At the Centre for Cognitive Science at TU Darmstadt, the adaptive and intelligent behaviour of humans and machines is a focus of research. Endowed with a Humboldt Professorship, Angela Yu is invited to assume a bridging function there between artificial intelligence and the neurosciences.
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Whether you think in terms of autonomous drones, self-driving cars or robots that care for the sick or support older people, machines constantly have to respond to new and unexpected situations. Not all of these situations can be predicted and programmed with the appropriate default response. Machine learning and robots that learn from their experience are the solution.
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By developing and applying differential dynamic logics, André Platzer has made a crucial contribution to testing the security of cyber-physical systems in, for example, traffic, aviation and shipping as well as robotics.
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Andreas Winter is a distinguished mathematician and expert on quantum information theory. His research focuses on the mathematical principles of quantum information. By appointing Winter, the University of Cologne wants to continue developing its computer science department with a focus on quantum informatics.
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Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2014 Andreas S. Schulz Andreas Schulz is a world leader in the field of Operations Research (OR) and a driving force in the new research discipline of algorithmic
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Mathematician, science historian, sinologist and philosopher Andrea Bréard investigates the history of mathematics in China. She draws on economic, political and social history to acquire insights into China’s intellectual history in its entirety.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Colonialism was all-embracing and it was violent. It re-organised the world, led to the circulation of knowledge as well as to war, displacement, slavery, oppression and exploitation. The colonial era made deep inroads into identities – and has a huge impact to this day, not least on science and research.
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Academic life, living conditions and personal relations: following their stay in Germany, Humboldt Foundation sponsorship-recipients evaluate living and working in the country. Covering the period 2018 to 2022, here you can discover what pictures their answers paint.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
The study, “Germany from the outside”, reveals how visiting researchers from abroad rate working and living here.
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News
On 1 October 2025, the American Studies scholar, Katrin Amian, is assuming the position of Deputy Secretary General of the Humboldt Foundation.
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