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Daniel Ari Friedman contact information

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Name
Daniel Ari Friedman
Location
California, USA, Earth
Personal Sites
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Keybase username
docxology
ENS registration
docxology.eth
ORCID
0000-0001-6232-9096
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Education

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Education
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End year
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Postdoctoral Fellow
2019
2023
University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Co-mentors: Prof. Brian Johnson (UCD) and Prof. Tim Linksvayer (Texas Tech)
Oct. 2020-2023: NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB) Award: #2010290.
Genomics, Epigenomics, Transcriptomics, Behavior in eusocial Insects (mainly ants & bees)
Science research, mentoring, participation, service, organizing events and communities online.
PhD
2014
2019
Stanford University, CA, USA
Thesis advisor: Professor Deborah M Gordon, Biology.
Research, Teaching, Service, and Coursework. Summer 2014 - Summer 2019.
Thesis topics: Ant ecology, collective behavior, brain gene expression, neurometabolism
2014-2017: Stanford Graduate Fellow (Urbanek Family Fellowship)
2016-2019: Co-organizer of the Stanford Complexity Group
2019: Stanford Neuroscience NeuroChoice Grant, (neurometabolism in ants), $25,000.
2018: Stanford Systems Biology Seed Grant (gene expression & behavior in ants), $25,000.
2016: Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Award, AMNH, $2,500
2016: Lewis & Clark Fund grant, Amer. Phil. Soc., $4,000
2015 & 2016: NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
BSc
2010
2014
University of California, Davis, CA, USA
BSc in Genetics, University of California, Davis.
2014: Genetics Dept. Citation, Highest Honors (3.74 GPA overall)
2014: Campus Community Service Silver Award (2014)
2014: Stanley and Jacqueline Schilling Award for Service
2013: Completed Population Biology Graduate Group 1-year base PhD curriculum
2014: Co-founder of The Aggie Transcript, an undergraduate biology journal
2013: Victoria Finnerty Award for Research in Drosophila
2014: Elected member of Phi Beta Kappa, UCD Chapter
2012-2014: Co-organizer of the Chess Club at UC Davis
2011-2014: Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology
2011: Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship for Fly research, $2,500
High School
2006
2010
Crystal Springs Uplands School, CA
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Workplace
Start year
End year
Roles
Description
Community Organization
4
2021
Ongoing
Co-founded the , have organized and implemented , multiple educational programs (Ontology development, Textbook groups, etc), and other ecosystem engagement activities.
2019
2024
At , organizing activities and community around learning and applying Complexity.
2019
Ongoing
Research facilitation and participation on .
2014
2019
Organizing the Stanford Complexity Group while it was active.
Startup
4
2023
2024
Stealth Active Inference startup
2019
2023
Education, online event planning, and consulting for
2017
2019
Predictive analytics and dashboard visualizations. With Prof. Glenn Magerman @ KU Leuven (Economics)
2017
2019
Three-person cryptocurrency research group.
Research
3
2019
2023
Postdoctoral position during NSF fellowship with Brian Johnson (UC Davis) and Tim Linksvayer (ASU)
2014
2019
During graduate school: Research, Field work, Wet lab, Bioinformatics, Mentor for multiple high schoolers, undergraduates, graduate students, and non-academics. I have worked with various students of different backgrounds, for varying lengths of time from one-time to multi-year. I aim to help people manage their scientific projects, personal interactions, and learning trajectory through discourse and discussions.
2010
2014
Undergraduate Research Assistant with Prof. Artyom Kopp, Ecology & Evolution, UC Davis. We examined the role of non-coding DNA elements in the evolution of a sexually dimorphic trait: the foreleg sex comb in Drosophila fruit flies.
Pedicab
1
2014
2019
Operating a pedicab/rickshaw at events such as music festivals in CA and downtown areas (Davis & San Jose, CA).
Teaching
2
2015
2016
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Stanford University) for Undergraduate & Graduate courses: 2015 “General Biology: Cell and Molecular Biology”, and 2016 “Ethics of Evolutionary Biology.”
2014
2014
Student Teacher, Developmental Biology Course Co-developer With Prof. Susan Keen at UC Davis, designed and co-taught a developmental biology course.
Tutoring
1
2010
2015
Independent tutoring business, Davis and Stanford, CA. Teaching to (and learning from) undergraduates. 0-10 hours per week: genetics, biology, chemistry.

