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04APR 2023
Research
FAU mathematician receives ERC Advanced Grant
Another researcher from FAU has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The mathematician and Humboldt professor Dr. Enrique Zuazua will receive up to 2.5 million euros for his project “Control for Deep and Federated Learning”. Among the topics Enrique Zuazua deals with are partial differential equations, control theory and numerics. […]
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04APR 2023
Research
Gene scissors used successfully in the laboratory against HIV-related virus
HTLV-1 triggers aggressive forms of leukemia or an incurable spinal cord disease that leads to paralysis: the virus is the often ignored but no less insidious sibling of the HIV virus that causes AIDS and also belongs to the family of retroviruses. A group of researchers from TU Dresden, the company PROVIREX Genome Editing Therapies […]
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03APR 2023
Research
Music technology researcher at FAU receives 1.25 million euros in funding from the DFG
At first glance music and computer science might have little to do with one another, but Prof. Dr. Meinard Müller thinks differently: he aims to use artificial intelligence to analyze complex characteristics and hidden relations in music. Professor Müller is an expert in semantic audio signal processing at FAU and his research deals with analyzing […]
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31MAR 2023
FAU news
FAU lecturers awarded Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Dr. habil. Nadine Hamilton and Prof. Dr. Dr. Patricia Wiater from FAU have both been awarded the Prize for Excellence in Teaching this year. The prize, awarded by the Bavarian Ministry of Science and the Arts, honors their outstanding dedication and the excellent quality of their teaching. “With innovative and creative teaching, the winners of […]
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29MAR 2023
FAU news
How international law can protect human rights
Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling is the new director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. In this interview, he explains exactly what the academy does, how his work and research are relevant to our everyday lives and what it means when “the right to life is disregarded during wartime”. Professor Safferling, you were recently appointed as […]
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27MAR 2023
FAU news
One step ahead of fraudsters
Demand for accommodation is steadily on the rise, which seems to be leading to a corresponding rise in the number of untrustworthy advertisements for accommodation. Apartments for rent at a price which seems almost too good to be true, odd requests made of potential new tenants – students should be aware of warning signals such […]
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27MAR 2023
Research
The quality of most dementia apps is insufficient
Memory training, exercises to improve brain fitness, early detection tests for dementia or tools to help carers organize their daily schedule: The range of apps for people with dementia and their care-giving relatives is very wide. A team of researchers at FAU and digiDEM Bayern (the digital dementia register for Bavaria) has now evaluated the […]
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27MAR 2023
FAU news
FAU among top performers in QS subject ranking
Most of the subjects at FAU have improved their ranking and FAU’s employer reputation has developed positively according to the latest QS World University Subject Ranking published by the education information service provider Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Overall FAU is rated as one of the top 200 universities worldwide for seven subjects. Materials Sciences is again […]
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23MAR 2023
Research
FAU Research Center New Bioactive Compounds is launched
Research disciplines have to work together closely to develop new bioactive compounds. To make this collaboration even more efficient in the future, FAU has set up a new research center called “New Bioactive Compounds” (FAU NeW). In this center, successful international and interdisciplinary teams of researchers in pharmaceutical science, food chemistry and pharmacology at FAU […]
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23MAR 2023
Alumni
New video series: FAU Alumni #MyStory
They all studied at FAU and are now embarking on a journey into the past to tell their very personal stories: The protagonists of FAU Alumni #MyStory. In the new video series by the FAU Alumni Management, the alumni return to the FAU campus and talk about their studies and their careers in a relaxed […]
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23MAR 2023
Alumni
FAU Alumni #MyStory: Daniel Teichmann
In just 10 years he has expanded his company Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies – a spin-off from FAU – into the world market leader in the hydrogen industry: FAU alumnus Daniel Teichmann. In the video he returns to FAU and gives exciting insights into his student days and his current job as CEO of an international […]
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22MAR 2023
FAU news
Topping out ceremony for four new lecture theaters at FAU Campus Erlangen
Four new lecture theaters in two highly efficient and sustainable timber frame buildings: On Friday, March 17, 2023, the topping out ceremony for both buildings took place on the FAU Campus Erlangen (South). Vice President Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch noted the significance of the event: “Our University is in the middle of a decade of […]
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