The UNITE.H2020 project hands over the baton to the new Unite.Widening initiative

The first phase of the UNITE.H2020 project financed by the Horizon2020 programme and coordinated by the Politecnico and created with the aim of planning the future of Research and Innovation collaboration has come to an end. The aim of the project was precisely to develop a shared, integrated and long-term R&I strategy in synergy with the educational dimension of Unite!, by organising pilot initiatives in various fields to develop new ways of research collaboration and thus promote the institutional transformation of the Alliance partners.

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.

ED-AFFICHE, a leading higher education consortium piloting the European Degree, is calling on the European Commission to take a proactive role in coordinating collaboration between all major actors across the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) to make

ED-AFFICHE is a powerhouse consortium of 51 higher education institutions (HEIs) from six European Universities alliances (Una Europa, 4EU+, CHARM-EU, EC2U, EU-CONEXUS, Unite!). In consultation with higher education ministries, quality assurance agencies, students and employers, the consortium has spent the past year co-developing a vision for the European Degree and identifying concrete steps towards its realisation as an instrument to overcome existing legislative and administrative obstacles to developing transnational joint degrees in Europe. Now, the consortium calls on the European Commission to develop processes to support the continuation and scaling up of the close collaboration initiated under ED-AFFICHE and all European Degree pilot experimentation projects.

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.

HIGHEST seeks business ideas and research results / Application deadline June 3, 2024

The innovation power of TUDa lies in many forward-thinking ideas: as research results, business ideas, or simply as whims on campus. HIGHEST, the innovation and startup center of TU Darmstadt, aims to unearth this potential and is once again hosting the TU Idea Competition, TU-Ideenwettbewerb, #DeineIdee2024 this year!

Advanced Grant from the European Research Council for Professor Christian Hasse

Professor Christian Hasse from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TU Darmstadt has been awarded a prestigious Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). His research project A-STEAM is investigating the use of aluminium as an energy carrier and will receive funding of around 2.5 million euros over a period of 5 years.

PhD fellowships in three Unite! focus areas

The University of Lisbon (ULisboa), in collaboration with the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) and together with Unite!, is awarding 10 PhD fellowships in three Unite! focus areas for the third time, other areas are not excluded. The third call for applications runs until April 30, 2024.

Researchers at TU Darmstadt present new approaches to a problem of statistical physics

Whether bacteria in search of food or microrobots that automatically collect toxins or waste, again and again this is a problem in statistical physics that has not yet been clarified satisfactorily: how does an “agent” have to move in order to collect randomly distributed targets as skilfully as possible? Researchers at TU Darmstadt have now presented an approach in the renowned journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that can be used to systematically determine efficient search strategies. It could help to intelligently design tasks such as the search for cancer cells or environmental rehabilitations in the future.

Portraying researchers and their work

Women play an essential role in research and science, carry out cutting-edge research and contribute to a comprehensive understanding of scientific problems and their solutions. But it is also a fact that the further along the scientific qualification path, the fewer women are represented. This week, we present some of the female scientists who research and teach at TU Darmstadt. We give a glance at their excellent research content and achievements.

Seed Fund virtual matchmaking event

103 participants from all 9 universities met to present their ideas for Seed Fund projects and look for the right partner to submit their proposals.

Radostina Zidarova is carrying out research into unstable atomic nuclei

Radostina Zidarova has already achieved a lot in her almost four years at TU Darmstadt. The young physicist is carrying out research into neutron-rich atomic nuclei at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (IKP) by analysing them using gamma-ray spectroscopy.

Extending XAI to dense visual tasks

The German Research Foundation has accepted Dr. Simone Schaub-Meyer into its Emmy Noether Programme. Together with her new junior research group, Dr. Schaub-Meyer aims to research and develop methods that increase the understanding of widely used models of artificial intelligence (AI) in image and video analysis and improve their robustness. The funding for the first three years amounts to around 1.1 million euros, and includes the funds for two doctoral positions as well as 8 high-quality graphics processors.

Livestreams for the Unite! Dialogue

The Dialogues are meant to be for the whole community to meet and discuss – even virtual. TU Graz has put together livestreams for a selection of meetings.

A new record for atom-based quantum computers

Making quantum systems more scalable is one of the key requirements for the further development of quantum computers because the advantages they offer become increasingly evident as the systems are scaled up. Researchers at TU Darmstadt have recently taken a decisive step towards achieving this goal. The results of their research have now been published in a prestigious publication.

Unite! visiting professorship program

The Unite! visiting professorship program aims to attract outstanding international talents to promote interdisciplinarity in teaching and didactic innovation through international experience. It is open to all subjects represented at TU Darmstadt. Up to 13 visiting professorships are to be financially supported. The target group are primarily experienced postdocs. The deadline for applications is March 31st, 2024.