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Differential Physiological Responses to Proxemic and Facial Threats in Virtual Avatar Interactions
Birgit Nierula, Mustafa Tevfik Lafci, Anna Melnik, Mert Akg\"ul, Farelle Toumaleu Siewe, Sebastian Bosse
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10586

Differential Physiological Responses to Proxemic and Facial Threats in Virtual Avatar Interactions
Proxemics, the study of spatial behavior, is fundamental to social interaction and increasingly relevant for virtual reality (VR) applications. While previous research has established that users respond to personal space violations in VR similarly as in real-world settings, phase-specific physiological responses and the modulating effects of facial expressions remain understudied. We investigated physiological and subjective responses to personal space violations by virtual avatars, to understa…

!MSA at BAREC Shared Task 2025: Ensembling Arabic Transformers for Readability Assessment
Mohamed Basem, Mohamed Younes, Seif Ahmed, Abdelrahman Moustafa
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10040

!MSA at BAREC Shared Task 2025: Ensembling Arabic Transformers for Readability Assessment
We present MSAs winning system for the BAREC 2025 Shared Task on fine-grained Arabic readability assessment, achieving first place in six of six tracks. Our approach is a confidence-weighted ensemble of four complementary transformer models (AraBERTv2, AraELECTRA, MARBERT, and CAMeLBERT) each fine-tuned with distinct loss functions to capture diverse readability signals. To tackle severe class imbalance and data scarcity, we applied weighted training, advanced preprocessing, SAMER corpus relabe…

"#Magdeburg geht einen sehr pragmatischen und strukturierten Weg, um die Chancengleichheit für alle Menschen voranzutreiben."
https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/magdeburg-ist-deutschlands-gender-champion-die-guten-nachrichten-der-woche-a-a07a3b47-d3db-42c2-bd5f-02fb1812acca

AI-Augmented Visible Light Communication: A Framework for Noise Mitigation and Secure Data Transmission
A. A. Nutfaji, Moustafa Hassan Elmallah
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08145

AI-Augmented Visible Light Communication: A Framework for Noise Mitigation and Secure Data Transmission
This paper presents a proposed AI Deep Learning model that addresses common challenges encountered in Visible Light Communication (VLC) systems. In this work, we run a Python simulation that models a basic VLC system primarily affected by Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN). A Deep Neural Network (DNN) is then trained to equalize the noisy signal received and improve signal integrity. The system evaluates and compares the Bit Error Rate (BER) before and after equalization to demonstrate the ef…

Russia is targeting what's left of its capacity for innovation in space toward pestering the US military.
US intelligence officials last year said they believed Russia was pursuing a project to place a nuclear weapon in space.
The detonation of a nuclear bomb in orbit could muck up the space environment for years,
indiscriminately disabling countless satellites,
whether they're military or civilian.
Russia denied that it planned to launch a satellite w…

It’s hunting season in orbit as Russia’s killer satellites mystify skywatchers
“Once more, we play our dangerous game—a game of chess—against our old adversary.”…

The first track feels like a Forza Horizon material (in a good way). I like the Emily Pilbeam spin of the show (Tom Robinson was great of course). I am so relieved BBC kept at least this show out in the open. I know there is no free lunch, but cutting the access of the outside world to so much BBC content was an absolute cultural-spread disaster, imo.
With a new Track of the Week from Bug Teeth | BBC Music Introducing Mixtape

BBC Radio 6 Music - BBC Music Introducing Mixtape, With a new Track of the Week from Bug Teeth
Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing.

Revisiting the City Tower Project: Geometric Principles and Structural Morphology in the Works of Louis I. Kahn and Anne Tyng
Aysan Mokhtarimousavi, Michael Kleiss, Mostafa Alani, Sida Dai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08561

Revisiting the City Tower Project: Geometric Principles and Structural Morphology in the Works of Louis I. Kahn and Anne Tyng
This paper presents a study of computation and morphology of Louis Kahn City Tower project. The City Tower is an unbuilt design by Louis I. Kahn and Anne Tyng that integrates form and structure using 3D space triangular geometries. Although never built, the City Tower geometrical framework anticipated later developments in design of space-frame structures. Initially envisioned in the 1950s, the City Tower project is a skyscraper structure based on a tetrahedral and octahedral space frame called…

Mustafa Suleyman says "Seemingly Conscious AI" is coming but is something to avoid, and that developers must build AI for people, not to be a digital person (Mustafa Suleyman)
https://mustafa-suleyman.ai/seemingly-conscious-ai-is-coming

We must build AI for people; not to be a person

Jerry Jones' stubborn missteps led the Cowboys into this Micah Parsons trainwreck https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6582829/2025/08/28/jerry-jones-micah-parsons-trade/

Bio-Generative Design Morphology with Radiolaria: An application of a Nature-Based Generative Shape Grammar for Geometrical Design of Space Frames
Michael Kleiss, Seyedehaysan Mokhtarimousavi, Sida Dai, Mostafa Alani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08572

Bio-Generative Design Morphology with Radiolaria: An application of a Nature-Based Generative Shape Grammar for Geometrical Design of Space Frames
This paper presents a study on using Radiolaria as a basis for generation of space-based geometry for structural design with shape grammars. Radiolaria has been a source of inspiration for architectural design with its intricate structural features and geometric patterns (Lim, 2012). We use the basis of the Radiolaria geometry to create a generative shape grammar as a computational system; then use the shape grammar to create spatial configurations for potential applications in design of 3D spa…