cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Multi-Objective Hyperparameter Optimization in Machine Learning -- An Overview
Creators: name: Karl, Florian
name: Pielok, Tobias
name: Moosbauer, Julia
name: Pfisterer, Florian
name: Coors, Stefan
name: Binder, Martin
name: Schneider, Lennart
name: Thomas, Janek
name: Richter, Jakob
name: Lang, Michel
name: Garrido-Merchán, Eduardo C.
name: Branke, Juergen
name: Bischl, Bernd
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Hyperparameter optimization constitutes a large part of typical modern machine learning workflows. This arises from the fact that machine learning methods and corresponding preprocessing steps often only yield optimal performance when hyperparameters are properly tuned. But in many applications, we are not only interested in optimizing ML pipelines solely for predictive accuracy; additional metrics or constraints must be considered when determining an optimal configuration, resulting in a multi-objective optimization problem. This is often neglected in practice, due to a lack of knowledge and readily available software implementations for multi-objective hyperparameter optimization. In this work, we introduce the reader to the basics of multi-objective hyperparameter optimization and motivate its usefulness in applied ML. Furthermore, we provide an extensive survey of existing optimization strategies, both from the domain of evolutionary algorithms and Bayesian optimization. We illustrate the utility of MOO in several specific ML applications, considering objectives such as operating conditions, prediction time, sparseness, fairness, interpretability and robustness.
description: Published at ACM TELO
Variational Estimators of the Degree-corrected Latent Block Model for Bipartite Networks
Creators: name: Zhao, Yunpeng
name: Hao, Ning
name: Zhu, Ji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Bipartite graphs are ubiquitous across various scientific and engineering fields. Simultaneously grouping the two types of nodes in a bipartite graph via biclustering represents a fundamental challenge in network analysis for such graphs. The latent block model (LBM) is a commonly used model-based tool for biclustering. However, the effectiveness of the LBM is often limited by the influence of row and column sums in the data matrix. To address this limitation, we introduce the degree-corrected latent block model (DC-LBM), which accounts for the varying degrees in row and column clusters, significantly enhancing performance on real-world data sets and simulated data. We develop an efficient variational expectation-maximization algorithm by creating closed-form solutions for parameter estimates in the M steps. Furthermore, we prove the label consistency and the rate of convergence of the variational estimator under the DC-LBM, allowing the expected graph density to approach zero as long as the average expected degrees of rows and columns approach infinity when the size of the graph increases.
Zeros invenatus
Creators: name: Dawah, Hassan A.
name: Ahmad, Syed K.
name: Abdullah, Mohammed A.
name: Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ephydridae
Zeros
Zeros invenatus

description: Zeros invenatus (Lamb, 1912)
(Fig. 39)
Ilythea invenata Lamb, 1912: 322.
Zeros invenatus: Cresson 1943b: 12 [generic combination, review]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2003: 638 [review]; Dawah & Abdullah 2006: 388 [Saudi Arabia]; Mathis et al. 2017: 735 [United Arab Emirates].
Specimens examined. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Asir, Maraba, Al-Hudaithy Fruit Farm, 1–17. vi. 2003, Malaise trap, H. A. Dawah (NMWC).
Other Saudi Arabian records: Asir Region: Maraba: 60 km S of Abha (Dawah & Abdullah 2006)
Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Abdullah (2006). It was described from Seychelles (Mahé) and also recorded from the following areas: Afrotropical Region: Madagascar,
Seychelles and Sierra Leone; Palaearctic Region: Mallorca; Australasian Region: Australia (New South Wales) and New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Polynesia (Society Islands) and Samoa. Oriental Region: India (Assam), Malaysia and Thailand. There are some specimens of this species in NMWC from the Cape Verde Islands, Jordan, Nigeria and the Seychelles.
Biology. Unknown. Mathis & Zatwarnicki (2003) reported that Z. invenatus was found in the same habitats as Z. fractivirgatus (Lamb) and collected by sweeping (a) emergent vegetation in freshwater habitats at lower elevations, (b) carefully through a small patch of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms) and (c) through lawn grass in a seepage area.
description: Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, pp. 401-445 in Zootaxa 4711 (3) on pages 431-432, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3586476
A Model for Censored Reliability Data with Two Dependent Failure Modes and Prediction of Future Failures
Creators: name: Agrawal, Aakash
name: Mitra, Debanjan
name: Ganguly, Ayon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Quite often, we observe reliability data with two failure modes that may influence each other, resulting in a setting of dependent failure modes. Here, we discuss modelling of censored reliability data with two dependent failure modes by using a bivariate Weibull model with distinct shape parameters which we construct as an extension of the well-known Marshall-Olkin bivariate exponential model in reliability. Likelihood inference for modelling censored reliability data with two dependent failure modes by using the proposed bivariate Weibull distribution with distinct shape parameters is discussed. Bayesian analysis for this issue is also discussed. Through a Monte Carlo simulation study, the proposed methods of inference are observed to provide satisfactory results. A problem of practical interest for reliability engineers is to predict field failures of units at a future time. Frequentist and Bayesian methods for prediction of future failures are developed in this setting of censored reliability data with two dependent failure modes. An illustrative example based on a real data on device failure with two failure modes is presented. The model and methodology presented in this article provide a complete and comprehensive treatment of modelling censored reliability data with two dependent failure modes, and address some practical prediction issues.
Benthana Budde-Lund 1908
Creators: name: Campos-Filho, Ivanklin S.
name: Araujo, Paula Beatriz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Philosciidae
Benthana

