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FAU has been researching artificial intelligence for more than 40 years, always in close connection with medical technology. Now the AI health node has been established in Erlangen. FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger reported on this in a BR2 interview on May 25. "AI will change medicine very...

The Frankenschau will report on April 20 about the digital start of the semester at FAU. Sónia Hetzner from the Institute for Innovation in Learning talks about the challenge of offering the entire FAU course online. However, this also poses difficulties for students who lack the financial means for...

University receives four new professorships in the field of artificial intelligence FAU once again demonstrates its excellence in the field of artificial intelligence (AI): In the second round of the AI competition of the High-Tech Agenda Bayern, it will receive four new professorships in this fiel...

Right now, most people are working from home. Videoconferencing tools are part of everyday life. How does this situation change the future of work? Is home office now becoming the standard? Or will everyone go back to the office after the crisis? Prof. Dr. Sabine Pfeiffer, Chair of Sociology with a ...

In the summer semester of 2020, FAU will have to make an almost complete switch to digital teaching formats due to the corona pandemic. To this end, FAU has already established infrastructures within a very short time that enable the expansion and implementation of digital teaching formats (see www....

Online courses for the summer semester Everywhere at FAU, work on e-learning formats is in full swing, including key qualifications. The Central Institute for Science Reflection and Key Qualifications, the ZiWiS, has already designed more than 20 courses for the coming summer semester as online cou...

Prof. Dr. Peter Bell on the automated recognition of art historical representations   How can computers automatically recognize and understand Christmas scenes? How have festive motifs changed over the years? These questions were addressed on Monday, December 16th, by the series of events "...

BMBF project on libraries, digitisation and cultural education in rural areas How can rural areas be designed in such a way that they also represent a culturally attractive living environment for young people? And how can the library as a cultural location contribute to this? The project „Bibliothe...

The Institute for Innovation in Learning (ILI) at FAU as an example of best practice Classroom teaching at German universities is currently suspended due to the corona crisis. It is unclear whether it can be resumed at the start of lectures on 20 April - alternatives must be prepared. The FAU has t...

Aid for digitisation measures Since March 10th, all FAU courses in attendance have been cancelled until further notice. To what extent the situation will change after April 20 is not yet foreseeable. The university management has therefore called on all lecturers to prepare alternative teaching for...