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Successful first edition of the Science Comics

More than 8000 copies of the science comics “Through the looking glass” have been distributed so far in Luxembourg and the Greater Region. Due to the wide interest in those short stories about research in Luxembourg, the comics are now available in four languages.

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Quiz Astigmath: great success for the first edition

On 29 April 2020, the Department of Mathematics at the University of Luxembourg hosted an interactive online trivia game called « Astigmath: le quiz qui corrige votre vision des mathématiques ». Intended for all ages, this inaugural version attracted over 250 participants who were asked questions about mathematics, its history and its famous contributors. A lot had to…

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A Andersson’s Defense

In this thesis we study graph complexes and their applications to homotopy algebra, differential geometry, and the cohomology of the moduli space of algebraic curves.

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Cross-border cooperation continues irrespective of lock-down

The University of Luxembourg is part of several Interreg projects that support cooperation between local and regional partners from the Greater Region. PRODPILOT, one of these projects, focuses on analysing the status of productivity in terms of lean and Industry 4.0 using a self-assessment tool. A virtual workshop was recently organised with the six partners…

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Zur Hochwasserhistorie der deutschen und luxemburgischen Mosel

Offizielle Pegelaufzeichnungen der Mosel liegen seit etwas über 200 Jahren vor. Um das langfristige Trendverhalten der Hochwasserabflüsse besser abschätzen zu können, wurden auch vier Jahrhundertereignisse zwischen 1572 und 1784 rekonstruiert und statistisch analysiert. Zudem geben historische Berichte Auskunft über noch weiter zurückliegende Ereignisse, wovon das « Magdalenenhochwasser » vom Juli 1342 in mehrfacher Hinsicht ein Extremereignis war.…

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Pioneering women in Computer Science

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2020, second semester students from the Bachelor in Applied Information Technology (BINFO) were given a presentation about pioneering women in Computer Science.

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Towards digital transformation of legal practice

The paper « NAI: Towards Transparent and Usable Semi-Automated Legal Analysis » by Alexander Steen and Tomer Libal, postdocs at the University of Luxembourg, won the best paper award (1st prize) at the Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposion (IRIS 2020) conference.

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions: award for physicist Daniel Barragan

Daniel Barragan-Yani, postdoctoral researcher within the Department of Physics and Materials Science at the University of Luxembourg, has recently been awarded a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship from the European Commission. With a budget of 178.320 euros for two years, Daniel will work on defect-based quantum technology.

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International experts exchange about weather prediction

On 25-26 February 2020, the international workshop on improving Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Tropospheric Products for Meteorology gathered more than 40 renowned experts on Kirchberg campus to exchange about the tools to improve prediction of weather.

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: award for physicist Irvine Ong

Irvine Ong, postdoctoral researcher within the Department of Physics and Materials Science at the University of Luxembourg has been recently awarded the Marie Curie Individual Fellowship from the European Commission. With a budget of 178 320 euros for two years, Irvine will work on microplastic-microbe interactions.