A Black Hole in InkJean-Pierre Luminet and “Realistic” Black Hole Imaging
Half a century before black hole images based on observations were released, physicists used calculations and simulations to depict what they thought the surroundings of black holes would look like. We focus in particular on the framing and reception of a 1978 image by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet. This handmade...
Pilar Paneque: "La exigencia de publicar constantemente lleva a un sistema científico de cantidad, no de calidad"
La responsable de la acreditación y evaluación del profesorado universitario promete darle la vuelta a lo que tienen que hacer los científicos para hacer carrera y lograr así un cambio en el sistema: "El 'paper' no puede ser lo único que haga el investigador"
Guest Post — Reputation and Publication Volume at MDPI and Frontiers
Compared to their peak levels, publication volume has declined at MDPI by 27% and at Frontiers by 36%. What's behind these declines, and how do they reflect the inherent risk in the APC open access model and different approaches to
ChatGPT (and Other Generative AI Applications) as a Disruptive Technology for Computer Science Education: Obsolescence or Reinvention
Generative AI may turn out to be disruptive technologies for computer science education, but generative AI can also be conceived of as an opportunity for computer science education.
Curious exactly what happens when you run a program on your computer? Learn how multiprocessing works, what system calls really are, how computers manage memory with hardware interrupts, and how Linux loads executables.
Designing for visionOS | Apple Developer Documentation
When people wear Apple Vision Pro, they enter an infinite 3D space where they can engage with your app or game while staying connected to their surroundings.