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Pinkwart, Niels, Prof. Dr. (Computing and Society and Didactics of Informatics)

Duration of project: 01/2018 - 12/2020

Arbeitgeber, die Menschen mit Behinderungen eingestellt haben, sind von deren Leistungsfähigkeit in der Regel überzeugt. Mit Hilfe eines zugänglichen, digitalen, interaktiven und mobilen Informationsangebotes soll diese Erkenntnis bereits vor einer m ...

Using a mobile phone-based multimedia technology to support maternal health in rural southwestern Uganda

Pinkwart, Niels, Prof. Dr. (Computing and Society and Didactics of Informatics)

Duration of project: 02/2018 - 12/2020

T-T-T

Eisert, Peter, Prof. Dr.-Ing. (Visual Computing)

Duration of project: 06/2018 - 05/2019

TTT works as an addition to the traditional table tennis. Using cameras and sensors the ball and the player's movement is tracked, quantifying the gameplay. Using this tracking data the user’s actions are translated into audiovisual content that augm ...

Theoretical foundations for efficient enumeration of query results

Schweikardt, Nicole, Prof. Dr. (Theoretical Computer Science)

Duration of project: 07/2016 - 12/2019

Query evaluation is one of the central tasks of a database system. The theoretical foundations of query evaluation rely on a close connection between database theory and mathematical logic, as databases correspond to finite relational structures, and ...

Technical Procedures for Closed Crop Production Systems to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change-Induced Abiotic Stress

Schmidt, Uwe, Prof. Dr. (Section Biological Systems Technology)

Duration of project: 09/2018 - 08/2022

One of the major challenges of the 21st century is the mitigation of global climate change, which is mainly caused by greenhouse gas emissions. One contribution to this could be made by advanced and intelligently controlled greenhouse systems. Theref ...

Structural Flexibility in the Optical Design of the Arthropod Cornea

Scholtz, Gerhard, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Comparative Zoology)

Duration of project: 11/2016 - 10/2019

The arthropod cuticle is a versatile bio-composite made of chitin fibers embedded in a protein matrix. The cuticle also forms the cornea of the arthropod compound eye – a characteristic feature of the phylum that has largely contributed to its incred ...

Sponsoring Nao Robots

Hafner, Verena, Prof. Dr. (Adaptive Systems)

Duration of project: 04/2016 - 04/2017

NaoTH will get sponsoring for 6 new humanoid robots Nao Aldebaran.

RTG 2434: Facets of Complexity

Schweikardt, Nicole, Prof. Dr. (Theoretical Computer Science)

Duration of project: 04/2018 - 09/2022

Complexity is a central topic both in mathematics and in computer science. It appears in various forms: there is combinatorial complexity (number) of mathematical structures; description complexity (the possibility of encoding a structure succinctly ...

RTG 1651: Service-Oriented Architectures for the Integration of Software-Based Processes, Exemplified by Health Care Systems and Medical Technology (SOAMED)

Leser, Ulf, Prof. Dr.-Ing. (Knowledge Management in Bioinformatics)

Duration of project: 10/2014 - 12/2019

Service orientation is a promising architectural concept to quickly and cost efficiently couple encapsulated software components (“services”), and to adapt them to new requirements. Service orientation has mainly been suggested for co-operating busin ...

RG 2841/1: A Comprehensive Repository of Regulatory Elements and Their Variations in Human Disease (SP 05)

Leser, Ulf, Prof. Dr.-Ing. (Knowledge Management in Bioinformatics)

Duration of project: 03/2020 - 09/2023

Though the introduction of whole exome sequencing (WES) has enabled the molecular diagnosis rate for patients with rare genetic disorders to rise considerably, it has levelled at a maximum of 50%. WES is limited to the coding regions, meaning that it ...

RG 1306/1: Stratosphere II – Information Management on the Cloud (SP D)

Leser, Ulf, Prof. Dr.-Ing. (Knowledge Management in Bioinformatics)

Duration of project: 01/2014 - 12/2017

Processing iterative, stateful data analysis programs on vast amounts of “data in motion” under low-latency requires novel methods and techniques both from systems and an algorithmic point-of-view. In the proposed second phase of the research unit, w ...

Research platform „Literary field GDR“: authors, works, networks Pilot study: The students of the Institute of Literature „Johannes R. Becher“ Leipzig

Martus, Steffen, Prof. Dr. phil. (Modern German Literature / Literature of the 18th to the Present)

Duration of project: 10/2019 - 09/2022

The project heuristically draws upon research on GDR literature viewed from the perspective of Bourdieu’s notion of literary field and, perspectively, aims at a complete coverage of this field. For this purpose, it is necessary to 1.) collect data fo ...

