Getting Creative - AI and Arts

Speeches/Talks (2021)

Keynote Talk "Getting Creative - AI and Arts"; AIFA - Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Arts

Réflexions sur la signification historique du 11 septembre 2001

Article for general public (2021)

The Tageblatt today reproduces for the 20th anniversary of 9/11 excerpts from an article published by the historian Denis Scuto almost twenty years ago in the same Luxembourg newspaper Tageblatt, on 13 ... [more ▼]

The Tageblatt today reproduces for the 20th anniversary of 9/11 excerpts from an article published by the historian Denis Scuto almost twenty years ago in the same Luxembourg newspaper Tageblatt, on 13 December 2001, on the historical meaning of the attacks of 11 September 2001. Three months after the attacks, Denis Scuto explained the changes, imagined or real, and the hopes, legitimate but quickly disappointed. [less ▲]

’Alles ist wertvoll’: Digitale Archive von Erinnerungen an die Covid-19 Pandemie

Diverse speeches and writings (2021)

Ernährungssouveränität: Transformation des Ernährungssystems

Article for general public (2021)

Ernährungssouveränität
: Zweckentfremdeter Rat

Article for general public (2021)

Internet : voyage au bout du réseau

Diverse speeches and writings (2021)

Participation avec Camille Paloque-Bergès à l'émission Eurêka (58') d'A. Beauchamp sur l'histoire d'Internet.

Verringerung des Temperatureinflusses bei der Überwachung von Brücken am Beispiel von Messdaten aus Luxemburg

Conference given outside the academic context (2021)

A rising number of concrete bridges are showing increasing damage due to corrosion and fatigue. In addition to the regular standard visual inspection, the bridge’s condition can also be recorded using ... [more ▼]

A rising number of concrete bridges are showing increasing damage due to corrosion and fatigue. In addition to the regular standard visual inspection, the bridge’s condition can also be recorded using additional tests with repeated static loading and/or dynamic tests. To determine any damage to a structure and to check its structural stability, it is crucial to know the exact system properties of the bridge in its undamaged reference state. The system behavior is influenced by damage and bearing conditions and environmental influences, such as the structure’s temperature. The influence of temperature can even cause larger changes in the measured quantities (bending line or modal parameters) than real damage. Therefore, temperature effects should be compensated before any condition analysis. The present work aims to demonstrate the influence of different bearing types and temperature on a real bridge beam. For this purpose, various static and dynamic tests were performed in the undamaged reference state. [less ▲]

Discovery of the former industrial site in the process of transformation

Conference given outside the academic context (2021)

Blog: Atouts et faiblesses de Nodegoat dans le traitement et l'analyse des trajectoires migratoires des étrangers au Luxembourg et en France

Diverse speeches and writings (2021)

Daily mindfulness, motivational conflict, and stress in university students: An experience-sampling study

Speeches/Talks (2021)

University students have a lot of freedom in organizing their everyday lives, but often also feel stressed and torn between action opportunities. Mindfulness entails the self-regulation of attention on ... [more ▼]

University students have a lot of freedom in organizing their everyday lives, but often also feel stressed and torn between action opportunities. Mindfulness entails the self-regulation of attention on immediate experience and an open and non-judging attitude towards these mental experiences. It is positively related to well-being and to intrapsychic congruence. The aim of the present work is to examine the relationship of daily mindfulness, motivational conflict, and perceived stress in the everyday life of university students. During a week of smartphone-based experience-sampling, 108 university students were asked five times daily about their momentary mindfulness and whether they experience motivational conflicts. Additionally, we assessed perceived stress each evening. The relationship between daily mindfulness, motivational conflict, and perceived stress was analyzed on the daily level with multi-level analyses. Both aggregated daily conflict (i.e., feeling that one should be doing something else) and mindfulness (i.e., being non-judgmental) yielded an effect on perceived stress, even when controlling for between-person differences in study load, for example. Findings underline the relevance of mindfulness for perceived stress in academic contexts and thereby also show an approach to positively influence well-being in university students in the future. [less ▲]

Discours pour l'inauguration de l'exposition "Légionnaires - Parcours de guerre et de migrations entre le Luxembourg et la France"

