Breaking out in spots

Breaking Out CSPs

In this paper, we present the very efficient and unparametrized local search algorithm called Weighted Min-Conflicts (WMC), based on Morris’ Breakout Method, and show how the relationship existing between WMC and the dom/wdeg heuristic used with MGAC can be used to design a simple hybrid algorithm. An exhaustive experimentation will be performed, considering in particular the instances used as ...

Breaking out of your comfort zone!

Out Of This World Supersymmetry Breaking

We show that in a general hidden sector model, supersymmetry breaking necessarily generates at one-loop a scalar and gaugino mass as a consequence of the super-Weyl anomaly. We study a scenario in which this contribution dominates. We consider the Standard Model particles to be localized on a (3+1)-dimensional subspace or “3-brane” of a higher dimensional spacetime, while supersymmetry breaking...

Breaking Out of the Academic Pipeline

For many graduate students, the academic path may not be the best fit, and with limited faculty positions available, many students are now looking to other career possibilities. University programs are helping students to explore and pursue alternative careers.

Signaling silence--breaking ground and spreading out.

Among the persistent mysteries in epigenetics are the criteria by which specific regions of the genome are chosen for deposition of distinguishing chromatin marks. Once a particular region is modified, will the newly acquired epigenetic state spill onto neighboring regions of the genome or be confined to tidy patches? The report by Henderson and Jacobsen in the the previous issue of Genes & Dev...