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In 1952, the Ferranti Mark I, one of the world's first computers at the University of Manchester, did something extraordinary-it generated a series of randomly assembled love letters.

How do events in the real world affect sentiment and user behaviour on social media' In recent years, TikTok has emerged as a significant force in political campaigning, reshaping how candidates influence public opinion.

As the world population is projected to reach over 8 billion people in 2030, one of the major societal challenges faced across the globe will be sufficient, safe, and sustainable food.

In a couple of days, millions of citizens will cast their vote in the European elections - in paper ballots, online or electronically supported.

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is delighted that the next Tier-1 supercomputer of the Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC) will be hosted and managed by VUB at the Nexus data centre on its Green Energy Park site in Zellik.

For the past five years, the international project COHUBICOL (Counting as a Human Being in the Era of Computational Law), led by VUB professor Mireille Hildebrandt , has focused on 'legal tech' and its integration into legal practice.

On the occasion of the International Day for Women and Girls in Science proclaimed on February 11 by the United Nations General Assembly, discover the portrait and testimonies of UNamur scientists who conduct cutting-edge research in fields such as physics, chemistry, mathematics and computer science.

Naturally, we want our software and the services that we use to be secure, and this often requires discovering vulnerabilities and taking actions to fix them. But what is the right way to disclose vulnerabilities to vendors and the public? Many researchers will find themselves in the position of finding and disclosing vulnerabilities, often accidentally.

A team of researchers from the University of Luxembourg, AEGIS IT Research GmbH , Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), and Telefónica I+D (Spain) has received an EIC Pathfinder Challenge grant of 4 million euros for their research in AI-driven data visualisation systems.

In a developed society, using the internet has become a part of our everyday routine. It often constitutes our working day, as well as time spent relaxing in the evening - in fact, the idea of living without it might now feel impossible.

The mass digitisation of historical sources and the exponential growth native digital online sources have catapulted the discipline of history from an -age of scarcity- to an -age of abundance-.

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel will launch a bachelor of science (BSc) programme in artificial intelligence beginning in the academic year 2022-23. Jan Danckaert, interim rector and vice-recto

Innovations will make sports in virtual world possible Research into sports in virtual reality (VR) will soon start at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Boasting a RAM memory of almost 100 TB, a top performance reaching 3.3 petaflops, . Hortense has quite a list of accolades.

Inleiding: The Faculty of Law and the Institute for Development policy (IOB) are seeking to fill a full-time vacancy for a Research professor in the area of sustainable development and environmental justice. As part of its dynamic research policy and supported by the possibilities offered by the Flemish Government through the resources of the Special Research Fund (BOF), the Faculty of Law and the Institute for Development policy (IOB) are seeking to fill a full-time vacancy for a Research professor (TTZAPBOF) in the area of sustainable development and environmental justice.

Scientists from IDLab, a core imec research group embedded in the universities of Ghent and Antwerp, are working on an innovative system for wireless networks to enable smooth communication even in crisis situations.