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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pushing to 🆘 investigate whether Harvard University violated federal sanctions by collaborating on a health insurance conference in China that may have included officials blacklisted by the U.S. government.
Rubio signed off on a recommendation to the Treasury Department last month to open an investigation,
which experts and former Treasury officials said was 👉an unusual attempt from a cabinet secretary to target a domestic entity for sanctions enf…

Rubio Is Pressing to Open Sanctions Investigation Into Harvard
Experts and former officials said it was unusual for a cabinet secretary to try to influence the Treasury Department’s sanctions process to target a domestic entity.

In case you missed it: This September will be … smashing! 😻💚
@… is coming back to Freiburg on September 8–11, and I’m thrilled and honoured (and a bit baffled) to be part of this incredible lineup! Get your tickets, friends! 🔥😁

Matthias Ott — Freiburg in Germany, September 8–11.
Matthias is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer. He teaches interface prototyping at Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design and runs workshops on modern web design, design engineering, and prototyping. He writes Own Your Web, a newsletter about personal websites, and blogs about design, development, CSS, the open web, and more on matthiasott.com.

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"#OpenAccess and #OpenPeerReview in the #DigitalHumanities"

@… and Moritz Twente have now published a very nice blog post on @… documenting the Workshop on Open Access & Community Peer Review: Rethinking Scholarly Publishing in the Digital Humanities we held in Zurich on April 30, 2025.

FIDESlib: A Fully-Fledged Open-Source FHE Library for Efficient CKKS on GPUs
Carlos Agull\'o-Domingo (Universidad de Murcia), \'Oscar Vera-L\'opez (Universidad de Murcia), Seyda Guzelhan (Boston University), Lohit Daksha (Boston University), Aymane El Jerari (Northeastern University), Kaustubh Shivdikar (Advanced Micro Devices), Rashmi Agrawal (Boston University), David Kaeli (Northeastern University), Ajay Joshi (Boston University), Jos\'e L. Abell\'an (Universidad…

FIDESlib: A Fully-Fledged Open-Source FHE Library for Efficient CKKS on GPUs
Word-wise Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) schemes, such as CKKS, are gaining significant traction due to their ability to provide post-quantum-resistant, privacy-preserving approximate computing; an especially desirable feature in Machine-Learning-as-a-Service (MLaaS) cloud-computing paradigms. OpenFHE is a leading CPU-based FHE library with robust CKKS operations, but its server-side performance is not yet sufficient for practical cloud deployment. As GPU computing becomes more common in da…

Replaced article(s) found for cs.DL. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.DL/new
[1/1]:
- Analysing the coverage of the University of Bologna's bibliographic and citation metadata in Open...
Erica Andreose, Salvatore Di Marzo, Ivan Heibi, Silvio Peroni, Leonardo Zilli

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Pitfalls of Evaluating Language Models with Open Benchmarks
Md. Najib Hasan (Wichita State University), Mohammad Fakhruddin Babar (Washington State University), Souvika Sarkar (Wichita State University), Monowar Hasan (Washington State University), Santu Karmaker (University of Central Florida)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00460…

Pitfalls of Evaluating Language Models with Open Benchmarks
Open Large Language Model (LLM) benchmarks, such as HELM and BIG-bench, offer standardized, transparent protocols that facilitate the fair comparison, reproducibility, and iterative advancement of Language Models (LMs). However, their openness also introduces critical and underexplored pitfalls. This study exposes these weaknesses by systematically constructing ``cheating'' models -- smaller variants of BART, T5, and GPT-2 fine-tuned directly on public test sets -- which achieve top rankings on…

What, exactly, constitutes a “conservative idea?”
That dictatorship is preferable to democracy?
That white Christian nationalism is better than tolerance and openness?
That social Darwinism is superior to human decency?
The claim that higher education must be more open to such “conservative ideas” is dangerous drivel.
So what’s the real, underlying reason for the Trump regime’s attack on education?
Not incidentally, that attack extends to grade school.

