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27/01/2017 - 18:00

On January 27th 2017 Kevin Van Vaerenbergh obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Model-free Reinforcement Learning for Real-world Applications
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Ann Nowé

25/01/2017 - 17:00

On January 25th 2017 David Laureys obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences (VUB) and Doctor of Science: Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Univ. Gent)
with the following doctoral thesis: Microbial species diversity, community dynamics, substrate consumption, and metabolite production during water kefir fermentation
Promotors: Prof. Dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst & Prof. Dr. Peter Vandamme
Joint PhD with Universiteit Gent

24/01/2017 - 10:45

In the human body, so-called dendritic cells are responsible for activating our immune system. While researchers previously believed that tumors could repress these dendritic cells – blocking an adequate natural cancer defense mechanism – a new study has painted a more positive picture. A team led by prof. Jo Van Ginderachter (VIB-Vrije Universiteit Brussel) revealed that two immune response-stimulating dendritic cell types do exist within tumors. The scientists were able to isolate these cells and use them to “vaccinate” tumors, slowing tumor growth. This success could lead to innovative new cancer immunotherapies. The results of the study are published in the high-impact journal Nature Communications.

20/01/2017 - 12:00

On January 20th 2017 Nolwenn Lemaïtre obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences (VUB) and Doctor in Marine Sciences (UBO-IUEM)
with the following doctoral thesis:  Multi-proxy approach (234Th, Baxs) of export and remineralisation fluxes of carbon and biogenic elements associated ith the oceanic biological pump
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Frank Dehairs & Dr. Geraldine Sarthou
Joint PhD with Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France

20/12/2016 - 15:30

In de reeks De Herontdekking van de Wereld nu maandag 26 december om 21:10 op Canvas gaat Prof. Dr. Ann Dooms de wiskundige Alan Turing achterna. 

19/12/2016 - 17:00

On December 19th 2016 Sofie De Clercq obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Reaching a Consensus under Multi-Agent Preferences
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Ann Nowé, Prof. Dr. Martine De Cock & Dr. Steven Schockaert
Joint PhD with Universiteit Gent

09/12/2016 - 13:00

Research talk at Gtime ULB

Prof. Hilary Downes (Birkbeck University of London)

Ureilites and their parent body, as a contrast to the "Vesta paradigm" for differentiated asteroids

Friday December 9th, 13.00, Building D, Room 5.236 ULB

08/12/2016 - 15:30

Met de Gouden Erepenningen huldigt het Vlaams Parlement mensen die zich langdurig verdienstelijk hebben gemaakt voor Vlaanderen. In een bijzondere huldezitting overhandigde voorzitter Jan Peumans vandaag 7 december een van de Gouden Erepenningen 2016 aan natuur- en wiskundige Ingrid Daubechies.

08/12/2016 - 09:30

Jean Bourgain, VUB alumnus, has received the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, for “multiple transformative contributions to analysis, combinatorics, partial differential equations, high-dimensional geometry, and number theory.” A member of the Institute Faculty since 1994, Bourgain was cited by the prize committee for solving major problems in vector spaces, as well as expander graphs; proving one of the two most fundamental theorems in ergodic theory; and developing novel techniques and insights applicable across a wide range of fields. A 1994 recipient of the Fields Medal, Bourgain has produced important work with impact across theoretical computer science, group expansion, spectral gaps, and the theory of exponential sums in number theory. 

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