description: Genus Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908
Type species: Benthana picta (Brandt, 1833)
A diagnosis of the genus and a key to distinguish Benthana from the other Neotropical genera of Philosciidae are found in Araujo & Leistikow (1999) and in Leistikow & Araujo (2001), respectively.
description: Published as part of Campos-Filho, Ivanklin S. & Araujo, Paula Beatriz, 2011, New species of Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Philosciidae) from Paraná, Brazil, pp. 38-46 in Zootaxa 2765 on page 39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206481
Brachydeutera Loew 1860
Creators: name: Dawah, Hassan A.
name: Ahmad, Syed K.
name: Abdullah, Mohammed A.
name: Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ephydridae
Brachydeutera

description: Genus Brachydeutera Loew
Brachydeutera Loew, 1862a: 162. Type species: Brachydeutera dimidiata Loew, 1862 [= Ephydra argentata Walker, 1852], by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, pp. 401-445 in Zootaxa 4711 (3) on page 432, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3586476
Parydra Stenhammar 1844
Creators: name: Dawah, Hassan A.
name: Ahmad, Syed K.
name: Abdullah, Mohammed A.
name: Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ephydridae
Parydra

description: Genus Parydra Stenhammar
Parydra Stenhammar, 1844: 144 (as “Sectio 3” of Ephydra Fallén). Type species: Ephydra aquila Fallén, 1813, designated by Coquillett, 1910: 585 (generic status by Loew, 1860: 31).
description: Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, pp. 401-445 in Zootaxa 4711 (3) on page 433, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3586476
Parydra quadripunctata
Creators: name: Dawah, Hassan A.
name: Ahmad, Syed K.
name: Abdullah, Mohammed A.
name: Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ephydridae
Parydra
Parydra quadripunctata

description: Parydra quadripunctata (Meigen, 1830)
(Fig. 41)
Ephydra quadripunctata Meigen, 1830: 117.
Parydra quadripunctata: Loew 1860: 33 [generic combination].
Napaea quadripunctata: Becker 1926: 102 [generic combination].
Ephydra furcata Zetterstedt 1838: 716: Loew 1860: 33 [synonymy].
Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Asir, Al-Souda, Bani Mazen, 16. x. 2014, Malaise trap. H.A. Dawah (CERS); 1 ♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub (Abha Farm Centre), 1–25. v. 2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS); 1 ♀, same data but 9–30. v. 2014 (CERS).
Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia and Arabian Peninsula. The type locality was not given or specified (Germany?). It is widespread in Europe and further recorded from Afghanistan, Japan, Tadzhikistan and Uzbekistan.
description: Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, pp. 401-445 in Zootaxa 4711 (3) on pages 433-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3586476
Benthana
Creators: name: Campos-Filho, Ivanklin S.
name: Araujo, Paula Beatriz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Philosciidae
Benthana

description: Key to species of Benthana with males having a lobe on the pleopod 1 exopod
1 Merus of pereopod 7 having a lobe with six setae on the inner proximal margin (Fig. 6A)........ B. (Benthanoscia) olfersii
- Merus of pereopod 7 without a lobe with six setae on the inner proximal margin................................... 2
2 Dentiform protrusion of pleopod 1 exopod with apex bent downwards (Fig. 6 B)........................... B. serrana
- Dentiform protrusion of pleopod 1 exopod with apex straight................................................... 3
3 Dentiform protrusion of pleopod 1 exopod with concave appearance (Fig. 5 A)...................... B. itaipuensis sp. n.
- Dentiform protrusion of pleopod 1 exopod with convex or truncated appearance.................................... 4
4 Outer lateral margin of pleopod 1 exopod with setae (Fig. 6 C)......................................... B. cairensis
- Outer lateral margin of pleopod 1 exopod without setae (Fig. 6 D)....................................... B. taeniata
description: Published as part of Campos-Filho, Ivanklin S. & Araujo, Paula Beatriz, 2011, New species of Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Philosciidae) from Paraná, Brazil, pp. 38-46 in Zootaxa 2765 on page 46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206481
Ephydra Fallen 1810
Creators: name: Dawah, Hassan A.
name: Ahmad, Syed K.
name: Abdullah, Mohammed A.
name: Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ephydridae
Ephydra

