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The 11th ENOC Conference (#ENOC2024) kicked off today at Delft University of Technology! Don't miss the presentation of Kyriakos Chondrogiannis, summarizing the outcomes of his doctoral work on NegSV-modified frame structures for vibration attenuation, on Jul 23, 202414:00 - 15:20. NegSV defines a novel vibration attenuation concept effectuated via use of a negative stiffness device. This nonlinear mechanism can be integrated into multi-storey frame structures by leveraging the partial mass resonance concept. The device relies on actuation of geometric nonlinearity for fine-tuning the stiffness of a specific storey for optimal vibration reduction. Gaussian process regression is used to identify the most efficient configuration leading to significant improvements in the structural dynamic response, indicating great potential for real-world structural protection. The work forms a collaboration with Vasilis Dertimanis and Eleni Chatzi of the Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring at ETH Zurich and forms part of the research conducted under the auspices of the INSPIRE ITN.

Today Nico Margaria, is defending his PhD entitled "Efficient fiber-coupled single-photon sources based on near infrared quantum dots" between C2N - Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies and Quandela The PhD is financed by the Qu-dot tech Marie-Curie Innovative Training Network project involving 12 partners from 8 European countries. The project has started in 2020 and permitted the financement of 15 PhD students. It is coordinated by. DTU - Technical University of Denmark 

Although it's been over two years since completing my PhD, I’m excited to share that my collaborative project with Kaoutar Radi and Sid Kumar has now been published. Our research highlights the exceptional energy absorption capabilities of 2D and 3D spatially-graded truss-based metamaterials. Using experimental and numerical techniques, we demonstrated how periodic viscoelastic trusses effectively dissipate energy. Additionally, spatially graded viscoelastic lattices enhance impact mitigation by redirecting the trajectory of the impacting object. The strategic combination of base materials and metamaterial design enables optimized energy absorption across various impact scenarios. This work advances the design of lightweight materials for targeted impact functionality through innovative metamaterial design. https://lnkd.in/eXgMFAFp

University of Adelaide's Professor Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem is a world-renowned scientist and problem solver who was always “destined to work in science.” Hear how her work has the potential to revolutionise the internet, fosters partnerships driving South Australia’s economic growth, and led to her selection as finalist for the 2024 Scientist of the Year #SAScienceAwards. Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS)

NEW 📚 paper out: "Clustering in Pure-Attention Hardmax Transformers and its Role in Sentiment Analysis" • Albert Alcalde Zafra, FAU Chair for Dynamics, Control, Machine Learning and Numerics - AvH • Giovanni Fantuzzi, Faculty of Sciences FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg • Enrique Zuazua Iriondo, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg "...Here, we rigorously characterize the behavior of transformers with hardmax self-attention and normalization sublayers as the number of layers tends to infinity..." 👉🏻Check it out: https://lnkd.in/ehbWGaHa This work was supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation program and the Humboldt Research fellowship for postdoctoral researchers, the European Union (Horizon Europe MSCA project ModConFlex, Nº 101073558), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Proposal 24IOE027, the COST Action MAT-DYN-NET, the CRC/Transregio 154 Project of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - German Research Foundation, grants PID2020-112617GB-C22 and TED2021-131390B-I00 of MINECO (Spain), and the Madrid Government - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Agreement for the Excellence of the University Research Staff in the context of the V PRICIT (Regional Programme of Research and Technological Innovation). #FAU #1innovator #FAUDCNAvH #paper #research #movingKnowledge #publication #mathematics

