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In Search of Shared Patterns
Dr Annika Burmester has been awarded a Klaus Tschira Boost Grant, which will fund her interdisciplinary research in mathematics. In this interview, the postdoctoral researcher discusses international influences and new opportunities for her work.
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Space logistics on the right track
How does one plan a space mission that involves visiting multiple celestial bodies which are constantly moving? Researchers at Bielefeld University have, for the first time, developed a precise mathematical approach to this problem.
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Measuring and Managing Uncertainty
An international series of workshops in March will bring together researchers from mathematics, economics, computer science, psychology, and sports science to develop new methods for dealing with uncertainty.
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From climate risks to football fever
Systematically quantifying and managing uncertainty is the core of the QUAMU Focus Area.
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New paths in mathematics
The ESyMath focus area aims to bring together different areas of mathematics and related sciences in order to exploit and further develop synergies.
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How Cells Build Complex Structures as a Team
How does the collective interaction of many individual cells create a perfectly formed organism? This question is the focus of a new study.
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Counting with uncertainties
The theory of imprecise probabilities is the focus of ISIPTA 2025 at the Bielefeld ZiF.
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‘We translate chemical reactions into maths’
Combined with biology and chemistry, mathematics offers new ways of modelling the microbiome and thus better understanding obesity: a key to targeted therapy.
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How narratives influence behaviour
In the latest research_tv episode: study on dealing with strategic narratives.
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Christopher Voll sees beauty in numbers
For the professor, mathematics is an form of art. He leads, with colleagues, no fewer than three subprojects in the Collaborative Research Centre on Integral Structures.
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In the city with a colorful soul
Bielefeld in the world: mathematician Can Atacan is a visiting researcher in Seoul to conduct research on random matrix theory with colleagues.
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Gauss lecture on coin tosses, atoms and forest fires
Lecture by Fields Medal winner Professor Dr Martin Hairer now online. He was the main speaker at the event organised by the German Mathematical Society (DMV), which was recently held at Bielefeld University.
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The aesthetics of numbers – and the beauty of application
Professor Dr Christiane Fuchs loves mathematics. She can spend hours immersed in formulas, but she also likes to work hands-on.
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‘Doing mathematics means being creative’
At the conference “Dynamics and asymptotics in algebra and number theory in Bielefeld”, top international scientists are now meeting at Bielefeld University to exchange their ideas and findings.
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New CITEC profile for broader research perspective
With a new research profile and a new organisational structure, CITEC will now work even more efficiently on future-oriented technologies.
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Magic equations
Professor Dr Claudia Alfes-Neumann researches modular forms, special functions that play a role in many fields of mathematics.
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How robots adapt in communication
In a new study by the Universities of Bielefeld and Bremen, scientists are testing how humans can better follow the instructions of a robot.
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A life for equations
Professor Dr. Martina Hofmanová studies the flow of fluids and the role of randomness.
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Benjamin Gess analyzes the impact of randomness on chaos
The European Research Council is providing two million euros in funding for this research.
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The hesitant robot
Can humans better follow a robot’s statements when it makes pauses in speech or produces filler sounds?
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Top European funding for mathematician Benjamin Gess
The European Research Council has recognized the research achievements of mathematics professor Dr Benjamin Gess with a Consolidator Grant.
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Launch of Transregio on Integral Structures
Around 70 mathematicians will be meeting for the opening conference of the new and second Collaborative Research Centre run by Bielefeld University and Paderborn University.
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New collaborative research centre for integral structures
Bielefeld University and Paderborn University receive 10.7 million euros in funding for the centre. It will be funded by the German Research Foundation for four years starting in 2023.
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Making economic policy decisions in uncertain times
Doctoral researchers from EPOC Network working on economic modelling coming together at a conference in Barcelona.
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