REconciling sCience, Innovation and Precaution through the Engagement of Stakeholders (SP: Financial risks and urban waste planning)

Mieg, Harald, Prof. Dr. (Honorary Chairs / Professors by Special Appointment / Part-Time Lecturers)

Duration of project: 01/2019 - 12/2021

Many European cities are facing the challenges of massively overhauling their urban water infrastructures. This is due to both the requirements of the European Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD), and the fact that most of their main water ...

re3data – Community Driven Open Reference for Research Data Repositories

Petras, Vivien, Prof. (Information Retrieval)

Duration of project: 01/2020 - 12/2022

Scientific communities, funding organisations, research institutions and services rely on concise, current and specific repository descriptions and refer to re3data as a semi-authoritative source. As a registry and service of DataCite, re3data is cur ...

Prerequisites for an Artificial Self

Hafner, Verena, Prof. Dr. (Adaptive Systems)

Duration of project: 02/2019 - 01/2023

Predictive Autonomous Behaviour - Internal Models and Predictive Self-regulation

Hafner, Verena, Prof. Dr. (Adaptive Systems)

Duration of project: 09/2019 - 02/2020

PP 2207: What Matters? Key Passages in Literary Works (SP)

Martus, Steffen, Prof. Dr. phil. (Modern German Literature / Literature of the 18th to the Present)

Duration of project: 04/2020 - 03/2023

This explorative project deals with the identification and characterization of key passages in literary works. We understand key passages as passages that are particularly important to expert readers when interpreting texts. Why do interpreting schol ...

PP 2172: Curating Digital Images: Ethnographic Perspectives on the Affordances of Digital Images in Heritage and Museum Contexts

Macdonald, Sharon, Prof. Dr. (Social Anthropology)

Duration of project: 12/2019 - 11/2022

The DFG-funded project “Curating Digital Images” is located within the frame of the DFG priority programme “Das digitale Bild” / “The Digital Image” and focusses on ethnographic research on practices of digital curation related to the field of museum ...

PP 1926/1: Development and Application of Novel Optogenetic Tools in Specific Intracellular Compartments

Hegemann, Peter, Prof. Dr. (Experimental Biophysics)

Duration of project: 09/2016 - 01/2019

The aim of this work is the development of novel optogenetic tools that allow investigations on subcellular compartments. In the first project, we will combine proton and chloride channels or chloride pumps with targeting motives for synaptic vesicle ...

PP 1748: Approximation and Reconstruction of Stresses in the Deformed Configuration for Hyperelastic Material Models

Farkas, Gavril-Marius, Prof. Dr. (Department of Mathematics)

Duration of project: 09/2019 - 08/2022

Numerical simulation techniques are an essential component for the construction, design and optimisation of cutting-edge technologies as for example innovative products, new materials as well as medical-technical applications and production processes ...

PP 1748/2: Foundation and Application of Generalized Mixed FEM Towards Nonlinear Problems in Solid Mechanics

Carstensen, Carsten, Prof. (Numerical Handling of Differential Equations)

Duration of project: 10/2018 - 03/2023

The research of this project aims at the mathematical foundation and the engineering application of generalized mixed FEM as well as the development and the analysis of new non-standard methods that yield guaranteed results for nonlinear problems in ...

PP 1748/1: Foundation and Application of Generalized Mixed FEM Towards Nonlinear Problems in Solid Mechanics

Carstensen, Carsten, Prof. (Numerical Handling of Differential Equations)

Duration of project: 09/2014 - 11/2019

The research of this project aims at the mathematical foundation and the engineering application of generalised mixed FEM as well as the development and the analysis of new non-standard methods that yield guaranteed results for nonlinear problems in ...

PP 1593: ENsurance of Software evolUtion by Run-time cErtification II

Grunske, Lars, Prof. Dr. (Software Engineering)

Duration of project: 01/2016 - 08/2019

Quality attributes play an important role in different classes of software systems, e.g. safety in embedded systems and performance in business information systems. Currently, quality requirements are typically checked at design time. For evolving sy ...

PP 1285: Spin-Dependent Electron in GaAs/AlGaAs Nanostructures (III)

Fischer, Saskia, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (New Materials)

Duration of project: 10/2011 - 07/2014

The aim of this project within the DFG priority programme 1285 "Semiconductor Spinelectronics" is to investigate spin-dependent ballistic transport in nanoscale GaAs/AlGaAs field-effect heterostructures (FETs) of low spin-orbit coupling, and to exten ...

Photoactive antimicrobial coatings

Röder, Beate, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. (Experimental Physics / Photobiophysics)

Duration of project: 04/2017 - 02/2020

Metallische und mineralische Oberflächen an Häusern und technischen Gebäuden sind aufgrund ihrer Funktion oft jahrzehntelang Witterungseinflüssen ausgesetzt und damit Angriffspunkt für die unerwünschte Ansiedlung von Bakterien, Pilzen und Algen welch ...