Markus Klute and his team at MIT played a significant role in discovering the Higgs boson. In conjunction with him as a Humboldt Professor, KIT is seeking to enhance its research at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN where yet more precise measurements and pathbreaking discoveries should be facilitated.
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Yaochu Jin is one of the leading pioneers of swarm robotics. In this special sub-area, he conflates his outstanding expert knowledge from various fields of computational intelligence. In Bielefeld, his expertise will be utilised to span the interdisciplinary bridge between AI research in the Technical Faculty and applications in bioinformatics and biotechnology in the newly established Medical Faculty.
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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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Israel faces a judicial reform that could potentially alter the course of democracy. Tens of thousands have taken to the streets to protest against the controversial plans proposed by Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government. Political scientist and former Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Or Tuttnauer, talks about the political crisis in his country.
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Category Close up on Research Close up on research What does animal behaviour reveal about us humans? Researcher Meg Crofoot takes us on a journey into the world of monkeys. Close up on research The h
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A who’s who of the people behind the scenes at the Humboldt Foundation.
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