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European Math Olympiad – Crowdfunding on wemakeit The Swiss Math Olympiad brings together the best young talent in the country. With your help, we will participate in the first European Math Olympiad. Our goal: Enabling friendships and winning Gold!

The Swiss team of talented students is raising funds to participate in the 1st European Mathematical Olympiad in Lithuania. Your support will help make this opportunity possible and empower the next generation of mathematical talent. Please consider contributing.
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Unscripted: zu Besuch im Mathematik-Studium YouTube video by Universität Basel

Auch wenn eure Mathe-Noten in der Schule nicht mega waren: trotzdem zuschauen! Denn die beiden Mathematik-Studenten, die Lena besucht, sagen, dass man ihr Fach auch studieren kann, wenn man kein Mathe-Genie ist 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0qI...

#mathematik #studium #unibasel #math #unscripted

Congratulations to Scott Barcomb for successfully completing his Master project titled "Analyzing Parallelism and Performance in PyTorch".
His work sheds light on how #PyTorch hides where #parallelism happens.
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Universität Basel: PhD position in the field of Confidential High Performance Computing for AI in Cancer Care 100% The High Performance Computing (HPC) research group (led by Prof. Florina M. Ciorba) in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Basel (Switzerland) invites applications...

PhD position in the field of Confidential High Performance Computing for AI in Cancer Care 100%👉 jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

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#openposition #phdposition #research #cancercare

A special treat for my Software Engineering Students at @dmi.unibas.ch: today Michela Schorta and Dominik Berger (organizers of @baselone.bsky.social) gava a guest lecture about agile software development.

ERC Consolidator Grant for Professor Ivan Dokmanić: New Foundations for Scientific Machine Learning Professor Ivan Dokmanić from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Basel has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant for his research project PHASESHIFT – P...

Professor Ivan Dokmanić has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant for his research project PHASESHIFT – Phase-Space Foundations for Scientific Machine Learning. The aim is to establish a new foundation for Scientific Machine Learning: dmi.unibas.ch/en/news-even...

Help in a technological no-man’s land. Neural implants improve the lives of many — until the manufacturers stop providing support for their own technology. A researcher in medical ethics from the University of Basel is investigating the pr...

Neural implants can improve people's lives. But what happens when manufacturers stop supporting their own technology?

George Kouvas, a researcher at the Institute for Biomedical Ethics @unibas.ch, is investigating the previously underestimated phenomenon of 'neuroabandonment'.

During the semester, the students of my software engineering course at @dmi.unibas.ch created extensions to the open source citation manager JabRef. Today we had the final presentations. I was impressed by their creativity, I saw some really cool features like gamifications and citation graphs.

KI-Spielzeug im Kinderzimmer: Wie gefährlich ist das? Erstickungsgefahr gehört zu den grössten Gefahren, die von Spielzeug ausgehen. Doch US-Verbraucherschützer haben nun eine neue Quelle ausgemacht: KI-Spielzeug. Was es so gefährlich macht und wie es Ki...

For our German speaking audience: Welche Gefahren gehen von KI-Spielzeugen aus und wie können Eltern darauf reagieren? Diese und weitere Fragen beantwortet Prof. Isabel Wagner dem SRF in «News Plus»: www.srf.ch/audio/news-p...

#KI #Spielzeug #Datenschutz

We invite applications for the position of a Professor in Deep Learning. Applicants are requested to submit their documents to the Faculty of Science at the University of Basel as specified in the job advertisement by 18.12.2025: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

From Lecture Hall to Research Lab Lukas Schmidt recently began his Master’s studies in Physics. Before that, he completed a Bachelor’s degree in Computational Sciences, where he soon found his way into research.

From Lecture Hall to Research Lab✨Meet Lukas Schmidt, who turned his Bachelor in Computational Sciences into a full-on research role with the SPH-EXA project at @unibas.ch 👉 dmi.unibas.ch/en/news-even...

#science #physics #supercomputer #researchjobs

AI models for drug design fail in physics State-of-the-art AI programs can support the development of drugs by predicting how proteins interact with small molecules. However, researchers at the University of Basel have shown that these progra...

State-of-the-art AI programs can support the development of drugs by predicting how proteins interact with small molecules. However, @unibas.ch researchers have shown that these programs often fail when it comes to new proteins that would be of particular interest for innovative drugs.

We are taking an innovative step! Our latest member is not a human being, but a #robot named DiMI. The robot opens up new possibilities in research & teaching while also challenging us to rethink the boundaries between humans and machines 👉 dmi.unibas.ch/en/news-even...

Excited to share our new IEEE Access paper: A Comparative Study of #OpenMP #Scheduling #Algorithm #Selection Strategies

We show how combining expert-based & reinforcement learning improves #HPC scheduling, cutting overheads in apps (SPHYNX, STREAM Tri), even beating “Oracle”.

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Using geometry and physics to explain feature learning in deep neural networks Deep neural networks (DNNs), the machine learning algorithms underpinning the functioning of large language models (LLMs) and other artificial intelligence (AI) models, learn to make accurate predictions by analyzing large amounts of data.

A new theoretical framework uses spring-block models from physics to describe how deep neural networks learn features, offering insights into data separation and generalization during training. doi.org/g9s5vm

Die @unibas.ch öffnete erneut ihre Türen fürs UniKidsCamp und wir waren dabei🌞In der letzten Sommerferienwoche bekamen Kids der 4.–7. Klasse Einblicke in die Forschung & Programmierung. Highlight: eigene Roboter in Scratch gestalten & animieren: primalogo.dmi.unibas.ch/2025/08/11/d...