A View of Works & Publications
Type
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Title
URL
Venue
Collaborators
DOI or ISBN
22
Structuring the Information Commons: Open Standards and Cognitive Security
978-1-7364269-3-7
22
Book of Love
None
21
Narrative Information Ecosystems: Conflict and Trust on the Endless Frontier
978-1-7364269-2-0
20
The Great Preset: Remote Teams and Operational Art
978-1-7364269-0-6
24
Federated inference and belief sharing
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105500
24
Shared Protentions in Multi-Agent Active Inference
10.3390/e26040303
24
Enhancing Population-based Search with Active Inference
10.48550/arXiv.2408.09548
24
Aligning Active Inference Ontology to SUMO
10.5281/zenodo.11459322
24
Bridging gaps in image meme research: A multidisciplinary paradigm for scaling up qualitative analyses
10.1002/asi.24900
24
Why Paleolithic Rockstars were both enigmatic and sporadic: A Comment on: ‘Snakes and ladders’ in paleoanthropology: From cognitive surprise to skillfulness a million years ago
10.1016/j.plrev.2024.04.010
24
Chemical and transcriptomic diversity do not correlate with ascending levels of social complexity in the insect order Blattodea
10.1002/ece3.70063
24
Thoughtseeds: Evolutionary Priors, Nested Markov Blankets, and the Emergence of Embodied Cognition
10.48550/arXiv.2408.15982
24
Four-fold Fields of Quantum Dreams
10.5281/zenodo.10798145
24
Way Finding in the Infinite Imaginarium: Juxtaposing Epistemic Tempos and Modes
10.5281/zenodo.10601082
24
Push and Pull: A priming sequence
10.5281/zenodo.10659375
24
Comments Submitted by BlockScience, University of Washington APL Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative (IRSIRI), Cognitive Security and Education Forum (COGSEC), and the Active Inference Institute (AII) to the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development National Coordination Office's Request for Comment on The Creation of a National Digital Twins R&D Strategic Plan NITRD-2024-13379
10.5281/zenodo.13273681
24
FarmWorks: Decentralized AI Agents for Personalized Solutions
10.5281/zenodo.13754585
23
A single-pheromone model accounts for empirical patterns of ant colony foraging previously modeled using two pheromones
10.1016/j.cogsys.2023.02.005
23
A variational synthesis of evolutionary and developmental dynamics
10.3390/e25070964
23
ATLAS: A Question Oriented Approach to the Use of Pattern Languages in Knowledge Management
10.5281/zenodo.10296601
23
Experimental Entomology in the Age of Video
e65002
23
Generalized Notation Notation for Active Inference Models
10.5281/zenodo.7803328
23
Cognitive Sovereignty & Active Inference in the State of Exception
10.5281/zenodo.10038232
23
Open Access science needs Open Science Sensemaking (OSSm): open infrastructure for sharing scientific sensemaking data
10.31222/osf.io/9nb3u
23
To comment or not to comment, that is the question!: Comment on “To copy or not to copy?...”
10.1016/j.plrev.2023.06.002
23
Generative Research Teams: Active Inference Compositions For Research and Meta-Science
10.5281/zenodo.8164667
23
The Active Inference Institute and Active Inference Ecosystem
10.5281/zenodo.8266281
23
A snapshot and pipeline for tissue-specific gene expression meta-analysis in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
10.5281/zenodo.10400744
23
An Account of Active Inference Modeling
10.5281/zenodo.8415313
23
Distributed Science - The Scientific Process as Multi-Scale Active Inference
10.31219/osf.io/dnw5k
23
The Properties, Processes, and Perspectives Inter-Framework (P3IF): Multiplexing interdisciplinary requirements frameworks to manage information risk and foster cognitive security
10.5281/zenodo.10034512
23
A guided tour through the spaces of particular “minds”: A Comment on “Path integrals, particular kinds, and strange things”
10.1016/j.plrev.2023.11.001
23
Enhanced NSF Postdoctoral Reporting via Synthetic Intelligence Language Processing
10.5281/zenodo.10160656
23
Comments on AI Accountability Policy Submitted to NTIA Docket 2023-0005-0001 by IRSIRI, AII, PFH, and COGSEC
10.5281/zenodo.8025957
23
A Natural AI Based on The Science of Computational Physics, Biology and Neuroscience: Policy and Societal Significance
10.5281/zenodo.10360148
22
From Users to (Sense)Makers: On the Pivotal Role of Stigmergic Social Annotation in the Quest for Collective Sensemaking
10.48550/arXiv.2205.06345
22
Tracking Public Sensemaking through Rhetorical Annotation of Image Memes
10.5281/zenodo.6904427
22
An Active Inference Ontology for Decentralized Science: from Situated Sensemaking to the Epistemic Commons
10.5281/zenodo.6320574
22
TrustFinder: Recommendations for a Community-Based System for Finding Trusted Sources and Evaluating Claims
10.5281/zenodo.7093837
22
Predictive Processing Interpretation of the Mirror Test and Implications of a Reflection Prediction for Human Cognition
10.5281/zenodo.7377256
22
On free will or the lack thereof
10.5281/zenodo.7394901
22
Catechism for: "Towards Active Diffusion: A Tale of Multiple (den)Cities"
10.5281/zenodo.7443848
22