Speeches/Talks (2021)

Une expo multimédia révèle l'histoire des Luxembourgeois dans la Légion

Article for general public (2021)

Pourquoi faut-il contenir la course aux armements dans l'espace

Article for general public (2021)

Franséisch an der Schoul: E Webinaire vum SCRIPT a vum Radio 100,7

Speeches/Talks (2021)

D'Logementskris an de Mieterschutz zu Lëtzebuerg an den 1920er Joren

Diverse speeches and writings (2021)

SchülerInnen zuhören. Eine Voraussetzung für die mentale Entwicklung

Article for general public (2021)

Schattenboxen um die psychotherapeutische Gesundheitsversorgung in Luxemburg

Article for general public (2021)

70.000 Luxembourgeois aux Etats-Unis au 19e siècle? Bullshit!

Article for general public (2021)

Luxemburg und der Zweite Weltkrieg: Über den nationalen Tellerrand hinausschauen

Article for general public (2021)

WWII: Sowjetische ZwangsarbeiterInnen in Luxemburg

Conference given outside the academic context (2021)

In her lecture, Inna Ganschow presents the conditions that made it possible for almost 4,000 Soviet women to be abducted to Luxembourg during the Second World War. In addition to the working and living ... [more ▼]

In her lecture, Inna Ganschow presents the conditions that made it possible for almost 4,000 Soviet women to be abducted to Luxembourg during the Second World War. In addition to the working and living conditions of the so-called Eastern workers and prisoners of war, the focus of the evening is also on relations with the Luxembourg civilian population. It also deals with the forced returns to the Soviet Union and the fate of those affected after the war. [less ▲]

Denken in Kategorien

Article for general public (2021)

X25, une norme pour le transport de données

in Encyclopédie d'histoire numérique EHNE (2021)

L’avis X25, adopté en 1976 par le Comité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (CCITT) dans le domaine des réseaux de données permet d’explorer des enjeux nationaux et internationaux de ... [more ▼]

L’avis X25, adopté en 1976 par le Comité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (CCITT) dans le domaine des réseaux de données permet d’explorer des enjeux nationaux et internationaux de normalisation. Son histoire témoigne de la convergence entre télécommunications et informatique dans les années 1970, des débats liés au développement des réseaux de données, en particulier autour de la commutation de paquets, mais aussi de choix techniques, industriels et politiques complexes, et ce à plusieurs échelles. En revenant sur le passage du projet de norme à l’avis X25, à valeur non contraignante, son implémentation et développement dans des réseaux, puis sa postérité, cette étude permet d’explorer les acteurs, motivations et choix effectués à plusieurs moments charnières de l’histoire des réseaux de données. [less ▲]

Warlux. Op der Sich no Zäitdokumenter aus dem Zweete Weltkrich

Speeches/Talks (2021)

Do we need artificial inventors?

Article for general public (2021)

Introduction to Research Data Management and Data Management Plans

Speeches/Talks (2021)

The video-recording of the presentation can be found on https://youtu.be/OPX3ryHAbns

Luxembourg Diplomacy at Work

Speeches/Talks (2021)

After the Second World War, Luxembourg became a leading player in international relations. As a founding member of most of the major international institutions – including the United Nations (1945), the ... [more ▼]

After the Second World War, Luxembourg became a leading player in international relations. As a founding member of most of the major international institutions – including the United Nations (1945), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (1949), the Council of Europe (1949), the European Communities (starting with the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951) and then the European Union (1993) –, Luxembourg assumed a key role in European integration and multilateralism. Its constant aim has always been to maintain and strengthen the framework of international law as a basis for democracy, human rights and the values of freedom, peace and security worldwide. Luxembourg’s diplomatic apparatus serves the people of Luxembourg, the country’s institutions, the private sector and civil society by supporting and defending Luxembourg’s political, economic, business, cultural and consular interests abroad. [less ▲]

Die "mentions honorifiques" - Kann man Patriotismus bewerten?

