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Stijn De Baerdemacker

@cortogantese.bsky.social
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The reason why the sky is blue is #quantum. The reason why it is sometimes pink is sunsets. #theochem #xai #qubits #quovadis Most sunsets observed in #Fredericton 🍁

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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When an AI agent reviews a conference paper that was generated by the same AI agent …
Obama giving medal to Obama
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I used to work on drafts with sentences like “X is important because it produces important results in the field of X, adding to its importance, particularly for X”. Those days are luckily gone. Now i get “X is important. What everybody seems to miss about the importance of X is(1/2)
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Whenever I sign off my messages with - - stijn with my Norwegian keyboard still on, it returns ++ stijn and that never ceases to surprise me. #tenkpositivt 🇳🇴
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There will come a day that I write computatational correct on the first try. Today is not that day. #compchem #theochem 👨‍💻🧪
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UNB Research @unbresearch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Welcome to UNB (@discoverunb.bsky.social), Dr. Mahtab Sarvmaili (she/her)! Dr. Sarvmaili is an assistant professor whose research focuses on Responsible AI -- building AI that earns trust by being explainable, fair, safe, human-centered, and ready for real-world impact. Read more: rai.cs.unb.ca
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We discovered something cool! We can make a bunch of different Al-MOFs from a single starting material, Aluminum Formate (ALF). This is because it has a built-in modulator. We also did it using aluminum waste! @unbresearch.bsky.social @chemistryunb.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Robust and sustainable synthesis of Al-based MOFs form waste aluminium
Aluminium MOFs have gained researchers attention for their applications in gas sequestration, water harvesting, drug delivery and chemical storage. Current synthetic methods, however, rely on a variet...
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Need input: what goes in my suitcase ….? #haspassportwilltravel
Three books.
Left: self-assembling brain (hiesinger)
Middle: sapiens (harari)
Right: metamagical themas (hofstadter)
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Chemistry Faculty Positions in Canada @chemfacultycdn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
University of Guelph: Organic Chemistry chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/202…
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Don’t say: “Neural Networks solved Biology” But say: “Biology solved Neural Networks” #alphafold #proteins #evolution
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Big thx to Andrew Fisher from @unbresearch.bsky.social #ComputerScience for walking us through their work on #CascadeLearning to the #QuNB group!
Andrew Fisher presenting a slide on cascade learning in the QuNB lab, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling blackboard
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Even after 20+ years in physics, the following concepts regularly pay me a visit to play games on my mind: temperature, entanglement, information, action….. today it was *action*. Anybody with a level of understanding beyond _it simply works_ is welcome to hook me up for a coffee!
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Miranda-Quintana group @groupquintana.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
#postdoc position in our lab explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
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University of Florida - Details - Chemistry Post-Doctoral Associate - Unsupervised and Generative Machine Learning
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I don’t remember where I saw this, it was recent, it was probably here. A young academic mom with a ~40° baby asking what universities could do to support young academic parents. A suggestion: provide babysitting services when your kids wake up with a fever!
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The zero streak freeze policy of @nytimes.com #wordle is brutal in times of grant writing…
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
You have to appreciate the bravery of the mathematical physicist making a case for quantum gravity in a quantum chemistry lab! #qunb #quantum
QuNB lab member Muz in front of the QuNB blackboard with the text: quantum gravity (i) a (super) brief introduction to the problem for quantum chemists, machine learning enthusiasts and nuclear physicist(s)
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SciPost @scipost.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
SciPost is a decade old! 🎉 Looking back, we feel immense gratitude for your engagement and support, without which none of this would have been possible. You are our authors, Fellows, referees, readers, advisors, and sponsors: our everything. We hope you're ready for more; we certainly are.
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Featuring our own Caleb Fyffe (transfer learning mutual information indices in proteins), Oluwanifemi Akintola (#compchem DFT exploration in High Entropy Alloys) and Khanh Phung (machine learning electrochem sensor cleaning).
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Mario Barbatti @mbarbatti.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
PhD opportunity in Marseille: Quantum Trajectory Methods for Open Quantum Systems. I'm looking for a candidate with a strong background in #physics, #compchem, or #appliedmath for a coding-heavy project involving scalable simulations. Details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/428189
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PhD Position in Quantum Trajectory Methods for Open Quantum Systems
PhD position in Marseille on quantum trajectory methods for open quantum systems, with emphasis on coding, scientific software development, and scalable simulations. Strong background in physics, theo...
