EVENTS
June 01, 2018
12:15 p.m. until 1:45 p.m., Einstein Center Digital Future
The German Ethics Council@ECDF: lecture and discussion
Prof. Dr. Steffen Augsberg, (Chairman task group „Big Data“ within German Ethics Council; Chair of public law, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen) talks about “Big Data and its regulatory framework – recommendations of the German Ethics Council”. Language: German. The number of participants is limited. Registration is required >>
June 06-08, 2018
Hackathon: Augmenting Cities
Professor Jochen Rabe and his team would like to invite interested parties from a wide range of disciplines to participate in the Hackathon ‚Augmenting Cities‘ at the Einstein Center Digital Future. The organizers are looking for talents with ideally first AR experiences and most importantly ingenuity and enthusiasm to investigate this new field in thinking, planning and using cities! Apply now! Send your application till May 28, 2018 to hackathon[at]ecdf-urd.de. >> More information
About
The Einstein Center Digital Future is an inter-university nucleus for research on the digitalization of our society. Its aim is to foster innovative, cutting-edge interdisciplinary research, and to provide outstanding training for talented young scholars. The Einstein Center Digital Future is a public-private partnership, initiating around 50 new professorships, and bringing together universities, non-university research institutes, and industrial enterprises, as well as regional and federal ministries. The scale of this alliance between public entities, sponsors and supporters is unique in Berlin’s history as a center of academic endeavor.
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EXECUTIVE BOARD
Prof. Dr. Odej Kao
Speaker, Einstein Center Digital Future
Technische Universität Berlin
Prof. Johann-Christoph Freytag, Ph.D.
Speaker, Digital Infrastructure, Methods and Algorithms
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost
Speaker, Digital Humanities and Society
Berlin University of the Arts
Prof. Dr. Axel Radlach Pries
Speaker, Digital Health
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jochen Schiller
Speaker, Digital Industries and Services
Freie Universität Berlin
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Professor Kristina Höök
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Einstein Center Digital Future
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Sweden
Professor Wolfgang Wahlster
Co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Einstein Center Digital Future
Saarland University, Germany, CEO of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
Professor Peter Apers
University of Twente, Netherlands
Professor Søren Brunak
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Joel Dudley, PhD, Associate Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
Professor Hans Hansen
Mälardalen University, Sweden
Professor Sabina Jeschke
RWTH Aachen University, Germany and Member of the Management Board for Digitalization and Technology, Deutsche Bahn AG
Press
Berlin becomes a hotspot of digital research
The digital future starts in Berlin. 50 new professorships will be established in the areas Digital Humanities and Society, Digital Industry and Services, Digital Health, as well as Digital Infrastructure, Methods and Algorithms. All four universities of Berlin and the Charité - University Hospital are participating. The Beuth University of Applied Sciences and the HTW University of Applied Sciences will also establish professorships. In close cooperation with extra-university research institutions, industry and politics the Einstein Center Digital Future will be established in Berlin. It will promote the German capital as a hotspot of digital research and development.