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The vision has already been played out in many sci-fi series and novels: Instead of simple video calls, people talk to each other as digital avatars as if they were sitting in the same room, although, in reality, there are thousands of kilometers between them. For this kind of “telepresence” to be possible, the users need to have photorealistic digital images, which can be generated in real time with little computing effort. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken [...]
Joint project by DFKI and Inria aims to make brain-computer interfaces suitable for [...]
Under the title “Digital Transformation in Times of Change. Sustainable. Resilient. Future-oriented.”, the annual Digital Summit (Digital-Gipfel) of the German Government will take place in Jena on November 20th and 21st, 2023. At the Market of Digital Possibilities (Markt der Digitalen Möglichkeiten) organized as a public event within the framework of the Digital Summit, DFKI researchers will present innovative AI and robotics technologies for use in plant breeding and medical rehabilitation. [...]
The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) is receiving a new visual identity. The redesign marks a significant milestone in the visual identity of Germany’s leading industry-oriented AI institute, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. The modernized corporate design, along with a new logo, was introduced to the employees today during an internal event. It will now be gradually implemented across all of the institute’s communication channels.
At this year’s “International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE)”, Saarbrücken computer science professor Sven Apel and colleagues were presented with a “Most Influential Paper Award”. The award honors work that has had a lasting impact on their field of research. The winning paper was published back in 2013.
To set the stage for the upcoming semester, Saarbrücken Computer Science always hosts a kickoff event at the beginning the term to welcome new and returning students to the university. On this occasion, the Computer Science Students Representative Council gives out its “Busy Beaver Award”, which honors lecturers who have distinguished themselves in the past semester through their special commitment to teaching.
Computer scientist, founding director, and long-time CEO of DFKI, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster, was inducted into the Hall of Fame of German Research, initiated by “manager magazin” in 2009, at a festive appointment ceremony at the New Institute in Hamburg on Oct. 12, 2023. Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, was also honored. In addition, the Curious Minds Research Awards were presented to two young, excellent researchers in the [...]
Vahid Babaei, head of the research group “Artificial Intelligence aided Design and Manufacturing” at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, has been awarded the “Curious-Mind-Forscherpreis 2023” in the category “Digitization, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence”. The award recognizes young scientists under the age of 40 whose work not only demonstrates the highest level of academic excellence, but also indicates that it will provide impetus for the future of the German economy.
About 80 researchers from Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Austria will meet at the Saarland Informatics Campus from September 27 to 29 for a workshop entitled “Rigorous Dependability Analysis Using Model Checking Techniques for Stochastic Systems (ROCKS)”. The event is organized by Saarland University Professor Benjamin Kaminski, who heads the research group “Quantitative Verification”.
CERTAIN stands for “Centre for European Research in Trusted AI” and focuses on an approach that highlights the issue of “trust” in AI systems – an aspect that is often neglected in international research. The aim is to develop new technologies that provide functional and other guarantees for AI systems. The kick-off celebration, a milestone in supra-regional AI collaboration, will take place on September 19, 2023, in the Aula of Saarland University.
Computer scientist Anja Feldmann, director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, has been awarded the prestigious Konrad Zuse Medal by the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI; German Informatics Society). This medal is considered the highest accolade in the field of computer science in Germany. Feldmann receives this honor in recognition of her substantial contributions to computer networks and her research on internet traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic. The award ceremony will take place on September 28 at the GI’s INFORMATIK FESTIVAL 2023 in Berlin.
Am 3. Oktober sind vier Schülerlabore der Universität des Saarlandes wieder mit von der Partie beim Türen-auf-Tag der „Sendung mit der Maus“. Von 10 bis 14 Uhr können Kinder von acht bis zwölf Jahren Spannendes aus der Welt der Wissenschaft und Forschung entdecken. Die Anmeldung für die begrenzten Plätze hat begonnen.
On September 7 and 8, the “Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing (I2SC)” at Saarland University will open with a two-day symposium. The institute promotes interdisciplinary research at Saarland University and provides a platform for exchange between social sciences, humanities and computer science. It is headed by Ingmar Weber, Humboldt Professor of Artificial Intelligence, and Daniela Braun, Professor of Political Science.
The German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI) together with the DiSerHub and saaris as well as numerous partners from research, business, authorities, associations, politics and society are organising the first “Trusted AI Day” on September 19, 2023, hosted at the Saarland University campus.
The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Cnr; ‘National Research Council’) and the Deutsche Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI; ‘German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence’) signed a Scientific Cooperation Agreement on Friday in the setting of Villa Vigoni on Lake Como. The agreement was signed in recent days by Cnr President Maria Chiara Carrozza, and was signed at Villa Vigoni by DFKI CEO and scientific director Prof. Antonio Krüger.
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