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Open PhD/Junior Researcher Position in Neurosymbolic AI and Information Extraction on historical documents at FIZ Karlsruhe - Knowledge-driven AI research group (former ISE research group), starting at Jan 1, 2026.
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
https://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/en/stellenan…

#NorskTut #Hippie

Quantum Walks for Chemical Reaction Networks
Seenivasan Hariharan, Sebastian Zur, Sachin Kinge, Lucas Visscher, Kareljan Schoutens, Stacey Jeffery
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07890

Quantum Walks for Chemical Reaction Networks
We lay the foundation for a quantum algorithmic framework to analyse fixed-structure chemical reaction networks (CRNs) using quantum random walks (QRWs) via electrical circuit theory. We model perturbations to CRNs, such as, species injections that shift steady-state concentrations, while keeping the underlying species-reaction graph fixed. Under physically meaningful mass-action constraints, we develop quantum algorithms that (i) decide reachability of target species after perturbation, (ii) s…

Towards Proprioception-Aware Embodied Planning for Dual-Arm Humanoid Robots
Boyu Li, Siyuan He, Hang Xu, Haoqi Yuan, Yu Zang, Liwei Hu, Junpeng Yue, Zhenxiong Jiang, Pengbo Hu, B\"orje F. Karlsson, Yehui Tang, Zongqing Lu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07882

Towards Proprioception-Aware Embodied Planning for Dual-Arm Humanoid Robots
In recent years, Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) have demonstrated the ability to serve as high-level planners, enabling robots to follow complex human instructions. However, their effectiveness, especially in long-horizon tasks involving dual-arm humanoid robots, remains limited. This limitation arises from two main challenges: (i) the absence of simulation platforms that systematically support task evaluation and data collection for humanoid robots, and (ii) the insufficient embodime…

Last week, October sunshine in Freiburg at the anual #NFDIMatWerk planning & strategy meeting at Freiburg Innovation Center FRIZ. Usually, I don't complain about the food, but ... hey guys, there is room for improvement ;-)
Overall outcome: The MSE KnowledgeGraph will be THE central hub for all NFDIMatWerk resources

A duality approach to the fractional Laplacian with measure data
Kenneth H. Karlsen, Francesco Petitta, Suleyman Ulusoy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06390 https://

A duality approach to the fractional Laplacian with measure data
We describe a duality method to prove both existence and uniqueness of solutions to nonlocal problems like $$ (-Δ)^s v = μ\quad \text{in}\ \mathbb{R}^N, $$ with vanishing conditions at infinity. Here $μ$ is a bounded Radon measure whose support is compactly contained in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq2$, and $-(Δ)^s$ is the fractional Laplace operator of order $s\in (1/2,1)$.

SMF Coupled Compact Ground Terminal with Advanced Filtering Towards Daylight C Band Satellite QKD
Argiris Ntanos, Aristeidis Stathis, Panagiotis Kourelias, Evridiki Kyriazi, Panagiotis Toumasis, Nikolaos K. Lyras, Nikolaos Makris, Sotirios Tsavdaridis, E. M. Xilouris, Athanasios Marousis, Ilias Papastamatiou, Athanasios D. Panagopoulos, Konstantinos Vyrsokinos, Kleomenis Tsiganis, George T. Kanellos, Hercules Avramopoulos, Giannis Giannoulis

SMF Coupled Compact Ground Terminal with Advanced Filtering Towards Daylight C Band Satellite QKD
We demonstrate a compact, high-isolation C-band optical ground terminal for satellite QKD, achieving more than 120 dB daylight background suppression and 135 dB crosstalk noise isolation. Successful QKD over an outdoor 100m FSO validate its feasibility for integration of satellite-QKD with urban fiber segments.

Leveraging Generic Foundation Models for Multimodal Surgical Data Analysis
Simon Pezold, J\'er\^ome A. Kurylec, Jan S. Liechti, Beat P. M\"uller, Jo\"el L. Lavanchy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06831

Leveraging Generic Foundation Models for Multimodal Surgical Data Analysis
We investigate how both the adaptation of a generic foundation model via transfer learning and the integration of complementary modalities from the operating room (OR) can support surgical data science. To this end, we use V-JEPA as the single-modality foundation of a multimodal model for minimally invasive surgery support. We analyze how the model's downstream performance can benefit (a) from finetuning on unlabeled surgical video data and (b) from providing additional time-resolved data strea…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
FKA twigs & Koreless:
🎵 Drums of Death
#FKAtwigs #Koreless
https://tnsxords.bandcamp.com/track/fka-twigs-koreless-drums-of-death-tnsxords-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/3kmHmR0PfFQDLkbZU5kMfc

Kollege aus Karlsruhe gerade dienstlich in Hannover - wenn #Karlsruhe auf Platz 2 ist, wo ist denn dann Hannover? Die haben hier so Fahrradhighways durch die ganze Stadt.
Ja. #Hannover auch auf Platz 2. In der Kategorie der Städte über 500 000 Einwohner*innen. Noch hinter Frankfurt am Main und …