description: Genus Ephydra Fallén
Ephydra Fallén, 1810: 22. Type species: Ephydra riparia Fallén, 1813, designated by Curtis, 1832: Plate 413 (originally proposed without included species; designation by Curtis is from first 4 species included in Fallén, 1813: 246–248).
description: Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, pp. 401-445 in Zootaxa 4711 (3) on page 434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3586476
The Ethical Risks of Analyzing Crisis Events on Social Media with Machine Learning
Creators: name: Kraft, Angelie
name: Usbeck, Ricardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Social media platforms provide a continuous stream of real-time news regarding crisis events on a global scale. Several machine learning methods utilize the crowd-sourced data for the automated detection of crises and the characterization of their precursors and aftermaths. Early detection and localization of crisis-related events can help save lives and economies. Yet, the applied automation methods introduce ethical risks worthy of investigation - especially given their high-stakes societal context. This work identifies and critically examines ethical risk factors of social media analyses of crisis events focusing on machine learning methods. We aim to sensitize researchers and practitioners to the ethical pitfalls and promote fairer and more reliable designs.
description: Accepted to D2R2'22: International Workshop on Data-driven Resilience Research
The Lifecycle of "Facts": A Survey of Social Bias in Knowledge Graphs
Creators: name: Kraft, Angelie
name: Usbeck, Ricardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Knowledge graphs are increasingly used in a plethora of downstream tasks or in the augmentation of statistical models to improve factuality. However, social biases are engraved in these representations and propagate downstream. We conducted a critical analysis of literature concerning biases at different steps of a knowledge graph lifecycle. We investigated factors introducing bias, as well as the biases that are rendered by knowledge graphs and their embedded versions afterward. Limitations of existing measurement and mitigation strategies are discussed and paths forward are proposed.
description: Accepted to AACL-IJCNLP 2022
Ephydra flavipes : Mathis 1978
Creators: name: Dawah, Hassan A.
name: Ahmad, Syed K.
name: Abdullah, Mohammed A.
name: Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ephydridae
Ephydra
Ephydra flavipes

description: Ephydra flavipes (Macquart, 1843)
Coenia flavipes Macquart, 1843: 412.
Ephydra flavipes: Mathis 1978: 105 [generic combination]; Walker & Pittaway 1987: 107 [Saudi Arabia]; Al-Houty 1989: 144–145 [Kuwait]; Al-Ahmadi & Salem 1999: 158 [Saudi Arabia]; Dawah & Abdullah 2006: 389 [Saudi Arabia]; Mathis et al. 2017: 739–740 [United Arab Emirates]; El-Hawagry et al. 2019: 33 [Saudi Arabia].
Ephydra opaca Loew 1856: 55; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 1995: 241 [synonymy].
Ephydra helwanensis Steyskal 1968: 110; Wirth 1975: 32–35 [revision]; Mathis 1978: 105 [synonymy].
Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, Hay Al-Sad, 25. ii.–25. v. 2002, Malaise trap. H.A. Dawah (CERS).
Other Saudi Arabian records: without locality (Walker & Pittaway 1987; Al-Ahmadi & Salem 1999); Asir Region: Madinat al-Ameer Sultan, 15 km E of Abha (Dawah & Abdullah 2006); Riyadh Region: Rawdhat Khorim National Park (El-Hawagry et al. 2019).
Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Walker & Pittaway (1987). The species was described from Sudan and has also been recorded from the following area: Afrotropical Region: Aldabra Group, Chad and United Arab Emirates; Palaearctic Region: widespread in Europe, Algeria, Canary Islands, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Libya, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. There are some specimens of E. flavipes in NMWC collected from Bahrain, Cape Verde Islands, Egypt, Oman and Yemen.
Biology. This species is the most common and widespread of the brine flies occurring around the Mediterranean (Wirth 1975). Ferrar (1987) stated that larvae of Ephydra flavipes feed on algae, bacteria and flagellate protozoa in a variety of specialized aquatic situations. Wirth (1975) reported that the species is most often associated with rice culture in the Mediterranean area. However, Nasr et al. (1970) stated that in Egypt (as Ephydra macellaria Egger) it did not damage rice seedlings grown under test conditions in the laboratory. Gatt & Ebejer (2003) regard it as a predominantly halophilous species. Wirth (1975) in his revision of old World Ephydra gave information on the identity, biology and distribution of Ephydra (E.) flavipes.
description: Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, pp. 401-445 in Zootaxa 4711 (3) on page 434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3586476
On recognition of direct powers of finite simple linear groups by spectrum
Creators: name: Yang, N.
name: Gorshkov, I. B.
name: Staroletov, A. M.
name: Vasil'ev, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20D06