FAU University Press: Now in the top catalogs for open access publications https://ub.fau.de/en/2025/06/17/fau-university-press-now-in-the-top-catalogs-for-open-access-publications/

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Designing for Self-Regulation in Informal Programming Learning: Insights from a Storytelling-Centric Approach
Sami Saeed Alghamdi (Open Lab, School of Computing, Newcastle University), Christopher Bull (Open Lab, School of Computing, Newcastle University), Ahmed Kharrufa (Open Lab, School of Computing, Newcastle University)
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Designing for Self-Regulation in Informal Programming Learning: Insights from a Storytelling-Centric Approach
Many people learn programming independently from online resources and often report struggles in achieving their personal learning goals. Learners frequently describe their experiences as isolating and frustrating, challenged by abundant uncertainties, information overload, and distraction, compounded by limited guidance. At the same time, social media serves as a personal space where many engage in diverse self-regulation practices, including help-seeking, using external memory aids (e.g., self…

Machine Learning Guided Multiscale Design of DNA-functionalized Nanoparticles for Targeted Self-Assembly of the Double Gyroid
Luis Nieves-Rosado (Cornell University), Fernando Escobedo (Cornell University)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.03025

Machine Learning Guided Multiscale Design of DNA-functionalized Nanoparticles for Targeted Self-Assembly of the Double Gyroid
In soft matter science, it is often the goal to design new materials with targeted properties. These materials can be used in many applications, each requiring specific features to be optimized for maximum fitness. The use of self-assembly processes, where a target structure is attained from suitably designed building blocks, is a powerful tool for this optimization. However, it is still an open question how to generally design realizable building blocks that lead to the desired phases. In this…

Study shows the use of emojis in text messaging improves perceived responsiveness and thereby enhances closeness and relationship satisfaction https://phys.org/news/2025-07-emoji-impact-relationship-outcomes-reveals.html

Emoji use may impact relationship outcomes, study reveals
The use of emojis in text messaging improves perceived responsiveness and thereby enhances closeness and relationship satisfaction, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Eun Huh from the University of Texas at Austin, U.S.

Symbiotic stars in Galactic open clusters
Lukas Kue{\ss} (Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna, Austria), Ernst Paunzen (Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21994

Symbiotic stars in Galactic open clusters
The age determination of symbiotic stars is essential to put further constraints on models explaining these binary systems. In the Galactic field, this is especially problematic because of several limitations due to reddening estimations, for example. We searched for symbiotic stars as members of Galactic open clusters for which the age and overall metallicity can be determined in a statistical sense. The most recent lists of well-established and candidate symbiotic stars and open clusters were…

The Call for Papers (and posters) is now open for the #Indiana #MAA section meeting, Sat. October 18 at Taylor University.
https://www.indiana.maa.org/…

Section Meetings — MAA Indiana Section

Looking forward to speaking at @… again – and especially with such an awesome group of people! 💙
https://events.drupal.org/…

Status and Goals of the Drupal Open University Initiative | Drupal Events
DrupalCon unites experts from around the globe who create ambitious digital experiences. Network, learn, and be inspired.

Campus5G: A Campus Scale Private 5G Open RAN Testbed
Andrew E. Ferguson, Ujjwal Pawar, Tianxin Wang, Mahesh K. Marina
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Campus5G: A Campus Scale Private 5G Open RAN Testbed
Mobile networks are embracing disaggregation, reflected by the industry trend towards Open RAN. Private 5G networks are viewed as particularly suitable contenders as early adopters of Open RAN, owing to their setting, high degree of control, and opportunity for innovation they present. Motivated by this, we have recently deployed Campus5G, the first of its kind campus-wide, O-RAN-compliant private 5G testbed across the central campus of the University of Edinburgh. We present in detail our proc…

Smashing! 😻
https://smashingconf.com/freiburg-2025/speakers/matthias-ott

Matthias Ott — Freiburg in Germany, September 8–11.
Matthias is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer. He teaches interface prototyping at Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design and runs workshops on modern web design, design engineering, and prototyping. He writes Own Your Web, a newsletter about personal websites, and blogs about design, development, CSS, the open web, and more on matthiasott.com.

