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AI Lecture: Ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence
From care robots to military drones: On 14 December, LMU scholars discuss at the KI Lectures ethical aspects of AI technology.
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Gas bubbles in rock pores – a nursery for life on Early Earth
Munich and Dresden based researchers create compelling scenario for the evolution of membraneless microdroplets as the origin of life.
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Tandem actions in the particle world
Hopes are high that quantum theory could yield revolutionary applications. Physicist Jasmin Meinecke is studying the central phenomenon of entanglement.
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New marker for assessing the severity of Covid-19
Biomedical scientists at LMU have found a new marker in the blood of Covid-19 patients. It could lead to better diagnoses.
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From pixel to universe and back
Astrophysicist Daniel Gruen is using artificial intelligence to explore the cosmos. He accepted a professorship at LMU’s Faculty of Physics in summer 2021.
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Fat cells – Better than their reputation
“A healthy person can cope with unhealthy fats, too,” Alexander Bartelt says. The LMU Professor of Cardiovascular Metabolism is conducting research into why people gain weight.
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LMU statistician sees great potential for AI in the social context
At the "KI Lectures" Frauke Kreuter shows how AI and Big Data are used to automate administrative processes and study demographic changes - and what the pitfalls are.
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LMU medical expert expects AI to lead to better prognoses, but more validation work is needed
Nikolaos Koutsouleris explains how artificial intelligence is in some cases already superior to human medical prognoses. Still, hardly any AI applications have have made it into practical use.
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LMU mathematician expects further breakthroughs in AI research in the medium term
In the first of LMU’s AI lectures, Prof. Gitta Kutyniok reported on spectacular successes but also elementary problems around artificial intelligence.
Read moreEvents at LMU
9 Dec 2021 | Holistic student education
Guest lecture with Grace Ngai (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) as part of the International Munich Lectures in Teacher Education Research
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9 Dec 2021 | Cultures of knowledge and evidence
LMU Latin America Network Online Dialogue: "How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the roles of knowledge, experts and evidence?"
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14 Dec 2021 | "KI Lecture" on ethical challenges
Lecture on the topic "From care robots to military drones: Ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence"
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Living in the face of doom
“The society was constantly in motion": Ancient historian Martin Zimmermann on the spirit of optimism and sense of crisis in the Greek polis
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Keeping the memory alive
How to talk about the horror? An interview about the culture of remembrance and the role of first-hand witnesses of the Holocaust.
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Modeling the Universe with data
Space and time encoded in 320 million megabytes: LMU astrophysicist Klaus Dolag uses simulations to study how the cosmos evolved.
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