The Free Energy Principle & Active Inference: a Systematic Literature Analysis
10.5281/zenodo.7449368
22
Systems Modeling and Cognitive Audits for Hypercert Ecosystems
10.5281/zenodo.7626769
21
Active Inferants: An Active Inference Framework for Ant Colony Behavior
10.3389/fnbeh.2021.647732
21
Active Inference in Modeling Conflict
10.5281/zenodo.5759807
21
Digital Rhetorical Ecosystem Analysis: Sensemaking of Digital Memetic Discourse
10.5281/zenodo.5573947
21
Narrative Information Management
10.5281/zenodo.5573287
21
Collaborative Writing for Catechism-Based Teams
10.5281/zenodo.4633921
21
Knowledge Management Archipelago
10.5281/zenodo.5034809
20
The Innovator’s Catechism
10.5281/zenodo.4383230
20
Reimagining Maps
10.5281/zenodo.4170026
20
The Facilitator's Catechism
10.5281/zenodo.4203765
20
The neuroscience of decision making
10.34700/8pg4-0h12
20
Active Inference & Behavior Engineering for Teams
10.5281/zenodo.4021163
20
Infinite Games for Infinite Teams
None
20
Distributed physiology and the molecular basis of social life in eusocial insects
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104757
20
Emergent Teams for Complex Threats
10.5281/zenodo.3986085
20
Gene expression variation in the brains of harvester ant foragers is associated with collective behavior
10.1038/s42003-020-0813-8
20
Measurement of natural variation of neurotransmitter tissue content in red harvester ant brains among different colonies.
10.1007/s00216-019-02355-3
19
Dennett Explained
10.34700/7gkw-zh08
19
The ant colony as a test for scientific theories of consciousness
10.1007/s11229-019-02130-y
19
The physiology of forager hydration and variation among harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) colonies in collective foraging
10.1038/s41598-019-41586-3
18
“The Role of Dopamine in the Collective Regulation of Foraging in Harvester Ants”
10.1016/j.isci.2018.09.001
18
“Foraging behavior and locomotion of the invasive Argentine ant from winter aggregations”
10.1371/journal.pone.0202117
18
"Partner Pen Play in Parallel (PPPiP): A New PPPiParadigm for Relationship Improvement"
10.3390/arts7030039
18
“Of woodlice and men: A Bayesian account of cognition, life and consciousness”
10.34700/h460-nz89
17
“The MutAnts are here”
10.1016/j.cell.2017.07.046
17
“Two lineages that need each other"
10.1111/mec.13964
16
“Context-dependent expression of the foraging gene in field colonies of ants: the interacting roles of age, environment and task”
10.1098/rspb.2016.0841
16
“Ant Genetics: Reproductive Physiology, Worker Morphology, and Behavior”
10.1146/annurev-neuro-070815-013927
16
"Influence of Nuclear Structure on the formation of radiation-induced lethal lesions"
10.3109/09553002.2016.1144941
15
“Could Ehrlichial Infection Cause Some of the Changes Associated with Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Diseases and Autoimmune Disorders, and Offer Antibiotic Treatment Options?”
10.1016/j.mehy.2015.09.015
15
"Large Scale Coding Sequence Change Underlies the Evolution of Post-developmental Novelty in Honey Bees"
10.1093/molbev/msu292
15
“Commentary: Portuguese crypto-Jews: the genetic heritage of a complex history”
10.3389/fgene.2015.00261
23
Transcript of Chris Fields, "Physics as Information Processing" course in 2023
10.5281/zenodo.10447642
20
How to use Keybase for remote teams
20
Communication for Remote Teams
21
The Facilitator's Catechism Playbook
10.5281/zenodo.4579414
21
Innovator’s Digital Playbook
978-0-578-31739-7
19
Behavioral, Physiological, and Transcriptomic Variation Among Colonies of the Red Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus)
23
Active Blockference: cadCAD with Active Inference for cognitive systems modeling
10.1007/978-3-031-28719-0_10
24
MathArt Stream #8 ~ William Blake and Active Inference
10.5281/zenodo.13711301
23
William Blake & Buckminster Fuller: Lives in Juxtaposition (A study in Comprehensivity)
10.5281/zenodo.7514368
23
Monitoring memetic sense-making across digital publics: Combining rhetorical analysis and ecological frameworks for gathering and analyzing image-memes
None
23
Of Ants & Aging
10.5281/zenodo.7855582
23
Modern Nostr Index Card-based Knowledge Engineering
10.5281/zenodo.8118156
23
Slides for Iris
10.5281/zenodo.7838653
23
Postdoc review (2020-2023) ~ September 25, 2023
10.5281/zenodo.8377988
24
Writing on for the “On NFT” book
978-3-8365-9970-2
24
along with transcripts at the
10.5281/zenodo.7964130
24
24
FORMINDEX: FORMIS INtegrated Database EXploration
Github
10.5281/zenodo.13927034


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Conference
Type
Context and/or Title
2024
“...And Eternity in an hour of Systems Science Education and Knowledge Engineering.” (
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2024
Panel discussion “Funding AI public goods and keeping them public”
2024
“Intelligence in the Age of LLMs” panel
2022
“Tissue-specific gene expression meta-analysis in honey bees (Apis mellifera)” 4/10/2022
2021
“Thinking like a State : Active inference and the deep roots of complex societies”. Avel Guénin-Carlut, Daniel Friedman and Virginia Bleu Knight.
