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Prostate cancer: Newly-developed inhibitor shows massive potential

New epigenetic inhibitor is also effective in treatment-resistant prostate cancer cells.

News from Campus OWL

Trustworthy AI for Seamless Problem Solving

With the steadily increasing integration of artificial intelligence into everyday life, it becomes increasingly important to ask how trustworthy these technologies are. The Research Training Group for Trustworthy AI Technology ‘DataNinja’ aims to contribute to this with various projects. Data Ninja connects leading universities in the area of AI from the region of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is hosted at Bielefeld University. One project is the Real-time Configuration of Algorithms with Multi-armed Bandits (EKAmBa) headed by Professors Dr Kevin Tierney (Bielefeld University) and Dr Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo (Paderborn University) together with Associate Professor Dr Eyke Hüllermeier (LMU Munich).

Information Session: Executive Master of Public Administration at the Hertie School

Find out more about the flexible mid-career program for working professionals in this online info session on February 5, 2024.

News from the Hasso Plattner Institute

Service to the Scientific Community

Prof. Felix Naumann, head of the “Information Systems” department at Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), is the new editor-in-chief of the “Journal of Data and Information Quality” (JDIQ). The HPI talked to him about his work as editor-in-chief and the focus of the journal.

News from UA Ruhr

Research Explorer Ruhr 2024

Call for applications: Research Explorer Ruhr (RER) is a program in June 2024 for international early postdoctoral researchers (to-be) interested in exploring the research landscape of the University Alliance Ruhr. Application deadline is 24 February.

News from the Hasso Plattner Institute

HPI Sets a Sign for More Diversity in IT: empowerHER+ Conference at HPI in January 2024

In January 2024, the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) invites you to Potsdam for the second empowerHER+ conference. The conference to promote women in IT was launched with the aim of bringing together young talent and experts in the industry to discuss how to shape a more diverse tech future.

News from the University of Cologne

University of Cologne Achieves Top Results in Two International Subject Rankings

The subject rankings of the Times Higher Education World University (THE) Rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) give subjects at the University of Cologne top scores: In the THE Ranking, the University is among the 10 best universities in Germany in more than half of the ranked subjects. In the ARWU Ranking, sociology in particular stands out, achieving first place nationally. Both rankings take different subjects into account and use different indicators.