Landesprogramm stellt rund drei Millionen Euro bereit

Professor Heinz Koeppl erhält eine LOEWE-Spitzen-Professur an der TU Darmstadt. Er untersucht, wie Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) den Entwurf von neuen Biomolekülen und genetischen Schaltkreisen in der synthetischen Biologie verbessern kann. Dafür stellt das Land rund drei Millionen Euro aus LOEWE-Mitteln über insgesamt fünf Jahre bereit.

Ruhr University Bochum and TU Darmstadt strengthen cooperation in cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is a key research focus at both Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) and Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt). Building on a successful and long-standing collaboration in the fields of cybersecurity and privacy, the two universities are now set to further deepen their partnership. In a joint declaration of intent, they have agreed to strengthen their research cooperation and launch new initiatives in both academic research and knowledge transfer.

Nächster Schritt im renommierten Wettbewerb

Die TU Darmstadt bewirbt sich gemeinsam mit der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt und der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz als Allianz der Rhein-Main-Universitäten (RMU) um den Titel „Exzellenzuniversität“. Der geplante Exzellenzverbund bekundet zum morgigen Stichtag (27.6.) sein Interesse für eine Antragstellung in der zweiten Förderlinie des Exzellenzwettbewerbs.

New study under leadership of TU Darmstadt published

‘Starter packs’—curated user lists that new users can follow with a single click—played a key role in helping Bluesky grow to over 30 million users, according to a new study.

Im Gespräch mit Organisator Professor Peter Buxmann

Generative Künstliche Intelligenz verändert Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und das Leben jedes Einzelnen wie kaum eine andere Technologie zuvor. Beim dritten Darmstadt AI Summit am 25. Juni werden führende Expertinnen und Experten einen interdisziplinären Blick auf die Chancen und Herausforderungen dieser disruptiven Entwicklung werfen. Im Interview erklärt Professor Peter Buxmann, Veranstaltungsorganisator und Leiter des Fachgebiets „Wirtschaftsinformatik | Software & Digital Business“, die Ziele der Veranstaltung und was die Teilnehmenden erwartet.

Researchers show AI art protection tools still leave creators at risk

Artists have an interest in protecting their artworks found on the internet from being used as training data by AI models, which could then learn to imitate artistic styles in a deceptively realistic way. Modern image protection tools promise to prevent this. However, researchers at TU Darmstadt, the University of Cambridge and the University of Texas at San Antonio have now shown that this protection can be circumvented – a wake-up call for the industry.

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.

Professor Jan Peters und Oleg Arenz sprechen im Interview über den humanoiden Roboter HAINER und den Stand der KI-Forschung an der TU Darmstadt.

Researchers from Technical University of Darmstadt and collaborators present a study

In the future, autonomous delivery drones could independently assess whether their remaining battery charge is sufficient for upcoming deliveries. A team of researchers from Technical University of Darmstadt and the University of Sheffield, in collaboration with the French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (INRIA) and industry partner Ingeniarius Ltd, has developed a new method for energy-aware deployment planning. The approach enables each drone to learn what orders it is capable of fulfilling even when not knowing its own battery health. It is shown to reduce delivery times and increase the number of processed orders compared to conventional approaches.

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hessian.AI und Futury starten strategische Partnerschaft zur Unterstützung von KI-Startups

Das Hessische Zentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (hessian.AI) und Futury geben eine strategische Partnerschaft bekannt, die einen nahtlosen Weg von der KI-Forschung zum Markterfolg schafft. Die komplementäre Verbindung des forschungsbasierten Ansatzes von AI Startup Rising | hessian.AI mit Futurys branchenorientierten Programmen verstärkt das durchgängige Unterstützungssystem für KI-Startups in Hessen – von der Forschungsidee bis zur internationalen Skalierung. Dies beinhaltet einen koordinierten Finanzierungsprozess von der frühen Validierung bis zur Wachstumsfinanzierung. Zudem erhalten die Startups Zugang zu einer leistungsstarken Infrastruktur, die eines der führenden KI-Cluster in Europa sowie einen modernen Hub in Frankfurt umfasst. Auch KI-Tools gezielt für die Startup Förderung zu nutzen, bildet dabei einen Fokuspunkt.

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.

Digitale, energieautarke Erweiterung für bestehende Litfaßsäulen informiert und warnt Bürgerinnen und Bürger bei Gefahren und im Krisenfall

Die klassische, seit mehr als 170 Jahren bekannte Litfaßsäule erfährt eine Renaissance als Warnmultiplikator. Die Idee: Wenn bei einem langanhaltenden Stromausfall andere Kommunikationsmedien wie Mobilfunk, Internet oder Fernsehen ausfallen, kann die energieautarke Litfaßsäule 4.0 Menschen weiterhin informieren.