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IT theme evening “Gamification and games in Saarland – added value for the region”
The games industry is emerging from its niche. In Germany alone, more than 10,000 people are employed in this sector, and the video games sector generates higher sales than the music and film industries. It is estimated that there are more than 2.3 billion consumers of video games worldwide and, acc
Artificial intelligence predicts lightning
At the beginning of June, the German Weather Service counted 177,000 lightning bolts in the night sky within a few days. The natural spectacle had consequences: Several people were injured by gusts of wind, hail and rain. Together with Germany’s National Meteorological Service, the Deutscher Wetterd
Smart Energy – What role does computer science play?
Instead of going to school, they take to the streets, even in Saarland. In the meantime, every county has a Fridays for Future group to demand the fight against climate change. One measure is the complete energy turnaround, the switch from nuclear energy and fossil fuels such as oil to renewable ene
Structural variants in human genomes
Human genomes vary quite a bit from individual to individual. These differences include single nucleotide change in the DNA sequence, but e ven more variation comes from structural variants, which include additions, deletions and rearrangements of large segments of DNA. A recent study done by
Software systems should explain their own behavior
Even experts have less and less of an understanding of the behavior of complex software systems nowadays. Meanwhile, these systems are increasingly involved in our daily lives, whether as intelligent home automation, in autonomous vehicles or in industrial production. Scientists from Saarland Univer