Article for general public (2021)

Le vers claudélien, langage " naturel " ou " insolite " ? : Réflexion et analyse à partir de différentes mises en scène de Partage de midi de Paul Claudel

Conference given outside the academic context (2021)

Dès qu’un metteur en scène entend appréhender le théâtre de Paul Claudel, il se voit immédiatement confronté à un problème de taille : le vers claudélien. En effet, la physionomie sensuelle et baroque des ... [more ▼]

Dès qu’un metteur en scène entend appréhender le théâtre de Paul Claudel, il se voit immédiatement confronté à un problème de taille : le vers claudélien. En effet, la physionomie sensuelle et baroque des œuvres claudéliennes « n’a rien de français ». Paul Claudel se situe véritablement en dehors de cette tradition théâtrale et se méfie d’ailleurs des acteurs français. Fort de ses séjours internationaux en tant qu’ambassadeur, ce dramaturge ne rédige pas comme la plupart des auteurs français. Tout d’abord, nous commencerons notre exposé en tentant de démontrer ce qui précède par des extraits sélectionnés de Partage de midi. Cela va nous conduire ensuite à nous intéresser plus particulièrement à cette pièce. Plus qu’aucune autre, cette œuvre, à forte teneur autobiographique, est caractérisée par l’érotisme. Ysé et Mesa, les deux protagonistes principaux, sont unis par une relation, non seulement, amoureuse, mais aussi, charnelle. En témoigne la scène 2 de l’Acte II de Partage de midi. Nous verrons, in fine, que l’histoire de la tradition des mises en scène de cette « scène d’amour » démontre que certains metteurs en scène vont davantage privilégier un érotisme cérébral et textuel, tandis que d’autres vont plutôt s’axer sur un érotisme physique et corporel, où le toucher entre les partenaires est d’importance. [less ▲]

Le rôle civilisationnel des universités

Article for general public (2021)

What Blanchard gets wrong: The puzzling persistence of managerialism in EU fiscal governance

Diverse speeches and writings (2021)

The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted renewed debate over the architecture of Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union. In a recent blog post, "What Blanchard gets wrong: The puzzling persistence of ... [more ▼]

The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted renewed debate over the architecture of Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union. In a recent blog post, "What Blanchard gets wrong: The puzzling persistence of managerialism in EU fiscal governance", Marco Dani, Dario Guarascio, Joana Mendes, Agustin José Menéndez, Harm Schepel and Mike Wilkinson respond to a recent proposal to overhaul the EU’s current fiscal framework. They argue that while the EU’s fiscal rules should undoubtedly be reformed, a more radical solution is required that puts democratic politics at the heart of the EU’s fiscal governance. [less ▲]

Interview: Women in Research

Conference given outside the academic context (2021)

We invite you to take part in a round table with international participation "My country - my Russia: a single educational space for young compatriots living abroad." The event will be held on March 21st ... [more ▼]

We invite you to take part in a round table with international participation "My country - my Russia: a single educational space for young compatriots living abroad." The event will be held on March 21st, 2021 at 12.00 (Moscow time) in the meeting room of the Academic Council of the Russian State Humanitarian University with the direct participation of the Ministry of Education of Russia, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, compatriots living abroad, and on international humanitarian cooperation and television representatives. Within the framework of the event, the presentation of the 18th season of the All-Russian competition of youth copyright projects and projects in the field of education aimed at the social and economic development of Russian territories "My country is my Russia" (hereinafter - the Competition), including the international nomination "The Commonwealth of Our Countries », Speeches of specialized experts and specialists. The event will be attended by organizers, experts, graduates of the Competition, as well as representatives of educational organizations and youth public associations from more than 40 countries (Australia, Egypt, Germany, USA, Turkey, etc.). The event will be held in a hybrid format: face-to-face participation is possible, as well as online connection. [less ▲]

Le genre et l'Europe: Quo Vadis?

Article for general public (2021)

L'égalité des genres est un principe fondateur de l'Union européenne (UE) inscrit dans les traités et constamment réaffirmé (Protocole social annexé au Traité de Maastricht, Traité d'Amsterdam, Charte ... [more ▼]

L'égalité des genres est un principe fondateur de l'Union européenne (UE) inscrit dans les traités et constamment réaffirmé (Protocole social annexé au Traité de Maastricht, Traité d'Amsterdam, Charte sociale européenne, Charte européenne des droits fondamentaux). Même si des progrès notables restent à accomplir, l’Europe démocratique constitue une source d’inspiration en matière de l'égalité entre les sexes et le développement des sociétés plus ouvertes et modernes. [less ▲]

Warum und zu welchem Ende reden wir über "Neue Suburbanität"?

