Visiting London with UNamur students in your ears
Bachelor 2 and 3 students in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures have taken on a rather unusual challenge: creating audio guides to London's main monuments and sites. An original and successful educational project, well worth a listen!
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History students reveal the evolution of the image of the wolf
The wolf, long banished from our lands, has made a remarkable comeback in Wallonia since 2016. This mysterious being, now protected, arouses as much fascination as fear. From April 11 to 27, 2024, the exhibition "Même pas peur! Une évolution de l'image du loup à travers les siècles" invites audiences to plunge into the heart of a historical exploration.
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"Pop-Code, a podcast for digital education
The evocative power of cinema helps us better understand modern digital issues. This is what Benoît Vanderose and Anthony Simonofski, professors at the University of Namur in the Faculty of Computer Science and Management Science, wish to highlight through their "Pop-Code" podcast. The authors explore the use of Pop-Culture for digital education, while examining its challenges and limits. With almost 10 episodes, "Pop-Code" has just celebrated its first anniversary, and the authors are already setting high ambitions for the coming months.
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The power of influence of a scientific publication: computer science researchers rewarded!
The Ten-years Most Influential Paper award has just been presented to three members of UNamur's Faculty of Computer Science: Xavier Devroey, Gilles Perrouin and Maxime Cordy. The award recognizes the paper published ten years previously that has had the greatest impact on the research community. It was awarded at the 18th edition of the International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VAMOS '24), which took place in early February in Bern, Switzerland..
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Understanding the history of violence against women in Senegal: research wins ARES "Gender and Health" award
Angélique Aristondo, a C2W post-doctoral fellow at UNamur, has distinguished herself by winning the second 2023 Gender and Health Research Award from the ARES Women and Science Committee. Her research project focuses on violence against women in Senegal.
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Emerging divergent thinking: a challenge for universities.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Agence du Numérique (ADN), entrepreneur and co-founder of several start-ups, entrepreneurial coach, university lecturer notably in the BAGI master's program at UNamur, columnist: Roald Sieberath is a man who runs out of time to invest in projects he knows will bring results. He's a bearer of meaning, creativity, innovation and solutions. By placing people and multidisciplinarity at the heart of digital development and entrepreneurship, he is confident about the future of our society and the deployment of Wallonia..
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3 "Latin-French" students create a buzz on Instagram
They are 20 years old and are in BAC 3 Latin-French at the University of Namur. Since last November, they've been spreading the word via the Instagram and Facebook accounts they've created. Every week, they popularize Latin and try to raise awareness of this language that is too often described as "dead".
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Portrait - Thibaut De Meyer: Multiplying perspectives across species
Discover the singular journey of Thibaut De Meyer, a passionate anthropologist and philosopher who fuses these two disciplines into a concrete and innovative approach. From his exploration of human interaction in the laboratory to his analysis of perspective in animals, his work reveals a fascination for the nuances of consciousness and perception. As an academic and author, he is committed to enlightening students on contemporary philosophical issues, while projecting his gaze to new horizons, such as the history and epistemology of the mirror test.
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UNamur computer science researcher selected for prestigious SofinaBoël 2024 grant
Maxime André, a promising doctoral student at the University of Namur's Faculty of Computer Science, has been named the winner of the prestigious SofinaBoël Fund for Education and Talent 2024 scholarship. This recognition will enable him to pursue his innovative research on the international stage.
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XVIII International Workshop on Artificial Life and Environmental Computation WIVACE 2024
The workshop provides a forum for the discussion of new research directions and applications in Artificial Life, Evolutionary Computation and in related fields, where different disciplines and research areas could effectively meet. It was first held in 2007 in Sampieri (Ragusa), as the incorporation of two separate workshops (WIVA and GSICE).
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Most influential paper award for Gilles Perrouin
Gilles Perrouin has just received the award for the most influential paper at the SPLC2024 conference. This award highlights a successful line of research on software product line testing, already awarded in February 2024.
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Lecture Series: Quantum Algorithms with Qiskit: from Zero to Hero!
Several sessions are scheduled: November 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 5pm to 7pm.
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