TU-Professor Marcus Rohrbach unter den Ausgezeichneten

Die Bundesministerin für Bildung und Forschung, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, und der Präsident der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Robert Schlögl, haben gestern Abend (13. Mai) in Berlin zwölf neue Alexander von Humboldt-Professuren verliehen. Unter den Träger:innen des höchstdotierten Forschungspreises in Deutschland ist der Informatikprofessor und KI-Experte Marcus Rohrbach, der im vergangenen Jahr vom Facebook-Mutterkonzern Meta in Kalifornien an die TU Darmstadt gewechselt hat.

ELLIS researchers involved in "RAI”

ELLIS – the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems – is a pan-European AI network of excellence which focuses on fundamental science, technical innovation and societal impact. Researchers from ELLIS are also involved in the TU project “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence (RAI)”, which has submitted a full application for the Cluster of Excellence funding line as part of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.

TU bundles research in the profile topic Cognitive Science

What makes human agency so intelligent and adaptive has become one of the key research questions of our time. Possible answers will change what we know about human beings and are likely to revolutionize how new technologies will be developed. TU Darmstadt has bundled research in this area in the profile topic Cognitive Science.

Zahlreiche Angebote beim Girls‘ Day – Exzellenzprojekt The Adaptive Mind stellt sich vor

Girls‘ Day an der TU Darmstadt – mit dabei ist auch das Centre for Cognitive Science der TU Darmstadt, das seine Expertise unter anderem in der laufenden Exzellenstrategie des Bundes in das Clusterprojekt „The Adaptive Mind“ einbringt. Wir haben mit Professor Thomas Wallis (AG Perception am Institut für Psychologie und Centre for Cognitive Science) über die Brücke zwischen Exzellenz und Nachwuchsgewinnung gesprochen.

New Aurora-M AI model focusses on safety

Computer science doctoral student Felix Friedrich is involved in the development of a new AI model that focuses on security in addition to free accessibility and multilingualism. Friedrich is conducting research as part of the TU project “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence (RAI)”, which is in the running for the title of Cluster of Excellence in the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.

Successful next step in the Excellence Strategy TU Darmstadt has the chance of establishing three Clusters of Excellence

Huge success for the Technical University of Darmstadt: In the prestigious Excellence Strategy from the German federal and state governments, TU Darmstadt has reached an important milestone. It has been selected and invited to prepare full applications for the outline proposals “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence” (RAI), “The Adaptive Mind” (TAM) and “CoM2Life” in fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive science and biomaterials and submit them for funding as part of the Cluster of Excellence funding line. The selections were made by an international panel of experts. A total of 143 outline proposals were submitted to the German Research Foundation (DFG), of which 41 have now been invited to submit full applications for the second round of the Excellence Strategy funding programme.

The cluster project CoM2Life

Researchers in the CoM2Life project at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and TU Darmstadt are conducting research into biomaterials that will enable medical innovations such as tissue repair or the development of artificial organs.

The cluster project “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence” (RAI)

Although deep learning (DL) has enabled important advances in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) over the last ten years, current AI systems have displayed some significant weaknesses, such as an inability to reason, difficulty handling new situations and a need for continuous adjustments. Last but not least, current AI systems also require substantial resources. The aim of the Cluster of Excellence project “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence” (RAI) is thus to develop the next generation of reasonable AI.

The cluster project “The Adaptive Mind” clears the first hurdle in its application for Cluster of Excellence funding

The research project “The Adaptive Mind” (TAM), in which TU Darmstadt is participating, was successful in the first round of the Excellence Strategy. The researchers are now able to submit a full application – and hope that they will ultimately be awarded a prestigious Cluster of Excellence grant. The project aims to understand how the human mind is able to adapt.