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
One aspect i like about the current peer reviewing model for conferences is that reviewers can point out their level of confidence and/or familiarity with the subject.
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Congrats to (soon-to-be-Dr) Mostafa Javaheri for successfully defending his PhD thesis today! As a true Janos, he defended his work between quantum and bio-chemistry. Well done!
Teams shot during Mostafa Javaheri’s  PhD defense. Mostafa is second row second from the right
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Josh Hollett @saltyelectron.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Come join us @uwinnipeg.bsky.social Chemistry! Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Biochemistry. Submit by April 20 for full consideration. Please share widely and DM or email me if you would like more info. #chemjobs #facultychemjobs
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UNB Research @unbresearch.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
What’s the connection between hearing loss, social isolation and dementia onset? A group of doctors brought this question to Dr. Ted McDonald, director of UNB's DataNB institute, and together they dove into the data to find out. Read more about what they discovered: blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
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New research sheds light on complex relationship of hearing loss, social isolation and dementia onset
New research by a University of New Brunswick researcher has deepened our understanding of the relationship between hearing loss, social isolation and dementia.
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Our paper on “occupancies vs embeddings” received an accolade from the editors at Theor. Acc. Chem @springernature.com . The question we asked over the last few years was: “if a graph neural network learns from DFT potentials, does it _get_ there is an underlying density”? The answer is: maybe yes?
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UNB Chemistry @chemistryunb.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Michael Schuurman from @uottawa.ca /NRC showing how ultrafast spectroscopy can help us better understand isomerization processes in the a/diabatic picture in today’s department seminar.
Michael Schuurman presenting a slide showing ultrafast spectroscopy
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Awesome to have NRC/@uottawa.ca Michael Schuurman visiting the QuNB lab, here introducing us to a/diabatic couplings. Looking forward to the seminar tomorrow !@chemistryunb.bsky.social
Michael Schuurman in front of the QuNB’s floor to ceiling blackboard. Equations are on the board
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I’m starting to realize the main reason I don’t get replies to my e-mails is not that people are ghosting me, it is that my own e-mails are buried under a pile of other unsent *drafts* stuck in my outbox ….
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Today’s seminar in the @chemistryunb.bsky.social department featured our postdoc Omid Tarkhaneh, talking about their PhD work on machine learning HOMO-LUMO gaps using ensemble learning. #compchem
Omid Tarkhaneh in front of a blackboard, next to a projector screen showing the first slide of their seminar presentation with title “Predicting HOMO-LUMO Gap using Hartree-Fock Calculated data and Machine Learning”
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Meagan Oakley @meaganoakley.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I'm currently advertising a two year PDRA position in simulating actinide X-ray spectra at @manchester.ac.uk. Feel free to DM or email me if you have any questions about this position. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Modelling X-ray Spectroscopies for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle :Manchester
Post-doctoral research associate in Modelling X-ray Spectroscopies for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle working with the Oakley group, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester.
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
🚨Job alert!! Potential Postdoc @ UNB! 🌐 We’re seeking candidates outside Canada for a possible Canada Impact+ nomination in synthetic data + healthcare optimization. 🏠 Candidates will be embedded within UNB’s RIDSAI (www.unb.ca/ridsai/) IBME (www.unb.ca/ibme/) & DataNB (www.unb.ca/datanb/) (1/2)
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Given that I seem to have worked more on proteins than H2 in the last few years, this one hits home ... www.smbc-comics.com/comic/unifie...
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Unified
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Unified
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Josh Hollett @saltyelectron.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
For more info on the program see nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/canada-im... or feel free to DM me. [3/3]
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Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards : Q&A
As announced in Budget 2025 - Canada Strong, a resilient Canadian economy depends on a highly skilled workforce.
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Here’s for a happy winter break for those who had 10+ things on their December list “to finish *absolutely* before the break”, and were able to bring it down to 8+ tonight…. (That is: if we consider an all-nighter to still be part of tonight …. Otherwize: 9+…). #Happy-end-of-2025!! 🥂
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Matthew Hayes @matthewfhayes.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Great piece on housing, very relevant to #nbpoli and #cdnpoli given the rise of investment-owners (the great housing grab) and the growing affordability crisis. Plenty of suggestions for provincial and municipal leaders. @jaimepalomera.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Barcelona and Madrid have very different ideas on tackling Spain’s housing crisis. Which will succeed? | Jaime Palomera
While the country’s capital is loosening regulations, the Catalan city is strengthening social housing. Their outcomes will affect all our futures, says author and researcher Jaime Palomera
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Going back to last week, when I presented my experiences with a “Specifications Grading” (SG) assessment format for my Chem2002 quantum chemistry course at #unb during the Kaleidoscope Teaching Showcase 2025, organised by the Centre for Enhanced Teaching and Learning. (1/4)
Me pointing at some green noise on a ppt slide where some anonymous student feedback was on a specification grading course
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I was today years old when I realized that long division in binary is neat and cute.
