one thing
- the appropriation of soft/natural/organic aesthetics in big tech (or a "new" big tech?)
- as an evolution from sleek, minimalist, alumin(i)um hardware and software
- as a dizzying, wraparound, cognitively dissonant contrast to the abstract, nebulous, detached, outsourced work of "cloud" computation

another thing
- the politicised aesthetics of interface and information design
- what do we mean when we say clarity and speed and ease of use
- what kinds of tasks are we making easier with neatly packaged buttons and tables
- who gets to sit in front of these interfaces
- what kinds of data is being presented so nicely and what was lost along the way
- how does an interface flatten complexity and nuance
- whence can we trace back our need for efficiency and scale

#theses

[WEBINAR] We're taking part in the Bodleian Open Scholarship event series!

Join us online TOMORROW as we discuss issues faced in digitally preserving #OpenAccess #Monographs and #Theses from the perspective of publishers, university repositories and authors

📆 Tues 13 January
🕰️ 2pm GMT

Book now 👉 https://go.glam.ox.ac.uk/OpenBookFutures

[WEBINAR] We're taking part in the Bodleian Open Scholarship event series!

Join us online on Tuesday 13 January at 2pm as we discuss issues faced in digitally preserving #OpenAccess #Monographs and #Theses from the perspective of publishers, university repositories and authors

Book now 👉 https://go.glam.ox.ac.uk/OpenBookFutures

📰 Actualités du LEESU pour le mois de novembre : https://www.leesu.fr/actualites-du-leesu

* Soutenance de thèse de Florent BRUN du @ProgrammeOCAPI le 8 décembre 2025 : https://www.leesu.fr/soutenance-de-these-de-florent-brun-le-8-decembre-2025

* Parution de L’eau sous contraintes - Annales de l’Ecole des Ponts 2025 : https://www.leesu.fr/l-eau-sous-contraintes-annales-de-l-ecole-des-ponts-2025

* Séminaire Plastic is in the air : 18-19 novembre 2025 : https://www.leesu.fr/seminaire-plastic-is-in-the-air-18-19-novembre-2025

* Soutenance de thèse d'Antoine Raoult le 13 novembre 2025 (aujourd'hui) : https://www.leesu.fr/soutenance-de-these-d-antoine-raoult-13-novembre-2025

#eau #thèses #ESR

[Deux soutenances sinon rien ! 😉 ] Ce mardi, deux doctorants de l'Université de Toulouse soutiendront leurs #thèses :

👏 Wenchao Su présentera le fruit de ses travaux dans le domaine de la physique stellaire, notamment de l'#astérosismologie : https://www.irap.omp.eu/event/hot-b-subdwarf-pulsators-observed-with-tess-and-asteroseismology-of-tic-441725813/

👏 Jean Kempf lèvera en partie le voile sur la dynamique interne, turbulente et magnétisée du milieu intra-amas (de #galaxies) : https://www.irap.omp.eu/event/turbulence-magnetisee-stratifiee-et-effet-dynamo-dans-le-milieu-intra-amas/

Bonne chance à tous deux ☄️

"European theses: new landscape, new challenges"

This is a great guide to finding open access European theses, primarily at the Ph.D. level.

https://www.infotoday.eu/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/European-theses-new-landscape-new-challenges-171757.aspx

#research #science #humanities #theses

#Guestarticle by Dr. #Bernhard #Wessling: “#Origin of #randomness, #complexity, #crises and #time”

I like to put the #theses contained in his new book up for #discussion on my #science blog. That's why I'm now looking forward to possible, even “coincidental” #resonances and look forward to numerous #comments on the topic.

More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/03/16/zufall-krisen-zeit/

or: https://www.bernhard-wessling.com/

#JeChercheUnTaf ou plutôt #JeChercheUneThèse, spécifiquement un ou une HDR ; j'ai déjà un financement.

J’aimerais porter le projet d’une thèse qui permettrait de comprendre et d’évaluer comment les logiciels libres et les communs numériques peuvent soutenir une politique publique de souveraineté numérique.

Note d’intention ici : https://lvgn.xyz/note-intention-th%C3%A8se.pdf

Mon CV ici : https://lvgn.xyz/CV.pdf

#recherche #thèses #logicielLibre #CommunNumerique #souverainetéNumérique #CIFRE #science

Guest article by Dr. #Bernhard #Weßling: “#Origin of #randomness, #complexity, #crises and #time”

I like to put the #theses contained in his new book up for #discussion on my #science blog. That's why I'm now looking forward to possible, even “coincidental” #resonances and look forward to numerous #comments on the topic.

More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/03/16/zufall-krisen-zeit/

or: https://www.bernhard-wessling.com/