Alliance of Rhine-Main-Universities successful with a total of five projects

A major success for Technical University of Darmstadt: two of its research projects will receive funding as Clusters of Excellence. The Excellence Commission in the competition for the prestigious Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments selected the proposals ‘Reasonable Artificial Intelligence’ (RAI) and ‘The Adaptive Mind’ (TAM) from the fields of artificial intelligence and cognitive sciences for funding. The commission consisted of an interdisciplinary panel of experts and the federal and state ministers responsible for science. A total of 98 projects were submitted to the German Research Foundation, 70 of which will now be able to call themselves ‘Clusters of Excellence’.

The “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence” project receives funding as a Cluster of Excellence

The researchers in the new Cluster of Excellence “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence” (RAI) , which is headed by TU Darmstadt, are carrying out research into a new generation of artificial intelligence that can learn in “more reasonable” ways. The project was selected for funding in a multi-stage competition within the Excellence Strategy from the German federal and state governments. This coveted funding once again acknowledges the outstanding research and long-standing expertise in the field of artificial intelligence for which TU Darmstadt has been renowned for many years.

“The Adaptive Mind” project involving TU Darmstadt is awarded funding as a Cluster of Excellence

How can we use computer models to understand changes in human behaviour? Researchers at TU Darmstadt will be investigating this and other questions in the future in the new Cluster of Excellence, “The Adaptive Mind” (TAM). The application submitted by TU Darmstadt and its research partners to the prestigious Excellence Strategy from the German federal and state governments has now overcome some strong competition and has been selected for funding.

TU Darmstadt contributes cognitive expertise to the international SCENE programme

Participation in the newly founded Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) marks an important success for cognitive science at TU Darmstadt. Over the next ten years, the internationally networked SCENE research programme will promote interdisciplinary projects investigating the connection between perception and action – a core topic of the Centre for Cognitive Science at TU Darmstadt and the research cluster The Adaptive Mind (TAM), with which TU Darmstadt is currently competing in the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments.

TU-Informatikprofessor Co-Autor eines Beitrags in der FAZ

Der Sprecher des geplanten Exzellenzclusters „Reasonable Artificial Intelligence“ (RAI), TU-Professor Kristian Kersting, hat sich in der „Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung“ (FAZ) für eine bessere Förderung von europäischer KI-Forschung und -Entwicklung ausgesprochen. Dringend notwendig sei die Schaffung einer europäischen Organisation für die Entwickung vertrauenswürdiger Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) aus Europa, schreibt Kersting in einem gemeinsamen Gastbeitrag mit Professor Holger Hoos von der RWTH Aachen (Paywall).

Interview with Dr. Simone Schaub-Meyer, early career researcher in the cluster project “RAI”

In the “RAI” project, Dr. Simone Schaub-Meyer is working to improve our understanding of widely used artificial intelligence (AI) models and to make them more robust. In this interview, the computer scientist reveals why this is important, who could benefit from it in the future and what drives her personally. Part two of a video series with early career researchers in the planned clusters of excellence involving TU Darmstadt.

Exzellenzcluster-Bewerbungen sind abgeschlossen

In der Exzellenzstrategie des Bundes und der Länder sind für die Förderlinie Exzellenzcluster die Bewerbungen nun abgeschlossen. Die hessischen Universitäten haben sieben Vollanträge eingereicht, drei davon stammen von der TU Darmstadt. Die Entscheidung fällt im Mai.

New LOEWE start professorship: Charley Wu strengthens cognitive sciences at TU

The cognitive scientist Dr Charley Wu has been awarded a LOEWE start professorship at TU Darmstadt. His work focuses on the question of how artificial intelligence (AI) can use human learning strategies to become more flexible, efficient and social. Approximately two million euros of LOEWE funding will be provided for his research over a total of six years. The state is thus also supporting the full proposal of the research networks ‘The Adaptive Mind’ and ‘Resonable AI’ in the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments, in which TU Darmstadt is significantly involved.

Interview with Dr. Simone Schaub-Meyer, early career researcher in the cluster project “RAI”

In the “RAI” project, Dr. Simone Schaub-Meyer is working to improve our understanding of widely used artificial intelligence (AI) models and to make them more robust. In this interview, the computer scientist reveals why this is important, who could benefit from it in the future and what drives her personally. Part two of a video series with early career researchers in the planned clusters of excellence involving TU Darmstadt.

Dr. Andrea Belluati, early career researcher in the cluster project “CoM2Life”, in an interview

As part of the “CoM2Life” research project, TU biotechnologist Dr. Andrea Belluati is working on combining artificial and living cells. In the interview, he explains where the resulting hybrid systems could be used in the future, what particularly motivates him and what he would be particularly pleased about if funding for excellence were granted. This is the first in a series of videos featuring early career researchers in the planned clusters of excellence involving TU Darmstadt.