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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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Prizes for the best doctoral theses in 2022
On April 18th, the Bielefeld University Society (UGBi) will be awarding prizes for the best doctoral theses at Bielefeld University.
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Student laboratories as training venues for teachers
New large-scale project of seven universities and one institute starts. It is funded by the federal government with around 3.2 million euros.
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How can science better advise policy?
The new ZiF research group deals with evidence-based policy-making. The inaugural workshop will focus on the misinterpretation of scientific findings.
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University hosts world congress on behavioural research
This summer, international scientists and students will come together at Bielefeld University for the world’s largest conference on behavioural research: Behaviour 2023. The university is expecting around 1,000 guests from 14 to 20 August.
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‘Old political certainties are obsolete’
Political scientist Dr Thomas Müller on the narrative of the Ukraine war as a watershed and how this can influence change in the global order.
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Predicting outbreak of ALS disease with AI methods
Bielefeld bioinformatics researchers publish study in Nature Machine Intelligence. They deciphered the genotype profiles of 3,000 ALS patients.
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Earlier detection and treatment of tuberculosis
A team of international scientists led by Professor Dr Kayvan Bozorgmehr from Bielefeld has investigated whether a single screening for possible tuberculosis after arrival in the country is sufficient or whether there should be follow-up screenings and how these should be designed.
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Regulating power consumption with artificial intelligence
Doctoral students from Bielefeld want to better control sudden high energy consumption with the help of AI.
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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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‘Start from the extremes when measuring uncertainty’
Financial products and their development: Three questions for the financial mathematics expert Junior
Professor Dr Max Nendel
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‘There are always two sides to an explanation’
Machines responding to individual signals of their human partners: This is the objective of a new research project.
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‘Uncertainty Talk’ on Uncertainty in the Digital Age
In an upcoming talk as part of the ‘Uncertainty Talks’ lecture series, Gerd Gigerenzer will speak about dealing with uncertainty in the digital age.
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Teaching machines how humans think
In the first talk of the new lecture series ‘Co-Constructing Intelligence’ American computer scientist Professor Dr Kenneth D. Forbus presents his research.
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How people make decisions in the face of radical uncertainty
The economist and psychologist Professor Dr Tuckett will visit Bielefeld to deliver an ‘Uncertainty Talk.’ He sees narratives as essential tools for making consequential decisions.
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‘Boycotts rob a culture of a piece of its heritage’
German scholar Dr Matthias Buschmeier on how war literature interprets the past and present and how culture is becoming a field of battle in the Ukrainian war.
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‘The Hollywood image of hackers is misleading’
Computer scientist Prof. Dr Peter Bernard Ladkin explains how great the danger really is of cyberattacks on Germany’s critical infrastructures.
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How is climate change accelerating species extinction?
Professor Dr Caroline Müller explains the consequences of rising temperatures for the ecosystem.
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Sociology congress: five days of discussion on polarization
Some 2500 researchers convening at Bielefeld University to discuss current societal challenges at the 41st Congress of the German Sociological Association.
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New BI.research: Navigating Uncertainty
The 53rd issue of the research magazine of Bielefeld University has been released.
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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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Using smart sensor technology to monitor hearts on the ISS space station
Medical School OWL working on study in outer space
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Cell division in microalgae: mitosis revealed in detail
Bielefeld University researchers identify cell structures involved
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