The projects “THInKI – Thüringer Hochschulinitiative für KI im Studium” and “DaLiJe – Data Literacy Jena” provide a workshop on Friday morning “KI-Werkstatt Lehre” (German). The workshop will give lecturers the opportunity to meet each other as well as AI experts in a collegial setting to develop common ideas for the integration of AI into […]
The state of Thuringia supports the continuation of the two AI-based projects “Canarėno” and “simpLEX” at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The projects are hosted at the Competence Center Digital Research (zedif) and the Heinz Nixdorf Professorship for Distributed Information Systems at the University of Jena. Project partners are the Jena city administration, the DLR Institute […]
12.01.2023 09:00 – 20:00, Rosensäle of Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Fürstengraben 27, 07743 Jena, Great Lecture Hall)
The goal of the recently established ELLIS Unit Jena is to combine fundamental development in machine learning with challenges concerning spatio-temporal environmental and climate dynamics for a better understanding of the Earth system and its […]
This year, there was the Retreat of the “Werkstatt” project again after a long time. It took place on August 30 & 31 in the “Altes Schloss Dornburg”, a beautiful event location at Jena University.
The PhD students of the 15 pilot projects presented their work and a short overview on the 3 core projects was […]
“Data literacy is the ability to handle data in an organized manner, use them consciously and question them in the respective context. This includes the competencies to collect, explore, manage, curate, analyse, visualise, interpret, contextualise, evaluate and apply data.” (Hochschulforum Digitalisierung, 2017). As a result of the ongoing digitization and datafication of […]
Researchers at the Competence Center Digital Research (zedif) and the Heinz Nixdorf Chair for Distributed Information Systems aim to design AI-based solutions to address certain bureaucratic and technical challenges that arise in the context of the Online Access Act (Onlinezugangsgesetz, OZG). Together with partners from the Thuringian Ministry of Finance, the Institute of Data […]
On 01.04.2022, the Research Training Group “Interactive Inference” will start. The group will investigate probabilistic models and how to draw reliable conclusions from them using data. The aim is to improve the reliability of Artificial Intelligence (AI), that is used nowadays in many fields like medicine, business and science. The focus is on the development […]
The Competence Center Digital Research (zedif) is setting up quickly.
Contact details of the team, courses on several topics concerning research data and software as well as further information can be found on the website.
The zedif has set up a section in the service desk portal of Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) Jena. Here, researchers can […]
Since December 1, 2021, two further experts complement the team of the Competence Center Digital Research (zedif).
Dr. Philipp Schäfer (left) has a background in software development and mathematics. Before joining zedif, he worked as a research scientist at DLR’s Institute of Data Science in Jena and as a software developer for two IT companies. He […]
On 01.12.2021, the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Ilmenau University of Technology start a 4-year joint project that constitutes an important element in the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) competencies in Thuringia. The project – “THInKI – Thüringer Hochschulinitiative für KI im Studium” – is coordinated by the Thuringian Center for Learning Systems […]