Speeches/Talks (2021)

Das Papier gibt einen Überblick über das Sujet der Neuen Suburbanität, und zwar in vier Schritten. Erstens erfolgt ein Einstieg in die Diskussion über Begrifflichkeiten und Definitionen; zweitens wird der ... [more ▼]

Das Papier gibt einen Überblick über das Sujet der Neuen Suburbanität, und zwar in vier Schritten. Erstens erfolgt ein Einstieg in die Diskussion über Begrifflichkeiten und Definitionen; zweitens wird der Anlass hinterfragt, warum man 2019, immer noch … oder gerade wieder, über Suburbanisierung redet, forscht, dazu plant. Drittens werden die theoretischen und praktischen Herausforderungen, denen sich die Forschung zu Neuer Suburbanität stellen sollte, benannt; viertens wird ein kurzer Ausblick auf die Stadt von übermorgen vorgenommen -- eine Reflexion darüber, welchen Platz Suburbia und Suburbanisierung hier einnehmen können. [less ▲]

Fake news sur l'architecture eschoise

Article for general public (2021)

Writing the Contemporary History of Europe: Old Concepts, New Tools?

Speeches/Talks (2021)

Although the idea of Europe dates back to ancient times and was crystallised in the Enlightenment, the plan for European unification emerged in the second half of the 20th century as a consequence of an ... [more ▼]

Although the idea of Europe dates back to ancient times and was crystallised in the Enlightenment, the plan for European unification emerged in the second half of the 20th century as a consequence of an economic process based on a single market and a single currency. European integration is therefore a recent chapter in the history of Europe, one which has been written before our very eyes, but it remains fragmented into disparate national histories. In the 21st century, those writing the history of Europe find themselves confronted with a threefold challenge: they must meet the demands of the digital age, adjust to the paradigm shift within the historical discipline and navigate the geopolitical upheavals that the continent has been experiencing since 1989 (the fall of communism; the enlargement of the European Union; the many crises the EU has faced, including Brexit; the divide between institutions and citizens; the socio-economic consequences of the global crisis, including the COVID-19 health crisis; the new nature of transatlantic relations, etc.). [less ▲]

Zwangsrekrutierung: Geschichte von unten erzählen

in Kuntzmann, Morgan (Ed.) Luxemburger Wort (2021)

Sloterdijks Hermeneutik der Entlarvung: Wie das Subversive der Religionen zur Pervertierung generiert

Conference given outside the academic context (2021)

Robin Samuel im Interview mit Contacto: Die Pandemie wird sich auf den Berufseinstieg, die Gesundheit und die psychologische Entwicklung der Jugendlichen auswirken

Article for general public (2021)

Contacto’s Paula Santos Ferreira has asked Prof. Dr. Robin Samuel for his views on the possible consequences of the current pandemic for Luxembourgish young people. Her recent article, citing the ... [more ▼]

Contacto’s Paula Santos Ferreira has asked Prof. Dr. Robin Samuel for his views on the possible consequences of the current pandemic for Luxembourgish young people. Her recent article, citing the preliminary results of the study Young People and COVID-19 (YAC+), is aimed at a large Portuguese-speaking readership in Luxembourg. [less ▲]

Le retour du corps refoulé

Article for general public (2021)

Keen ass vergiess - Näischt gëtt vergiess

Article for general public (2021)

The authors tell from the lives of three married couples. The men and one of the women immigrated to Luxembourg from Russia via Germany and France at the beginning of the 20th century, the other two wives ... [more ▼]

