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The two authors will each read an excerpt from their book, then explain their choice to explore the themes of foot travel, nature and memory in their works. This reading will be followed by a discussion during which the audience and our students will be able to ask questions.This event aims to establish links between our research in "embodied cognition", cognitive narratology and travel literature, and our teaching activity. It will enable us to offer our students a bilingual activity while promoting the teaching and study of literature at UNamur and within the NaLTT Institute. We hope to invite interested researchers and their students via our respective networks. With this theme, we will also fit in with UNamur's ecological and pedagogical objectives.

The Coordination belgo-palestinienne namuroise (CNBP), in partnership with PAC Namur and FUCID, is pleased to invite you to a conference by Alain Gresh, French journalist, former editor-in-chief of Le Monde diplomatique, founder of the online journals Orient XXI and Afrique XXI, and specialist in the Middle East and more particularly the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On this occasion, he will present the contents of his latest book: Palestine, un peuple qui ne veut pas mourir.What is at stake in the war against Gaza goes far beyond the narrow confines of this small territory, which is experiencing one of the most destructive wars of contemporary times - a war whose "genocidal risk" has been underlined by the International Court of Justice. The fighting has already spread to nearby areas, Iran's involvement threatens to transform the scale of the conflict, and the West's support for Israel reinforces the Israeli far-right's rhetoric of a "war of civilization".Refer registration via nam.palestine@gmail.com

This year, the concept for the end-of-season concert by "La Vaubane", UNamur's university choir, will be "Triptychs in music": groups of 3 songs in a variety of styles will follow one another, linked together by an element... but can you figure out which one?September, Soir d'octobre, "gare du Nord en novembre"... And bam, it clicks! Signore delle cime, Ferrat's La Montagne, Climb Ev'ry Moutain from La Mélodie du Bonheur... The mountain is beautiful, but it climbs! Yesterday, Il a neigé sur Yesterday, Now and Then... Beatles power! And many more...Interlude, the "Lytha" choir from Namur's Conservatoire Baltazar-Florence, made up of young choristers aged 13 to 17 and directed by Alexandra Dory, will liven up the evening with a few songs from their repertoire.As you'll have gathered, there'll be something for everyone, and you won't leave without several tunes running through your head!So save the date in your diary and get your heart pumping with La Vaubane!TicketingOnly on site, no reservations possible, payment in cash- €10 (Full price)- €8 (UTAN / ACJ)- €5 (Students / UNamur staff)- Free (Under 12s / Art. 27)Free seating - doors open at 7pm. 1h30 without intermission Locations and parkingMain entrance (ground floor) via rue de l'Arsenal - Secondary entrance via boulevard Frère Orban.Parking " Bon Pasteur " (29 spaces), Parking de l'Arsenal (98 spaces) - Boulevard Frère Orban along La SambreInfos : 081 72 50 88 - ateliers.vecu@unamur.be

This will also be an opportunity to introduce our institution's new AI Expert Council, to benefit from an external point of view, and to delve into the challenges of integrating AI into student productions through a round-table discussion featuring speakers from right here at home! If you're staying for lunch, you'll also have the opportunity to discover the posters produced by students in the "AI: Issues and Opportunities" Transversal Teaching Unit.This event will take place at Pedro Arrupe (PA02).Program8:30am: Welcome-coffee9:00am: Introduction9:15am: The 5 must-haves of AI10:00am: Intervention by an external expert11:15am: Round table "What impact does AI have on student productions?"12:45pm: Lunch - exhibition of posters circulated as part of the "AI: challenges and opportunities"Free - Registration required. I want to register

Driven by an unshakeable faith and a determination to help those most in need, Father Pedro Opeka, a Lazarist priest, devotes his life to transforming the lives of Madagascar's marginalized populations. Founder of the Akamasoa association, he has given thousands of Malagasy people access to decent housing, education and healthcare. His exemplary humanitarian action makes him a true symbol of hope in a country hard hit by poverty.Nicknamed "Madagascar's Insurgent", Father Pedro has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize. In recognition of his commitment, the University of Namur awarded him the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in September 2024.Currently on a European tour to support his work, he will be stopping off at the UNamur on June 12. Don't miss this unique opportunity to meet and chat with him during an exceptional evening at the Quai 22, starting at 7:30pm.📅 When? June 12 at 7:30pm (reception from 7pm)📍 Where? Quai 22, UNamur🎟️ Free admissionAn evening organized by the asbl Soutien au Père Pedro et Akamasoa, in partnership with the Université de Namur. Read the interview with Father Pedro