In Focus: Linus Hany structures data and advocates for honesty in handling it In his research, Linus Hany focuses on statistics, and as a volunteer, he is committed to helping people who are at risk of being forgotten by the system. It’s important to avoid snap judgments in bot...

In his doctoral dissertation in psychology, Linus Hany focuses on statistics. As a volunteer, he is committed to helping people who are at risk of being forgotten by the system. In both areas, it’s important to avoid rushing to judgement.

Big congratulations Dr. Thomas Jakobsche on defending your dissertation: “Improving Transparency & Performance of HPC Systems through MODA"! 👏🎓 A great achievement in #HPC #systemsmonitoring, #observability #dataanalytics. @martinschulz.bsky.social
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In Focus: Rahel Arnold enhances mixed realities As a doctoral student in computer science, Rahel Arnold is working on better integrating multimedia content and augmented reality. Meanwhile, ...

Rahel Arnold blends code and choreography: by day, she develops augmented reality tech at @unibas.ch; by night, she trains on roller skates. Her motto? Fall down, get up — in research and in sport. 🧠🛼
Part of our #InFocus series on early-career researchers. #XR #PhDLife

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Grant Application Experiences – Success Story with Prof. Malte Helmert YouTube video by Universität Basel

Grant success at @unibas.ch: Prof. Malte Helmert (AI research) shares how he secures major funding - from ERC to SNF and Innosuisse. He discusses his motivation, how he selects grants, key steps in proposal writing, and if AI might one day write proposals for us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaGL...

What a folding ruler can tell us about neural networks Researchers at the University of Basel have developed mechanical models that can predict how effectively the different layers of a deep neural network transform data. Their results improve our underst...

Researchers led by Prof. Ivan Dokmanić at
@unibas.ch have developed a simple model that captures key features of deep neural networks and helps optimize their parameters. The results were published in the scientific journal “Physical Review Letters”: www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...

#Input, #discussion & #freshperspectives at Monte Verità: 30 PhD students & professors from our PhD program Data Science came together for a retreat with guest talks, a Verzasca Valley hike & time for exchange, reflection, and new ideas.

New professorship for AI & foundation models: Dr. Ilija Bogunovic will join the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Basel on 1 September 2025. His research focuses on generative AI, LLMs, foundation models & reinforcement learning.

👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...

KI im Kinderzimmer: Spricht Barbie bald mit ChatGPT? Soll Barbie mit ChatGPT sprechen? OpenAI und Mattel planen KI-Spielzeug – doch Experten sind alarmiert. Ein ähnliches Spielzeug wurde bereits als «Spionagewerkzeug» eingestuft.

Barbie & Co. könnten demnächst mit ChatGPT sprechen – doch Datenschutz, Spionagepotenzial & die Folgen für die kindliche Fantasie stehen auf dem Prüfstand 👉
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Porträt Prof. Dr. med. Mira Katan, MSc «Auf diese Weise schlagen wir bewusst die Brücke von der Grundlagenforschung zur klinischen Umsetzung.»

🧠 Stroke research meets AI – and bridges clinic & science.

Prof. Mira Katan’s team combines #biomarkers, #AI & multi-OMICS to advance precision medicine in #stroke #prevention.

Featuring the MOSES trial & real-world data approaches.

👉 Video & article in German:
www.dkforum.ch/post/portrae...

Girls are better at languages, boys are better at math — true or false? The cliché holds that girls have an affinity for languages, boys for technology. Parents and teachers can help to prevent this becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

"The differences are less clear in mathematics: While boys performed better in math on average in 40 of the 81 countries, in the other 41 countries there were either no significant differences, or the girls had the advantage." Read more 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...

Great turnout at our MS4F #ML Support for the Lifetime of Software minisymposium at #PASC25, co-organized with H. Menon & K. Parasyris!

Thanks O. Simsek, E. Vatai, T. Islam & P. Delgado for excellent talks, and the audience for great Qs.

Looking forward to ML4SW @ #PASC26!

#HPC #AI #ScientificSw

Excited for our MS5A Breaking #HPC Silos for #Sustainable Development at #PASC25 today Jun 18, 9–11 am, Room 5.0A52.

Co-organized w/ M-C. Sawley, M. Girone, M.-G. Giuffreda & me.

Speakers: Asal Mehrabi, Hindumathi Palanisamy, Ewa Deelman & Ana Klimovic.

#IDEAS4HPC #Sustainability #PASC25

#PASC25 kicks off today in Brugg-Windisch!
Excited to speak at the MS1G minisymposium (Room 5.2D11) at 11:50 on “Performance & Portability for Sustainable Simulations” with #SPHEXA. Let's discuss #HPC, #portability #sustainability in #ScientificComputing.
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An Autonomy Loop for Dynamic HPC Job Time Limit Adjustment High Performance Computing (HPC) systems rely on fixed user-provided estimates of job time limits. These estimates are often inaccurate, resulting in inefficient resource use and the loss of unsaved w...

🎤 Excited to present our paper "Scalable Genomic Context Analysis with GCsnap2 on HPC Clusters" today at PASC25.
📍Room 6.0D13, FHNW Campus Brugg-Windisch
📅 17:00, June 16, 2025
📄 Check out the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2505.02195

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