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Graph Neural Network Surrogates for Contacting Deformable Bodies with Necessary and Sufficient Contact Detection
Vijay K. Dubey (The University of Texas at Austin), Collin E. Haese (The University of Texas at Austin), Osman G\"ultekin (The University of Texas at Austin), David Dalton (University of Glasgow), Manuel K. Rausch (The University of Texas at Austin), Jan N. Fuhg (The University of Texas at Austin)

Graph Neural Network Surrogates for Contacting Deformable Bodies with Necessary and Sufficient Contact Detection
Surrogate models for the rapid inference of nonlinear boundary value problems in mechanics are helpful in a broad range of engineering applications. However, effective surrogate modeling of applications involving the contact of deformable bodies, especially in the context of varying geometries, is still an open issue. In particular, existing methods are confined to rigid body contact or, at best, contact between rigid and soft objects with well-defined contact planes. Furthermore, they employ c…

"Open Access and Citation Impact: Modality, Funding, Publisher, and Disciplinary Trends at the University of Kentucky" #OpenAccess

Marcel: A Lightweight and Open-Source Conversational Agent for University Student Support
Jan Trienes, Anastasiia Derzhanskaia, Roland Schwarzkopf, Markus M\"uhling, J\"org Schl\"otterer, Christin Seifert
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13937

Marcel: A Lightweight and Open-Source Conversational Agent for University Student Support
We present Marcel, a lightweight and open-source conversational agent designed to support prospective students with admission-related inquiries. The system aims to provide fast and personalized responses, while reducing workload of university staff. We employ retrieval-augmented generation to ground answers in university resources and to provide users with verifiable, contextually relevant information. To improve retrieval quality, we introduce an FAQ retriever that maps user questions to knowl…

Columbia’s new policies intended to stop and punish any on-campus criticism of the Gaza genocide
by characterizing it as “antisemitism”
have made it impossible for Rashid Khalidi to teach his planned fall course.
See his explanation here, which ends with:
Columbia’s capitulation has turned a university that was once a site of free inquiry and learning
into a shadow of its former self,
an-anti university, a gated security zone with electronic entry controls,…

I learned¹ about the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature² that has more than 10000 books scanned and available online. Just great.
It is hosted by the University of Florida. So let's hope that it stays available, i.e. that the Republicans don't find the old children's books from 1750 to woke.³
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Open Culture (Official) (@openculture@toot.community)
Attached: 1 image Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online https://www.openculture.com/2025/06/enter-an-archive-of-10000-historical-childrens-books.html

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An Open Research Dataset of the 1932 Cairo Congress of Arab Music
Baris Bozkurt (College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14503

An Open Research Dataset of the 1932 Cairo Congress of Arab Music
This paper introduces ORD-CC32 , an open research dataset derived from the 1932 Cairo Congress of Arab Music recordings, a historically significant collection representing diverse Arab musical traditions. The dataset includes structured metadata, melodic and rhythmic mode tags (maqam and iqa), manually labeled tonic information, and acoustic features extracted using state-of-the-art pitch detection methods. These resources support computational studies of tuning, temperament, and regional varia…

Development of an Open-Source Spacecraft Bus for the PULSE-A CubeSat
Graydon Schulze-Kalt, Robert Pitu, Spencer Shelton, Catherine Todd, Zane Ebel, Ian Goldberg, Leon Gold, Henry Czarnecki, Mason McCormack, Larry Li, Zumi Riekse, Brian Yu, Akash Piya, Vidya Suri, Dylan Hu, Colleen Kim, John Baird, Seth Knights, Logan Hanssler, Michael Lembeck, Tian Zhong

Development of an Open-Source Spacecraft Bus for the PULSE-A CubeSat
The undergraduate-led Polarization-modUlated Laser Satellite Experiment (PULSE-A) at the University of Chicago seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of circular polarization shift keyed satellite-to-ground laser communication. PULSE-A's low-cost open-source bus serves as the backbone of the mission and has been designed in tandem with the Payload, with design driven by strict requirements for pointing accuracy, component alignment, power demand, and thermal stability. This work presents the desi…

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Guiding an Automatic Speech Recognition Decoder Using Large Language Models
Eyal Cohen (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology), Bhiksha Raj (Carnegie Mellon University), Joseph Keshet (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02228

