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ETH Zurich published a fact sheet with their current insights about the devastating collapse of the Birch glacier and the destruction of Blatten last week...
Article (German):
https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstalt

Was ETH-Gletscherforschende über den Abbruch des Birchgletschers wissen
Am Mittwoch brach der Birchgletscher unter der Last von Fels- und Schuttmassen ein, die von Felsstürzen am Kleinen Nesthorn stammten. Nach einer Begehung vor Ort erläutern ETH-Forschende die Hintergründe des Abbruchs, der Blatten verschüttete, in einem aktualisierten Faktenblatt.

Average-case complexity in statistical inference: A puzzle-driven research seminar
Anastasia Kireeva, Afonso S. Bandeira
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22182 h…

Average-case complexity in statistical inference: A puzzle-driven research seminar
These notes describe our experience with running a student seminar on average-case complexity in statistical inference using the jigsaw learning format at ETH Zurich in Fall of 2024. The jigsaw learning technique is an active learning technique where students work in groups on independent parts of the task and then reassemble the groups to combine all the parts together. We implemented this technique for the proofs of various recent research developments, combined with a presentation by one of …