5 papers
Empowering Epidemic Response: The Role of Reinforcement Learning in Infectious Disease Control
Mutong Liu, Yang Liu, Jiming Liu
Reinforcement learning (RL), owing to its adaptability to various dynamic systems in many real-world scenarios and the capability of maximizing long-term outcomes under different c…
SF2A Environmental Transition Commission: Summary of the 2025 workshop
Faustine Cantalloube, Jack Berat, Naïs Fargette +12
During its annual conference in 2025, the French Society of Astronomy \& Astrophysics (SF2A) hosted, for the fifth time, a special session dedicated to discussing the environmental…
"My Earth" Astrophysics and Planets -- a serious game to build low carbon scenarios in the astronomy academic community
Fabien Malbet, Alexandre Santerne, Julien Milli +8
This report summarizes what has happened in the mini-workshops entitled ''My Earth in 180 minutes'' organized during the lunch break at the SF2A 2024 conference in Marseille. The p…
Action Research in Astronomy and Ecology: The observatory of the night environment in Grenoble
Julien Milli, Merlin Boribon, Fabien Malbet +4
We present an example of low-carbon research activity carried out by astrophysicists and focused on ecology and environmental protection, with direct impacts on territories and soc…
Environmental transition: overview of actions to reduce the environmental footprint of astronomy
Lucie Leboulleux, Faustine Cantalloube, Marie-Alice Foujols +15
To keep current global warming below 1.5°C compared with the pre-industrial era, measures must be taken as quickly as possible in all spheres of society. Astronomy must also make i…