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New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics

A reverse black hole information problem

Jan de Boer, Jildou Hollander, Andrew Rolph
SciPost Phys. 21, 020 (2026)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.21.1.020

#ITFA #Solvay #VUB

La place Caroline #Pauwels à #Ixelles est la place centrale du nouveau quartier #Usquare. Son nom a été choisi en hommage à l'ancienne rectrice de la #VUB, décédée en 2022.

https://www.rtbf.be/article/cette-nouvelle-place-situee-a-ixelles-sera-bientot-noire-de-monde-et-les-gens-s-y-donneront-rendez-vous-11559759

De gemeente #Elsene wil het centrale plein in de nieuwe wijk #Usquare vernoemen naar Caroline #Pauwels, voormalig rector van de #VUB, de Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Pauwels overleed in 2022.

https://vrtnws.be/p.5wdwpoy6Z

“We moeten onze #leerlingen dus dringend leren hoe de #technologie ‘redeneert’, zodat ze ook leren op te passen voor de zelfverzekerde stem van het #algoritme. En zodat ze vooral leren op te kijken naar de #kennis en de #kunde van hun #leerkrachten.” — Ann Dooms (@anndooms), professor vakgroep #Wiskunde en #Data #Science van #VUB

https://www.tijd.be/opinie/column/wiskundeprofessor-ann-dooms-de-zorgwekkende-zelfverzekerdheid-van-chatgpt/10600992.html

New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics

QCD axion strings or seeds?

Simone Blasi, Alberto Mariotti
SciPost Phys. 18, 016 (2025)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.18.1.016

#DESY #VUB #Solvay
#VLIR

🚀 Excited to share that we are developing in the #DFR_ARC project dual-purpose camouflage patterns designed to deceive both human and AI observers. 🕵️‍♂️

🔍 By investigating vulnerabilities in computer vision systems and examining attacks targeting the visual domain, we create innovative camo designs using computer algorithms. We're partnering with Belgian Defence and #VUB on this PhD research project. 🎓

📢 Stay tuned for updates on our research, publications and the exciting developments ahead! 🌟

New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics

Charting the conformal manifold of holographic CFT_2's

Camille Eloy, Gabriel Larios
SciPost Phys. 17, 123 (2024)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.17.4.123

#Solvay #VUB #TAMU

New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics

Integrable deformations from twistor space

Lewis T. Cole, Ryan A. Cullinan, Ben Hoare, Joaquin Liniado, Daniel C. Thompson
SciPost Phys. 17, 008 (2024)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.17.1.008

#SwanseaUniversity #DurhamUniversity #CONICET #UNLP #VUB
#UKRI

New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics

Integrability and complexity in quantum spin chains

Ben Craps, Marine De Clerck, Oleg Evnin, Philip Hacker
SciPost Phys. 16, 041 (2024)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.16.2.041

#VUB #Cambridge #CU
#VrijeUniversiteitBrussel

Reminder dat #VUB - prof Ahmadreza Djalali nog steeds onrechtmatig vastgehouden wordt in #Iran. Teken de petitie om hem vrij te krijgen hier:

https://www.amnesty-international.be/breng-djalali-thuis

#FreeAhmadreza #FreeDjalali #AmnestyInternational

#VUB The Brussels university showing off a self healing polymer for a #bicycle tire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD0hKhyn91o

De #VUB kreeg 4,7 miljoen dollar om in #Suriname schoolboeken te #dekoloniseren. Maar de samenwerking mislukte. Het Surinaamse ministerie van #Onderwijs verwijt de Belgen een neokoloniale houding.

https://www.apache.be/2023/06/22/neokoloniale-vub-krijgt-wind-van-voren-suriname

👥 💬 In the context of the weKONEKT-week, our master students for the course 'Citizenship and Participation' visited Amazone vzw asbl, a non-profit organisation that promotes gender equality.

'Gender and citizenship' was the central theme of our visit. It was an extremely interesting afternoon. Thank you for hosting us!🙌
#Wekonekt #VUB #Brussels

RT @VUBrussel: #WorldConsumerRightsDay23 - Hoog bezoek vandaag in onze #VUB pop-up shop. Europees Commissaris voor Justitie, @dreynders, legde toeschouwers de impact van de EU op #consumentenrechten uit. @DanckaertJan en @AlexiaBertrand_ waren ook van de partij. Info 👉https://t.co/WJnH6FlR6b

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/dreynders/status/1636051441688232003

Ob-gyn loses PhD after committee finds he made up #research

👉 "According to an investigation by the Vrije Universeit Brussel (#VUB), which awarded Abu Hashim his PhD in 2013, the researcher was in “serious violation of scientific #integrity” based on “overwhelming evidence of fabrication of statistical outcomes” and “clear lack of statistical proficiency.”"

https://retractionwatch.com/2023/03/08/ob-gyn-loses-phd-after-committee-finds-he-made-up-research/

#science #retractions #retraction #ethics

May you give us a hand with our research?
Please visit qxviz.ai and participate on a brief survey on the identification of #deepfakes.
This will help us advance the design of more transparent #ArtificialIntelligence systems.
#VUB #KULeuven #UAntwerp #XAI #ML #AI

How our brains cope with speaking more than one language:

“When a bilingual volunteer is asked to name a colour shown on a screen in one language and then the next colour in their other language, it is possible to measure spikes in electrical activity in parts of the brain that deal with language and attentional awareness.”

#language #multilingual #bilingual #brain #MathieuDeclerck #VUB

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220719-how-speaking-other-languages-changes-your-brain

I gave a short presentation today on reproducibility during the VUB Ethics week. The slides are available on: https://github.com/timvantilborgh/VUB-ethics-week/

#reproducibility #openscience #vub #eutopia

Join us Online December 14 - 2PM for our upcoming #VUB @survstudies #surveillance seminar where Lior Volinz invites Francisco Klauser for interesting presentation on #Policing with the #drone: towards an aerial #geopolitics of #security.

Please register free of charge here:

https://www.vub.be/en/event/vub-chair-in-surveillance-studies-seminar-with-francisco-kla