A new surprising sorting algorithm
Categories: ProgrammingJust a small post today. I stumbled upon a paper [1] on ArXiv recently on a surprising sorting algorithm that was discovered pretty recently (in October 2021)....
AKL26 Recap
I went to AKL in Aachen last week, attended all 3 days, from the tech day to the visit of the Fraunhofer ILT, and the conferences in between. Here is my take on what I learned there....
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What it means to have a PhD in France
Categories: GeneralI was reading an article from Le Monde about the state of French research, especially the despair of French doctorates, and what it means. As you might have seen if you have read my bio, I am French, and I have a doctorate, although not from a French University but from EPFL in Switzerland. So I think it is important to write here what I think of the situation because it affects me directly....
How to direct lightning with a laser
Categories: General Physics OpticsClimate change is a mess. It's hotter in some places, colder in other, and in general, severe weather is intensifying with longer droughts, heavier rainfalls and stronger storms. This problem, caused mostly by our method of generation of energy relying on burning fuel and releasing carbon dioxide in the air has a few solutions, among them: the wind turbine to harvest wind energy and generate clean...