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Nilüfer Yanya:
🎵 Where to Look
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Ex-Meta-Lobbyistin Niamh Sweeney wird Datenschutz-Chefin in Irland. Klingt nach Seitenwechsel, ist aber eher ein Drehtür zwischen Regulierten und Regulierern. Quasi wie wenn McDonald’s den Vorsitz im Ernährungsrat übernimmt. Immerhin: Man spart Wege, wenn Regulierung und Lobby gleich im selben Büro sitzen, @…

Vereinnahmung: US-Big-Tech reguliert sich jetzt offiziell selbst
Zuckerbergs Chef-Lobbyistin wird die Leiterin der irischen Datenschutzbehörde. Als wäre das nicht pikant genug: Aus Niamh Sweeneys Zeit ist der Konzern in zwei Datenschutzverfahren verwickelt, die über 1,5 Mrd. US-$ teuer werden könnten. Doch jetzt ist die Verteidigerin für die Anklage zuständig. Ein Lehrstück für Regulierungsvereinnahmung, das zeigt, wie neoliberale Politik die Digitalwirtschaft in eine "post-demokratische Zone" verwandelt hat.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Nilüfer Yanya:
🎵 Kneel
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Tight Bounds On the Distortion of Randomized and Deterministic Distributed Voting
Mohammad Ali Abam, Davoud Kareshki, Marzieh Nilipour, Mohammad Hossein Paydar, Masoud Seddighin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17134

Tight Bounds On the Distortion of Randomized and Deterministic Distributed Voting
We study metric distortion in distributed voting, where $n$ voters are partitioned into $k$ groups, each selecting a local representative, and a final winner is chosen from these representatives (or from the entire set of candidates). This setting models systems like U.S. presidential elections, where state-level decisions determine the national outcome. We focus on four cost objectives from \citep{anshelevich2022distortion}: $\avgavg$, $\avgmax$, $\maxavg$, and $\maxmax$. We present improved d…

Reliability-Based Fault Analysis and Modeling of Satellite Electrical Power Subsystems Using Fault Tree and Simulation Tools
Niloofar Nobahari, Alireza Rezaee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15708

Reliability-Based Fault Analysis and Modeling of Satellite Electrical Power Subsystems Using Fault Tree and Simulation Tools
One of the most important satellite subsystems is its electric power subsystem. The occurrence of a fault in the satellite power system causes the failure of all or part of the satellite. Calculating the overall reliability of the power system before the mission is crucial in improving the design of the satellite power system. Each component of the power system may malfunction due to pressure, launch pressure, and operating conditions. Accordingly, in this paper, first, a healthy and faulty sys…

Yesterday, I learned that Martin Volk, Professor of Computational Linguistics at UZH, passed away on Monday, September 15, at the age of 64. What devastating news 😢
#nlproc #RIP

The Fraction of Clumpy Galaxies in JWST Surveys over $2<z<12$
Alexander de la Vega, Bahram Mobasher, Faezeh Manesh, Niloofar Sharei, Nima Chartab, Zahra Sattari
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14972

The Fraction of Clumpy Galaxies in JWST Surveys over $2
High-redshift galaxies exhibit compact regions of intense star formation, known as ``clumps,'' which are conspicuous in the rest-frame ultraviolet. Studying them can shed light on how they form and evolve and inform theoretical models of galaxy evolution. We examine the evolution of clumpy galaxies with redshift and stellar mass over $2