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If you are an Ukrainian scientist working in the fields of Robotics, Machine Intelligence and AI and you would be interested in relocating to Munich/Germany to work (at least temporarily in these difficult times) at the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) of the Technical… [weiterlesen]

With the motto “zufälliggenial?” (“Accidentally brilliant?”), MIRMI together with Franka Emika and the Robokind Foundation hosted for the third time the Jugend Forscht competition on 22. and 23. Feb in Munich West. The last two editions of the event have taken place in online format to prevent the… [weiterlesen]

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. [weiterlesen]

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… [weiterlesen]

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… [weiterlesen]

MIRMI reached crucial milestones thanks to the continuous commitment of all its members and the support of the MIRMI administrative team in 2021. Thanks to the Science Board, which presented its strategy to the TUM President in spring and also advocated for incentives for the MIRMI community on… [weiterlesen]

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… [weiterlesen]

The Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts is launching a new funding program to strengthen corona research at medical faculties and university hospitals in Bavaria. This was announced by Science Minister Bernd Sibler in Munich in mid-December. According to Sibler, the funding… [weiterlesen]

A method to shed unprecedented views into skin diseases: That was the goal when the INNODERM project was launched in 2016 under the leadership of TUM. It has yielded a novel imaging modality that can see deeper and with higher discrimination beneath the skin surface than any competing method… [weiterlesen]

Prof. Johannes Fottner and Professor Magnus Fröhling received the TUM Sustainability Award on behalf of the CirculaTUM research network during the Dies Academicus. The interdisciplinary network was founded to bundle the diverse competencies of TUM for a resource-efficient circular economy and to… [weiterlesen]