Closing the generation gap

Closing the Generation Gap

I describe recent examples of phase transitions in four-dimensional M theory vacua in which the net generation number changes. There are naive obstructions to transitions lifting chiral matter, but loopholes exist which enable us to avoid them. I first review how chirality arises in the heterotic limit of M theory, previously known forms of topology change in string theory, and chirality-changi...

Closing the Idealization Gap with Theory Generation

Cryptographic protocol design demands careful verification during all phases of development. Belief logics, in the tradition of the Burrows, Abadi, and Needham (BAN) logic of authentication [BAN90], provide a simple, intuitive model, and allow natural expressions of a protocol and its goals. Since manual deduction is error-prone, protocol designers need automated tools to make effective use of ...

Closing the Technology Gap? Closing the Technology Gap?

This paper focuses on the dimensions shaping the dynamics of technology. We present a model where the knowledge stock of a country grows over time as a function of three main factors: its innovation intensity, its technological infrastructures and its human capital. The latter two variables contribute to determine the absorptive capacity of a country as well as its innovative ability. Based on ...

Closing the Gender Gap

Closing the gap?

Immigrants are more likely to be unemployed, have temporary jobs and low income, which makes labour market integration an important political challenge. Access to paid work is central for the economic situation and social position in society, but knowledge of factors and policies that improve labour market integration for newly arrived immigrants still remains limited. Prior research point out ...