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On January 19th, Professor Matthias Braun (P.I. of sub-project E) from the University of Bonn presented "Ethical and Societal Chances and Challenges of AI-driven Health Simulations". In his talk, he challenged the audience to think critically about the boundaries between self and digital representat...

The GAP X is formed by the Sub-projects C04 and D01 and they are looking for a Student assistant (Hiwi) for supporting tasks in research in the field of experimental biomechanics Further information can be found here:  Job_Description_GAP_X Contact person is Simon Heinrich: simon96.heinrich@fa...

On Tuesday, November 15th, EmpkinS spokesperson Prof. Dr. Björn Eskofier and PI of sub-project E Prof. Dr. Dabrock discussed together with Dr. Katharina Seitz (UKER, university women's clinic) about "Better health-treatment with AI?" at Kellerbühne, E-Werk. Organizer of this talk was "wissenschaft i...

From the 7th to the 11th of November, scientists from all across our CRC participated in the first EmpkinS IRTG Winter School in Hintertux, Austria! Organized by a team of young researchers, the EmpkinS IRTG Winter School provided a key opportunity for professional exchange and new collaborations...

We are happy to announce that two of our EmpkinS-PIs, Prof. Dr. med. Georg Schett (B02) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schober (D01) were recognized as members of the „Highly Cited Researchers List“! This list contains 6,938 of the most influential scientists from around the globe. 396 scientists from Ge...

We cordially congratulate Martin Vossiek for his appointment as Associate Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems (T-RS)! The IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems, were recently launched by a founding team, in which Martin Vossiek also participated. The IEEE T-RS focuses on ad...

On december 15th, our EmpkinS-spokesperson and PI Prof. Dr. Björn Eskofier gave a lecture about "Machine Learning for Future Healthcare". He showed the possible use-cases and discussed the need for the help of "learning systems" in healthcare.   Also on December 15th, our RDM coordination...

In today’s EmpkinS Lecture Series, Prof. Dr. med. Ostgathe gave insights into the research and work of palliative care. His talk, titled "The last phase of life: an issue to be researched?", went into topics concerning the legal/ethical framework of palliative medicine and the patients’ consent to s...

On October 20th in our Lecture Series Dr. sport.science Anna-Maria Liphardt gave an insight into her reasearch about "Hand function in inflammatory arthritis". Inflammatory rheumatic diseases affect physical function in general and very often hand function is impaired. Although hand function in r...

On October 18th, 2022, Pfauennest celebrated the grand opening of its new daycare facility “Pfauennest II”. The new facility is connected to the original through a multipurpose room, which can be used for sports activities and gatherings. In addition to families and children visiting the event, t...