.

We value #DiversityandInclusion & #UndergradResearch
and welcome #WomeninScience #LatinxinSTEM #QueerinSTEM #BlackinSTEM #DisabledinSTEM

If you study #mosses #ForestEcology #aquaticplants #nativeplants or other #PlantSci consider applying!

More info: https://jobs.geneseo.edu/postings/4254

Thrilled and honored to announce that David Neville, Tim Arner and I have been awarded a Digital Humanities Advancement Grant from the #NEH for “The Virtual Viking Longship Project: A Study in the Future of Liberal Arts Teaching and Research”
Can’t wait to hire 6 awesome undergrads at Carleton and Grinnell Colleges to build amazing 3D VR experiences.
#digitalhumanities #3d #VR #liberalarts #undergraduate #undergradresearch #vikings #histodons #medievalmastodon
https://bit.ly/3iqxzgT

New lab paper out today in Journal of Ecology. This paper stems from an observation by technician Vincent Pan (now at MSU as a PhD student), during another study that heat reduced the attachment strength of mucilage and encouraged the lab to figure it out... more in the thread - #plantecology #seedmucilage #ecology #undergradresearch #seedecology https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.14044

TFW a student sends you absolutely GORGEOUS data after they've spent months and months dealing with the frustration of trying to nail down the protocol

Today is a fabulous day!! :)

#UndergradResearch

#introduction time, I suppose

I'm a bacterial geneticist at a smallish public college. I teach (frequently Genetics) and have an undergrad only research lab. Research interests include CNVs and 16S ribosomal RNA processing

I post a little about science and faculty life, a lot about being an academic/working mom and about my kids' zany antics, with some photos of my very handsome dog Sammy in the mix

#microbiology #WomeninSTEM #UndergradResearch #MomInScience
#genetics #DogsOfMastodon