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Florentin Rochet, a professor of computer security at the University of Namur, specializes in applied cryptography and secure communications. Against the backdrop of rapid advances in artificial intelligence and open-source solutions, he shares his analysis of the current situation and offers his outlook for the future. 

Advertisements, social media, radio, television, print media, digital platforms… there are many different forms of communication, and they play a very significant role in our daily lives today. But how do these media work? How does information circulate in today’s society? And how can we communicate in a way that is both effective and creative, yet also critical and responsible? By becoming communication and journalism professionals working for media outlets, companies, and organizations, you’ll learn to decode these messages and make your voice heard amid this flood of information.

How can governments and citizens respond to the climate crisis? Why is the far right winning elections? What are the ways to resolve armed conflicts? Does the European Union have a future after Brexit? Political science provides analytical tools for studying these issues.   The Bachelor’s degree in Political Science is a cutting-edge program for those who wish to understand the transformations of contemporary societies and become active participants in NGOs, governments, businesses, and European and international institutions. 

Increasingly demanding workloads, an imbalance between work and personal life, and greater performance scrutiny… the world of work is undergoing profound changes. In this context, how can we enable individuals to remain engaged and find lasting fulfillment in their professional lives? A new ARC research project called “SUSCARE” proposes an innovative solution: placing the concept of care at the heart of organizational practices.

New markets, increased competition, technological advances, but also ecological, energy, political and quality of life issues... The challenges to be met are numerous and the needs are constantly growing. Approach economic and social issues from a fresh perspective, sensitive to societal and ethical responsibility, interdisciplinarity, the international dimension and the challenges of transition to shape the sustainable future of our society.Welcome to the Faculty Economics Management Communication Politics (EMCP)!

Invited speakers: Manuel GARCÍA-SANTANA (Pompeu Fabra University) and Eric VERHOOGEN (Columbia University)Audience: PhD studentsCall for papers: PhD students and postdocs are invited to submit a paper by April 15, 2026. Applicants will be notified by May 15, 2026. Accepted contributions will be presented in a poster session, with a subset selected for seminar-style presentations. Please send your paper to this address: nathan.jespere@unamur.be

As part of the Inforums and CyberExcellence seminars, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Ryan Wails (Georgetown University), who will speak to us about cybersecurity. You will find the abstract of his presentation and his biography below.No registration required.We hope to see many of you at this event!On the Interplay of Modern Traffic Analysis and Internet Censorship & Circumvention TechniquesIn this talk, I will review the current state of real-world Internet censorship and some tools that network users employ to circumvent censorship. Then, I’ll take a forward-looking view on how censors might incorporate modern ML-based traffic analysis techniques to block users, highlighting the need for stronger circumvention tools. Finally, I’ll discuss our new internet censorship evasion technique called Unidentified Protocol Generation (published at USENIX Security 2025), which is capable of evading detection by state-of-the-art traffic analysis.Author bio: Ryan Wails is a postdoctoral researcher at Georgetown University studying network privacy and security. He completed his PhD while working at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. This lab is known for originating the Tor network and establishing the PETs research community, which is now among the top international research communities in computer security. Ryan is a core contributor to the Tor project and has published in leading conferences on network simulators, privacy attacks, privacy-preserving measurements, path selection algorithms, censorship circumvention, and website fingerprinting. He has received several international distinctions, including Best Paper awards at top conferences and recognition at community events for his contributions.

On May 13, the software engineering project presentations (known as the MDL project) were held before a panel consisting of coaches and external clients who had come for the occasion. Through the seven projects presented this year, the students were able to showcase their work and explain how they collaborated with their clients to successfully complete their development projects.

An innovative educational initiative was carried out at the University of Namur during the 2024–2025 academic year as part of the “Software Testing and Quality” course in the Master’s program in Computer Science, with a focus on software engineering. This initiative led to the publication of the SNAIL Report 2025, a comprehensive barometer of software development practices in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

The F.R.S.-FNRS published on June 25, 2024, the list of winners of the various doctoral and postdoctoral mandates. Among them, 16 researchers from the University of Namur have obtained funding.

While women are still in the minority in technical and scientific fields, confidence and passion have enabled some to overcome stereotypes and structural barriers. Women physicists and computer scientists are leading the way for those who cherish the bench and the screen, the numbers, and the machines.

From 17 April 2023, UNamur will host two prestigious international Francqui Chairs. Professor Timoteo Carletti (Department of Mathematics - naXys Institute) will host Professor Ginestra Bianconi, one of the leading experts on networks and high-order structures. Professor Romain Houssa (Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Management - DeFiPP Institute) will welcome Professor Karel Mertens, an expert in macroeconomics.