Maintain this academic website according to AGENT.md and WEBSITE_CONTEXT.md.

Tasks:

1. Check publications and update metadata.
2. Check news/project sections.
3. Identify outdated information.
4. Run website validation.
5. Suggest improvements.
6. Only make conservative edits.

Treat _pages/about.md as the public homepage and primary publication list. Keep the legacy _publications/ collection consistent when an existing record has a verified status change, but do not assume it is the homepage’s source of truth.