#ModConFlex is a #HorizonEU #MSCA project on the Modelling and Control of Flexible Structures Interacting with Fluids.
#ModcConFlex researcher Maddalen Irigoien and Prof. George Weiss from Tel Aviv University visited #MSCA project colleague Alan Valadez during his research stay at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology).
They were joined by a scientist from outside the project.
Everyone was very impressed by the local laboratory, which Alan could benefit from for his research for two months.
Many thanks to the "Real Time Systems for Energy Technologies" group at KIT:
https://www.itep.kit.edu/rtset/english/
The #ModConFlex researcher team is finally complete.
To meet all our researchers, visit https://modconflex.uni-wuppertal.de/de/modconflex-researchers/
Project EuroWindWakes starts: More accurate modeling of offshore wind energy wake effects in the North Sea
In the North Sea, dense installations of offshore wind farms are planned in several regions. The resulting wake effects of large offshore wind farm clusters are of great importance for the calculation of energy yields. Current models often only allow for an inaccurate representation of these effects...
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/05/26/project-eurowindwakes-starts-more-accurate-modeling-of-offshore-wind-energy-wake-effects-in-the-north-sea
Study on knowledge transfer: How the “Gollum effect” hinders research and careers
Data and findings are not always shared openly in science. Sometimes, researchers hoard those data and provide little to no access to colleagues from their field. These were the results of a survey of 563 researchers from 64 countries conducted by scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenb...
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/05/26/study-on-knowledge-transfer-how-the-gollum-effect-hinders-research-and-careers
New paper by #ModConFlex researcher Zhuo Xu on the robustness of a fluid-particle interaction system.
"A distinctive feature, not yet considered in the ISS literature, is that our system involves a free boundary. More precisely, the fluid is described by the viscous Burgers equation, and the motion of the particle obeys Newton second law. ... The proof is based on the construction of a Lyapunov functional derived from a special test function."
At the 2025 #GirlsDay #MSCA researcher Bouchra Elghazi explained the basic idea behind her mathematical research with a pen - by balancing it on her palm and talking about dynamical systems and controls in a very illustrative way.
The audience enjoyed her lively presentation and were encouraged by the remarks about studying mathematics.
Additionally, the 15 students from different schools had a conversation about studying / a career in mathematics with professor Birgit Jacob.
#ModConFlex researcher Vicente Ocqueteau co-authored a study of small oscillations of a floating cylinder:
"On an Initial Value Problem Describing the Small Oscillations of a Floating Cylinder" (V.Ocqueteau and M.Tucsnak) establishes #existence, #uniqueness and #regularity results for the #solutions of the governing #equations.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.20523
#wellposedness
#waterwaves
#floatingbodies
#floatingWindTurbines
Several PhD students and supervisors from the #ModConflex #EUhorizon #MSCA project met at the Spring School on Theory and Applications of Port-Hamiltonian Systems (PHS2025) last week.
The PhD students presented and discussed posters of their work. The supervisors presented, too, and the project coordinator was also involved in the organisation.
For program details and some more photos, see https://www.epc.ed.tum.de/rt/phs2025/
IEEE Women in Engineering Membership on the Rise
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ieee-wie-updates-2025?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Tech News @tech-news-IEEESpectrum
Paper on global #exponential #stabilization (including the position of the particle) for fluid-particle interaction system: design of a PD control acting on the particle.
by #ModConFlex researcher Zhuo Xu and his supervisor Marius Tucsnak.
AlphaXiv Wants to Be the Public Square for Scientific Discourse
https://spectrum.ieee.org/alphaxiv?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into computing @computing-IEEESpectrum
Research doesn't have impact if it stays behind closed doors!
We have summarised for you all the benefits of making scientific results publicly available, and some guidance to make the most of your research findings.
Check them out! 👨🔬👇
https://europa.eu/!WXhnGW
"Small-signal synchronization stability of sequence-decomposed grid-forming IBRs" by ModConFlex researcher Qian Liu (University of Warwick):
➡️ Identify potential stability issues in the latest technical specifications for grid-forming inverters.
➡️ Propose a damping enhancement control method to mitigate sub-synchronous oscillation issues.
https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/188541/
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10774183
#GridForming
#PowerSystemStability #InverterBasedResources #BatteryEnergyStorageSystems
As of today, we have 12 papers by #ModConFlex researchers on our website.
That is on average one paper every two months since the start of our #MSCA project - great. Thanks to everyone for their contribution!
Women and girls are driving lasting change in science, yet often face shorter, lower-paid careers.
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience is both a celebration & a call to action for gender equality in European R&I.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was more than a scientist — she was a pioneer and an inspiration for generations of researchers, standing to this day as an emblem of excellency in research. 💡
Let's celebrate the power of curiosity and discovery!
Learn more about the @EUCommission 's reference programme for doctoral education and postdoctoral training 🔗 https://europa.eu/!wc9DFm
#WomenInScience #MSCA #MarieSkłodowskaCurieActions #IDWGS #EUScience
AI, made in 🇪🇺.
The first family of open source Large Language Models that cover all official and future EU languages.
OpenEuroLLM has earned the first STEP Seal, our mark of excellence for high-quality innovation.
The project will bring together EU startups, research labs, and supercomputing hosting entities and train AI models on European supercomputers. All while reflecting our values of transparency, openness, and accessibility.
Discover more 👉 https://europa.eu/!KHgFn9
"Approximate and Weighted Data Reconstruction Attack in Federated Learning" co-authored by #MSCA researcher Ziqi Wang
➡️ demonstrates that private data can be reconstructed from shared information in federated learning
➡️ emphasizing the urgent need for stronger defense mechanisms to protect user privacy.
#federatedLearning
#gradientInversion
How can a central server effectively use a limited reward budget to motivate distributed clients to cooperate?
*A Potential Game Perspective in Federated Learning* explores this multi-agent interaction and decision-making problem through economic and game-theoretic perspectives:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11793
#gametheory
#federatedlearning
#ArtificialIntelligence
#MachineLearning
Useful e.g. to build data-driven floating wind turbine models from distributed data.
The first #ModConFlex network meeting took place in November 2023 @utwente .
12 freshly hired Researchers (PhD students) and their supervisors plus a few more project participants met for the first time at the University of Twente.
After a day of meetings with lively discussions also during the breaks the day was concluded by a cozy dinner at the conference venue.
The Researchers stayed on for five additional days of learning.
Videos / slides available:
