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Noise, i.e., superimposing random fluctuations over signals, generally makes it more difficult to interpret information. Anyone who has tried to follow the news while listening to a radio program with a fuzzy signal knows that from their own experience. However, neural networks actually seem to bene...

Due to limited space, for environmental reasons and to keep escape routes clear, old and discarded bicycles will be removed again at the FAU Campus Erlangen Süd / Faculty of Engineering. This is how it works: Marking: Bicycles that are obviously no longer in use are first marked with barrier...

‘Make yourself seen’ was the motto of the ARIADNEtechnat kick-off and closing event on 24 October 2024. Prof. Friedlinde Götz-Neunhoeffer, Women's Representative of the Faculty of Sciences, drew a positive balance in her welcoming address: With 25 mentees from the outgoing Doc/Postdoc group and 15 n...

Robots and AI are growing in importance – in industry, services, medicine and in private settings. The Bavarian Research Foundation and a Bavarian consortium from industry will jointly invest almost four million euros in the coming two years in the research consortium FORSocialRobots that is aimed a...

PhD candidates, PostDocs and Junior Professors who want to give a boost to their scientific career are invited to apply for the 25/27 group. The program period is from July 2025 to January 2027. ARIADNE mentoring provides guidance concerning interdisciplinary topics: career planning, build...

Welcome to the winter semester 2024/25 We would like to welcome you to the Faculty of Engineering and wish you every success in your studies! At the beginning of your studies, many questions arise that we will be happy to answer. For this purpose, various welcome and first semester introductions...

A research team, including Prof. David Blumenthal from AIBE, has developed guidelines to prevent AI data leaks. These leaks occur when information is improperly transferred between training and test data, leading to unreliable results. Prof. Blumenthal emphasized that while popular ML frame...

Prof. Dr. Philipp Pelz has been awarded the ERC Starting Grant for his work on improving imaging methods in materials science. The aim of his work is to optimize the imaging and analysis methods of electron microscopy in order to learn more about the structure of materials on the atomic scale. The E...