2021
“Introducing Active Inference as An Integrative Principle in The Study of Collective Intelligence”. Avel Guénin-Carlut and Daniel Friedman
2020
“Active Inference for Communicating Systems”, Invited Online Seminar, 11/3/2020
2019
Invited seminar, Dept. of Animal Behavior, University of California, Davis, 4/5/2019
2018
Invited seminar, Stanford University Mass Spectrometry Research Symposium (SUMS-RAS), 10/4/2018
2018
Essig Entomology Brunch
Invited seminar, Essig Entomology brunch, University of California, Berkeley. 2/6/2018
2017
“The role of dopamine in the regulation of foraging in the red harvester ant”, poster at Entomology Society of America conference
2017
“Quantitative LC-MS/MS analysis of dopamine in single ant brain samples”. KM Krasinska, DA Friedman, DM Gordon, AS Chien. American Society of Mass Spectroscopy Conference.
2015
“Transcriptomic analysis of the regulation of foraging in harvester ants”. DA Friedman, A Pilko, DM Gordon.
2014
"Evolution of sex comb enhancers in the HOX gene Scr". DA Friedman, T Orenic, C McCullough, E Eksi, OY Barmina, A Kopp. Poster.
2012
"Visualizing the Integration of Sensory Neurons into a Sex-Specific Central Nervous System Circuit in 3-D." DA Friedman.
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Science Engagement, Outreach, Quotes, Articles and More

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Year
Name
Link
Video conversations on other channels
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2024
From Ants to Active Inference with Daniel Ari Friedman. (Love & Philosophy)
2024
Interaction. In Search of Daniel Friedman's Deepest Value. (Math4Wisdom)
2024
Building Smarter AI: Active Inference & Nested Models – Bagaev, de Vries, Friedman, Pashea | 05 (FP1)
2024
Interaction. In Search of Daniel Friedman's Deepest Value. ()
2023
Active Inference & The Free Energy Principle with Daniel Friedman (No Way Out podcast)
2023
Episode 6 | Special Guest – Daniel Friedman – Active Inference Institute | What is Active Inference? (Denise Holt)
2022
220 | Artist of Curio Cards 24-26 Shares Incredible Journey through Art & Science | Daniel Friedman (Jake Gallen)
2022
What Ant Behavior Reveals About Complexity Science with Daniel Friedman (Making Sense of Complexity ~ Episode 1)
2022
What is Active Inference?...with Daniel Friedman (Inner Sense)
2022
KBCast Episode 7: Kernel Block 5 Week 6 and special guest Daniel Ari Friedman (Active Inference Lab)
2022
Great discussion with Daniel, OG Curio Card artist, cards 24,25,26 — (ZeroG)
2022
Kernel ~ [KB7 Fireside] Scaling Principled Games (feat. Daniel Friedman)
2022
Daniel Friedman Interview - Adventures in #NFTs #3 (World Crypto Network)
2022
BANGING THE DRUM WITH DANIEL FRIEDMAN! (Nicholas Pacheco)
2022
BANGING THE DRUM WITH DANIEL FRIEDMAN! (Nicholas Pacheco)
2022
Episode 1 - What Ant Behavior Reveals About Complexity Science with Daniel Friedman (Making Sense of Complexity)
2022
[KB7 Fireside] Scaling Principled Games (feat. Daniel Friedman) ()
2022
KBCast Episode 7: Kernel Block 5 Week 6 and special guest Daniel Ari Friedman (Active Inference Lab)
2021
Daniel Friedman Interview - Adventures in #NFTs #3 — World Crypto Network
2021
Daniel Friedman Interview - Adventures in #NFTs #3 (World Crypto Network)
2020
Interview with Monica Kang about Complexity Weekend, with co-founder Shaun Swanson and organizer JP Gonzales
2019
Radio Interview, Feb. 4th 2019, KPOO 89.5 FM in San Francisco.
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