description: The spectrum of a finite group is the set of its element orders. We give an affirmative answer to Problem 20.58(a) from the Kourovka Notebook proving that for every positive integer $k$, the $k$-th direct power of the simple linear group $L_{n}(2)$ is uniquely determined by its spectrum in the class of finite groups provided $n$ is a power of $2$ greater than or equal to $56k^2$.
description: 17 pages
Carposina niponensis Walsingham 1900
Creators: name: Young, James D.
name: Robertson, James A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Carposinidae
Carposina
Carposina niponensis

description: Carposina niponensis Walsingham, 1900
Material examined. Published material only. Based on images of the type and specimens collected by Nasu et al. (2010).
Male genitalia (Fig. 1a). The costal margin of the valve lacks sclerotization. The terminal spines (gn.s) of the gnathos (gn) are uniform in diameter and length, with all spines projecting posteriorly. The harpe (hrp) is approximately 2 times as long as broad and terminates in several spines giving it a distinctly “toothed” appearance. The juxta (jx) is well developed with 2 long posterior projecting arms. The uncus (un) has the upper edge unsclerotized and covered with long thin setae (removed in illustration) that are half the length of the arms of the gnathos. The basal process (bp) of the valva is approximately half the length of the arms of the gnathos. The transtilla is absent or obscured in the published publications, and the saccus (sa) is subequal to the length of the valva.
Female. Unknown.
Larva. Unknown.
description: Published as part of Young, James D. & Robertson, James A., 2020, Reinstatement of Carposina ottawana Kearfott, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae) as a valid species, pp. 1-8 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (784) on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5458916
Scatophila Becker 1896
Creators: name: Dawah, Hassan A.
name: Ahmad, Syed K.
name: Abdullah, Mohammed A.
name: Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ephydridae
Scatophila

description: Genus Scatophila Becker
Scatophila Becker, 1896: 237. Type species: Ephydra caviceps Stenhammar, 1844, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, pp. 401-445 in Zootaxa 4711 (3) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3586476
Scatophila Becker 1896
Creators: name: Dawah, Hassan A.
name: Ahmad, Syed K.
name: Abdullah, Mohammed A.
name: Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ephydridae
Scatophila

description: Key to species of Scatophila from the Saudi Arabia
1. General colouration brown; mid of male face depressed; mesonotum with distinct pattern of spots and stripes; wing pattern formed by contrasted white spots................................................ S. caviceps (Stenhammar, 1844)
- General colouration gray; male face convex medially, similar to female; mesonotum lacking distinctive pattern; wing spots faintly visible...................................................................... S. farinae Becker, 1903
description: Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, pp. 401-445 in Zootaxa 4711 (3) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3586476
Innovation Forum 2024 SURPASS and CREAToR
Creators: name: Mikonsaari, Irma
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: extractive extrusion
subject: Recycling

description: Extractive extrusion for the removal of hazardous substances or undesired content from thermoplastic polymers in the context of European funded projects SURPASS and CREAToR.
Carposina sasakii Matsumura 1900
Creators: name: Young, James D.
name: Robertson, James A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Carposinidae
Carposina
Carposina sasakii

description: Carposina sasakii Matsumura, 1900
Material examined. The deposition of the type is unknown. Eight specimens of C. sasakii from a rearing colony in Yokohama, Japan and four wild-caught specimens from Hokkaido, Ishikari, Japan were examined (NMNH).
Male genitalia (Fig. 1c). The terminal spines of the gnathos are uniform in diameter and length, and all project posteriorly. The harpe is long and tapering to an abrupt upturned point, with a narrow, sclerotized structure that continues anterior-ventrally to the margin of the valva. The juxta is reduced to a small brace-like structure that is narrowly sclerotized on the posterior margin. The uncus has the posterior margin strongly sclerotized, covered with long thin setae (removed in illustration) that are half the length of the arms of the gnathos. The basal process of the valva is straight and slightly longer than the harpe in length. The transtilla is very narrow, and the saccus is reduced to a small knob.
Female genitalia (Fig. 2b, 3b). In the ductus bursae the basal third of its length has a large area that lacks sclerotization, and there is a distinct bend half way between the sinus vaginalis and corpus bursae. In situ, the corpus bursae has two-forked signa positioned laterally (one left, one right). The posterior margin of A8 barely projects posteriorly, with the opening of the ostium bursae located on the posterior margin (Fig. 3b). The ventral surface of sternite 8 has sclerotized folds that produce a valley extending anteriorly from the ostium.
Larva (Fig. 4b). The prothoracic pinaculum of the L group is large (four times the diameter of the spiracle along its longest axis) and extends below the spiracle. The spiracle is positioned on its own well defined pinaculum. The thoracic shield has granulated integument extending to the edge of the sclerotized plate. The pinacula of the meso- and metathorax are large and conspicuous (three times the diameter of spiracle on the prothorax), and all D and SD setae are on separate pinacula. On the abdomen, the pinacula of SD1 on segments A1–6 are noticeably larger than those of C. ottawana. Lateral seta L3 is widely separated from L1 and L2 and positioned close to the SV setae. The SV pinacula of segments A3–A6 are small but present. All abdominal spiracles are surrounded by a concolorous, unpigmented, unsclerotized ring that is free of granulation.
description: Published as part of Young, James D. & Robertson, James A., 2020, Reinstatement of Carposina ottawana Kearfott, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae) as a valid species, pp. 1-8 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (784) on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5458916
Scatophila caviceps
Creators: name: Dawah, Hassan A.
name: Ahmad, Syed K.
name: Abdullah, Mohammed A.
name: Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ephydridae
Scatophila
Scatophila caviceps