We are pleased to invite you, on Thursday June 19, 2025, to Julie Duchêne's lecture on the results of the "Loup, qui es-tu?" project.As part of this lecture, Julie Duchêne (PhD in History UNamur/FNRS FRESH) will present the results of her thesis devoted to the history of the wolf on Walloon and Luxembourg territories from the 18th to the 20th century, shedding new light on the history of the wolf in Wallonia. What were the images of the wolf conveyed by sources during this period? What policies were put in place by the various states to combat this species, until leading to its disappearance in the early 20th century? And, finally, who were the wolves that populated our lands at that time? Finally, Julie will share with the public the results of paleogenetic analyses carried out on a dozen naturalized wolves preserved in partner museums, institutions and venues throughout Wallonia, a project that was a first in Belgium, at the crossroads of history and biology. We hope to see many of you at this event. Welcome to you all! Sign up

In practice Who are the workshops for? Workshops are aimed at children between the ages of 9 and 12. The number of children per workshop is limited to 12 to ensure optimal learning. What are the workshop themes? Workshops enable children to discover science and technology through a variety of themes: water pollution, astronomy, electricity, cinema and history. On Wednesday June 11, the workshop will be dedicated to the fascinating discovery of bats, swallows and swifts. This fun and educational workshop will allow children to explore the mysterious world of these incredible flying creatures.What time do the workshops take place?The workshops run from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm with reception from 1:30 pm and childcare until 4:30 pm. What are the fees for the workshops? Participation in all workshops costs€10 per child. This price includes supervision, materials and a snack for each Wednesday. Who organizes the workshops? The workshops are organized by the Confluent des Savoirs, UNamur's research outreach and dissemination unit. The team, experts in the transmission of knowledge, works in collaboration with university researchers to offer workshops in which your children question, reflect and experiment while having fun! Workshop registration

Synopsis The spreading of internet-based technologies since the mid-90s has led to a paradigm shift from monolithic centralized information systems to distributed information systems based upon the composition of software components, interacting with each other and of heterogeneous natures. The popularity of these systems is nowadays such that our everyday life is touched by them.Classically concurrent and distributed systems are coded by using the message passing paradigm-according to which components exchange information by sending and receiving messages. In the aim of clearly separating computational and interactional aspects of computations, Gelernter and Carriero have proposed an alternative framework in which components interact through the availability of information placed on a shared space. Their framework has been concretized in a language called Linda. A series of languages, referred to nowadays as coordination languages, have been developed afterwards. In addition to providing a more declarative framework, such languages nicely fit applications like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, in which users share information by adding it or consulting it in a common place. Such systems are in fact particular cases of so-called socio-technical systems in which humans interact with machines and their environments through complex dependencies. As coordination languages nicely meet social networks, the question naturally arises whether they can also nicely code socio-technical systems. However, answering this question first requires to see how well programs written in coordination languages can reflect what they are assumed to model.This thesis aims at addressing these two questions. To that end, we shall use the Bach coordination language developed at the University of Namur as a representative of Linda-like languages. We shall extend it in a language named Multi-Bach to be able to code and reason on socio-technical systems. We will also introduce a workbench Anemone to support the modelling of such systems. Finally, we will evidence the interest of our approach through the coding of several social-technical systems. The Jury Prof. Wim Vanhoof - University of Namur, BelgiumProf. Jean-Marie Jacquet - University of Namur, BelgiumProf. Katrien Beuls - University of Namur, BelgiumProf. Pierre-Yves Schobbens - University of Namur, BelgiumProf. Laura Bocchi - University of Kent, United KingdomProf. Stefano Mariani - UNIMORE University, Italy Participation upon registration. Register here

