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Each year, the estate is the setting for events organized by UNamur for the academic community and the general public.

The Medical and Psychological Support Unit (CMP) offers services to current and prospective students who are experiencing ongoing difficulties that may prevent them from participating in classes on an equal footing with other students.

In order to obtain accommodation in one of our student residences, the first step is to tick the relevant box on the registration form on "Mobility Online".

In response to the growing shortage of general practitioners in rural areas, the University of Namur is launching a groundbreaking initiative to encourage future practitioners to explore these regions. This year, nine rural placement centers have been established in the provinces of Namur, Hainaut, and Luxembourg, enabling 26 students in the Master’s program specializing in general practice (a joint UNamur-UCLouvain degree) to complete an internship under conditions that facilitate their immersion. Designed to address barriers related to housing, transportation, and isolation, this pilot program has found a particularly promising first implementation in Chevetogne, in partnership with the Province of Namur and several municipalities.

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The Confluent des Savoirs team would like to thank its partners for their support and participation in science outreach activities.

Le Confluent des Savoirs offers a variety of activities and events designed to make the sciences taught in the seven faculties of the University of Namur accessible and engaging for everyone. 

Le Confluent des Savoirs: A Window into Research at the University of Namur. 

JuryProf. Joseph WINKIN (UNamur), ChairProf. Timoteo CARLETTI (UNamur), SecretaryProf. Alexandre MAUROY (UNamur)Prof. Malbor ASLLANI (Florida State University)Dr. Maxime LUCAS (UNamur)Dr. Riccardo MUOLO (RIKEN Institute)AbstractSynchronization is a ubiquitous phenomenon in the world around us. It is a crucial feature that ensures the proper functioning of many complex systems. The various generators in a power grid must produce alternating current at a common frequency, and the brain’s cortical regions synchronize their activities to enable the brain to control the human body. These systems can be modeled as coupled oscillators, as in the famous Kuramoto model, where entities interact in pairs so that they synchronize globally.However, synchronization can also pose a problem. For instance, excessive synchronization of brain dynamics leads to pathological states such as epileptic seizures. It is therefore necessary to develop methods that reduce global synchronization by locally controlling the dynamics of certain oscillators. In particular, a control scheme based on a Hamiltonian framework has been designed to effectively desynchronize the Kuramoto model.Nevertheless, some limitations remain. First, the controlled nodes are selected at random without considering their specific characteristics. Second, this method is designed to control systems with a network structure—that is, with pairwise coupling—whereas many recent studies have demonstrated the importance of higher-order networks, i.e., group interactions, in modeling such systems.In this Ph.D. thesis, we aim to address these gaps through several studies. We explore the optimal method for selecting controlled nodes to maximize control efficiency, investigate the method’s ability to desynchronize systems with higher-order interactions, and develop a new control method tailored to this framework.Our results not only improve these control techniques but also offer novel perspectives on the synchronization of complex systems. They allow us to better understand the influence of each local entity on collective behavior and the role played by interactions of different orders. Among other things, they shed light on the non-monotonic relationship between synchronization capacity and the strength of higher-order interactions.

We offer training spread over 17 Saturdays from November to May, comprising 100 hours of classroom or distance learning. You will also have access to a distance learning platform offering a wide range of content and tools (videos, tests, forums, etc.) to enable you to view or review different parts of the course material, practice, and prepare for classes to get the most out of them. Find out more about how to enroll in the course, the curriculum, the schedule, and how the classes are organized here. 

The Confluent des Savoirs (CDS) is the University of Namur’s public outreach and research dissemination service. The CDS shares the knowledge and expertise generated by the university’s seven faculties with as wide an audience as possible.Whether you are a teacher, student, parent, or simply curious, the CDS invites you to explore the world of research.