Guiding an Automatic Speech Recognition Decoder Using Large Language Models
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) consists of an acoustic model (AM) and a language model (LM). The AM estimates the probability of an acoustic signal based on a sequence of linguistic units, typically phones, characters, or tokens, while the LM assesses the likelihood of a specific sequence of words or tokens. Although Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated significant potential across various tasks, integrating them into ASR remains an open challenge. By decomposing the maximum a pos…

Effect of Galactic Chemical Evolution on Exoplanet Properties
Jason H. Steffen (UNLV), Cody Shakespeare (UNLV), Robert Royer (UNLV), David Rice (Open University of Israel), Allona Vazan (Open University of Israel)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10942

Effect of Galactic Chemical Evolution on Exoplanet Properties
We couple a simplified model for the galactic chemical evolution, with software that models the condensation of dust in protoplanetary disks and software that models the interior structure of planets in order to estimate the effects that the galactic chemical evolution has on the properties of planets as they form over time. We find that the early abundance of elements formed from the evolution and death of high-mass stars (such as Oxygen, Silicon, and Magnesium) yields planets with larger mant…

SENSOR: A Cost-Efficient Open-Source Flow Monitoring Platform
Gabriel Paradzik, Benjamin Steinert, Heinrich Abele, Michael Menth
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15659

SENSOR: A Cost-Efficient Open-Source Flow Monitoring Platform
This paper presents a cost-effective and distributed flow monitoring platform for collecting unsampled IPFIX data exclusively using open-source tools, which is implemented at the University of Tübingen. An overview of all tools is given and their use is explained.

Discursive and Non-Discursive Reasoning in Chinese Philosophy
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The SPACE Program I: The featureless spectrum of HD 86226 c challenges sub-Neptune atmosphere trends
K. Angelique Kahle (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University), Jasmina Blecic (Department of Physics, New York University Abu Dhabi, Center for Astrophysics and Space Science), Reza Ashtari (JHU Applied Physics Laboratory), Laura Kreidberg (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy), Yui Kawashima (Department of Astronomy, Graduate School o…

The SPACE Program I: The featureless spectrum of HD 86226 c challenges sub-Neptune atmosphere trends
Sub-Neptune exoplanets are the most abundant type of planet known today. As they do not have a Solar System counterpart, many open questions exist about their composition and formation. Previous spectroscopic studies rule out aerosol-free hydrogen-helium-dominated atmospheres for many characterized sub-Neptunes but are inconclusive about their exact atmospheric compositions. Here we characterize the hot (Teq=1311K) sub-Neptune HD 86226 c, which orbits its G-type host star. Its high equilibrium …

While the rare earth market is dominated by China, Canada also has some of the largest reserves in the world.
But new rare earth mining projects have to balance the need for these materials with the environmental impacts that mining has on the land. 
Instead of starting from scratch, the University of Alberta and Calgary-based CVW CleanTech are trying to mine these valuable substances from tailings, a waste product of open-pit oilsands mining.
Previously known as Titanium …

New-age prospectors finding rare earth elements in tailings from Alberta oilsands | CBC News
Rare earth elements are a key part of the transition to a green economy. From magnets in wind turbines to batteries in electric vehicles, they’re needed for technology that is increasingly in demand.

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A new XML conversion process for mensural music encoding : CMME\_to\_MEI (via Verovio)
David Fiala (CESR), Laurent Pugin (KNAW), Marnix van Berchum (KNAW), Martha Thomae (NOVA), K\'evin Roger (CESR, UL, CRULH)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15991

A new XML conversion process for mensural music encoding : CMME\_to\_MEI (via Verovio)
The Ricercar Lab - the musicological research team at the Center for advanced Studies in the Renaissance at the University of Tours - has decided to make available in open access, thanks to the support of the French digital infrastructure Biblissima, a large corpus of about 3500 XML files of 15th-c. music. This corpus was produced by the German musicologist Clemens Goldberg who encoded since 2010 onwards the musical content of 34 major 15th-c. music manuscripts and other complementary files, in…

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