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Abstract A continuation of the previous lecture. The lecture gives a brief abstract of the classical theories of phase transitions in liquids useful for understanding biological condensates. It focuses on the dynamics of phase transitions and specific …
3:00 - 4:30pm
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5:20 - 6:20pm
Alexandre Declos
Aesthetic tropism
Alexandre Declos
Aesthetic tropism
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4:20 - 5:20pm
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Abstract According to Hintikka's interpretation of the cogito, "I think" is not a factual premise from which we infer "I exist" thanks to the tacit premise "to think, one must be" . I think" is not a first thought-content from which a second is inferred …
10:00 - 11:30am
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Chairman : William Marx Abstract Reading, deciphering, interpreting. Considering deciphering is an opportunity to revisit what we do when we " read " and, consequently, what writing is. We frequently use codes, and speak of deciphering to indicate a …
3:20 - 4:00pm
Emmanuelle Danblon
Signs that don't deceive. A look back at the interpretative function in rhetoric
Emmanuelle Danblon
Signs that don't deceive. A look back at the interpretative function in rhetoric
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Our society has lost the ability to interpret signs. What's at stake is a broadening of our conception of rationality. This is the angle from which we can make a realistic diagnosis of conspiracy theories, which are reviving in a degraded mode our need to …
2:40 - 3:20pm
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Chairman : William Marx Abstract In his " Inleyding tot de hooge schoole der schilderkonst " ( Introduction to the High School of the Art of Painting , 1678), the Dutch painter and art theorist Samuel van Hoogstraten proposes to defend the liberal status …
2:00 - 2:40pm
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Chairman : Sonia Garel Abstract A central theme in biology is that the characteristics of an organism - the phenotype - are controlled by the nucleotide sequence of its genome. Understanding how the information encoded by the genome contributes to …
11:50am - 12:30pm
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Chairman : Sonia Garel Abstract The functioning of biological systems relies on the use of a wide variety of information, both from their environment and from internal sources. Most internal information is stored in the form of chemical structures known …
11:10 - 11:50am
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Chairman : Xavier Leroy Abstract Quantum technologies have the potential to improve communication security in network infrastructures in unprecedented ways. In this talk, after introducing the fundamental principles of quantum physics that enable the …
10:10 - 10:40am
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Chairman : Xavier Leroy Abstract " Despite all preconceived ideas, the property of absolute indecipherability is by no means a pure chimera ". These words by William F. Friedman, one of the founding fathers of cryptology, show that cryptologists and …
9:30 - 10:10am
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Chairman : Françoise Combes Abstract The discovery of extrasolar planets has shown that planetary systems can have very diverse structures. Clearly, there is a wide variety of possible formation and evolution histories. It therefore becomes important to …
5:20 - 6:00pm
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Chairman : Françoise Combes Abstract On 14 September 2015, gravitational wave detectors observed the gravitational signal produced by the merger of two massive black holes at great astronomical distance. On 17 August 2017, the detectors observed the …
4:40 - 5:20pm
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Chairman : Françoise Combes Abstract The cosmic microwave background is the electromagnetic radiation that bathes the Universe as a whole, emitted when it was only around 380 000 years old . Buried beneath the strata of emissions from our own and distant …
4:00 - 4:40pm
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Chairman : Jean-Luc Fournet Abstract During the fighting on the Pacific front in World War II, the Marines used speakers of the Native American Navajo language to exchange secret messages. This code proved impossible for the Japanese army to decipher, …
2:50 - 3:30pm
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Chairman : Jean-Luc Fournet Abstract We've all learned to decipher a subtle cryptogram : the alphabetic script you're reading right now. Using brain imaging, my laboratory is trying to understand how learning to read takes place in the developing brain. …
2:10 - 2:50pm
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Chairman : Jean-Luc Fournet Abstract What process is followed when clay tablets inscribed in cuneiform script are discovered on an excavation site ? This paper, based on over forty years of experience in Syria and Iraq and on recent discoveries , will …
1:30 - 2:10pm