dr hab. Edyta Pietrzak, prof. PŁ

A team of scientists from Lodz University of Technology proposes a new approach to the "alchemy" of catalysts.

News

Solid catalysts, often nanoscale materials, are at the heart of many technologies. Due to their unique structure, they play a crucial role in accelerating chemical reactions, which is essential in industrial processes such as fuel production, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and environmental protection.

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Analysis

The winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize awarded by the Central Bank of Sweden are three American economists working on the impact of social organization on the wealth of nations. The awardees are Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson. Why are some countries unexpectedly successful and others unexpectedly unsuccessful? Why is it that countries with such rich cultures as India and Mexico have consistently struggled economically, while Australia or Canada have been successful?

Commentary on Nobel Prize in chemistry

Analysis

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded half to David Baker ‘for the design of proteins using computational techniques’ and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper ‘for the prediction of protein structure’.

The first Nobel Prize in computer science!

Analysis

On Tuesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that the Nobel Prize in Physics goes to American physicist John Joseph Hopfield and Canadian-British computer scientist Geoffrey Everest Hinton. Although the prize was awarded in physics, the justification reads that it was based on ‘discoveries and inventions enabling machine learning through artificial neural networks’, which is clearly associated with computer science.

Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology 2024

Analysis

When it seemed that all functions of ribonucleic acids (RNA) had been studied and described, scientists discovered new types of RNA at the end of the 20th century that influence inheritance, development, and diseases. This year, the Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of one of these new RNAs. According to the Nobel Committee's decision, two American biologists, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, received the award in Physiology and Medicine for their "discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation".

Anthropologist and political scientist, professor at the Institute of Marketing and Sustainable Development in the Faculty of Organization and Management. Author of more than eighty scientific publications, editor-in-chief of the Civitas Hominibus yearbook, expert in EU social projects, co-founder of the Open Science Seminars Humanbeing -Business-Technologies. She works on the politics of diversity, theories of civil society and socio-political contexts of management. She enjoys classical music and simple pleasures.

Computer Lars - Citizen Lars. On the political representation of the algorithm

Thu, 10/06/2022 - 08:37

dr hab. Edyta Pietrzak, prof. PŁ

In May 2022, a collaboration between an artist collective and Danish technology company Mindfuture resulted in the creation of the Computer Lars project - involving artificial intelligence and a chatbot imitating a human. It has given rise to the Det Sintetiske Parti (DSP) - the Synthetic Party, which is preparing to run in the upcoming 2023 parliamentary elections.

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Anthropocene - questions regarding the extent of human agency and responsibility

Thu, 11/04/2021 - 13:49

dr hab. Edyta Pietrzak, prof. PŁ

The Anthropocene is an epoch in which we observe active human intervention in the processes that drive the geological evolution of the planet. It is humans who are modifying the parameters of the planetary system by changing the climate, degrading soil, acidifying oceans, disrupting biochemical cycles, and contributing to the loss of biodiversity.

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Algorithms, diversity and politics

Tue, 10/08/2019 - 08:07

dr hab. Edyta Pietrzak, prof. PŁ

We are surrounded by the algorithms used in web browsers, shops, and advertisements that are sent to our social networks portals. We use them not only for our shopping choices, but also in making political decisions. Along with their creation and development, the hope to create a scientific, objective and free from prejudices world was revived.

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Sophia – artificial intelligence and civil rights

Sat, 05/12/2018 - 11:24

dr hab. Edyta Pietrzak, prof. PŁ

dr Joanna Sośnicka

The creation of the humanoid, chatbot and in fact the AI algorithm in the cyborg body with the non-accidental name of Sophia (wisdom, but also the feminine face of God), once again has brought humanity up against the question of who should be granted civil rights.

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