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I’m not the only one who struggles filtering the signals from the noise… qubitsok.com/papers
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Latest Quantum Computing Papers | qubitsok.com
Explore the latest quantum computing research papers from arXiv. Stay updated with cutting-edge quantum research and breakthroughs.
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Mood
Tim Hecker — Winter’s Coming
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UNB Chemistry @chemistryunb.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Right before the white season hits: green chemistry with #upei’s Dr. Marissa Clapson during the department’s last departmental seminar, educating us on the diversity of sustainability and sustainability of diversity. 🧪💚
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UNB Chemistry @chemistryunb.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Our seminar coordinator Dr. Jan-Hendrik Pöhls (left) introducing 2025’s Toole lecturer Dr. Alex Voznyy from @utsc.utoronto.ca presenting lessons learned from #AI for materials discovery, or extrapolation ≠ interpolation. #chemsky #canchem
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Pieter Claeys @pieterclaeys.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Together with Giuseppe Di Giulio and Saskia Demulder we are putting together a special issue of J. Phys. A on "Krylov Complexity Across Scales: From Quantum Many-Body Systems to Black Holes". Let me know if you're interested in contributing! Details here: iopscience.iop.org/collections/...
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Krylov Complexity Across Scales: From Quantum Many-Body Systems to Black Holes - IOPscience
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Wonderful hosting Ruben Van der Stichelen again in the QuNB lab during a quick hop from his @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social long stay abroad at the Izmaylov lab at UofT. Quantum chemistry in the age of NISQ and the seniority quantum number. (1/2)
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Wonderful lecture by Dr. Tomoya Shiota from Osaka University to the QuNB group. Impressive progress on how to combine #compchem data from seemingly disjoint datasets (inorganic vs organic) and how to make them work together in a transparent ML framework. (1/2)
Slide from Dr. Tomoya Shiota’s presentation for the QuNB group titled Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials.
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The flex to go into a pagelong “clarification” to the reviewer, but then change nothing to your manuscript, will never cease to bewilder me….
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UNB Chemistry @chemistryunb.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Insightful lecture today by @ualberta.bsky.social Dr Arthur Mar on prediction principles in material chemistry, or how to not be a #cleverhans!
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Did I miss the memo? cccbdb.nist.gov is down/offline? #compchem #theochem
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Audrey has the coolest research projects (pun intended!)!
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fae⁷ @onthistangent.eurosky.social · 19/10/2025
I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
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Youtube is full of ads, spotify is full of ads, tumblr is full of ads, pinterest is full of ads. Everything uses ai. Every new update makes the website/app worse. Youtube auto translates almost every video I want to watch. Sometimes pinterest only loads ads for me. Check out this new ai feature. Here's a new update that breaks ur laptop. Here's a new update that breaks ur phone. Why are u complaining about ur phone, just get the newest iphone lol. Join my patreon. Join my membership. Pay a monthly membership to get all features. Upgrade your membership to get even more features. Subscribe to netflix. Subscribe to disney. Subscribe to amazon. Subscribe to hulu. This content isn't available in ur country. This content was removed. This website was removed. This feature only exists for apple. This app only exists for apple. U need to a WiFi connection to play this game. U need an account. We need your email to finish creating this account. We need your number to finish creating your account. We need your id to finish creating your account. In order to delete your account please write an email. In order to delete your account you need a laptop. Oops our database was hacked and ur information was stolen. Ur data was sold from this random website u used once 10 years ago. Spam call. Spam call. Spam call.

#IM GOING INSANE #NOTHING WORKS NOTHING
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
One thing I always appreciate about seminar abstracts from mathematicians is the courtesy towards their collaborators: “Joint work with X & Y” 🙇‍♂️
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Stijn De Baerdemacker @cortogantese.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Note to self: if you’re working remote, and the only thing you have is a touchpad and no mouse: middle click is 3(!) fingers! #fedora #firstworldproblems #iwastodayyearsold
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