description: Scatophila caviceps (Stenhammar, 1844)
Ephydra caviceps Stenhammar, 1844: 270.
Scatella caviceps: Loew 1860: 42 [generic combination].
Scatophila caviceps: Becker 1896: 241 [generic combination]; Zatwarnicki 1987: 279–280, 291 [figures of male genitalia].
Specimens examined. 2 ♂, 3 ♀, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub (Abha Farm Centre), 1–25. v. 2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS); 1 ♂, same but 3–24. vii. 2013; 1 ♂, same data but 12. xi. 2013 (CERS); 1 ♀, Najran, Al-Shurfa, Saleh Maqbol Farm, 13. iii. 2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS); 1 ♂, Asir, Karatha, Al-Ethrebany Fruit Farm, 7–28. viii. 2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS); 1 ♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, 25. ii.–25. v. 2002, Malaise trap. H.A. Dawah (CERS).
Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. This species was described from Sweden and further recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Europe, Madeira, Morocco, and Russia (Far East).
description: Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, pp. 401-445 in Zootaxa 4711 (3) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3586476
Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) titovi
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Trombiculidae
Neoschoengastia
Neoschoengastia titovi

description: Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) titovi (Brennan, 1962):
NEO
Euschoengastia titovi Brennan, 1962
Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) titovi, Vercammen-Grandjean 1968c [americana group]
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
Scatophila farinae Becker 1903
Creators: name: Dawah, Hassan A.
name: Ahmad, Syed K.
name: Abdullah, Mohammed A.
name: Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ephydridae
Scatophila
Scatophila farinae

description: Scatophila farinae Becker, 1903
Scatophila farinae Becker, 1903: 177; Mathis et al. 2017: 747 [United Arab Emirates].
Specimens examined. 1 ♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub (Abha Farm Centre), 9–30. v. 2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah (CERS).
Distribution. This is the first record from Saudi Arabia. It was described from Egypt (Luxor, by lectotype des. Zatwarnicki 1987: 282) and further recorded from the Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Canary Islands, Italy and Morocco; Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates.
description: Published as part of Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, pp. 401-445 in Zootaxa 4711 (3) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3586476
kalis: A Modern Implementation of the Li & Stephens Model for Local Ancestry Inference in R
Creators: name: Aslett, Louis J. M.
name: Christ, Ryan R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Approximating the recent phylogeny of $N$ phased haplotypes at a set of variants along the genome is a core problem in modern population genomics and central to performing genome-wide screens for association, selection, introgression, and other signals. The Li & Stephens (LS) model provides a simple yet powerful hidden Markov model for inferring the recent ancestry at a given variant, represented as an $N \times N$ distance matrix based on posterior decodings. However, existing posterior decoding implementations for the LS model cannot scale to modern datasets with tens or hundreds of thousands of genomes. This work focuses on providing a high-performance engine to compute the LS model, enabling users to rapidly develop a range of variant-specific ancestral inference pipelines on top, exposed via an easy to use package, kalis, in the statistical programming language R. kalis exploits both multi-core parallelism and modern CPU vector instruction sets to enable scaling to problem sizes that would previously have been prohibitively slow to work with. The resulting distance matrices enable local ancestry, selection, and association studies in modern large scale genomic datasets.
description: 34 pages, 5 figures. For software documentation, see https://kalis.louisaslett.com/ and for source code repository, see https://github.com/louisaslett/kalis
Insight from Smart Water Meters: Implications for Targeted Management Strategies
Creators: name: Thyer, Mark
name: Arbon, Nicole
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 90509 Water Resources Engineering
subject: FOS: Civil engineering

description: This
seminar will present the key insights and practical implications for targeted
management strategies that have emerged from analysis of 3 years of smart water
meter measurements on a representative set of 100-150 households in Adelaide.
It will be of interest to a wide range of personnel within SA Water including
water network planners and operators who use demand and waste water predictions
to optimize planning and operational decisions, and to community engagement and
policy personnel who wish to better understand the relationship between
household behavior and water use. The topics to be covered include:

Drivers of Indoor Use

The
key drivers of indoor water use were identified by combining end use
measurements with household surveys of demographics, behavior, appliance usage
and attitude. Key findings include:

•
Distinct
household usage groups (related to demographics such as income/age/attitude)
were identified with different water end-use patterns.

