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Am 2. und 3. Juli 2025 wird das Innovation Center der Universität des Saarlandes zum zentralen Treffpunkt für digitale Zukunftsthemen. Das Südwest Digital Festival vereint unter dem Motto “Künstliche Intelligenz erleben. Digitale Innovationen gestalten.” führende Akteure aus Startups, Mittelstand, Forschung und Industrie.

A new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) that can learn in a more “reasonable” way – this is what scientists at the new Cluster of Excellence “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence” (RAI) are researching under the leadership of TU Darmstadt. Isabel Valera, Professor of Machine Learning at Saarland University, is also part of the core team as an external scientist and was delighted to receive approval for the new Cluster of Excellence yesterday.

Five centers at universities and the DFKI form the network of German Competence Centers for Research on Artificial Intelligence. They represent the central core of the German AI research ecosystem, helping to ensure that this research remains visible on an international scale.

At the high-tech and start-up trade fair Viva Technology in Paris (June 11 – 14, 2025), the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the French computer science institute Inria will present their cooperation for a European AI, perspectives for the transfer of AI technologies to the economy and a groundbreaking joint research project in the field of brain-computer interfaces at the French-German Tech Lab (Hall 1, Stand D11).

Saarland University is establishing a new Center for Quantum Technologies (QuTe) with over €53 million in funding from the Saarland state’s Transformation Fund. Supplemented by additional infrastructure investments and expected federal contributions, this represents one of the most significant research initiatives in the region’s history.
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