The UNamur to host two prestigious international Francqui Chairs in April 2023
From 17 April 2023, UNamur will host two prestigious international Francqui Chairs. Professor Timoteo Carletti (Department of Mathematics - naXys Institute) will host Professor Ginestra Bianconi, one of the leading experts on networks and high-order structures. Professor Romain Houssa (Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Management - DeFiPP Institute) will welcome Professor Karel Mertens, an expert in macroeconomics.
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Annual Research Day
… : Deep Learning for endoscopy: towards next generation computer-aided diagnosis 4:05 pm | Auguste Debroise (PI : … Linard) : Where Geography meets AI: A case study on mapping online flood conversations 16h35 | Jeremy Dodeigne : LLMs in … Frenay and Michaël Lobet : Creation of an IA scientific committee at UNamur 18:10 | Drink A certificate of …
Better prediction of climate extremes
Statistics usually focus on anticipating events that fall within the norm. But what about rare events? They are dealt with by a branch of mathematics called extreme value theory, in which Anna Kiriliouk, lecturer in statistics at UNamur, is a specialist. Applied to the climate, this theory enables us to better predict extreme climatic events, at a time when these are multiplying due to climate change.
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