Professor Mira Mezini has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences by the Presidium of the Leopoldina, one of the oldest scientific academies in the world. This is one of the highest scientific honours. As a member of the Leopoldina, Mezini is a member of the Information Sciences Research Group.

First Gender Mint Professorship for Computer Science

From March, we will welcome Dr. Isabella Graßl as our first Gender MINT Visiting Professor of Computer Science for two years. In her background and research, she combines computer science and the humanities: she holds Bachelor's degrees in Internet Computing and in Linguistics and Textual Studies, as well as Master's degrees in Computer Science and in Textual and Cultural Semiotics from the University of Passau. She completed her doctorate there with a thesis on diversity in programming education. The 32-year-old brings international research experience from the University of Cambridge, where she was most recently a Research Associate in Computing Education. The visiting professorship is based in the Software Engineering Research Group of Prof. Mira Mezini. It is funded by the German Federal and State Government's Women's Professorship Programme III in the first year and by the Department itself in the second year. To get to know her better, we asked her a few questions

Humanoid robot TALOS at TU Darmstadt for research into human-like learning

The Technical University of Darmstadt is expanding its portfolio of large-scale interdisciplinary research equipment with a special addition: the state-of-the-art humanoid robot ‘TALOS’. There are currently only five other research centres in the world with such a robot, and Darmstadt's TALOS is the only one in Germany. Its arrival today also marked the launch of the new Laboratory for Humanoid Robotics.

Image and Video Analysis

Simone Schaub-Meyer has been Professor of Image and Video Analysis at the Department of Computer Science since February. The 35-year-old scientist completed her doctorate at ETH Zurich, and in her dissertation, which was awarded the ETH Medal, she developed innovative methods for motion visualisation and video image interpolation.

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CROSSING, emergenCITY, the cluster project The Third Wave of AI (3AI), and the Zuse School ELIZA recognize exceptionally well performances of female students.

Professor Mira Mezini, Head of the Research Group Software Engineering, has been appointed as an ACM Fellow at the Department of Computer Science at TU Darmstadt.

Biometrics, Human Analysis and Behavior Understanding (BHABU)

Naser Damer has been a professor at TU Darmstadt since the beginning of January. He has taken over the newly created professorship for ‘Biometrics, Human Analysis and Behaviour Understanding (BHABU)’ at the Department of Computer Science, where he will strengthen the work of the National Research Centre for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE.

The expertise that computer science alumnus Kai Beckmann acquired and the people he met at TU Darmstadt provided him with important stimulus and inspiration for his professional career at Merck

Kai Beckmann studied computer science at TU Darmstadt in the 1980s and completed his doctorate in economics at the university ten years later part-time while working. Beckmann began his career at the science and technology company Merck as an IT system consultant. Today, the alumnus is a Member of the Executive Board of Merck responsible for the Electronics business sector (semiconductors and specialty chemicals), the Darmstadt site, patents and inhouse consulting.

Interview with Dr. Simone Schaub-Meyer, early career researcher in the cluster project “RAI”

In the “RAI” project, Dr. Simone Schaub-Meyer is working to improve our understanding of widely used artificial intelligence (AI) models and to make them more robust. In this interview, the computer scientist reveals why this is important, who could benefit from it in the future and what drives her personally. Part two of a video series with early career researchers in the planned clusters of excellence involving TU Darmstadt.

manager magazin and BCG honour their formative influence

Professor Dr Iryna Gurevych, Head of the Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing (UKP) Lab at the Technical University of Darmstadt, has been named one of the ‘Top 100 most influential women in German business’ by manager magazin and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

The winners of the IANUS Prize 2024 were honoured at the TU Darmstadt. The prize was awarded to four outstanding diploma theses on topics of scientific-technical peace and conflict research. The award winners come from various disciplines at TU Darmstadt.

Center combines the competence and expertise of 13 universities

Hesse supports the exploration of artificial intelligence as a field of the future: Science Minister Timon Gremmels, together with Digital Minister Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus, handed over a funding notice worth twelve million euros to hessian.AI, the Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence, at the Hessian Ministry of Science, Research, Art, and Culture. Discussions also focused on current and future developments of the center. hessian.AI combines the competence and expertise of 13 universities and, with its scientific excellence, is a key component of the hessian.AI ecosystem.

News from the field and opportunity to exchange ideas

A light snow fell just in time for the start of this year's Departmental Winter Colloquium. In a cosy atmosphere, staff, students, professors and emeriti could once again look forward to an update on the Department, short presentations by new researchers and the presentation of the Feedback Awards by the Student Committee

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In the last few days, there has been harassment of students and stalking both online and on campus. We are shocked by this behavior and there will be no tolerance for this behavior at our department and the entire university!

The Departmental Award goes to the ENCRYPTO group for the restructuring of the Digital Technology course.

On Wednesday, 20 November 2024, TU Darmstadt once again hosted its annual Teaching Day, which focuses on current issues and challenges in studying and teaching. The day concluded with the presentation of the Athene Awards for Good Teaching, donated by the Carlo and Karin Giersch Foundation. With total prize money of 46,000 euros, the Athene Awards honour outstanding achievements in teaching. This year, the great commitment of the ENCRYPTO group, led by Prof. Thomas Schneider, was rewarded with the Athene Departmental Prize Computer Science. The prize of 2,000 euros is in recognition of the restructuring of the first semester course 'Digital Technology', which the lecturers have consistently adapted to the needs and feedback of the students.