Ross Miller
@rosshm16.bsky.social
Biomechanics/kinesiology at University of Maryland
On recent melatonin news:
Research can be hypothesis-generating or hypothesis-testing. Establishing effects requires the latter. Mining a database for statistical significance with no experimental design is / can be useful, but it's also not hypothesis-testing, no matter how much data you have.
Research can be hypothesis-generating or hypothesis-testing. Establishing effects requires the latter. Mining a database for statistical significance with no experimental design is / can be useful, but it's also not hypothesis-testing, no matter how much data you have.
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
On recent melatonin news:
Research can be hypothesis-generating or hypothesis-testing. Establishing effects requires the latter. Mining a database for statistical significance with no experimental design is / can be useful, but it's also not hypothesis-testing, no matter how much data you have.
Research can be hypothesis-generating or hypothesis-testing. Establishing effects requires the latter. Mining a database for statistical significance with no experimental design is / can be useful, but it's also not hypothesis-testing, no matter how much data you have.
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🔬 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴!
I’m recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin 🇩🇪, @niccolozampieri.bsky.social lab) for my @dfg.de -funded project on somatosensory feedback and locomotor control. Please repost and DM me if interested!
#locomotion #proprioception #neuromechanics
I’m recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin 🇩🇪, @niccolozampieri.bsky.social lab) for my @dfg.de -funded project on somatosensory feedback and locomotor control. Please repost and DM me if interested!
#locomotion #proprioception #neuromechanics
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
🔬 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴!
I’m recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin 🇩🇪, @niccolozampieri.bsky.social lab) for my @dfg.de -funded project on somatosensory feedback and locomotor control. Please repost and DM me if interested!
#locomotion #proprioception #neuromechanics
I’m recruiting a postdoctoral researcher (@mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin 🇩🇪, @niccolozampieri.bsky.social lab) for my @dfg.de -funded project on somatosensory feedback and locomotor control. Please repost and DM me if interested!
#locomotion #proprioception #neuromechanics
Any insights into why this is happening? (first run of code in Matlab is much slower than subsequent runs). Normal and expected? Google-fu didn't turn up much.
@gribblelab.org @brianumberger.bsky.social @drannek.bsky.social
@gribblelab.org @brianumberger.bsky.social @drannek.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Any insights into why this is happening? (first run of code in Matlab is much slower than subsequent runs). Normal and expected? Google-fu didn't turn up much.
@gribblelab.org @brianumberger.bsky.social @drannek.bsky.social
@gribblelab.org @brianumberger.bsky.social @drannek.bsky.social
Seeing some meltdowns over this this morning. To be clear, this is an optional browser extension by creators unaffiliated with Google. GS itself still just reports the vanilla h-index.
Goodhart's Law is among my favorite adages ("when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure").
Goodhart's Law is among my favorite adages ("when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure").
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Seeing some meltdowns over this this morning. To be clear, this is an optional browser extension by creators unaffiliated with Google. GS itself still just reports the vanilla h-index.
Goodhart's Law is among my favorite adages ("when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure").
Goodhart's Law is among my favorite adages ("when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure").
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'The device helped 81 per cent of trial participants suffering from advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) to achieve clinically meaningful improvements in their vision, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Monday.'
www.ft.com/content/c2e8...
www.ft.com/content/c2e8...
Scientists invent eye implant that helps blind patients see again
Device helps restore vision to people suffering from advanced macular degeneration
www.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
'The device helped 81 per cent of trial participants suffering from advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) to achieve clinically meaningful improvements in their vision, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Monday.'
www.ft.com/content/c2e8...
www.ft.com/content/c2e8...
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Competitor enters a major AI competition (RNA folding)
GPU poor so can't train an AI
Builds a "classic" eng pipeline instead. (90s tech)
Wins and beat everyone using DL 💀
Their winning "hybrid" model had an AI in it. Their original one did not and had a higher score
So they won despite the AI 😂
GPU poor so can't train an AI
Builds a "classic" eng pipeline instead. (90s tech)
Wins and beat everyone using DL 💀
Their winning "hybrid" model had an AI in it. Their original one did not and had a higher score
So they won despite the AI 😂
While many teams relied on deep learning, the winning team (jaejohn) surprised everyone with a highly optimized pipeline that revived classic template-based modeling. 👇
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
1st Place Solution | Kaggle
Hybrid TBM + DRfold2 Approach
www.kaggle.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Competitor enters a major AI competition (RNA folding)
GPU poor so can't train an AI
Builds a "classic" eng pipeline instead. (90s tech)
Wins and beat everyone using DL 💀
Their winning "hybrid" model had an AI in it. Their original one did not and had a higher score
So they won despite the AI 😂
GPU poor so can't train an AI
Builds a "classic" eng pipeline instead. (90s tech)
Wins and beat everyone using DL 💀
Their winning "hybrid" model had an AI in it. Their original one did not and had a higher score
So they won despite the AI 😂
Always satisfying to determine the perfect initial condition 🤩
October 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Always satisfying to determine the perfect initial condition 🤩
When I need a Hill muscle model to use/demonstrate in class, despite having ~20 years of various "MusMod.m" files already existing, I like to make one from scratch: keeps it fresh in my head how to do and how to trouble-shoot!
**and as a nerd it's fun.
**and as a nerd it's fun.
October 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
When I need a Hill muscle model to use/demonstrate in class, despite having ~20 years of various "MusMod.m" files already existing, I like to make one from scratch: keeps it fresh in my head how to do and how to trouble-shoot!
**and as a nerd it's fun.
**and as a nerd it's fun.
I believe this article (Tucker, 1970) was also the origin of the term "Cost of Transport". First I know of in English anyway:
doi.org/10.1016/0010...
@johnrhutchinson.bsky.social @brianumberger.bsky.social @nidhise.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/0010...
@johnrhutchinson.bsky.social @brianumberger.bsky.social @nidhise.bsky.social
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I believe this article (Tucker, 1970) was also the origin of the term "Cost of Transport". First I know of in English anyway:
doi.org/10.1016/0010...
@johnrhutchinson.bsky.social @brianumberger.bsky.social @nidhise.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/0010...
@johnrhutchinson.bsky.social @brianumberger.bsky.social @nidhise.bsky.social
Outstanding interview, so many great quotes here. Loved the weightroom analogy:
October 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Outstanding interview, so many great quotes here. Loved the weightroom analogy:
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The Department of Kinesiology at Penn State is inviting applications for an open-rank faculty position in sensorimotor control and rehabilitation neuroscience. Please share this opportunity with interested colleagues in your network.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Open-Rank Faculty Position in Sensorimotor Control and Rehabilitation Neuroscience
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The Department of Kinesiology at Penn State is inviting applications for an open-rank faculty position in sensorimotor control and rehabilitation neuroscience. Please share this opportunity with interested colleagues in your network.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Tenure-track faculty position at Assistant or Associate Professor rank, including expertise in Biomechanics, available in the Dept. of Kinesiology, University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, VA, about 50 miles south of DC):
jobs.umw.edu/jobs/assista...
jobs.umw.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant/Associate Professor of Biological Sciences - Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Title: Assistant/Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
VP Area: Provost - UMW
Department: Biological Sciences
Campus Location: Main Campus
Advertised Range: Commensurate with experience
Job S...
jobs.umw.edu
September 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Tenure-track faculty position at Assistant or Associate Professor rank, including expertise in Biomechanics, available in the Dept. of Kinesiology, University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, VA, about 50 miles south of DC):
jobs.umw.edu/jobs/assista...
jobs.umw.edu/jobs/assista...
Wandered into the lab and it appeared there were some big questions being tackled this week.
September 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wandered into the lab and it appeared there were some big questions being tackled this week.
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Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at UD is hiring a biomechanist! We invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position with a preferred research focus in musuloskeletal modeling.
careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
University of Delaware - Details - Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
careers.udel.edu
September 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at UD is hiring a biomechanist! We invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position with a preferred research focus in musuloskeletal modeling.
careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
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Please repost! We have a second biomechanics faculty position!
