News

University of Cologne Professor Maria Leptin elected as Foreign Member of the British Royal Society

Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council, is among the exceptional scientists elected as Fellows and Foreign Members in the oldest academic association in existence in honor of her contributions to and leadership in European science.

Call for Applications

Industry 4.0: State of the Art, Challenges and Opportunities

TU Berlin is looking to address the challenges of “Industry 4.0” and discuss possible solutions in an international alumni training at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. Alumni of German institutions of higher education and research are welcome to apply by July 31, 2022.

News from Campus OWL

Optimizing Energy Efficiency with Climate bOWL

A growing awareness of sustainability among the general population, along with rising energy costs, means that companies are increasingly focused on the goal of climate neutrality. This is the starting point for a joint project in which researchers from Paderborn University, doing interdisciplinary research at the Software Innovation Campus (SICP), work hand in hand with the chair of Automotive Lightweight Design (also Paderborn University), Bielefeld University, and the companies NTT Data Business Solutions AG, GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH, Miele & Cie. KG and Phoenix Contact Smart Business GmbH.

Research at the Universität Hamburg

Risks of Energy Production: From Where Should we Import Hydrogen?

Green hydrogen production requires water and renewable energy. The southern hemisphere presents particularly good geophysical conditions. Prof. Dr. Franziska Müller is investigating the risks that need to be considered in countries such as South Africa, Morocco, or Chile as part of the German Research Foundation funded research project H2POLITICS.

Making Artificial Intelligence Sustainable

SAIL is an interdisciplinary AI research network created by Bielefeld University, Paderborn University, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. SAIL addresses the next stage of AI development by looking at the entire life cycle of AI systems and their technological and societal impacts. The interdisciplinary research program brings together researchers from AI, engineering as well as the social sciences and humanities.

Research by Scientists at the University of Cologne

The Cellular Cleaning Program Autophagy Helps in Wound Healing

Scientists at the University of Cologne have shown that the recycling program of cells, autophagy, leads to the fusion of several single cells into multinucleated cell units during wound healing / publication in ‘The EMBO Journal’.

Entering the Quantum Age

Competence Network “EIN Quantum NRW” launched

Further expanding national lea­der­ship in the re­search and development of quantum technologies, train­ing specialists for this fu­ture field and developing applications for business and large-scale industry in the heart of Europe – these are the goals of the new quantum computing network “EIN Quantum NRW,” which pools the ex­per­tise of its partners. TU Dort­mund Uni­ver­sity, member of the DWIH NY supporter organization “University Alliance Ruhr”, is on board as a uni­ver­si­ty partner.