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12APR 2021
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New DFG research group in photonics
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new research group in photonics: How cracks are formed Lasers are a widely used tool in manufacturing technology that enables contactless and highly-automated joining of workpieces. One of the greatest difficulties in this process is that solidification cracks can occur in the weld seam, which is the […]
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12APR 2021
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Honorary doctorate for Prof. Dr. Peter Greil
NITech has awarded Prof. Dr. Peter Greil an honorary doctorate on March 15, 2021. Professor Greil was a visiting professor at NITech from 2010 to 2015 and a consultant for the Frontier Research Institute for Materials Science from 2015. He has advanced the conclusion of the academic exchange agreement (2011), the establishment of the NITech […]
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15MAR 2021
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Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
Dr. Silvia Budday receives most prestigious research prize for young researchers The German Research Foundation (DFG) has awarded young researcher Dr. Silvia Budday from the Chair of Applied Mechanics at FAU the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize – the most prestigious research award for early career researchers in Germany. The official prize-giving ceremony will be held on […]
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15MAR 2021
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FAU ahead in Materials Science and Chemistry
New QS subject ranking published FAU has once again performed excellently in the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2021: Materials Science and Chemistry remain among the top 150, and Materials Science has even made it into the top 100.
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15FEB 2021
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Using AI to solve crime
FAU doctoral candidate Franziska Schirrmacher nominated as AI newcomer Franziska Schirrmacher, doctoral candidate at FAU’s Chair of IT Security Infrastructures, develops methods of finding digital traces in image or video files that can subsequently be used to solve crime. In recognition of her research, Schirrmacher has been shortlisted for the AI newcomer of the year […]
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01FEB 2021
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Will computers replace doctors?
Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionise medicine and our healthcare systems. AI is able to recognise patterns in vast amounts of data that a human simply could not. FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger looks into the topic in more detail with his guest Prof. Dr. Andreas Maier, head of the Pattern Recognition Lab […]
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