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In the before times we used to run a festival called 'algomech' in Sheffield UK. The pandemic put paid to that but we're now coming back with a new small festival called Alpaca (festival of Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts). If you are curious about strange patterns in different forms then this one is for you!
There'll be a top notch algorave with people writing code to make electronic dance music, also a concert with pattern-based instrumental music and closin…

LimeWire, which began as a music sharing service and pivoted to serving as an NFT marketplace, bought Fyre Festival's IP and social media accounts for $245,300 (Hunter Schwarz/Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91404677/limewire-bought-fyre-fest-brand…

Yes, LimeWire really bought Fyre Fest’s IP
The two zombie brands LimeWire and Fyre Fest are hoping for synergies, and that the value of Fyre Fest comes in the attention it gets.

SPHENIC: Topology-Informed Multi-View Clustering for Spatial Transcriptomics
Chenkai Guo, Yikai Zhu, Jing Yangum, Renxiang Guan, Por Lip Yee, Guangdun Peng, Dayu Hu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10646

SPHENIC: Topology-Informed Multi-View Clustering for Spatial Transcriptomics
By incorporating spatial location information, spatial-transcriptomics clustering yields more comprehensive insights into cell subpopulation identification. Despite recent progress, existing methods have at least two limitations: (i) topological learning typically considers only representations of individual cells or their interaction graphs; however, spatial transcriptomic profiles are often noisy, making these approaches vulnerable to low-quality topological signals, and (ii) insufficient mod…

STASE: A spatialized text-to-audio synthesis engine for music generation
Tutti Chi, Letian Gao, Yixiao Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11124 https://arxiv…

STASE: A spatialized text-to-audio synthesis engine for music generation
While many text-to-audio systems produce monophonic or fixed-stereo outputs, generating audio with user-defined spatial properties remains a challenge. Existing deep learning-based spatialization methods often rely on latent-space manipulations, which can limit direct control over psychoacoustic parameters critical to spatial perception. To address this, we introduce STASE, a system that leverages a Large Language Model (LLM) as an agent to interpret spatial cues from text. A key feature of STA…

Large-scale Efficient Molecule Geometry Optimization with Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing
Yajie Hao, Qiming Ding, Xiaoting Wang, Xiao Yuan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07460 ht…

Large-scale Efficient Molecule Geometry Optimization with Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing
Accurately and efficiently predicting the equilibrium geometries of large molecules remains a central challenge in quantum computational chemistry, even with hybrid quantum-classical algorithms. Two major obstacles hinder progress: the large number of qubits required and the prohibitive cost of conventional nested optimization. In this work, we introduce a co-optimization framework that combines Density Matrix Embedding Theory (DMET) with Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) to address these l…

Variational Construction of Homoclinic and Heteroclinic Orbits in the Planar Sitnikov Problem
Yuika Kajihara, Mitsuru Shibayama, Guowei Yu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08051 https…

Variational Construction of Homoclinic and Heteroclinic Orbits in the Planar Sitnikov Problem
The Sitnikov problem is a special case of the three-body problem. The system is known to be chaotic and has been studied by symbolic dynamics (J. Moser, Stable and random motions in dynamical systems, Princeton University Press, 1973). We study the limiting case of the Sitnikov problem as the eccentricity of the massive particles tends to 1. By variational method, we show the existence of infinitely many homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions in the planar Sitnikov problem. In a previous work, f…

We've just rejigged the alpaca festival website and welcome all critical feedback ! https://2025.algorithmicpattern.org/sheffield/

Extreme Solar Storm Reveals Causal Interactions in Space Weather
Xinan Dai, Haiyang Fu, Zichong Yan, Zitong Wang, Feng Xu, Chi Wang, Yuhong Liu, YaQiu Jin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06507

Extreme Solar Storm Reveals Causal Interactions in Space Weather
Solar storms perturb Earth's magnetosphere, triggering geomagnetic storms that threaten space-based systems and infrastructure. Despite advances in spaceborne and ground-based observations, the causal chain driving solar-magnetosphere-ionosphere dynamics remains elusive due to multiphysics coupling, nonlinearity, and cross-scale complexity. This study presents an information-theoretic framework to decipher interaction mechanisms in extreme solar geomagnetic storms across intensity levels within…

Found an old review, really loved working with New Noveta back in 2019:
"The two young performers get straight to work making the attendees at the edges of the room feel uncomfortable, grasping each other's bodies, screaming and crying, while brandishing what appears to be a giant folding fan made of 2ft blades. The pair chase each other on foot through the crowd, pushing people in all directions and never looking anything other than distressed, disturbed or downright terrified…

If you carefully look inside it, Alpaca festival is made up of over 42 incredible artists !
https://2025.algorithmicpattern.org/sheffield/artists/