The British Council's latest study, entitled “The Shape of Global Higher Education: International Comparisons with Europe” compared the national regulatory frameworks and higher education internationalisation results of 20 countries. Michael Peak, Head of Higher Education Systems Research at the British Council, explains this conclusion from the German perspective.
Vision 2030 - A Humboldt Professor looks ahead to the future. Amongst other things, Angenent investigates how bacteria can be optimised and utilised for synthesising fuels, chemicals and food.
The Sino-German Alumni Expert Network for Engineering is one of seven expert networks launched by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in October 2017 as part of the Sino-German Alumni Networks project (DCHAN for short). These networks promote exchange with China as an increasingly important research location and market, and build bridges even in politically difficult times.
Thanks to modern dialogue systems like Alexa and Siri, computers have become our everyday helpers: on voice command they deliver information, operate stereo equipment, switch the lights on and even tell jokes. But they do it without a trace of emotion – a normal conversation is impossible. Milica Gasic from Serbia wants to change that.
The topic of artificial intelligence is unavoidable these days – everyone is talking about AI. Already it is part of most software – even if it isn’t immediately recognisable as such. However, we are a long way from thinking computers and completely autonomous robots.
