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    Internships in science communication in Luxembourg

    The University of Luxembourg is collaborating with 13 different partners in order to offer a variety of hands-on science communication internships for doctoral candidates in Luxembourg. The first interns have successfully finished their training at host institutions and report about their experiences.

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    Astigmath: linking mathematics and culture

    On the occasion of the Festival « Les maths dans tous leurs états » and to celebrate the Pi days, the University organised on 14 March 2021 the online interactive quiz « Astigmath: le quiz qui corrige votre vision des mathématiques ». Almost 60 participants and especially young people took part in this fifth edition which focused on the links…

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    First-year student in informatics awarded

    Elmir Avdusinovic, who started the Bachelor in Applied Information Technology in September 2020, received a copy of the book “How Big is Big? How Fast is Fast?: A Hands-On Tutorial on Mathematics of Computation” from his author, Prof. Franck Leprévost.

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    Changes in the DSSE

    Aline Vander Borght and Benjamin Ledran have recently joined the Doctoral School in Science and Engineering (DSSE). Aline replaces Oliver Glassl as doctoral school facilitator while Benjamin will complement the team of doctoral school administrators. Oliver Glassl takes a new challenge at the Dean’s Office to work on the development of the FSTM curricula. We…

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    Chercheurs à l’école 2021: science is magic

    From 15 to 19 March 2021, 17 researchers from the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) participated in the 10th edition of « Chercheurs à l’école » organised by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR). They shared their passion and experience as researchers with secondary school students in Luxembourg. 

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    The reign of algorithms

    Jim Jean-Pierre Barthel, doctoral researcher within the Department of Computer Science at the University of Luxembourg, explains algorithms taking the example of chess game between human and machine.

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    Better understanding breast cancer

    Researchers from the University of Luxembourg have demonstrated that Ser5 phosphorylation of the actin-bundling protein L-plastin increases breast cancer cell invasiveness. Their findings have been published in the renowned open access journal “Cell Communication and Signaling”.

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    Researchers exchange about advanced engineering materials

    The interdisciplinary workshop “Winter Workshop on Manufacturing, Mechanics & Characterisation of Advanced Engineering Materials” organised on 26-29 January 2021 by the University of Luxembourg and the University of Limerick gathered more than 60 participants.

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    How to better solve estimation problems

    Mathematicians from the Universities of Luxembourg and Sorbonne have recently published a paper in the prestigious journal Annals of Statistics. In this paper, they propose a new robust tool for solving estimation problems within the Bayesian paradigm.

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    Two researchers reinforce the quantum physics team

    As of January 2021, Professor Adolfo del Campo and Dr. Aurélia Chenu have joined the Department of Physics and Materials Science (DphyMS) at the University of Luxembourg to establish the “Quantum Science and Technology” and the “Quantum Dynamics and Control” groups, respectively. 

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