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Fraunhofer presents key component for digital data exchange according to European values
The International Data Spaces (IDS) initiative, established under the auspices of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, enables trustworthy open data marketplaces. On February 22, 2019, the International Data Spaces Association presented concrete results and…
Advancing the social good with AI: Experts on artificial intelligence meet with international not-for-profit organizations
Experts on artificial intelligence (AI) from Google, Microsoft and academia were meeting with international not-profit, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at Schloss Dagstuhl in northern Saarland in Germany this week. The question they seek to…
Research network "MaxWater" founded to investigate water
Research groups from various disciplines have now joined forces in the newly founded research network "MaxWater" between different Max Planck Institutes and selected international partners to study the molecular properties of water across different…
German-US Cooperation: Exchange program for young researchers in engineering
The Joint fellowship programme with the American Ceramic Society and the Pennsylvania State University starts at Kiel University this autumn. The programme „International Research Experience for Students“ is funded by the National Science Foundation…
DWIH New Delhi at AI India 2019 on Artificial Intelligence
The German Centre for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New Delhi participated in AI India 2019, India's first global trade show focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI), hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) from 3rd to 5th February 2019.…
Training of Academia in Regulatory Science: 18 countries join forces in new consortium called STARS
STARS (Strengthening Training of Academia in Regulatory Science), a new EU funded initiative, had its kick-off meeting in Bonn on wednesday. The project aims to analyse and improve the training of academia in regulatory sciences on national and…
Ten-year anniversary of the Neumayer Station III: The scientific and political community alike stress the importance of German Antarctic research
The Antarctic is a frigid continent south of the Antarctic Circle, where researchers are the only inhabitants. Despite the hostile conditions, here the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) operates a research…
New German-Japanese Cooperation for Highest Precision: MPG-PTB-RIKEN Centre for Time, Constants and Fundamental Symmetries
In the new MPG-PTB-RIKEN Centre for Time, Constants and Fundamental Symmetries, experimental physicists of the Max Planck Institutes for nuclear physics and for quantum optics, the National Metrology Institute of Germany and the Japanese reserach…
German-Iranian project on integrated water resource management successfully completed: Opening of a German-Iranian training center
In 2010, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) launched a project on integrated water resource management with the aim of developing sustainable water management for the Zayandeh Rud catchment area. Under the leadership of the inter 3…
