Archive: News of Technische Universität Darmstadt
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Teaching at large scale seminar
2024/10/24
Unite! workshop
We invite you to participate in a workshop on Zoom on the 19 and 25 November between 13.00 and 15.00 (CET), to discuss and share ideas about organizing and managing large classes across various disciplines and universities.
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Unite! virtual language tandems!
2024/10/24
Register via the Metacampus space between October 10th and 30th, 2024.
Improve your speaking skills in Spanish, Catalan, German, Italian, French, Swedish, Finnish, Portuguese, Polish, or English with another student from the Unite! community, discover their culture, and expand your international network. Register via the Metacampus space for virtual language tandems between October 10th and 30th, 2024.
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Picture: Deutsche Bahn AG / Volker EmerslebenPicture: Deutsche Bahn AG / Volker Emersleben
AI expertise for innovative DataHub Europe project
2024/10/23
Platform enables safe and data protection-compliant use of AI in business and science
The Technical University of Darmstadt and the Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence hessian.AI are playing a key role in the development of DataHub Europe, a new platform for the secure use and provision of data for training AI models. This platform, which was presented by Schwarz Digits and Deutsche Bahn AG at the German government's 2024 “Digital-Gipfel”, helps companies to efficiently implement specific solutions using artificial intelligence (AI) in a manner that complies with data protection regulations.
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Picture: TU Darmstadt/Jan-Christoph HartungPicture: TU Darmstadt/Jan-Christoph Hartung
Study without worries
2024/10/23
TU and Santander award ten scholarships independent of grades
Together with Santander Universities, TU Darmstadt is giving away the “2,000 € TU Darmstadt Sorgenfrei Scholarship” for the first time. The application is open to all students, regardless of grade, who are enrolled at TU Darmstadt. The application period runs from October 23, 2024 to November 27, 2024, 11 p.m.
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“Let's shape the future together”
2024/10/18
6th RMU Day on 27 November 2024 at the Gutenberg Campus Mainz
The Presidents of the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) cordially invite you to the 6th RMU Day. This year, the Rhine-Main Universities Day will focus on the RMU’s joint proposal as a consortium in the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.
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Picture: Katrin BinnerPicture: Katrin Binner
Harnessing the strengths of two worlds
2024/10/15
Biotechnologist Andrea Belluati to lead new Emmy Noether group
A fascinating fusion of two worlds: A new Emmy Noether research group at TU Darmstadt focuses on hybrid systems that combine artificial and living cells to achieve functions that neither can perform alone. Biotechnologist Andrea Belluati is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) with 1.8 million euros for his project “Polymer Incorporation for the Engineering of Symbiosis” over the next six years. The newly designed hybrid systems might come to task in more effective drug delivery or sustainable biofuel production.
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Picture: Tessa ScheuflerPicture: Tessa Scheufler
And the Award goes to…
2024/10/11
Unite!’s first Awards
The X. Unite! Dialogue and the II Unite Branding Event brought together around 500 people from Europe to work together on the vision of a European Campus. This requires a great deal of commitment and dedication, and the Unite! community shows a great deal of this, said TU and Unite! president Tanja Brühl at the presentation of the first Unite! Awards and the Unite! Start-up Award during the closing session of the Dialogue.
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How humans react to change
2024/10/07
Professor Constantin Rothkopf, Darmstadt spokesman for the TAM cluster project, in a video interview
Researchers working on ‘The Adaptive Mind’ (TAM) project can hope for the approval of a prestigious Cluster of Excellence. Professor Rothkopf explains what’s behind the project on the adaptability of the human mind. Third and final part of a video series on TU Darmstadt's three Cluster of Excellence applications.
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Unite! Seed Fund for Student Activities 2024
2024/10/01
Find partners at the Unite! Seed Fund Ideathon
The call for applications opens on 15 October until 15 December 2024. This time those interested can also apply to participate in the Unite! Seed Fund Ideathon happening at TU Graz in November to connect with potential partners, so that more Unite! projects can become a reality.
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Research for a more sensible AI
2024/10/01
An interview with Professor Kristian Kersting and Professor Markus Rohrbach, co-speakers of the RAI cluster project
The research initiative „Reasonable Artificial Intelligence’ (RAI) is one of three projects involving TU Darmstadt that are in the running for a Cluster of Excellence. Professor Kersting and Professor Rohrbach give an insight into their research – and explain who could benefit from it in the future. Part two of a three-part video series on TU Darmstadt's Cluster of Excellence applications.
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Communicating biomaterials
2024/09/25
Professor Heinz Koeppl, Darmstadt spokesman of the project ‘CoM2Life’, in a video interview
The cluster initiative ‘COM2Life’ is a project within the framework of the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU), with TU Darmstadt and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz as partners. Professor Koeppl introduces the research project, which aims to develop a new generation of soft biomaterials. Part one of a three-part video series on TU Darmstadt's Cluster of Excellence applications.
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Unite! as a guest at the TU
2024/09/17
European University Alliance comes to Darmstadt
Since its foundation in 2019, TU Darmstadt has been the coordinator of the European University Alliance Unite! The alliance now consists of nine partner universities from Finland to Portugal and meets every six months for internal working meetings to work on the shared vision of a European campus. The next meeting will take place from 24 to 26 September in Darmstadt, the II Unite! Branding Event on 25 September will bring Unite! to life for all TU members and external partners.
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Picture: SPZ TU DarmstadtPicture: SPZ TU Darmstadt
European Day of Languages
2024/09/12
TU Darmstadt and Unite! celebrate together
For the first time, the Language Resource Centre of TU Darmstadt is organising the European Day of Languages on 26 September – to coincide with the third day of the Unite! Dialogue, which is also taking place in Darmstadt. Together with the European University Alliance, which consists of nine European partner universities, TU Darmstadt is celebrating Europe's linguistic and cultural diversity and invites its university members and their families to join in.
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Picture: Igor - adobe.stock.com/Patrick Bal/Katrin BinnerPicture: Igor - adobe.stock.com/Patrick Bal/Katrin Binner
ERC Starting Grant for two “RAI” researchers
2024/09/11
Projects on learning robotic systems and digital 3D doppelgangers selected
In the current funding round of the European Research Council (ERC), four projects at TU Darmstadt have been awarded a Starting Grant. Two of these went to researchers from the “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence” (RAI) project. “RAI” is in the running for a Cluster of Excellence in the prestigious Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.
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Picture: ImageFlow – stock.adobe.com/Katrin Binner/Klaus Mai/Patrick BalPicture: ImageFlow – stock.adobe.com/Katrin Binner/Klaus Mai/Patrick Bal
Young, research-focused, award-winning
2024/09/05
European Research Council supports four projects at TU Darmstadt with ERC Starting Grants
This success is impressive: four young researchers at TU Darmstadt have been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for excellent and innovative fundamental and frontier research. The selected early career researchers will be receiving a total of around 1.5 million euros each for their projects on learning robot systems, digital 3D doppelgangers, permanent magnets and deformed atomic nuclei over a period of five years. This excellent achievement once again shows TU Darmstadt’s research prowess – including by international standards.