Archive: News of Technical University of Darmstadt

Part 1: Research project “Agile resource-efficient production network”

Intelligent and networked machines with the lowest possible carbon footprint protect the environment and save resources. Researchers at TU Darmstadt reveal how this works.

Research project “REScala”

The world is turning into a global “supercomputer” consisting of sensors, smart devices, laptops, desktops, and (cloud) servers all connected via the Internet. A team led by computer sciences professor Mira Mezini is developing new programming approaches that automatically deal with the complexity of this “world supercomputer” so that software developers can focus on solving real problems.

Research at the Institute for Production Engineering and Forming Machines

Normally, Andreas Wächter and Lukas Kluy deal with titanium alloys for dental implants. Almost as an aside, they developed a model for increasing the energy efficiency of production processes.

3rd Dialogue of the European University Alliance Unite!

Unite! convened online for its big event, the Unite! Dialogue from 8th to 10th March 2021. The biggest Unite! event yet – gathering more than 350 guests from all over Europe for the public session – was hosted virtually by Grenoble INP-UGA. Furthermore, the third Dialogue had three premieres to offer: a public session, the inauguration of the Student Forum SURE! and an open call for the thematic parallel sessions – resulting in 18 lively workshops to bring Unite! further ahead.

German and Russian scientists join forces to improve performance tuning on supercomputers

To better understand the efficiency of programs on supercomputers, scientists rely on performance measurements. The performance of the actual algorithm is difficult to evaluate. In a German-Russian joint project partners from Darmstadt, Jülich and Moscow are working on less sensitive analysis methods.

“Science” publication with participation of TU Darmstadt

A team of international researchers, including Dr. Marius Eichler and Prof. Almudena Arcones from the TU Darmstadt and GSI, went back to the formation of our Solar System, 4.6 billion years ago, and gained new insights into the cosmic origin of the heaviest elements on the periodic table, as reported in a study published in Science.

Publication in „Nature“ under participation of TU Darmstadt

A team from the Institute for Nuclear Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt has contributed to an international research collaboration aiming to clarify the way the angular momentum („spin“) of the two fragments, resulting from the splitting of an atomic nucleus, is generated.

TU Darmstadt occupies top positions in international ranking

TU Darmstadt has once again proven its internationally outstanding position in the field of computer science. Professor Oskar von Stryk is listed in 21st place in the ranking of the Top 25 Influential Computer Scientists Today. In addition, Professor Kristian Kersting recieved an "honorable mention“. In the ranking of the most influential universities in the field of computer science, the TU also reached an excellent result with 35th place as the only German university among the top 50. The ranking was compiled by the Academic Influence platform.

The TU spin-off etalytics utilizes an AI-based cloud platform

Efficient and sustainable? Conventional control processes for energy systems are extremely limited when it comes to these criteria. This is why etalytics GmbH has developed a data and AI-based energy management system that supports users with the optimisation of their energy systems. And their business model is as innovative as the technology: This spin-off from TU Darmstadt – which is being supported by the HIGHEST Startup and Innovation Center at TU Darmstadt and a broad network of contacts – plans to launch its product on the market this year and then distribute it as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution.

TU9 celebrates its birthday with launch of new website

On January 26, 2006, an informal exchange between the heads of nine leading Technical Universities became the TU9 Alliance. For 15 years now, TU9 has embodied forward-looking, creative research in engineering and the natural sciences and has been acting as an advocacy group among partners from science, industry and politics.

The TU spin-off NanoWired is ready to make its breakthrough on the market

Products made by NanoWired GmbH – a recent “winner” at the Falling Walls conference – can be used in anything that requires connections from PCs, mobile devices, televisions or cars through to heart catheters and washing machines. For this purpose, the start-up – which was founded in 2017 – relies on conductive metal wires measuring just a few nanometres. Managing Director Olav Birlem explains why the company’s technology is so successful and how it will grow on the market. The electrical engineer and consultant is optimistic about the future despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Research team confirms a new nuclear property predicted by theory

Scientists are able to selectively knockout nucleons and preformed nuclear clusters from atomic nuclei using high-energy proton beams. In an experiment performed at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) in Osaka in Japan, the existence of preformed helium nuclei at the surface of several tin isotopes could be identified in a reaction. The results confirm a theory, which predicts the formation of helium clusters in low-density nuclear matter and at the surface of heavy nuclei. A research team, lead by scientists from TU Darmstadt and the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy-Ion Research, and from the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, discuss the new findings in a contribution to the latest issue of the journal “Science”.

Scientists simulate large region of the chart of nuclides

Novel calculations have enabled the study of nearly 700 isotopes between helium and iron, showing which nuclei can exist and which cannot. In an article published in Physical Review Letters, scientists from TU Darmstadt, the University of Washington, the Canadian laboratory TRIUMF, and the University of Mainz report how they simulated for the first time using innovative theoretical methods a large region of the chart of nuclides based on the theory of the strong interaction.

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Research at Intelligent Autonomous Systems Group

Neural networks are good at solving specific tasks but unlike humans they struggle to transfer a strategy they have just learned to other tasks. Researchers at TU Darmstadt are making this possible.