Target audienceGeneral practitioners (in practice or in training)PharmacistsMedical and pharmacy studentsObjectivesShare and discuss scientific articles relevant to frontline practice in a friendly and caring atmosphereStrengthen skills in critical reading and evidence-based medicineCreate a lasting link between the field and the academic worldFederate an active and committed medico-pharmaceutical community.pharmaceutical communityWhy participate?Because science moves fast, and we all benefit from taking the time to read, understand, and question the literature together. Because quality care starts with shared reflection. And because it's the ideal opportunity to strengthen bridges between disciplines.Location and frequency of meetingsUNamur - Quai22 - 2 times a yearFirst meeting: 5/06/2025 (free with registration)INAMI accreditation required. I want to register

SynopsisA honeypot is a security tool deliberately designed to be vulnerable, thereby enticing attackers to probe, exploit, and compromise it. Since their introduction in the early 1990s, honeypots have remained among the most widely used tools for capturing cyberattacks, complementing traditional defenses such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems. They serve both as early warning systems and as sources of valuable attack data, enabling security professionals to study the techniques and behaviors of threat actors.While conventional honeypots have achieved significant success, they remain deterministic in their responses to attacks. This is where adaptive or intelligent honeypots come into play. An adaptive honeypot leverages Machine Learning techniques, such as Reinforcement Learning, to interact with attackers. These systems learn to take actions that can disrupt the normal execution flow of an attack, potentially forcing attackers to alter their techniques. As a result, attackers must find alternative routes or tools to achieve their objectives, ultimately leading to the collection of more attack data.Despite their advantages, traditional honeypots face two main challenges. First, emulation-based honeypots (also known as low- and medium-interaction honeypots) are increasingly susceptible to detection, which undermines their effectiveness in collecting meaningful attack data. Second, real-system-based honeypots (also known as high-interaction honeypots) pose security risks to the hosting organization if not properly isolated and protected. Since adaptive honeypots rely on the same underlying systems, they also inherit these challenges.This thesis investigates whether it is possible to design a honeypot system that mitigates these challenges while still fulfilling its primary objective of collecting attack data. To this end, it proposes a new abstract model for adaptive self-guarded honeypots, designed to balance attack data collection, detection evasion, and security preservation, ensuring that it does not pose a risk to the rest of the network.Jury membersProf. Wim VANHOOF, President, University of NamurProf. Jean-Noël COLIN, Promoter, University of NamurProf. Florentin ROCHET, Internal Member, University of NamurProf. Benoît FRENAY, Internal Member, University of NamurProf. Ramin SADRE, External Member, Catholic University of LeuvenDr. Jérôme FRANCOIS, External Member, University of LuxembourgYou are cordially invited to a drink, which will follow the public defense. For good organization, please give your answer by Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Synopsis deep learning methods have become increasingly popular for building intelligent systems. Currently, many deep learning architectures constitute the state of the art in their respective domains, such as image recognition, text generation, speech recognition, etc. The availability of mature libraries and frameworks to develop such systems is also a key factor in this success.This work explores the use of these architectures to build intelligent systems for sign languages. The creation of large sign language data corpora has made it possible to train deep learning architectures from scratch. The contributions presented in this work cover all aspects of the development of an intelligent system based on deep learning. A first contribution is the creation of a database for the Langue des Signes de Belgique Francophone (LSFB). This is derived from an existing corpus and has been adapted to the needs of deep learning methods. The possibility of using crowdsourcing methods to collect more data is also explored.The second contribution is the development or adaptation of architectures for automatic sign language recognition. The use of contrastive methods to learn better representations is explored, and the transferability of these representations to other sign languages is assessed.Finally, the last contribution is the integration of models into software for the general public. This led to a reflection on the challenges of integrating an intelligent module into the software development life cycle.Jury membersProf. Wim VANHOOF, President, University of NamurProf. Benoît FRENAY, Promoter, University of NamurProf. Anthony CLEVE, Co-promoter, University of NamurProf. Laurence MEURANT, Internal Member, University of NamurProf. Lorenzo BARALDI, External Member, University of ModenaProf. Annelies BRAFFORT, External Member, University of Paris-SaclayProf. Joni DAMBRE, External Member, University of GhentYou are cordially invited to a drink, which will follow the public defense. For a good organization, please give your answer by Friday June 6.