I am developing an artificial intelligence solution that detects floating plastic in the sea in freely available satellite images. As I am doing this in a voluntary capacity, if you have better financial means than I, then I encourage you to consider donating to the project. The below photo is also `for sale’ (available forContinue reading “What do you do against ocean plastic pollution? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”
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The price of moving to permanent summertime
The result of the European Commission’s Public Consultation on summertime arrangements was released today. In my opinion European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are reading too much into the non-binding and non-representative result. At this point, the realistic question to formulate would be: a) would you accept a time zone boundaryContinue reading “The price of moving to permanent summertime”
Wie aus 6 Stellen ich weiß gar nicht mehr wieviele werden
Die Geschichte entfaltet sich an der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn vor meinen Augen wie ein car crash in slow motion. Sie zeigt Probleme auf, die symptomatisch für den gesamten Arbeitsmarkt im deutschen Hochschulwesen sind. Die Schwierigkeiten mit befristeten Stellen, die NachwuchsforscherInnen bewältigen müssen, um am universitären Arbeitsmarkt Fuß fassen zu können, sind hinlänglich bekannt. Die bizarrenContinue reading “Wie aus 6 Stellen ich weiß gar nicht mehr wieviele werden”
Non-minimum-phase dynamics in an inflammation model
Original research: Inflammation can have non-minimum-phase dynamics, but can this be responsible for pathological chronic inflammations?
La La Land: a peer review
This weekend I saw the critically acclaimed new Hollywood musical, La La Land. I can warmly recommend it to my generation of nomadic, globetrotting, aspiring, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed academic scientists. It’s touching. SPOILER ALERT: My clumsy words will completely spoil your enjoyment whether you’re planning to watch it or have already done so.
Bence Mélykúti 