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News: BMBFKarliczek: European Research Area must guarantee the freedom of research
EU research ministers confirm freedom of science at Ministerial Conference on the ERA.
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Cities and Universities in CollaborationMayors of Bochum and Tsukuba discuss post-Corona-society
During the opening event of the “Tsukuba Global Science Week” on September 28 2020, the mayors of the cities of Tsukuba (Dr. Tatsuo Igarashi) and Bochum (Thomas Eiskirch) discussed with high-ranking scientists how a society after Corona should and ought to look like. In doing so, they especially went into detail on the close collaboration between cities and universities.
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News: DFG, JST, ANR
DFG to Fund Nine Trilateral Artificial Intelligence Projects
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is funding nine artificial intelligence projects in cooperation with the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST, Japan). The nine projects selected to receive funding will be launched on 16 November 2020 at the 2nd trilateral AI Symposium.
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Call for Papers: Japanese-German conference (Berlin, June 17-18, 2021)Artificial intelligence and the human – Cross-cultural perspectives on science and fiction
[Deadline: 2021/02/10] The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), the Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) and Waseda University published a call for papers for the Japanese-German conference: “Artificial Intelligence and the Human – Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Science and Fiction” (Berlin, June 17-18, 2021).
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News: Honda Prize 2020Dr. Henning Kagermann receives Honda Prize 2020
Dr. Henning Kagermann, Chair of the Board of Trustees at acatech – National Academy of Science (Germany), receives the Honda Prize, along with a honorarium of 10 million yen, for his “Recommendation for Implementing the Strategic Initiative Industrie 4.0”.
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Toru Kumagai’s report on R&D trends in GermanyGermany’s new national hydrogen strategy
— by Toru Kumagai Germany aims to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions, including CO2, to zero by 2050. Against that backdrop, the cabinet of Angela Merkel has introduced a hydrogen strategy that seeks to use hydrogen as a power source for manufacturing and transportation as one of the key measures to reduce CO2 emissions.
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News: Augsburg University of Applied SciencesCall for professorships
[Deadline: 2020/9/10] Augsburg University of Applied Sciences is inviting applications for professorships in the following areas: