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First Luxembourgish AI Model created in BGL BNP Paribas Partnership

The first Luxembourgish language model using the state-of-the-art BERT technology was recently released. It was developed through a partnership between BGL BNP Paribas and the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT). Thus, Luxembourg now has its own language model, LuxemBERT, which is open source and publicly available online.

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The University condemns violence at Iranian universities

The University of Luxembourg strongly condemns the violent repression of public demonstrations in Iran as well as all aggression against students and academics who continue to peacefully demonstrate in universities, schools and cities in Iran.

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€1.5M to attract world-class researchers at the University’s IAS

The University of Luxembourg will receive 1.5 million euros from the European Union’s flagship research programme, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, to finance ten research projects at the Institute for Advanced Studies Luxembourg (IAS). These will be part of a new Young International Academics programme, starting in 2024 with a total budget of four million euros.…

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Exploring multiculturalism in education

As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many scholars and scientists have left the country. More than 30 Ukrainian researchers displaced by the war have temporarily joined the University of Luxembourg mainly as research fellows and in some cases under temporary contracts funded by the FNR. In this series of interviews, we briefly present…

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Professor Jorge Iñiguez named 2022 American Physical Society Fellow

Jorge Iñiguez, an affiliate professor of physics at the University of Luxembourg and a leading physicist at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), has been elected fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for 2022.

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First Autonomous Car in Luxembourgish Traffic

The University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) demonstrated its autonomous car in live traffic on Kirchberg today, Thursday 3 November 2022. This represents the first time a single-family autonomous car has joined the flow of traffic in Luxembourg with members of the public as passengers.

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How does war past become embedded into political present?

As we are faced again with images of war coming from Ukraine, the five-year project ELWar (Electoral Legacies of War) ends with significant findings on how war past becomes embedded into post-war politics and on the importance of the European Union accession process.

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THE 2023: Improved Ranking in Law, Arts and Humanities

The University of Luxembourg has improved its positioning in certain subjects that are ranked by Times Higher Education’s (THE) World University Ranking 2023 by subjects.

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Prof. Simone Niclou appointed Vice-Rector at the University

After consulting the University Council, the Board of Governors has today appointed Prof. Simone P. Niclou as Vice Rector of the University of Luxembourg, with responsibility in particular for research, doctoral education and interdisciplinarity.

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