The US FDIC has joined the Federal Reserve and OCC in supporting a proposal to ease the Supplementary Leverage Ratio for major banks, with public comments open until August 26.
#YonhapInfomax #FDIC #SLR #GSIB #FederalReserve #PublicCommentPeriod #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=69774

The US Federal Reserve’s easing of SLR rules could enable JP Morgan, Bank of America, and Citigroup to buy up to $4 trillion in US Treasuries, potentially boosting market stability and demand for government bonds.
#YonhapInfomax #FederalReserve #JPMorgan #USTreasuries #SLR #BankOfAmerica #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=69482

South Korean treasury bond futures opened higher, tracking gains in US Treasuries after SLR easing, with foreign investor flows and US Fed leadership speculation in focus.
#YonhapInfomax #TreasuryBondFutures #USTreasuries #SLR #ForeignInvestors #YieldCurve #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=69460

US stocks ended mixed as Nvidia led semiconductor gains, the Fed moved to ease capital rules for major banks, and the dollar index hit a 3-year low amid rate cut expectations.
#YonhapInfomax #Nvidia #FederalReserve #SLR #DollarIndex #USStocks #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=69391

Fed Board splits on SLR amendment as Powell and four others vote in favor, while two oppose, highlighting internal policy debate.
#YonhapInfomax
#Fed #SLR #Powell #BoardVote #PolicyDebate
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=69357

US Treasury yields dipped slightly after the announcement of amendments to the Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR), with the 10-year yield settling at 4.30%.
#YonhapInfomax #USTreasury #Yield #SLR #10Year #MarketReaction #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=69353

Fed proposes lowering SLR ratio, with Board members Barr and Kugler voicing opposition as markets assess potential regulatory impact.
#YonhapInfomax
#Fed #SLR #Regulation #Barr #Kugler
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=69352

"As Adobe explores ways to evolve mobile photography, and in order to address some of these gaps, we have developed a camera app we call Project Indigo. Today, we are releasing this for iPhone as a free mobile app from Adobe Labs, available in the Apple App Store - to share our progress and get feedback from the community. The app offers full manual controls, a more natural ("SLR-like") look, and the highest image quality that computational photography can provide - in both JPEG and raw formats. It also introduces some new photographic experiences not available in other camera apps.

Let's break this down, starting with computational photography. While this phrase has come to mean many things, in the context of mobile cameras it typically includes two strategies: (1) under-expose slightly to reduce the clipping of highlights, and (2) capture multiple images in rapid succession when you press the shutter button. These images are aligned and combined to reduce noise in the shadows. The laws of physics say that imaging noise (the digital version of film grain) goes down as the square root of the number of images that are added together, so if the camera combines 9 images, noise is reduced by a factor of 3.
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What's different about computational photography using Indigo? First, we under-expose more strongly than most cameras. Second, we capture, align, and combine more frames when producing each photo - up to 32 frames as in the example above. This means that our photos have fewer blown-out highlights and less noise in the shadows. Taking a photo with our app may require slightly more patience after pressing the shutter button than you're used to, but after a few seconds you'll be rewarded with a better picture.

As a side benefit of these two strategies, we need less spatial denoising (i.e. smoothing) than most camera apps. This means we preserve more natural textures."

https://research.adobe.com/articles/indigo/indigo.html
#Adobe #AI #Photography #DigitalPhotography #ProjectIndigo #iPhone #SLR

US Treasury yields fell for a second week as markets weighed Middle East tensions, upcoming auctions, and potential SLR easing, with Fed officials signaling possible rate cuts.
#YonhapInfomax #USTreasury #SLR #FedRateCut #MiddleEastCrisis #PCEPriceIndex #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=68682

US Treasury yields fell as safe-haven demand rose on Middle East tensions and potential US military involvement, while the Fed's upcoming SLR meeting further boosted long-end bonds; futures markets now price in a reduced likelihood of two rate cuts this year.
#YonhapInfomax
#USTreasury #YieldCurve #FederalReserve #SLR #RateCut
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=67998

Series I Fujinon lenses in the M42 mount, the complete collection from 28mm up to 200mm, early 1970s.

They were designed to go with the Fuji ST series of cameras. These are series I as the aperture ring is silver. Series II came shortly after and have a black aperture ring. Several SII had the superior EBC (electron beam coated) glass.
#fujica #fujinon #fuji #m42 #lenses #photographer #photography #camera #slr #film

US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant signaled potential easing of the Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR) by summer, attributing recent dollar weakness to the strength of other major currencies and highlighting possible impacts on US Treasury yields and global macroeconomic imbalances.
#YonhapInfomax #USTreasury #SLR #TreasuryYields #Stablecoins #G7Imbalances #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=64626

Increased Flood Exposure In The Pacific Northwest Following Earthquake-Driven Subsidence And Sea-Level Rise
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2424659122 <-- shared paper
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https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/02/big-one-coupled-with-rising-ocean-could-leave-many-in-northwest-living-in-flood-zones-study-finds/ <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #coast #coastal #sealevelrise #sealevel #SLR #climatechange #PNW #PacificNorthWest #Cascadia #flood #flooding #risk #hazard #exposure #damage #infrastructure #publicsafety #geology #fault #faulting #engineeringgeology #subsidence #earthquake #floodplains #omgoing #spatialanalysis #model #deformation #modeling #roads #residents ##Washington #Oregon #California #subduction #communities #management #planning #mitigation #coastalengineering #sinking

User Modeling in Model-Driven Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review

In this new paper, led by Aaron David Conrardy and with Alfredo Capozucca and yours truly, we study how users are modeled in current #modeldriven processes.

Modeling user's characteristics (including, e.g. their personality) could open the door to more #personalized applications.

But, unfortunately, we argue that:

User modeling is mostly ignored or very superficial

There is no unified user model that can be easily adopted

Opportunities leveraging AI for user modeling (and viceversa) aren't there yet

Let's change this . Starting with a discussion in #Koblenz for #STAF #ECMFA!

https://modeling-languages.com/user-modeling-in-model-driven-engineering-slr/

New Zealand's Major Cities Are Sinking
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2025/04/16/new-zealands-major-cities-are-sinking/ <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2025.2470435 <-- shared paper
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https://www.searise.nz/ <-- linked to NZ SeaRise project page
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https://searise.takiwa.co/map/6233f47872b8190018373db9/embed <-- NZ SeaRise web map
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NewZealand #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #impacts #humanimpacts #land #subsidence #sinking #population #growth #risk #hazard #global #GMSL #coast #coastal #planning #management #mitigation #extremeweather #climatechange #cost #economics #infrastructure #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #remotesensing #earthobservation #sentinel #InSAR #urban #city #cities #reclamation #cut #fill #Holocene #engineeringgeology #kiwi #k1w1 #NZ #stormsurge