Jacek Zawisza

RWTH and the Universität zu Köln are jointly creating a so-called Startup Factory. 😀 With their Gateway FACTORY Startup project, the partners are among the 15 universities that have now been invited by the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) to submit a comprehensive concept by 2025. They have thus cleared the first important hurdle of the prestigious competition. This was announced yesterday by Federal Minister and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck at the Exist Congress in Berlin. 👍 According to the BMWK, up to ten excellent projects will be given the opportunity to establish cross-university ecosystems with international recognition and strong integration into regional and national value chains as part of the so-called Flagship Competition. The program builds on the universities’ startup support initiatives and is dedicated to increasing the number of spin-offs from educational and research institutions. The final decision on the flagship projects to receive funding will be made in April 2025. Successful applicants will then receive up to 10 million euros over a period of five years. 💪 📸 (Alessa Busch/RWTH Innovation): A successful concept - Federal Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck (right), the Federal Government Commissioner for Digital Economy & Start-ups Anna Christmann (second from left), and Stefan Drews from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action congratulate the team from RWTH and the University of Cologne. Professor Matthias Notz, CEO of Start2Group, Professor Rainer Minz, the Rector’s Representative for Alumni Relations, Fundraising and Technology Transfer at the University of Cologne, and Professor Matthias Wessling, Vice-Rector for Technology Transfer and Translation at RWTH, are presented with the certificate. ➡ https://lnkd.in/eXk3NFV4 #startup #startups #universities #economy #technology #transfer #innovation #entrepreneurship #deeptech EXIST - Existenzgründungen aus der Wissenschaft Günther Schuh Malte Brettel

241

3 Kommentare

Germany and Deep Tech: A Future-Defining Opportunity   The Zukunftsstudie IX by MÜNCHNER KREIS e.V. highlights the transformative potential of Deep Tech to boost Germany's innovation capacity, competitiveness, and technological sovereignty.  But success won’t happen automatically. For Deep Tech to transition from research to real-world application, we need:   👉 Companies willing to make long-term investments 👉 Research institutions that professionalize knowledge transfer 👉 Policymakers who create agile frameworks 👉 Stronger collaboration in innovation ecosystems, especially for SMEs and start-ups 👉 Investors ready to back groundbreaking technologies   Where do we stand – and what is SAP doing? A key finding of the study: Turning research into commercial applications remains a significant challenge. This is exactly where we as SAP play a crucial role. As a global leader in enterprise software with over 50 years of experience, SAP is dedicated to driving innovation by bridging the gap between academic research and practical, commercially viable business solutions. Since 2019, we have been working closely with the Technische Universität München on deep tech topics such as different aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. For example, we have been working together on cutting-edge topics such as Generative AI, Deep Reinforcement Learning, Probabilistic Programming, and Explainable AI. By co-innovating and integrating these pioneering technologies into SAP solutions, we enable start-ups to test and scale their innovations in real-world business environments. This ensures that our customers benefit from forward-looking, practical solutions. This collaboration highlights our commitment to turning research results into actionable value for industries worldwide.   The release of this study is a key highlight of the Münchner Kreis' 50th anniversary, where I am proud to serve on the board. The study underscores the value of the Münchner Kreis' work and why it is my mission to provide as many people as possible with access to this network to benefit from its insights and recommendations — because innovation is a shared responsibility that transcends individual stakeholders.    I look forward to your thoughts and ideas!   MÜNCHNER KREIS e.V. Michael Dowling Helmut Krcmar Dr. Rahild Neuburger Dr. Katharina Wollenberg Michael Wittmann Dr. Leonard Przybilla

240

11 Kommentare

Civil Engineering Market – Industry Trends and Forecast to 2028 https://lnkd.in/d9K7asY3 #innovation #management #technology #creativity #entrepreneurship #sustainability #inspiration #insights #outbreak #impact

3

AI first of all needs Datacentre infrastructure: - help German industry evolve to the next level - massive DC investments can contribute to Germanys energy transition - thinking DCs as part of industrial parks leads to significant benefits Just look at our projects like FRANKFURT WESTSIDE where a Datacenter marks as enabler for a whole site development. Let us take a broader view about how Datacentres drive economic and ecologic development - and then cut the constraints that holds our industry back.

