Marcello Seri

@mseri.me

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Associate prof at Bernoulli Institute, Groningen. Proud dad, mathematical physicist, #OCaml enthusiast, LEGO aficionado, amateur photographer, mushroom lover, fresh podcaster #mathsky #physics #scicomm #ocaml #edusky Also @mseri@mathstodon.xyz

YAG Pub Lecture Series poster featuring talks by Ayushi Rastogi ("Code, Chaos, and Compromises: Behind the Scenes of the Apps We Use Every Day") and Nynke Velinga ("Giving the green light? Liability for AI in traffic"), location (Vin Natuur, Groningen), date (June 3, 2026), time (17.00-18.00)
A coffee machine with a sign in Dutch and English stating it is temporarily out of order due to an issue with ants. The sign includes the University of Groningen logo and an illustration of an ant.
What is an Em dash, En Dash, Hyphen - and when and how to use them table with examples KNOW YOUR DASHES THE HYPHEN, EN DASH, AND EM DASH HYPHEN, short, for intimately related concepts concepts, e.g. tie-in or toll-free EN DASH, med, concepts related by distance, e.g May–Sep or p147–148 EM DASH, long, Adding a new thought like (), I love it — but then 1 always do sketchplanations
YAG Pub Lecture Series poster featuring two drinks (a cocktail with lemon slice and a lemonade with lemon slices) on a blue and beige background. Event details include talks by Gido van de Ven on "Forgetting in brains and machines" and Jamal Williams on "Music-evoked memory reactivation and its effects on later retrieval." Event takes place at Vin Natuur on March 4, 2026, with arrival at 16:30, followed by two 15-minute talks with Q&A, and drinks at 18:00. Hosted by University of Groningen and Young Academy Groningen.
Odido message explaining what personal information was collected by hackers. The data includes full name, customer number, address, phone number, email, bank account number, date of birth, and ID details. The non-collected data includes 'Mijn Odido' password, billing information, location data, invoicing details, and scans of identity documents.
Flyer for YAG Pub Lecture Series 4 February 2026 Ranjita Bose – Plastics for the future Antonija Grubisic-Cabo – Flatlands: Strange Physics of 2D Materials 4 March 2026 Gido van de Ven – Forgetting in brains and machines Jamal Williams – Using Film to Study Music and Memory 8 April 2026 Ole Gmelin – How Young gay men develop sexual identities in the context of cultural narrative of gender and sexuality Defne Abur – Speech as a unique window into our body and brain 6 May 2026 Dulce Morales – Electrolysis Happy Hour: Cheap Cocktails, Cheap Hydrogen! Kritika Saxena – Gender and development economics 3 June 2026 Ayushi Rastogi – Code, Chaos, and Compromises: Behind the Scenes of the Apps We Use Every Day Nynke Velinga – Giving the green light? Liability for AI in traffic Where: Vin Natuur (Oude Kijk In 't Jatstraat, Groningen) When: First Wednesdays of the month (normally)
YAG Pub Lecture Series poster featuring two drinks (a cocktail and a lemonade) with event details: "Dina Maniar on Sippin' on Sustainability – The Secret Life of Polymers" and "Willem Jespers on Computer-aided Drug Discovery." Event at Vin Natuur on January 7, 2026, from 16:30–18:30. Includes QR code, University of Groningen and Young Academy Groningen logos.
YAG Pub Lecture Series poster: Two illustrated drinks (a cocktail and a lemonade) with event details. Speakers Sina Katharina Goetzfried and Abby C. Dommer (FSE) present on "May the Light Be With You: Controlling Medicines Like a Jedi" and "From My Lungs to Yours: How Viruses Survive Airborne Transport." Event at Vin Natuur on December 3, 2025, 17.00-18.30:talks, Q&A, and drinks. Hosted by University of Groningen and Young Academy Groningen.
An amanita, maybe citrina, among fallen leaves
A view on a green patch over a smal water reservoir, with many green trees and one that shades from green to orange
Autumn colours. A photo of trees on the side of the road. The leaves range from dark green, to red, to bright orange. A grey sky in the background makes the colours pop out
Miniatuur kartonnen verpakkingen als cadeau bij de AH op houten vloer, inclusief brood, melkpakken, chocolademelk, kaas en verschillende andere kruidenierswaren met puzzelstukjes op de achtergrond