•
This
has implications for the development of targeted strategies for effective
demand management and water use prediction to optimise planning and operations
of water networks.

•
The
Behavioural End Use Stochastic Simulator (BESS) that utilises differences in
behaviour and water using appliances to provide end-use predictions was found
to be highly accurate (~5-10% errors) when calibrated with local end-use
measurements.

•
This
implies BESS can provide reliable water use predictions that incorporate changes
in behaviour and household characteristics. BESS was used to attribute
water-use reduction during the 2007-2009 drought and provide predictions of
demand management scenarios (uptake of water efficient appliances) in the
future (2025 and 2050).

Drivers of Outdoor Use and Peak Demands

The key
drivers of outdoor water use and peak demand were analyzed by combining the three
years of smart water measurements with climate and household characteristics (garden
size/irrigation type etc). Key findings are:

•    Potential impacts of future climate change on peak demands.

•    Identification of the key drivers of outdoor water use and its
implications for water prediction and demand management strategies.

•    Identification of the key drivers of peak water and its
implications for peak demand prediction and peak demand reduction strategies. An
important finding being that a small proportion of the households with certain
characteristics contribute a large amount to the peak demand.

The
majority of these findings emerged from the “Identifying the Key Drivers of
Household Water Use” component of the Goyder Institute for Water Research
Optimal Water Resource Mix (OWRM) for Greater Adelaide project of which SA
Water was a key stakeholder.
Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) tongxinensis Li, Wang and Chen 1997
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Trombiculidae
Neoschoengastia
Neoschoengastia tongxinensis

description: Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) tongxinensis Li, Wang and Chen, 1997:
PAL
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
Q-balls in the sky
Creators: name: Ansari, Arhum
name: Bhandari, Lalit Singh
name: Thalapillil, Arun M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: There may exist extended configurations in the dark matter sector that are analogues of structures in the visible sector. In this work, we explore non-topological solitonic configurations, specifically Q-balls, and study when they may form macroscopic astrophysical structures and what their distinct characteristics might be. We study in some detail theoretical bounds on their sizes and constraints on the underlying parameters, based on criteria for an astrophysical Q-ball's existence, gravitational stability and viability of solutions. Following this path, one is able to obtain novel limits on astrophysical Q-ball sizes and their underlying parameters. We also explore the gravitational lensing features of different astrophysical Q-ball profiles, which are more general than the simple thin-wall limit. It is seen that the magnification characteristics may be very distinct, depending on the actual details of the solution, even for astrophysical Q-balls having the same size and mass. Assuming that such astrophysical Q-balls may form a small component of the dark matter in the universe, we place limits on this fraction from the gravitational microlensing surveys EROS-2, OGLE-IV, HSC-Subaru and the proposed future survey WFIRST. Exploring various astrophysical Q-ball profiles and sizes, it is found that while for most intermediate masses that we consider, the dark matter fraction comprising astrophysical Q-balls is at most sub-percent, for other masses it may be significantly higher.
description: 23 pages, 11 figures; Matches published version
Pachycordyle pusilla Motz-Kossowska 1905
Creators: name: Gravili, Cinzia
name: Vito, Doris De
name: Camillo, Cristina Gioia Di
name: Martell, Luis
name: Piraino, Stefano
name: Boero, Ferdinando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Anthoathecata
Bougainvilliidae
Pachycordyle
Pachycordyle pusilla