9

Founders’ Training last week at RWTH Aachen: Thanks to RWTH Innovation Entrepreneurship Center for having us again and cheers to everyone who participated in the workshop with Orrick’s Sven Greulich at the Collective Incubator and online.   If you’d also like to learn more about start-up finance and way beyond, check out our upcoming Founder Legal Boot Camp on 8 to 9 November, organized together with RWTH Innovation, WHU Entrepreneurship Centers and TUM Venture Labs: we share lessons learned from working with countless start-ups and make aware of some of the most relevant legal pitfalls that can trip over founders in the first years. Contact Sven if you’re interested to participate.   Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | Orrick Tech #startups #entrepreneurship #employeeownership #venturecapital #innovation #TeamOrrick

34

EXIST - Existenzgründungen aus der Wissenschaft is the first big funding step into the right direction. We are happy that the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action sees the potential in using modern AI Agent approaches to transform large-scale text-based unstructured data by following a process into action points! Now it is up to us to deliver the impact 🚀 🎇 📈

6

Interesting read – I am sharing Dr. Andreas Liebl observations. I support elevating the urgency to act quicker and raise awareness. The third point on implications is, in my view, an important success factor. The core is responsible AI, implemented through good governance, holistic risk management and technology and privacy impact assessments. There is a lot of work to be done here. If this is done well, it will be a future competitive advantage from an ESG-T (technology) perspective.

8

1 Kommentar

Check out the below

2

1 Kommentar

“Digitalization is changing the way we pay. The share of #cashpayments is decreasing, and the pandemic has accelerated the move towards #online #purchases and #digitalpayments. The #digitaleuro would be a universally accepted digital means of payment that can be used free of charge throughout the euro area for payments in shops, online or between individuals. Just like #cash, the #digitaleuro would be risk-free, widely accessible and easy to use. With the #digitaleuro, people would be able to #pay with #centralbankmoney at any time. In addition, the digital euro would offer the highest level of #dataprotection for digital payments: the #centralbanks of the #Eurosystem would neither view nor store #personal user #data.” LinkedIn automated translation from the Deutsche Bundesbank in post comment.   You can find a lot more information and benefits in our FAQs under https://lnkd.in/e-4iEHUi

4

1 Kommentar

The #SC24 in Atlanta starts at the end of this week: The LRZ together with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Technische Universität München, Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) and Munich Quantum Valley will present news and practical things in #supercomputing. If you are in Atlanta yourself, you will find our team at #booth3147, the programme with LRZ participation can be found here: https://www.sc.lrz.de/ and there is also a lot to discover on the conference page, for example that a few events are available online: https://lnkd.in/e2T_d3F4 #discoverLRZ, #quantum, #quantumcomputing, #artificialintelligence, #futurecomputing, #meetusatSC24 EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), ETP4HPC European Technology Platform for HPC, PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, DTU - Technical University of Denmark, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, CINECA, CERN, CSCS, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Chase Eyster, Argonne National Laboratory, RIKEN

6

1 Kommentar

🚀  Hot off the press 🗞️ It's great to see one of our FixiCrew members, Joscha S., featured as an expert in the German repair industry! In this article, published by eurotransport.de's WERKSTATT aktuell magazine, Joscha dives into key topics shaping the future of car repairs: 🔹 AI-powered insights: How digital solutions are transforming repair processes and enhancing efficiency.  🔹 Sustainability: The growing importance of eco-friendly approaches in the workshop landscape. 🔹 Future-proofing through digitalization: Staying ahead in a market driven by rapid change. Check out the full article in the comments 👇 #Thoughtleadership #Sustainability #AI #RepairTech #Germany

21

1 Kommentar

Another major hurdle has been overcome! 🏋‍♂️ What you can see here is the result of many experiments by Mr. Jonas Heß, which has enabled us to create a digital twin from an antique machine. As Mr. Heß has alreday described in his post, several possibilities were investigated to generate a running digital twin at the DHBW Mannheim that synchronises automatically with the physical machine. A few obstacles still need to be overcome to make the whole thing work in real time. The data is recorded by the Balluff GmbH and Elaso sensors, sent to our #cloud ☁ via Node-RED (#nodered), processed in #MATLAB and finaly simulated. It was a big challenge to generate a #CAD file from the #scanned data, which we achieved with the help of Professor Rafael Greszczynski. Mr. Heß has committed himself to learning how to develop, improve and edit the file in Matlab, which has led to great success in this project. As already mentioned, this is just the beginning. We will use the machine to investigate and realise many aspects of #digitalisation. It is a research topic that is being conducted for the FIRST TIME in the world 🌍 , and we expected many #scientific #challenges and surprises. I'm really proud of my team and I'm sure that we'll achieve a lot more together. Stay tuned to see what else we want to do! Let me please how do you find our #DigtalTwin (?) and write me a comment 🙏 #DHBW #digitization #digitaltwin #data #DigitalTranformation #Manufacturing #SmartMachines

