TUM Press Releases
Can surgeons quantify the risk of aphasia when removing a brain tumor? To find out, researchers at Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are analyzing the brain as a network. In a current study with 60 patients, they already achieved an accuracy rate with three quarters of their predictions.
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In the Providentia++ project, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have worked with industry partners to develop a technology to complement the vehicle perspective based on onboard sensor input with a bird’s-eye view of traffic conditions. This improves road safety – also for autonomous driving.
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International talks and presentations at the high-tech summit, demonstrations of some 30 practical applications created by startups and in current research projects at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), AI.Society panel discussions, and Robothon®, a competition for young AI and robotics talent: munich_i is a high-tech platform being held under the auspices of the automatica trade fair from June 21–24 2022. It will show how humans and machines are converging – and provide fuel for debate, for example on the essential steps on the road ahead, especially for the international networking of…
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Ziel des Leuchtturmprojekts "Digitale Herz-OP" der Technischen Universität München (TUM) ist es, eine präzisere und schonendere Behandlung von Herzerkrankungen zu ermöglichen. Ärzte und Ingenieure des Deutschen Herzzentrums München (DHM) und des Münchner Instituts für Robotik und Maschinelle Intelligenz (MIRMI) arbeiten in einer zukunftsweisenden Partnerschaft eng zusammen, um gemeinsam neue hochpräzise Instrumente für den Operationssaal, das Herzkatheterlabor und die Intensivstation zu entwickeln. Orientiert an klinischen Herausforderungen werden innovative Sensordatenfusion, KI-gestützte…
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Prof. Urs Gasser is the founding dean of the new TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology and is also the rector of the Hochschule für Politik München. In this interview he explains why values and technology must be treated as inseparable.
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Sometimes tools can serve different purposes. Last weekend GARMI, the service robot developed to care for elderly people, handed over trophies to the winners of the 2022 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women to avoid COVID-19 contagions. We tell you some highlights and impressions of the event in this video. GARMI has been under development at the TUM Geriatronics Research Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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By today’s signing of their cooperation agreement, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the University of
Augsburg (UNIA), and the Munich School of Philosophy (HFPH) have laid the foundation stone for the joint “Center
for Responsible AI Technologies”, which will bring philosophical, ethical and social science issues into the
development of AI technologies in an integrated approach to research.
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has chosen Prof. Nassir Navab as an IEEE Fellow for
2022. Navab is head of the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality at TUM. The
IEEE recognizes Navab's outstanding achievements in augmented reality-based applications in medicine and
computer-aided interventions
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A TUM Team has developed software that lets race cars compete in motorsports without a driver. The TUM
Autonomous Motorsport Team was able to take 1st and 2nd place at the Autonomous Challenges in Indianapolis
and most recently at the CES in Las Vegas. Does this technology have the potential to revolutionize racing?
Markus Lienkamp, Professor for automotive technology, tells us the answer
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For cardiac arrest victims, minutes can mean the difference between life and death. It’s vital that medical
emergency response teams get to them quickly, but in more remote, rural areas this can sometimes be difficult.
“HORYZN” is an initiative of students of the Institute of Flight System Dynamics, chaired by Prof. Florian
Holzapfel, at TUM and has developed a remote-controlled, AI-supported rescue drone with a defibrillator on
board for just such emergencies
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