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Job Openings April 2023

A service for everyone looking for a new job in the US with ties to Germany and/or the German language.

News from Heidelberg University

Heidelberg University to be headed by Frauke Melchior

Heidelberg University has a new Rector. Molecular biologist Prof. Dr Frauke Melchior will be heading Ruperto Carola in the future. She will take up her new office as of 1 October this year.

News from Fraunhofer USA

Fraunhofer USA Awarded Patent for Detecting Air Leakage in Buildings Using Communicating Thermostats

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Fraunhofer USA with a patent for algorithms that detect and quantify air leakage from single-family homes using data from commercially available communicating, thermostats.

DWIH New York supporter American Friends of AvH

4 Questions with Christian Hänel

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Christian Hänel, President of the “American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation” (American Friends of AvH), one of our main supporters.

News from UA Ruhr

Women in Security and Cryptography Workshop 2023

From June 27 to 29, 2023, the Cluster of Excellence “CASA – Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries” in Bochum (Germany) organizes the WISC workshop for female PhD students and outstanding female students in IT security and related areas. Application deadline: April 15.

News from the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI)

Deepen your Knowledge in the Most Modern Areas of Computer Science

Let´s create the digital world together! At the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, we want to unite students from all over the world in their spirit of innovation. Join HPI!

News from the University of Cologne

Research by University of Cologne & Partners: Virtual Reality Games Can Be Used as a Tool in Personnel Assessment

People who finish Virtual reality (VR) games faster than their fellow gamers have higher levels of general intelligence and processing capacity.

News from Campus OWL

Intelligent Algorithms to Aid Disaster Management

After a disaster such as flooding or an earthquake, many people want to help. In order to quickly coordinate the assistance and use it in the most targeted way possible, a new project financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) was launched in January.  Paderborn University is collaborating with its partners T-Systems (coordinator), Fraunhofer FOKUS, and others on digital solutions to coordinate volunteer helpers.

News from the University of Cologne

Students from Cologne and Ukraine Conduct Research on Climate Change

A joint research project of the University of Cologne (UoC) and the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne (TH Köln) with Ukrainian universities further develops study and teaching in biology and engineering sciences.

News from the University of Freiburg

Lianhuanhua – Chinese Comics as a Specific Cultural Form

University of Freiburg Sinologist Lena Henningsen receives Consolidator Grant from European Research Council (ERC).

New Event Series 2023

#DWIHzeitgeist series

#DWIHzeitgeist is a virtual, interactive and participatory series brought to you by the DWIH New York.