👤🎓 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘇 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 UNESCO 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 CIMNE 𝗮𝗻𝗱 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 👇🏿 We are delighted to announce that Professor Michael Ortiz, a world-renowned expert in computational mechanics and numerical methods, will join CIMNE as the new head of the UNESCO Chair in Numerical Methods in Engineering Starting January 1st, 2025, Dr Ortiz will lead strategic research in computational quantum mechanics and data-enhanced simulations, among other highly innovative areas in engineering and the physical sciences. Using advanced computational methods and integrating large amounts of data, Dr Ortiz will develop innovative solutions to complex problems with applications ranging from nanoscale material behaviour to large-scale structural integrity. 📋 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗭 Dr Ortiz, currently Professor Emeritus at Caltech, has made significant contributions to the field of computational mechanics, particularly in the areas of materials modelling, finite element analysis and multi-scale modelling. His pioneering research in quantum computational mechanics and data-enhanced simulations will be a strategic asset to CIMNE's mission of advancing engineering and physical sciences for the benefit of society. 💡 𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗 We are delighted to welcome Professor Ortiz! His pioneering work upholds the prestigious legacy of the UNESCO Chair at CIMNE and UPC, previously held by Prof. O.C. Zienkiewicz and Prof. Jacques Periaux. As Dr. Javier Bonet, General Director of CIMNE, highlighted, Dr. Ortiz’s appointment strengthens CIMNE's dedication to cutting-edge research with practical applications. 👐🏽 Join us in welcoming Professor Ortiz to CIMNE and celebrating this significant milestone in our journey towards innovation and excellence in engineering! 📰 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: www.cimne.com/vnews/12264 #CIMNE #WeAreCIMNE #Engineering #Research #Innovation #UNESCOChair #ComputationalMechanics #QuantumComputationalMechanics

If you aren't heeding the importance of chirality yet, you will be soon. You might know circular dichroism (CD) for ground-state studies of chirality. Get to know circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) for excited state studies. The Kotov lab uses both and is pioneering use of NIR CPL (by OLIS). #circularlypolarizedluminescence #NIRCPL #CPLSolo #olisspectrophotometers https://lnkd.in/dQ67AQ84

📣 Call for Application! 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 (𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞) 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 „𝐂𝐔𝐈: 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫” of Universität Hamburg The Cluster of Excellence will offer scholarships to students who are in the master’s programme or will join the programme in the next semester and give them the opportunity to get to know and get involved in the cluster's outstanding research. We particularly encourage international students to apply. The Cluster explores the dynamics of complex systems, bridging concepts and methodologies for the study of ‘small’ well controlled quantum systems to ever greater length scales and complexity, from large molecules to solid state systems and nano systems. It investigates how new functionalities emerge with the increasing complexity and size of a system and how new functionalities can be generated dynamically. International researchers from different disciplines such as physics, chemistry, and structural biology have joined forces to observe, understand, and control these processes in Hamburg. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞  https://lnkd.in/eEtEE8ge Please send your application electronically in a single PDF file to cui.office@unihamburg.de by 15.07.2024. If the application deadline cannot be maintained due to the different international term schedules, it is also possible to submit your application after the deadline (we can consider the application as long as the procedures are not finalized, it might also be necessary to start the scholarship at a later date than 1 October).

📢 Today, our PhD Student Aristide T-J. Akem takes the stage at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid to defend his thesis: 📊 "User-Plane Algorithms for Stateless and Stateful Inference in Programmable Networks" 📈 This thesis presents novel solutions for inference in programmable network user planes. Technical details on the design and implementation of the proposed solutions are first described, followed by thorough experimental evaluations that shed light on the merits of each solution in comparison to prior work. Through these contributions, this thesis sets new standards in user-plane ML inference and makes steps towards enabling and encouraging the pervasive adoption of user-plane inference in programmable networks by making all the solutions open-source. 🌟 Best of luck on your defense, Akem! Learn more about his work here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/didpKdDF #PhD #research

I would like to express my gratitude towards the RWTH Aachen University and especially Prof Bastian Leibe for providing me with a scholarship to attend the ICNCE 2024 (International Conference on Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering) held at the Eurogress Aachen, Germany from June 3-6 2024. I have always been fascinated by Biomimetic designs but Neuromorphic Computing takes it to a whole another level. My major takeaways: 1. It's not the strong AIs that pose a threat to humanity but blind over reliance on the weak ones. 2. Energy is a major roadblock in achieving AGI and must be tackled aggressively keeping Climate Change in mind. There were tons of interesting talks and poster presentations, you can find them here: www.icnce-2024.de