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University and Paul Wurth create Chair in Energy Process Engineering
Published on Thursday, 04 March 2021
Paul Wurth S.A., a company of SMS group, and the University of Luxembourg have entered into an agreement to create and finance the Paul Wurth Chair in Energy Process Engineering. The 5-year...

The future is now - how can humans and robots live together?
Published on Wednesday, 05 May 2021
TRANSCEND is one of six new interdisciplinary research projects which received multi-year funding in the context of the Audacity funding instrument of the University’s Institute for Advanced Studies.

Celebrating women in engineering: An interview with Maryam Baniasadi

Published on Tuesday, 22 June 2021

23 June marks the International Women in Engineering Day. At the University of Luxembourg, we celebrate the work and achievements of women engineers.

Dr Maryam Baniasadi grew up in a middle...

Making concrete more sustainable
Published on Monday, 28 June 2021
Engineers from the University of Luxembourg with European partners are working on innovative concrete precast products made of recycled aggregates and sands. On 25 June 2021, Minister for Energy an...

Biodiesel from wastewater? Turning a problem into an opportunity
Published on Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Sewage, what was called wastewater for a long time, is not a waste, but contains valuable substances that can be used as raw materials for biobased products. However, worldwide this potential is ha...

Towards a global flood monitoring system
Published on Thursday, 29 July 2021
Severe flooding following the heavy rainstorms of recent weeks caused devastating damages in central Europe. Situational awareness on the ground is crucial for effective disaster response, and toda...

Portes Ouvertes Luxembourg 2021: discover the magic of science!
Event date: Sunday, 19 September 2021
Hour: 10:00 18:00
Place: Campus Kirchberg: 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, L-1359 Luxembourg Campus Limpertsberg: 162a, avenue de la Faïencerie, L-1511 Luxembourg

"Portes Ouvertes Luxembourg 2021": 560 Visitors Discover Our Labs
Published on Tuesday, 21 September 2021
On 19 September 2021, the University of Luxembourg welcomed 560 visitors on Kirchberg and Limpertsberg campus sites to discover the laboratories in engineering, space, mobility and physics in the f...

University launches a website for its Esch2022 projects
Published on Monday, 04 October 2021
In February 2022, the University’s hometown Esch-sur-Alzette will launch the European Capital of Culture 2022, under the leitmotiv REMIX. The University will support Esch2022 with eight diverse and...

Potential production of hydrogen in Luxembourg
Published on Wednesday, 20 October 2021
On 15 October 2021, the University of Luxembourg gathered representatives from academia, government and industry to exchange about the implementation of the hydrogen strategy published in September...

Robotix-Academy Summer School 2021 in Luxembourg
Published on Wednesday, 10 November 2021
The 2021 edition of the Robotix-Academy took place at the University of Luxembourg on 7-8 October 2021. The two-day training gathered 14 participants from the Universities of Birkenfeld, Liège and...

ICCMA 2021
Event date: Thursday, 11 November 2021
Hour: 9:00 14-11 \| 18:00
Place: Virtual via zoom

Fondation Enovos "Prix d'Excellence” 2021 awarded to Elisa Urbain
Published on Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Elisa Urbain who graduated from the Master en Efficacité Energétique et Economique at the University of Luxembourg recently received the "Prix d'Excellence" from the Fondation Enovos. She...

Prestigious award for research work on steel construction
Published on Friday, 03 December 2021
During the XIII Conference on Steel and Composite Construction which took place remotely on 25-26 November 2021, engineers from the University of Luxembourg received the Professor Eduardo de Arante...

Two University professors on Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list
Published on Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Professors Stéphane Bordas and Alexandre Tkatchenko from the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine have been ranked among the world’s most influential academics on the “Highly Cited Researche...

Prof. Danièle Waldmann takes up a new challenge
Published on Wednesday, 05 January 2022
Danièle Waldmann, Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Luxembourg, has decided to take up a new challenge. As of 15 January 2022, she will lead the Institute of Solid Structures (Ins...

New research on how race and gender shape science
Published on Monday, 10 January 2022
Researchers from the University of Luxembourg together with scientists from the University of Montreal, Georgia Tech and Berry College have recently demonstrated that racial and gender identities s...

Prof. Ladewig appointed to Paul Wurth Energy Process Engineering Chair
Published on Monday, 04 April 2022
On 4 March 2022, the University of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg-based company Paul Wurth, part of SMS Group, renewed their agreement on a teaching and research collaboration and appointed Bradley...

