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Are we alone? Life beyond Earth
Interview with Markus Kissler-Patig, Head of Science and Operations at the European Space Agency, about the new golden age of space exploration and the search for life in our solar system and beyond.
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Learning by playing
In the photo you can see me with my game The Poll. Really, I’m a journalist. But for a number of years, I’ve been developing games. In The Poll you slip into the role of a politician and learn how the electoral system in India works, how you find political solutions to an issue, negotiate compromises and, finally, win majorities.
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Catherina G. Becker
To regenerate human nerve tissue is the dream of every medical researcher working on therapies for diseases like Parkinson’s or spinal injuries. The neurobiologist, Catherina Becker, could help to make this dream a reality. She explores mechanisms that give rise to new nerve cells and help heal damaged tissue.
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Radu Timofte
Whether in smartphones, traffic detectors or medical images – in many aspects of our everyday lives, we take high-quality images for granted, in some situations they have become vital. In Würzburg, Radu Timofte’s work on image enhancement will forge links between different research areas.
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Kate Rigby
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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Markus Klute
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
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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Holger Hoos
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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Bas E. Dutilh
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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