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@@ -230,15 +230,14 @@ href="https://www.asplos-conference.org/asplos2025/"><strong>ASPLOS/EuroSys’20
 <small>March 30 - April 3, 2025</small><br />
 I presented a talk titled <em>Modular Data and Parallelization
 Abstractions for Programming Heterogeneous Systems</em> at <a
-href="https://eurodw25.github.io/">EuroDW’25</a> in Rotterdam (🇳🇱), and
+href="https://eurodw25.github.io/">EuroDW’25</a> in Rotterdam, and
 stayed for the full conference.<br />
 </li>
 <li><a
 href="https://pliss.org/2025/"><strong>PLISS’25</strong></a><br />
 <small>May 26 - May 31, 2025</small><br />
-I attended the summer school in Bertinoro (🇮🇹)! This was followed by a
-short trip to Firenze/Florence (🇮🇹), Muenchen/Munich (🇩🇪), and
-Ravenstein (🇳🇱).</li>
+I attended the summer school in Bertinoro! This was followed by a short
+trip to Firenze/Florence, Muenchen/Munich, and Ravenstein.</li>
 </ul>
 <hr />
 <h2 id="publications">Publications</h2>
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 - [**ASPLOS/EuroSys'20**](https://www.asplos-conference.org/asplos2025/)  
   <small>March 30 - April 3, 2025</small>  
-  I presented a talk titled *Modular Data and Parallelization Abstractions for Programming Heterogeneous Systems* at [EuroDW'25](https://eurodw25.github.io/) in Rotterdam (🇳🇱), and stayed for the full conference.  
+  I presented a talk titled *Modular Data and Parallelization Abstractions for Programming Heterogeneous Systems* at [EuroDW'25](https://eurodw25.github.io/) in Rotterdam, and stayed for the full conference.  
 - [**PLISS'25**](https://pliss.org/2025/)   
   <small>May 26 - May 31, 2025</small>  
-  I attended the summer school in Bertinoro (🇮🇹)! This was followed by a short trip to Firenze/Florence (🇮🇹), Muenchen/Munich (🇩🇪), and Ravenstein (🇳🇱).
+  I attended the summer school in Bertinoro! This was followed by a short trip to Firenze/Florence, Muenchen/Munich, and Ravenstein.
 
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