STLE Edmond E. Bisson Best Paper Award
Published on Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Scientists from University of Luxembourg and HYDAC win STLE Edmond E. Bisson Best Paper Award

Professor Stéphane Bordas elected to the Learned Society of Wales
Published on Tuesday, 05 July 2022
Stéphane Bordas, Professor of Computational Mechanics at the University of Luxembourg’s Department of Engineering, has been named Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

“Portes Ouvertes Luxembourg”: Visit University Labs
Published on Thursday, 15 September 2022
The University of Luxembourg will participate in the 16th edition of the “Portes Ouvertes Luxembourg”.

Uni opens physics and engineering labs for 16th Portes Ouvertes
Published on Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Following in previous years’ footsteps, the University of Luxembourg once again opened its physics and engineering laboratories to the public this year.

Conference on smart grids first in a series on AI and its application
Published on Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Organised by the Department of Engineering (DoE), the conference “Smart Grids: A New Energy Paradigm” was held on 14 October 2022.

Open Lecture on 3D metal printing
Event date: Friday, 11 November 2022
Hour: 14:00 16:00
Place: Campus Kirchberg - Room CK-BC-E01-A16
Speaker: Prof. Slawomir Kedziora

Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its application in engineering
Event date: Friday, 18 November 2022
Hour: 14:00 16:00
Place: Campus Kirchberg, room D10E
Speaker: Guest speakers from King’s College London and Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

Machine Learning Seminar meeting: A time-evolving digital twin tool for engineering dynamics applications
Event date: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Hour: 10:00 11:00
Place: Online
Speaker: David Wagg, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield

Machine Learning Seminar meeting: Concept-based explanations for convolutional neural networks
Event date: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Hour: 10:00 11:00
Place: Online
Speaker: Andres Posada Moreno (Institute for Data Science in Mechanical Engineering at the RWTH Aachen University)

Machine Learning Seminar meeting: How can we make tumour predictions when we do not understand everything?
Event date: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Hour: 10:00 11:00
Place: Online
Speaker: Prof. Haralampos Hatzikirou (Faculty of Mathematics, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates)

Prestigious Horizon Europe grant for Prof. Francesco Viti
Published on Tuesday, 17 January 2023
ACUMEN (Ai-aided deCision tool for seamless mUltiModal nEtwork and traffic managemeNt), a project Associate Prof. Francesco Viti of the Department of Engin...

Machine Learning Seminar meeting: Statistical methods in observational Cosmology
Event date: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Hour: 10:00 11:00
Place: Online
Speaker: Dr. Philippe Baratta (Aix-Marseille University and CPPM, Marseille, France)

Research project on circular economy receives FNR grant
Published on Thursday, 19 January 2023
CircuRement (promote resource recoverability by aligning product designs with end-of-life process chains), a project carried out within the Department of Engineering, has received the FNR JUMP g...

Learning quantum fuzzy orbits from coherent data
Event date: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Hour: 10:00 11:00
Place: Fully virtual (contact Dr. Jakub Lengiewicz to register)
Speaker: Dr. Jesús FUENTES (Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg)

On Learning- and Optimization-based Methods for Risk-Averse Control of Autonomous Systems
Event date: Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Hour: 10:00 11:00
Place: Fully virtual (contact Dr. Jakub Lengiewicz to register)
Speaker: Dr. Riccardo Bonalli (Laboratory of Signals and Systems, Université Paris-Saclay, France)

Machine Learning Seminar meeting: Deep Learning Technologies for Natural Language Understanding
Event date: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
Hour: 10:00 11:00
Place: Online
Speaker: Dr. Joshgun Sirajzade (Faculty of Science Technology and Medicine, University of Luxembourg)

Introduction to Physics-Informed Neural Networks: Methods, Tools, and Trends

Event date: Wednesday, 08 March 2023

Hour: 10:00 10:30

Place: Fully virtual (contact Dr. Jakub Lengiewicz to register)

Speaker: Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Rajabi

LuxemBERT - A Language Model for the Luxembourgish Language
Event date: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Hour: 10:00 11:00
Place: Fully virtual (Contact Dr. Jakub Lengiewicz to register) 30min presentation + 30min discussion
Speaker: Cedric Lothritz (Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust)

Exploring the Potentials and Pitfalls of GPT Models in Scientific Research
Event date: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Hour: 10:00 11:00
Place: Fully virtual (contact Dr. Jakub Lengiewicz, jakub.lengiewicz@uni.lu, to register)
Speaker: Raul Ian Sosa (Faculty of Science Technology and Medicine, University of Luxembourg)