#Oops Due to the ongoing case New York Times v #OpenAI, you cannot delete your #ChatGPT prompts and conversations as the court has ordered [1] on 13th of May that all logs must be stored until further notice. OpenAI is furious as that means "including sensitive personal information, proprietary business data, and internal government documents" [2]. The court is not impressed [3] and sticks to the order. [1] https://steigerlegal.ch/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250513-openai-gericht-verfuegung.pdf [2] https://steigerlegal.ch/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250514-openai-antrag-schreiben-gericht.pdf [3] https://steigerlegal.ch/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250516-openai-gericht-ablehnung.pdf
Picturesque rural Italian landscape in the Macerata province. It shows rolling hills, olive groves, and snow-capped mountains in the distance under a clear blue sky.
A moody nighttime landscape photograph showing a misty pond or river with glowing streetlights reflected in the water, framed by bare winter trees including a large willow tree, with a fog-diffused golden light creating an ethereal atmosphere
Photograph of a printed academic paper page with a red magnet or button visible at the top. The page shows the title "THE UNREASONABLE EFFECTIVENESS OF COFFEE IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES" by Eugene Wigner, reprinted from Communications in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 13, No. 1 (February 1960). The page includes a quote from Bertrand Russell about coffee's beauty and a humorous anecdote about two former classmates discussing mathematical symbols. ``` a clever parody of Eugene Wigner's famous paper "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences," with coffee substituted as the subject
A photograph of a book cover: "The FEAR of MATHEMATICS, and how to overcome it" by Felix Auerbach. Published by Arhimedes in Belgrade, 2024. The cover features a large black circle and a vertical strip of colorful squares on the left edge. The subtitle at the top reads "A captivating journey through unchanging mathematical fears spanning more than a century, with a solution from a renowned physicist."
Mensen protesteren in Zernike (Groningen) voor de bezuinigingen op het onderwijsbudget
A black and white mushroom, with droplets underneath
Laccaria amethystina
It’s not just numbers was listened to 2500 times!
Noorderplansoen: a little lake and some colourful autumnal trees around
Aurora in the Dutch sky
Building designed by Escher by Tom Gauld, from the new scientist link in the post
- M van Vugt “What can the brains of Tibetan Monks teach us about emotions?” - R Scholtens “Across the donut verse?”
PUB lecture series poster * Aline Seepma, Strength in unity: the role of inter-organizational collaboration in youth care * Michelle Bruijn, The X factor in eviction cases: what protects you from being evicted?
Fractals from pentagonal meshes
Dr Nichol Furey next to her slide showing the algebraic roadmap from spin(10) to the standard model after Higgs
A slide about classical gravitation
Smoke rings floating over Etna’s mouth
YAG Pub Lecture Series programme for the upcoming semester, starting on April 10 at Café de Toeter at 17.00
YAG Pub Lecture Series poster Learn over a free pint what University of Groningen scientists are discovering 10 April 2024 Maeve McKeown: Am I responsible for structural injustice? Julian Koellermeier: Mathematics and the race to Mars 8 May 2024 Aline Seepma: Strength in unity: the role of inter-organizational collaboration in youth care Michelle Bruijn: The X factor in eviction cases: what 7 protects you from being evicted? 5 June 2024 Marieke van Vugt: What can the brains of Tibetan monks teach us about emotions? Robbert Scholtens: Across the Donutverse? 16.30-17.00: Arrival of audience 17.00-17.30: Speaker 1 (15 min followed by Q&A) 17.30-18.00: Speaker 2 (15 min followed by Q&A) 18.00-18.30: Drinks
Screenshot of a waveform from an audio recording that looks like a scared cat
EWM-NL workshop: visualising your research
Cover of the book “astronomy as a field: a guide for aspring astrophysicists”
Happy snowman in the night light
Pattern on the window with water drops producing another partners on top
Trees over a canal at dawn. The light turned bright orange paining the top of the bare trees
Yoda sculpted in a ancient column in the Louvre
A blue isopod in our garden
Poster of YAG's pint of science, including information on the upcoming events
A little bush of trametes versicolor (gewoon elfenbankje)