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 Tomorrow marks the day for groundbreaking insights and knowledge sharing at the 2nd Multidisciplinary National Conference !   Get ready to delve into the latest discoveries and innovations. #ResearchConference #KnowledgeExchange

Happy National Science Day from AastraZen . Let us celebrate the day for the impact of science in our daily lives. Let us honour the contribution of scientists, researchers and analysts to make the world smarter. We require a victorious spirit, one that propels us to claim our deserved position under the sun. It's a spirit that acknowledges our status as heirs to a rich civilization, affirming our entitlement to occupy our rightful place on this planet. Should this indomitable spirit emerge, there will be no force capable of hindering us from realizing our destined future. Let us keep the journey on from smart meters- smart grid-smart city- smart state- smart country-smart world. ☺

“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don’t know anything about it?” – Carl Sagan in a 1996 interview with Charlie Rose In light of Carl Sagan’s words, let’s encourage a culture of learning and understanding. It’s up to us to bridge the gap between science and society, to ensure a future that’s not only advanced but also aware and responsible. Our collective effort in education and conscious decision-making will pave the way for a brighter, more informed tomorrow.

Upcoming climate science events and webinars for you!

HEY BREAKTHROUGH! Check out the winter edition of Breakthrough Beat, where we delve into compelling data from the summer, hear from a current Breakthrough student, explore insights from our Human First Framework, and much more. Check it out! https://ow.ly/H0na50QkQZU

𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐂𝐑𝐀 2024 🇯🇵 Today I attended the 4th Workshop on Representing and Manipulating Deformable Objects together with my colleague Kevin Galassi. The lineup of speakers was great, with many fascinating talks and innovative research ideas! 🎤✨ I had the opportunity to showcase recent methods developed in our lab for the perception and manipulation of deformable objects, specifically: - 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞: 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 It was great to meet and exchange ideas with Kejia Chen, Piotr Kicki, Holly Dinkel, Zhaole Sun, Martin Filliung, Peter Mitrano and many others. Looking forward to seeing everyone at future conferences! 🌟

Great to be able to attend The Solent Cluster event today, so important to highlight the real challenges facing businesses in the Solent especially around availability of power, the challenge of the cost delta of using greener fuels and the capital cost differentials associated with adopting machinery and technologies based on alternative fuels. Highlighting these issues is a vital step in working together to solve them. #sustainabilty #maritime #railfreight

Lihong Qian (with Yue Song, San Diego State U., and Devi Gnyawali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.) published “From early curiosity to space wide web: The emergence of the small satellite innovation ecosystem” in Research Policy. With a focus on the transition from birth to growth of an ecosystem, this paper fills this important gap by systematically examining how a nascent ecosystem develops into a thriving one. 

#SynBYSS seminar with Prof. Jacquin Niles at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Dr. Yu (Jeremy) Zhao at New York University The video link is below