The authors tell from the lives of three married couples. The men and one of the women immigrated to Luxembourg from Russia via Germany and France at the beginning of the 20th century, the other two wives came from Luxembourg or the border area. The married couple Aronow-Herz, Fakorowitsch-Levy and Lukmanski-Lubinstein and their children tell stories of migration and integration, of constraints and freedom, of plans and setbacks. And then the story of the unthinkable: the Shoah. In the first so-called Pole transport alone, including these three families, a total of 323 Jews were deported from Luxembourg on October 16, 1941 to Litzmannstadt (Lodz): 89 Luxembourgers, 234 non-Luxembourgers, mainly Germans, Poles, stateless persons - mostly from Russia and Poles - some Lithuanians, Letters, Dutch and French. Only eleven out of 323 survived the deportation. [less ▲]

Niemand ist vergessen - Nichts wird vergessen

Article for general public (2021)

This article of Inna Ganschow and Denis Scuto reconstructs the stories of the families Families Aronow-Herz, Faktorowitsch-Levy, Lukmanski-Lubinstein, Jewish families immigrated from Russia to Germany ... [more ▼]

This article of Inna Ganschow and Denis Scuto reconstructs the stories of the families Families Aronow-Herz, Faktorowitsch-Levy, Lukmanski-Lubinstein, Jewish families immigrated from Russia to Germany, France and finally Luxembourg in the 1920s, their lives and work in the Grand-Duchy and their deportation from Luxembourg to Lizmannstadt (Lodz) on 16th Octobre 1941. [less ▲]

#YesWeCare: Die Übersehenen

Article for general public (2021)

After someone dies of the coronavirus and medical staff is no longer needed, work for more COVID fighters begins - the morticians.

Un incendiaire et ses recettes historiques

Article for general public (2021)

Historian Denis Scuto, Vice-Director of Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History discusses the frontal attack by Trump and his supporters against democratic institutions and historical ... [more ▼]

Historian Denis Scuto, Vice-Director of Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History discusses the frontal attack by Trump and his supporters against democratic institutions and historical traditions. [less ▲]

Leveraging state-of-the-art architectures by enriching training information - a case study

Speeches/Talks (2021)

Our working hypothesis is that key factors in COVID-19 imaging are the available imaging data and their label noise and confounders, rather than network architectures per se. Thus, we applied existing ... [more ▼]

Our working hypothesis is that key factors in COVID-19 imaging are the available imaging data and their label noise and confounders, rather than network architectures per se. Thus, we applied existing state-of-the-art convolution neural network frameworks based on the U-Net architecture, namely nnU-Net [3], and focused on leveraging the available training data. We did not apply any pre-training nor modi ed the network architecture. First, we enriched training information by generating two additional labels for lung and body area. Lung labels were created with a public available lung segmentation network and weak body labels were generated by thresholding. Subsequently, we trained three di erent multi-class networks: 2-label (original background and lesion labels), 3-label (additional lung label) and 4-label (additional lung and body label). The 3-label obtained the best single network performance in internal cross-validation (Dice-Score 0.756) and on the leaderboard (Dice- Score 0.755, Haussdor 95-Score 57.5). To improve robustness, we created a weighted ensemble of all three models, with calibrated weights to optimise the ranking in Dice-Score. This ensemble achieved a slight performance gain in internal cross-validation (Dice-Score 0.760). On the validation set leaderboard, it improved our Dice-Score to 0.768 and Haussdor 95- Score to 54.8. It ranked 3rd in phase I according to mean Dice-Score. Adding unlabelled data from the public TCIA dataset in a student-teacher manner signi cantly improved our internal validation score (Dice-Score of 0.770). However, we noticed partial overlap between our additional training data (although not human-labelled) and  nal test data and therefore submitted the ensemble without additional data, to yield realistic assessments. [less ▲]

Digitale Ungleichheit in der Wissenschaftsgesellschaft. Wie die Coronakrise Problemlagen im Bildungsbereich verschärft.

Article for general public (2021)

Sztuczne życie zmiennokształtnych

Diverse speeches and writings (2021)

Every number is the beginning of a power of 2

Article for general public (2021)

Associate Editor, Journal of Risk and Financial Management

Diverse speeches and writings (2021)

‘The Pillars of the Earth

Article for general public (2021)

Short report on the exhibition in Luxembourg City of a stained-glass installation, 'Pillars of the Earth' by Julie Wagener and Elora de Pape.

Determining Pretrial Detention by Algorithm: The Lesser of Two Evils?

Article for general public (2021)