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New Alexander von Humboldt Professors selected
Ten top international researchers – including six who work in the AI field – have been chosen to receive Germany’s most valuable research award.
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Ten top international researchers – including six who work in the AI field – have been chosen to receive Germany’s most valuable research award.
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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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Literary scholar Kate Rigby is a central figure in environmental humanities research. By appointing her as director of the new centre for Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities, the University of Cologne is looking to establish itself as a location for interdisciplinary global environmental research.
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Both as one of the pioneers of the young discipline of the philosophy and ethics of artificial intelligence and an intermediary between topics in the humanities and technology, Vincent C. Müller is invited to help develop a guiding vision for “humane AI” in Germany.
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No machine learning, no modern artificial intelligence (AI). But there are only a few people in the world who have the expertise to construct algorithms and teach AI systems how they should carry out certain tasks. That is why Holger Hoos puts his faith in automated machine learning, an approach to AI research which he has pioneered.
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Researchers have been trying to track down microorganisms that colonise human bodies and, especially, the intestines for many years. Amongst these microorganisms are viruses that specifically infect intestinal bacteria. Bas E. Dutilh from The Netherlands has made seminal contributions to exploring virus diversity and spearheads pioneering work in bioinformatics.
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International engagement and reforms, less bureaucracy and more freedom for science – Voices from the Humboldt Foundation’s international network
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For the fourth time, the Humboldt Communication Lab (ComLab) brought together ten researchers and ten journalists to share ideas and opinions on current social developments.
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