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/