“A very good foundation to take the first steps [..] with ML” – Testimonial from a participant in the KTUR Machine Learning Course

The KTUR team has received excellent feedback on the first cross-border training course on Machine Learning."The workshop was fantastic! It offers a very…

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Support requested: Survey on location conditions and networks in the “Upper Rhine Metropolitan Region

In June, two independently bookable Machine Learning advanced training courses developed within the framework of KTUR were successfully held. The participants of the English-language courses in Karlsruhe (introductory course) and Strasbourg (advanced course) gained insights into application-oriented topics of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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First cross-border continuing education courses held in June: “a fantastic opportunity”

In June, two independently bookable Machine Learning advanced training courses developed within the framework of KTUR were successfully held. The participants of the English-language courses in Karlsruhe (introductory course) and Strasbourg (advanced course) gained insights into application-oriented topics of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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4C Accelerator Tübingen: Qualification program for medical life science start-ups and founders

Start-ups and founders from the medical life science and health care sector listen up! Until July 22, 2022, you can apply for the "4C Accelerator Tübingen" of the Medical Innovations Incubator GmbH. The qualification program offers focused training with a successful support concept and increases your "investor readiness"!

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Successful completion of the CE Interreg project CEUP 2030: A joint innovation system for policy making on Industry 4.0 and advanced manufacturing

The KIT Institute of Automation and Applied Informatics (IAI) successfully completes the CE Interreg project CEUP 2030 at the end of April 2022. The project focussed on promoting the joint networking of the research community with decision makers and Industry within the topics of advanced manufacturing and industry4.0. best-practice examples, flagship projects together with a number of strategy documents will support the involved triple-helix stakeholders in implementing current topics such as artificial intelligence or automation in their respective working environments.

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SPARK: Trinational ideas competition – learn from successful local entrepreneurs and transform your ideas into viable products

The successful SPARK ideas competition of the Foundersclub Freiburg will take place from 15th of May – 17th of July 2021 – now as a trinational event within the framework of the KTUR project. At the ideas competition last year in 2020 80 students from different disciplines, took part to develop start-up projects based on cool ideas. During the program, the students – from computer science, design to classical business studies – worked together in teams. 13 exciting projects resulted from the competition.

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New team member – Colleague Robot

Due to advancing digitalization, increasing cost pressure as well as increased customer and flexibility requirements, companies are confronted with the challenge of using their available resources more and more efficiently. Process automation with robotics is at the forefront of future-oriented human-computer interaction, both in the production and service sectors. How does the implementation of such solutions work? What challenges arise? What are the possible development prospects for companies in the region? On May 20 at 3:00 p.m., Offenburg University of Applied Sciences will bring together a panel of researchers, developers and users to discuss these issues as part of the new series of events “Future Company”.

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From bench to bedside – Interview with Prof. Dr. Véronique Orian-Rousseau

Prof. Dr. Véronique Orian-Rousseau is Professor of Genetics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and co-founder of the pharmaceutical start-up company amcure. After completing her PhD at the University of Strasbourg, this French scientist joined the KIT (at the time Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe). Since 2003 she is heading a research group, now embedded in the Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems - Functional Molecular Systems. We spoke to Prof. Orian-Rousseau about her experience in exploiting her own research results and how the founding of amcure changed her work as a scientist.

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Trinational continuing education programs: Interview with working group leader Romina Junk

One of the main topics of KTUR is scientific continuing education. Within the framework of the project, the team will create trinational offers, which suit the immediate needs of companies from the Upper Rhine region and consider the different legal aspects in the involved countries. We spoke with Romina Junk, leader of the KTUR working group and head of the Insitute for Scientific Continuing Education at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, about the current state and challenges in designing trinational continuing education programs.

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