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In Zusammenarbeit mit der klinische DFG-Forschungsgruppe KFO 5024: (GB.com) des UKERs präsentieren wir am 4. und 5. Februar 2025 ein bewegendes und lebensbejahendes Theaterstück im Erlanger E-Werk. Das Stück, das in Kooperation mit dem Schloßtheater Thurnau aufgeführt wird, beleuchtet das Leben eine...

On November 20, 2024, the FAU hosted the first Children's University 'Holiday' for young researchers in Erlangen. Many dedicated scientists put together an exciting program for the curious young researchers and introduced 111 enthusiastic children to the world of science. EmpkinS was proud to help o...

The VDE Bayern Award, celebrating outstanding achievements in the fields of "Science," "Industry," and "School," was presented for the 16th time at the Bayerischer Hof in Munich on November 21, 2024. Radar-based sensing is an innovative method for measuring vital parameters, allowing for contactl...

On the 19th of November 2024, the second Women-of-EmpkinS day took part. The day started with an interactive guided tour through the Deutsches Museum Nürnberg. We had the opportunity to talk to the humanoid robot AMECA, which is connected to ChatGPT. In addition, we explored helpful medical inventio...

In September 2024, Luca was a Research Fellow at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen. During his stay, he investigated whether transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) can improve exposure therapy for the treatment of social anxiety disor...

We are thrilled to announce that EmpkinS doctoral candidate Johanna Bräunig has published a groundbreaking paper titled „A Radar-Based Concept for Simultaneous High-Resolution Imaging and Pixel-Wise Velocity Analysis for Tracking Human Motion“ in IEEE Journal of Microwaves. About the Publication I...

On November 7, Brian D. Earp will be giving a talk as part of the Lunch Series Bonn on "Digital Doppelgangers in healthcare". It's possible to join online. Don't miss this insightful session! Please find registration and access to the abstract here.

From March to July 2024, Daniel was a Research Fellow at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Under the supervision of Professor Paolo Bonato from Harvard Medical School, he focused on developing a novel machine-learning technique to automatically annotate video recordings...

On October 10, 2024, EmpkinS members from Erlangen, Bonn, Munich and Hamburg met for an exciting interdisciplinary day at MaD Lab. The day started with an important discussion about mental health during the doctoral thesis, how to deal with it and where to find help. This was followed by a workshop ...

Congratulations from the whole EmpkinS team to our doctoral candidate Jasmin Kolpak on passing her phD thesis.