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News from UA Ruhr
Strong Start for the Research Alliance Ruhr
With around 100 guests from the realms of politics and science, the University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr) celebrated the opening of the Research Alliance Ruhr in Essen on October 24, 2023. Founded in 2021, on the initiative of the Ruhr Conference, 50 joint research professorships are being established here to address pressing questions about the future. NRW Science Minister, Ina Brandes, praised the successful collaboration between Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the University of Duisburg-Essen, and TU Dortmund University.
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News from the University of Freiburg
Raw Material Requirements for Reducing Global Poverty Calculated for the First Time
Researchers at the University of Freiburg quantify the amount of material needed to enable people to live without poverty. Nutrition and mobility patterns have major impact on resource demand. Many people could be lifted out of poverty with just a fraction of the raw material consumption of wealthy countries.
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News from the University of Cologne
The New University of Cologne Rectorate Takes Office Under the Direction of Professor Mukherjee
As of October 1, 2023, DAAD President Professor Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee is the new Rector of the University of Cologne. In addition, a newly elected team of Vice-Rectors takes up the operational divisions.
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News from the Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI)
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News from Campus OWL
New Podcast on Explainable Artificial Intelligence
AI is now encountered by people in almost all areas of life. AI is supposed to support, advise and provide objective and optimized solutions for difficult decision-making. But how can people understand why and how an AI has arrived at its respective result? In the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregional Research Centre (SFB/TRR) 318 of Bielefeld and Paderborn Universities, an interdisciplinary research team is dealing with this problem.
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News from the University of Cologne
University of Cologne Economist Pia Pinger Wins Prestigious ERC Starting Grant
Pinger’s research project, supported with 1.5 million euros over five years, investigates why the socio-economic status of parents has such a strong influence on young individuals’ educational and occupational decision-making.
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News from Campus OWL
When Artificial Intelligence Enters into Dialogue
Should a bank give a loan to someone? Where should patrol officers go to prevent a crime? And should a brain tumor be operated on or treated conservatively? Artificial intelligence can provide reliable answers to these questions in many cases. However, it usually remains unclear how the system arrived at its result. Researchers at the universities of Bielefeld and Paderborn are working in a sub-project of the Collaborative Research Centre and Transregio “Constructing Explanability” (SFB/TRR 318) to make such results explainable.
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