Luxembourg National Research Fund - FNR

Forests are dynamic ecosystems – they are used to change but it takes time to adapt. Climate change means drastic changes and trees are struggling to keep up, and many of them are dying as a result - also in Luxembourg. Efforts to mitigate this includes researchers are investigating how, where, and when water stress conditions could negatively affect forest ecosystems. Read more on www.fnr.lu/spotlight

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The full 30-minute conversation is now available as audio.

Lunch Break with PEARL Chair Jordi Cabot, from : Research, software, impact.

This is the first episode of our new series “Lunch Break” with features conversations with FNR PEARL Chairs and ATTRACT Fellows.

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Over a coffee, PEARL Chair Jordi Cabot from the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology - LIST shares his research and why software development needs to change.

This is the first episode of our new series “Lunch Break” with features conversations with FNR PEARL Chairs and ATTRACT Fellows.

Thanks to DALMAT Coffee House. Video by MOAST Creative Studio

“We need to build a lot of software… But we do not have enough developers.”

New Lunch Break video series coming soon. First episode will feature FNR PEARL Chair Jordi Cabot from LIST. Lunch Break,is a new video series by the FNR, featuring informal conversations with researchers supported by FNR via PEARL and ATTRACT Advanced Career Grants.

Research with impact - A solid foundation for artificial intelligence: Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a part of research long before it became part of everyday life. Leon van der Torre has spent over 30 years in the field – 20 of them in Luxembourg, where he has led projects with significant contributions in areas including reasoning, agency, social robotics, and legal and ethical aspects of AI. Read more on www.fnr.lu/25

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Smart materials for a sustainable future: Emmanuel Defay has been active in Luxembourg research since 2014, leading research on developing “smart materials” that could make cooling systems and electricity generation far more efficient and environmentally friendly, by using electricity or waste heat instead of harmful refrigerants or extra fuel. His work shows that these technologies are no longer just lab ideas but could realistically be scaled up to help cool buildings, preserve food, and produce energy more sustainably in the future. Discover more on fnr.lu/25

Over 50 years after the first Moon landing, interest is growing in returning. What was the case in the 1960s still rings true: Going to the Moon, with all the equipment needed, is beyond expensive. Using resources already on the Moon is considered the best way to limit the expense – researchers like Francisco Javier Guerrero Gonzalez are working to make this possible.
Read more on www.fnr.lu/spotlight

Since arriving in Luxembourg in 2009, Djamila Aouada from .lu’s SnT has led various projects combining Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence, helping pave the way for technologies including rehabilitation for stroke survivors, access control, and autonomous navigation in space.
Read more on fnr.lu/25aouada

This is part of the FNR series “25 examples of research with impact” where we highlight researchers that have been supported by the FNR for a number of years.