description: Pachycordyle pusilla (Motz-Kossowska, 1905)
Fig. 7 A, B
See Schuchert (2004) for a complete synonymy.
Material examined. HCUS-S 0 0 7 (Hydrozoa Collection, University of Salento—fauna of the Salento Peninsula).
Description (based on our own observations; Motz-Kossowska 1905; Schuchert 2004):
Hydroid. Hydrorhiza as creeping, smooth, mostly linear stolons; colonies mostly stolonal, up to 2 mm; hydrocaulus as hydranth pedicel, unbranched or rarely branched once, with thick, double-layered and basally annulated perisarc, widening distally into a shallow funnel; hydranth slightly club-shaped when fully relaxed, 0.7–1.2 mm long; hypostome high, dome-shaped; with 12–16 filiform tentacles scattered through distal half or in 3 whorls. Gonophores as fixed sporosacs, ovoid to elongated, covered by loose, thin periderm, fixed sporosacs, borne distally on hydranth pedicels, 1–4 per pedicel; without radial or circular canals; no velum; simple spadix present, proximal gastrodermal chamber large. Females with 4, occasionally 5, eggs in a single tier. Colours: eggs uncoloured, clear.
Cnidome. desmonemes and microbasic euryteles.
Habitat type. Phanerogames in sea water of normal salinity (depth range: 0–30 m) (Boero & Fresi 1986; Schuchert 2004; Puce et al. 2009).
Substrate. Phanerogames (Posidonia oceanica and Zostera leaves, Cymodocea nodosa), algae, concretions.
Seasonality. March, April, August, October, December (Boero & Fresi 1986); January (Puce et al. 2009) in the Ligurian Sea.
Reproductive period. Along the Mediterranean French coast (Motz-Kossowska 1905) reproductive colonies occur in August and May (Schuchert 2004), October in the Ligurian Sea (Boero & Fresi 1986),
Distribution. Endemic to the Mediterranean (Morri 1980a as C. pusilla; Medel & López-González 1996; Bouillon et al. 2004; Schuchert 2004; Gravili et al. 2008a).
Records in Salento. Rare at Otranto (this study).
Remarks. Schuchert (2004) used the new combination Pachycordyle pusilla (Motz-Kossowska, 1905). Reproduction, in this species, leads to reduction of hydranths (Leloup 1930).
References. Motz-Kossowska (1905) as Cordylophora pusilla; Leloup (1930), Picard & Roch (1949) both as Tubiclava pusilla; Picard (1958a), Boero (1981a), Medel & López-González (1996) all as Cordylophora pusilla; Schuchert (2004) as Pachycordyle pusilla (Motz-Kossowska, 1905) comb. nov.; Gravili (2006), Gravili et al. (2008a), Puce et al. (2009).
description: Published as part of Gravili, Cinzia, Vito, Doris De, Camillo, Cristina Gioia Di, Martell, Luis, Piraino, Stefano & Boero, Ferdinando, 2015, The non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Salento, Italy with notes on their life-cycles: an illustrated guide, pp. 1-187 in Zootaxa 3908 (1) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3908.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/242729
Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) turbida Schluger
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Trombiculidae
Neoschoengastia
Neoschoengastia turbida

description: Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) turbida Schluger and Bel’skaja, 1966:
PAL
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
Rhizorhagium arenosum Alder 1862
Creators: name: Gravili, Cinzia
name: Vito, Doris De
name: Camillo, Cristina Gioia Di
name: Martell, Luis
name: Piraino, Stefano
name: Boero, Ferdinando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Anthoathecata
Bougainvilliidae
Rhizorhagium
Rhizorhagium arenosum

description: Rhizorhagium arenosum (Alder, 1862)
Fig. 8
See Schuchert (2007) for a complete synonymy.
Material examined. HCUS-S 0 0 8 (Hydrozoa Collection, University of Salento—fauna of the Salento Peninsula).
Description (based on our own observations; Hincks 1868; Schuchert 2007, 2012):
Hydroid. Hydrorhiza as creeping ramified stolons covered by perisarc; colony stolonal; hydrocaulus monosiphonic, short, perisarc generally covered with minute sand grains or mud; hydranth fusiform, covered by a pseudohydrotheca not enveloping tentacles; hypostome nipple-shaped, with one distal whorl of 6–12 long, slender, amphicoronate, filiform tentacles. Gonophores as fixed sporosacs, pyriform, 1–2 per hydrocaulus, on short pedicels on lower half of hydrocaulus. Female sporosacs oblong, covered by filmy perisarc, mature ones with many eggs (>30), embryonic development takes place in a gelatinous mass (acrocyst) to the planula stage. Male sporosacs similar to female ones. Colour: milky white.
Cnidome. Desmonemes and microbasic euryteles.
Habitat type. Intertidal (see Schuchert 2007, 2012), here found in the subtidal.
Substrate. Algae, stones and other substrates.
Seasonality. November in Salento waters (De Vito 2006; this study).
Reproductive period. In northwestern European waters (Schuchert 2012), reproductive colonies occur from early summer to autumn.
Distribution. Atlantic, Mediterranean (see Bouillon et al. 2004; Schuchert 2007; Gravili et al. 2008a).
Records in Salento. Rare in the following localities: Grotta del Ciolo (Denitto et al. 2007); Otranto (De Vito 2006; Gravili 2006; Gravili et al. 2008a; this study).
Remarks. Schuchert (2004, 2007) considers the Mediterranean record of this species by Lo Bianco (1909) as a misidentification of Pachycordyle pusilla (Motz-Kossowska 1905).
References. Hincks (1868), Berrill (1948), Picard (1958a), Riedl (1959), Bouillon et al. (2004), Schuchert (2004, 2007, 2012), De Vito (2006), Gravili (2006), Denitto et al. (2007). Gravili et al. (2008a).
description: Published as part of Gravili, Cinzia, Vito, Doris De, Camillo, Cristina Gioia Di, Martell, Luis, Piraino, Stefano & Boero, Ferdinando, 2015, The non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Salento, Italy with notes on their life-cycles: an illustrated guide, pp. 1-187 in Zootaxa 3908 (1) on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3908.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/242729
Altica Goeffroy
Creators: name: Hua, Yi
name: Ge, Si-Qin
name: Beutel, Rolf Georg
name: Zhang, Yong
name: Cui, Jun-Zhi
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Altica