This is an open rank clinical-track position in sports biomechanics at the University of Michigan. This is a largely teaching-focused position and we have outstanding resources to support teaching and student learning. #BiomechSky
This is an open rank clinical-track position in sports biomechanics at the University of Michigan. This is a largely teaching-focused position and we have outstanding resources to support teaching and student learning. #BiomechSky
September 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Please repost! We have a second biomechanics faculty position!
This is an open rank clinical-track position in sports biomechanics at the University of Michigan. This is a largely teaching-focused position and we have outstanding resources to support teaching and student learning. #BiomechSky
This is an open rank clinical-track position in sports biomechanics at the University of Michigan. This is a largely teaching-focused position and we have outstanding resources to support teaching and student learning. #BiomechSky
If you don't know of it already, PyDy is a fantastic Python "tool kit" for multibody dynamics. I use it extensively in a graduate course for generating symbolic equations of motion.
github.com/pydy/pydy
github.com/pydy/pydy
GitHub - pydy/pydy: Multibody dynamics tool kit.
Multibody dynamics tool kit. Contribute to pydy/pydy development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If you don't know of it already, PyDy is a fantastic Python "tool kit" for multibody dynamics. I use it extensively in a graduate course for generating symbolic equations of motion.
github.com/pydy/pydy
github.com/pydy/pydy
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In my large (biomech) class I use super-heroes to introduce laws of physics by how heroes violate them, these are my four favorites (Optimus Prime gets top billing of course).
September 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
In my large (biomech) class I use super-heroes to introduce laws of physics by how heroes violate them, these are my four favorites (Optimus Prime gets top billing of course).
The Matlab Script Editor window should be undocked from the rest of Matlab, I will brook no counterarguments.
September 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Matlab Script Editor window should be undocked from the rest of Matlab, I will brook no counterarguments.
So far, I'll take Rocco Becht!
August 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So far, I'll take Rocco Becht!
I am biased of course, but great dissertation study from Sam Snyder, we miss her!
"Prediction of knee loads during activities of daily living using custom instrumented insoles and machine learning"
It worked pretty well for everything except sit-to-stand.
"Prediction of knee loads during activities of daily living using custom instrumented insoles and machine learning"
It worked pretty well for everything except sit-to-stand.
Prediction of knee loads during activities of daily living using custom instrumented insoles and machine learning
Medial joint contact force, knee adduction moment, and knee flexion moment are key mechanical risk factors of knee osteoarthritis, yet calculating the…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I am biased of course, but great dissertation study from Sam Snyder, we miss her!
"Prediction of knee loads during activities of daily living using custom instrumented insoles and machine learning"
It worked pretty well for everything except sit-to-stand.
"Prediction of knee loads during activities of daily living using custom instrumented insoles and machine learning"
It worked pretty well for everything except sit-to-stand.
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Please repost!
We have an open rank, tenure-line faculty position in biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. At U-M we have great colleagues, exceptional resources, and biomechanics can be found all across the campus. #BiomechSky
We have an open rank, tenure-line faculty position in biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. At U-M we have great colleagues, exceptional resources, and biomechanics can be found all across the campus. #BiomechSky
Tenure-track Faculty Position in Biomechanics (Open Rank), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA -
Biomch-L
The School of Kinesiology (http://kines.umich.edu) at the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate...
biomch-l.isbweb.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Please repost!
We have an open rank, tenure-line faculty position in biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. At U-M we have great colleagues, exceptional resources, and biomechanics can be found all across the campus. #BiomechSky
We have an open rank, tenure-line faculty position in biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. At U-M we have great colleagues, exceptional resources, and biomechanics can be found all across the campus. #BiomechSky
This is a cool somewhat-recent study: rat tendons loaded cyclically to fatigue withstood more loading cycles before failure when loaded at faster strain rates: [1/4]
Tendons exhibit greater resistance to tissue and molecular-level damage with increasing strain rate during cyclic fatigue
Musculoskeletal soft connective tissues are commonly injured due to repetitive use, but the evolution of mechanical damage to the tissue structure dur…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This is a cool somewhat-recent study: rat tendons loaded cyclically to fatigue withstood more loading cycles before failure when loaded at faster strain rates: [1/4]