23

3 Kommentare

I remember it very well, especially when I read the headline and article below: it was in 2018 at the Predictive Analytics World for Industry 4.0 in Munich, when Richard Lim from Singapore told how HP increased the efficiency of its factories by 20% using machine learning. In the lectures before that, many speakers from German machine and car manufacturers had talked about how they implemented tentative first POCs. I remember the faces of the participants well when they heard how far other countries have already come. And then a member of the audience asked why HP had already invested so much money in big data, machine learning, etc. years ago? Richard's answer hit the nail on the head: “You have to invest first before you profit.” Somehow I felt a bit ashamed for Germany in this moment. Unfortunately, I still feel that way today. It was not the only such experience. Many more followed. As the program director of Machine Learning Week Europe, I see how willing (companies from) other countries are to invest and innovate. And with Datentreiber, we also see that foreign customers invest more and, above all, faster - much faster! Meanwhile in Germany the bad news just keeps coming: “The coronavirus crisis has thus set back technological development in Germany by almost 1.5 years. [...] According to experts, the situation is not likely to have been any better after the pandemic. Researcher Arntz predicts that the energy price crisis and uncertainties due to the war in Ukraine have contributed to further delays in major investments.” But every challenge is also a chance. For example, we have therefore decided to create the Data & AI Design Bench in English - and not in German like the first canvas versions. We invested a lot of time in this, but as Richard said: “You have to invest first before you profit.” And slowly we are profiting from international clients. 😉

2

Many thanks to BIFOLD fellow Prof. Stefan Haufe for his lecture as part of the Colloquium Series. Stefan Haufe is a professor of computer science and head of the UNIML group at Technische Universität Berlin in a joint appointment with the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Berlin (PTB). In addition, he heads the European Research Council (ERC) funded Braindata Group at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. His research is centered around the development and validation of signal processing, inverse modelling and ML techniques for neuroimaging and other medical data. During the BIFOLD Colloquium he discussed the use of ML based products in medicine and other high-risk domains in the EU. These applications will soon be regulated by the AI Act, demanding "to enable users to interpret the system’s output and use it appropriately". This need for transparency is seemingly addressed by the field of "explainable AI" (XAI). In his talk, he asked what practically relevant questions current XAI methods can systematically address and, consequently, what role XAI can be anticipated to play when it comes to quality assurance and certification of ML products. Stefan Haufe formulated a minimal requirement on XAI that is implicitly underlying many of its intended interpretations and used a minimal model to show how easily this requirement is unmet, leading to misinterpretations. Finally, he proposed benchmarks to assess "explanation correctness".

14

The #ard #documentary „The Autocrats’ Code“ explores how modern autocrats like Putin, Erdoğan, and Xi Jinping consolidate power. Experts from #politicalscience, #datascience, #socialmedia, #marketing and #humanrights where brought together to create an #artificialintelligence that creates a potential successful authoritarian avatar. In my opinion a #mustwatch for understanding how #democracy is being undermined and the role of #AI in that #ethical context; and the warning signs we can’t afford to ignore.

7

1 Kommentar

As AI, XR, and other technologies reshape cultural production, teaching in the Creative Industries must evolve by integrating technical skills and interdisciplinary learning while preserving traditional techniques and critical thinking. To ensure a rich, inclusive cultural landscape, we must prioritise equitable access to technological tools, ethical AI practices, and foster collaboration between artists and technologists. At FASTLAB, we are dedicated to driving this evolution, bridging the gap between art, science and technology to cultivate the next generation of innovative creators. And in the article that follows - @Christian Ritter spells out the how as well as the why!

2

I fully recommend these free hybrid workshops to everyone who wants to master the practice of deep learning, they are as practical and as interactive as it gets. The instructors are very competent and patient and don't assume any previous knowledge, except python. They are open to questions and try not to leave anything unexplained. The lessons are well prepared, supported by slides and code on publicly accessible github repos, but the interactivity and the live coding aspects make them stand out over other, some of them quite expensive practical deep learning courses.

9

1 Kommentar

🏢🔌🔋 If your org has implemented or is considering EV workplace charging infrastructure, I encourage you to participate in this merit-based study. Philip, Andreas, Eric, Loren, Amadeus you might have some pointers.

3