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Das Saarland hat seine Position als Innovations- und Start-up-Standort in Deutschland weiter gestärkt: The Bridge Incubator GmbH, angesiedelt im Innovation Center der Universität des Saarlandes, wird in Kooperation mit East Side Fab e.V. als neuer „de:hub Artificial Intelligence“ in die renommierte Digital Hub Initiative des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) aufgenommen.
Paul Strohmeier of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics has been bestowed with an ERC Grant to research and develop algorithms to vibrate actuators in such a way that they [...]
Artificial intelligence is already making far-reaching decisions today: Algorithms decide on loans, invitations to job interviews or show where a tumour is hiding. The EU has therefore passed the so-called “AI Act”, which defines how AI should be handled. According to this, “high-risk AI systems” should always be supervised by humans. However, it remains unclear exactly what this means. Experts from Saarland, Dresden and Freiburg have now provided a fundamental answer to this question.
Two media informatics students at Saarland University have developed a technically enhanced cuddly toy and a high-tech glove. With their research, Anna Calmbach and Sophie Kunz want to offer seriously ill children the opportunity to be connected with their parents at a distance. The idea came about when they were looking for topics for their Bachelor’s theses. They will present their results at the “Interaction Design and Children” conference at Delft University.
How can virtual reality (VR) be experienced haptically, i.e., through the sense of touch? This is one of the fundamental questions that modern VR research is investigating. Computer scientist André Zenner, who is based in Saarbrücken, Germany, has come a significant step closer to answering this question in his doctoral thesis – by inventing new devices and developing software-based techniques inspired by human perception. He has now been awarded the prestigious “Best Dissertation Award” at the world’s leading VR conference.
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