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Mexican delegation comes to Bielefeld University

Published on 30. Juni 2017
Building up research cooperation; planning joint study courses

Yesterday (29.06.2017), Professor Dr. Miguel Ángel Navarro Navarro, Vice-Rector of the University of Guadalajara, the second-oldest university in Mexico, headed a delegation to Bielefeld University. The reason for the visit is the joint development of a German–Latin American research centre in the social sciences and humanities: the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS). In addition, the two universities are planning to cooperate even more strongly in research and teaching.[Weiterlesen]
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Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome: System to help patients communicate

Published on 29. Juni 2017
Researchers at Cluster of Excellence CITEC launch collaborative research project

A new device is meant to help people with severe brain damage to communicate with others. The NeuroCommTrainer is supposed to understand brain signals, and enable the patient to respond with a “yes” or a “no” using electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements.  Best of all, the system helps train patients to control their brain activity in a targeted way. The NeuroCommTrainer project begins this month and is funded with 1.87 million Euro. Neuropsychologist Professor Dr. Johanna Kissler, of Bielefeld University’s Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC), is leading the new research. Three universities, two companies, and the v. Bodelschwingh Foundation Bethel are working together on this project.[Weiterlesen]
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On polygamous females and single-parent males

Published on 22. Juni 2017
Behavioural researchers at Bielefeld University are studying plovers

Male plovers survive more successfully in the wild than females. Behavioural researchers at Bielefeld University have studied how sex biases develop across the life span of the plover. They report on the consequences of the surplus of males for rearing chicks in the research journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’.
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Training programme for refugee teachers

Published on 19. Juni 2017
Applications for Bielefeld University’s ‘Lehrkräfte Plus’ programme close on the 30th of June

Starting in August, refugee teachers can train in the new ‘Lehrkräfte Plus’ programme at Bielefeld University and potentially qualify to work in schools in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The application phase has now been launched and will continue until the 30th of June 2017. ‘Lehrkräfte Plus’ is a training programme at Bielefeld University set up in cooperation with the NRW Ministry of Education and Training and the State Coordination Office for Local Integration Centres in NRW. The three-year project is being funded by the Bertelsmann Foundation.[Weiterlesen]
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Self-Learning Robot Hands

Published on 8. Juni 2017
Cluster of Excellence CITEC presents new system that learns how to grasp objects

Researchers at Bielefeld University have developed a grasp system with robot hands that autonomously familiarizes itself with novel objects. The new system works without previously knowing the characteristics of objects, such as pieces of fruit or tools. It was developed as part of the large-scale research project Famula at Bielefeld University’s Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC). The knowledge gained from this project could contribute to future service robots, for instance, that are able to independently adapt to working in new households. CITEC has invested approximately one million Euro in Famula. In a new “research_tv” report from Bielefeld University, the coordinators of the Famula project explain the new innovation.[Weiterlesen]
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Second DFG success story: Bielefeld University participates for the first time in a Transregio Collaborative Research Centre (CRC-TRR) in physics

Published on 1. Juni 2017
Joint project with Goethe University Frankfurt and Technische Universität Darmstadt

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new Transregio Collaborative Research Centre (CRC-TRR) in which physicists from Goethe University Frankfurt, Bielefeld University, and Technische Universität Darmstadt will be carrying out research on ‘strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions’. Over the next four years, the DFG will be funding the CRC-TRR with about 8 million Euros. Professor Dr. Dirk Rischke from Frankfurt University is the Speaker; Professor Dr. Frithjof Karsch from Bielefeld University his deputy.[Weiterlesen]
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