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Sorbonne University decides to withdraw from the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings As of 2026, Sorbonne University will no longer submit data to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The decision comes as part of a wider approach to promote open science and ref...

I wonder what Phil Baty makes of this? 🤔

www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/news/sorb...

We're experiencing an unbelievable deluge of submissions. At our journal we got ~200 per year in 2020. Last year it was 600. This year it's 800 with several months to go. So that's why we're slower to get stuff out for review.

Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️

I’m in the paper again, this time complaining about how a lack of accommodation in #Dublin is causing long commutes for students, and forcing changes to how we teach. Article by @sunnibean.bsky.social. #HigherEducation #academia #Ireland #UCD

I really hope this causes a wave to switch to Linux for sooo many valid reasons including it's free and you don't give anything to garbage AI companies

Meanwhile, #UCD in #Ireland, where #Microsoft has its European headquarters, is switching from Google (also HQ’d in #Dublin) to MS 365 for its communications platform. 🤦‍♂️

"if the United States were to issue a legal request to Microsoft for the data of a French citizen hosted in the EU, Microsoft would comply regardless of French or EU law."

Head Of Communications - Maynooth, Ireland job with MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY | 397454 We are seeking an experienced Head of Communications with a strong track record in media/public relations to enhance the reputation ...

Call me old-fashioned, but I think it would "enhance the reputation of Maynooth University" more effectively if its funds were spent on teaching and research rather than PR.

www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

A presentation of our first plenary speaker at JuliaCon Local Paris 2025: Laura Grigori, Full Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics at EPFL. She will be giving a keynote entitled "Randomization for solving high-dimensional problems: algorithms and software". The conference will take place on October 2nd and 3rd at Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, see the website https://juliacon.org/local/paris2025/ for more information!

Want more open-source software and scientific computing in your life? Get your ticket for JuliaCon Local Paris 2025 before the end of the early bird pricing!
We have an impressive lineup of keynotes, starting with Professor Laura Grigori (EPFL) and not stopping there!
juliacon.org/local/paris2...

Part of GDP dedicated to research in some EU countries. Congrats to Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Finland and Denmark for crossing the 3% mark.
All the others should do much better if we want to keep our high quality of life in the future.

Faut-il boycotter l'IEEE ? Le CNRS condamne la création de la Repository License Fee Alain Schuhl, DGDS du CNRS, attire l’attention sur les nouveaux frais de publication nommés Repository License Fee (RLF) introduits par IEEE en avril 2025.

The scientific director of CNRS (France's biggest decentralized research institute) has expressed his insatisfaction with IEEE adding an additional fee for papers made available by authors.

I think all CVF papers will eventually be targeted.

www.science-ouverte.cnrs.fr/actualite/fa...

Eu calls for evaluator experts to counsel about how to evaluate models (can't belong to a training company, smart)
digital
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
#safety #eticalAI #AI
🤖📈🧠

Tag people who should know or should pass the knowledge

Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention

“Eventually these papers will all be written by an AI agent and then another AI agent will actually read them, analyse them and produce a summary for humans. I actually think that’s what’s going to happen.” - Venki Ramakrishnan, ex-president of the Royal Society

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

🔒 We’re hiring a postdoc at Inria SUSHI (Rennes, FR)! Work on formal verification of security across compilers, OS & hardware (e.g., RISC-V, CompCert).
📍 Rennes 🇫🇷 | 💶 ~€3K–3.2K/mo | 🛠️ Formal methods + security
📧 guillaume.hiet@inria.fr
team.inria.fr/sushi/files/...
#Hiring #FormalMethods #RISC-V

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Research Associate in 4D Video Understanding at University of Bristol Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Associate in 4D Video Understanding opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

📢 Applications open for a postdoc position in my group @bristoluni.bsky.social #MaVi on Video Understanding with 3D knowledge - DL 16 July
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNQ703/r...

I wrote a notebook for a lecture/exercice on image generation with flow matching. The idea is to use FM to render images composed of simple shapes using their attributes (type, size, color, etc). Not super useful but fun and easy to train!
colab.research.google.com/drive/16GJyb...

Comments welcome!

Banking on AI is just a bad business decision, whether you're an administrator or a student in higher education. It will be like having HTML or Microsoft Word on your resume. It probably already is.

The AI hype reminds me of the rush to teach HTML in the 2000s.

What happened?

Everyone suddenly knew HTML. It ceased to differentiate you in the marketplace. It was like saying you knew how to use email. You couldn't really build a career on it.

🏹 Job alert: Postdoc Position for Probabilistic Numerical Algorithms for AI for Science at @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social‬

📍 Tübingen 🇩🇪
🔗 More info: https://bit.ly/4dA1L1o

We have several open, fully-funded PhD and Postdoc positions at my group, now at the University of Tübingen. Please #RT and share with potential candidates!

Generally: AI for scientific discoveries in physics 🔥.
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I am seeking 1-2 PhD students and 1-2 postdocs to work on theory in HCI, say, how the field uses theory, how to make theories more impactful in HCI, and how to develop better technology using theory. The deadline is June 9th, see shorturl.at/4FTkQ and shorturl.at/6DlA5. Please share or apply 🙏 🇩🇰🎓😃

Hello world :)

We're hiring! IMAGINE @ École des Ponts (Paris area) is opening a 4-year "CV for X" researcher position:
– competitive salary
– no teaching load
– starting pkg ≈ 2 PhDs
– goal: impactful core AI + X (climate, biodiversity, robotics...)
Apply by May 31: imagine-lab.enpc.fr/wp-content/u...

A professor rabbit berates his bunny students “Come on, guys! Easter is just around the corner! You need to know this stuff!” He is pointing at a formula: X equals (2C multiplied by the square root of Y, over S) multiplied by (A plus D) X = number of eggs required C = number of children partaking in egg hunt Y = average age A = area of garden S = size of eggs D = depth of undergrowth

Happy Easter!
(From me and @newscientist.com)

Dear Dr. Ho, I would like to inform you that your name and email address have been added to Editorial Manager, the online submission and peer review tracking system for

I will never do anything for Elsevier. Also, it’s stupid that every time they want me to review something, they create a new account for me in Editorial Manager. I must have over 30 of these accounts.

Here is how I have been comparing the two big hype phenomena in AI and robotics, in my recent talks. Spoiler alert: the hype is unfounded.

International scientists rethink U.S. conference attendance Opposition to Trump administration and fears of customs run-ins are shifting travel plans

"I cannot [bring] myself morally to spend Canadian taxpayers’ money in attending U.S. conferences."

My latest story for @science.org—about international scientists rethinking conferences on U.S. soil.

www.science.org/content/arti...

📣 Interested in Object Geotagging using #AI and Computer Vision?
Join me to the #IEEE WIPS webinar on 8th April by registering at
landing.signalprocessingsociety.org/apr-08-2025

#science #webinar #computervision