description: Key to the mature larvae of five related species of Chinese Altica Goeffroy
1. Subspiracular tubercle of abdomen with three setae (two conspicuous and one smaller) (Figs 25, 26)............ A. koreana
- Subspiracular tubercle of abdomen with two setae............................................................ 2
2. Pronotum with four pairs of setae anteriorly........................................................ A. cirsicola
- Pronotum with five pairs of setae anteriorly................................................................ 3
3. Lateral side of mandibular teeth serrated (Fig. 24)................................................ A. caerulescens
- Lateral side of mandibular teeth not serrated................................................................ 4
4. Mandible with four distinct teeth and a small fifth proximal tooth (Fig. 23)............................. A. viridicyanea
- Mandible without small fifth proximal tooth (Fig. 21)................................................ A. fragariae
description: Published as part of Hua, Yi, Ge, Si-Qin, Beutel, Rolf Georg, Zhang, Yong, Cui, Jun-Zhi & Yang, Xing-Ke, 2013, The larvae of Altica koreana (Ogloblin) and A. viridicyanea (Baly) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), pp. 461-470 in Zootaxa 3694 (5) on page 468, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.5.4, http://zenodo.org/record/221462
Quantum computing quantum Monte Carlo with hybrid tensor network for electronic structure calculations
Creators: name: Kanno, Shu
name: Nakamura, Hajime
name: Kobayashi, Takao
name: Gocho, Shigeki
name: Hatanaka, Miho
name: Yamamoto, Naoki
name: Gao, Qi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum computers have a potential for solving quantum chemistry problems with higher accuracy than classical computers. Quantum computing quantum Monte Carlo (QC-QMC) is a QMC with a trial state prepared in quantum circuit, which is employed to obtain the ground state with higher accuracy than QMC alone. We propose an algorithm combining QC-QMC with a hybrid tensor network to extend the applicability of QC-QMC beyond a single quantum device size. In a two-layer quantum-quantum tree tensor, our algorithm for the larger trial wave function can be executed than preparable wave function in a device. Our algorithm is evaluated on the Heisenberg chain model, graphite-based Hubbard model, hydrogen plane model, and MonoArylBiImidazole using full configuration interaction QMC. Our algorithm can achieve energy accuracy (specifically, variance) several orders of magnitude higher than QMC, and the hybrid tensor version of QMC gives the same energy accuracy as QC-QMC when the system is appropriately decomposed. Moreover, we develop a pseudo-Hadamard test technique that enables efficient overlap calculations between a trial wave function and an orthonormal basis state. In a real device experiment by using the technique, we obtained almost the same accuracy as the statevector simulator, indicating the noise robustness of our algorithm. These results suggests that the present approach will pave the way to electronic structure calculation for large systems with high accuracy on current quantum devices.
description: 32 pages, 24 figures, 3 tables
Macroscopic Single-Qubit Operation for Coherent Photons
Creators: name: Saito, Shinichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Polarisation is described by an $SU(2)$ wavefunction due to macroscopic coherence of photons emitted from a ubiquitous laser source, and thus, a laser pulse is expected to behave as a macroscopic quantum bit (qubit), i.e., a qubit realised by a macroscopic number of photons. Here, we show that an arbitrary single-qubit operation can be carried out for such a macroscopic qubit by employing optical modulators, together with standard optical plates, in a computer-controlled fibre-optic configuration. We named the device as a Poincaré rotator, which allows a dynamic control over a polarisation state by executing an arbitrary amount of rotations on the Poincaré sphere. The Poincaré rotator works as an arbitrary $SU(2)$ operator in a Lie group, by combining a $U(1)$ operation to change the phase and another $U(1)$ operation to change the amplitude of the wavefunction. We have realised various polarisation states, such as $4 \times 4=16$, $8 \times 8=64$, and $10 \times 10=100$ distinguishable states on the sphere. As a locus of the realised polarisation states on the sphere, we have successfully drawn the molecular structure of Buckminsterfullerene (C$_{60}$) and the coastline of the earth.
Webinar: Blockchain Standardisation for Public Policies and Services
Creators: name: Blind, Knut
name: Lindner, Renè
name: Anthony Jnr, Bokolo
name: Kim, Dong-hyu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: These Slides were presented during the SEEBLOCKS.eu webinar entitled 'Blockchain Standardisation for Public Policies and Services' on May 3rd 2024. Blockchain technology is expanding not solely in the Private but also in the Public sector and our panellists presented and discussed with the audience current initiatives and opportunities. We tackled Identitymanagement and Digitalisation, the different geopolitical approaches in standardisation between the EU and the US and finally, the impact of Blockchain technologies in Smart cities and urban development.

Thanks to our distinguished panel of speakers - Knut Blind, Dong Hyu Kim, Bokolo Anthony Junior, Rene Lindner - and an active participation of the public, SEEBLOCKS.eu had the chance to spread an engaging discussion.