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News from the Hasso-Plattner-Institute

HPI-MIT “Designing for Sustainability Program” Workshop

About 35 researchers from the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) and the Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) celebrated the launch of the joint research program “Designing for Sustainability” at a workshop on the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA (USA) on March 27 and 28.

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 Campus OWL

More sustainability, less waste: intelligent production facilities for small baked goods

A consortium from research and industry is examining how the manufacturing process for rolls, doughnuts, pretzels could be made more sustainable.

News from TU Berlin

Call for Applications: International Alumni Workshop “EDSusChoice”

Apply now for TU Berlin’s international alumni workshop “Enabling the dietary shift towards sustainable food choice decisions (EDSusChoice)” taking place from September 10 to 16 in Berlin, Germany.

DWIH New York x SXSW

6 Questions with Lutz Leichsenring

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Lutz Leichsenring, co-founder of “VibeLab”, and DWIH New York partner in the organization of a joint event during “South by Southwest” (SXSW) in Austin, TX.

News from the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI)

HPI and MIT Collaborate Through New Joint Research Program “Designing for Sustainability”

On November 2, Hasso-Plattner-Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) signed a collaboration in New York City that aims to tackle global societal challenges as expressed in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The program will drive joint scientific research at both institutes in the areas of sustainable design, innovation, computer science and digital technologies, as well as in the translation of research results into practice.