Research Training Groups with Humboldt Participation
GRK 1013: Prospective interaction design
The "prometei" Research Training Group is concerned with the design and integration of methods, procedures and tools by means of which the man-machine interaction can be facilitated at a very early stage in the design of technological systems.
Coordinating University:
Technische Universität Berlin
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dietrich Manzey
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences II, Department of Psychology
Duration: 10/04 - 09/13
Homepage: http://www.zmms.tu-berlin.de/prometei/
GRK 1408: Methods of discrete structures
Discrete mathematics is an independent discipline located where mathematics and computer science overlap. The research group's focus is on the tools, models, methods and algorithms of discrete mathematics. They are of vital significance in important applications in the fields of logistics, telecommunication, traffic planning, computer graphics and image processing, in gene sequencing and similar fields of bio-computing.
Coordinating University:
Technische Universität Berlin
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Martin Skutella
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences II, Department of Computer Science
Duration: 10/06 - 09/15
Homepage: http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/MDS/
IGRK 1524: Self-assembled soft-matter nanostructures at interfaces
This international Research Training Group is concerned with specific forms of self-organization in nanostructures of so-called soft matter. Soft matter as understood in the natural sciences signifies condensed stages of matter which hardly be referred to as "solid" or "fluid". Researchers in this group are investigating the driving forces behind the condition.
Coordinating University:
Technische Universität Berlin
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Martin Schoen
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences I, Department of Physics
Duration: 04/09 - 09/13
Homepage: http://www.ssni.tu-berlin.de/
IGRK 1571: Between spaces. Movements, actors and representations of globalization
The international Research Training Group is concerned with globalization phenomena in Latin America. Its researchers investigate conflicts and encounters of members of different races, genders and cultures. Their focus is on Mexico.
Coordinating University:
Freie Universität Berlin
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Stefan Rinke
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Arts and Humanities II, Department of Romance Literatures and Linguistics
Duration: 10/09 - 03/14
Homepage: http://www.lai.fu-berlin.de/entre-espacios/index.html
GRK 1582: Fluorine as a key element. Compounds with unique properties obtained by means of synthesis
Fluorine has a wide range of application: in material research, in synthetic materials, in pharmaceutics and in bio-chemistry. The researchers in this group aim to produce compounds of fluorine which are still in short supply.
Coordinating University:
Freie Universität Berlin
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Konrad Seppelt
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences I, Department of Chemistry
Duration: 09/09 - 03/14
Homepage: http://www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/chemie/grkfluor/GRK1582/index.html
GRK 1589: Sensory computation in neural systems
Computational Neuroscience is a relatively recent field of research which is well known for its interdisciplinary approach. It is a field in which experimental neuroscientists cooperate with theoreticians in order to reach a better understanding of the functional principles of the brain. Hypotheses concerning neural systems are translated into mathematical language and then tested in computer simulations. Applications of the procedure range from an improved treatment of neuronal disorders through the brain computer interface up to the development of neuro-prostheses and intelligent machines and robots.
Coordinating University:
Technische Universität Berlin
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Obermayer
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences I, Department of Physics, Department of Biology
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences II, Department of Computer Sciences
Duration: 09/09 - 03/14
Homepage: http://www.bccn-berlin.de/Graduate+Programs/Doctoral+Program/
IGRK 1673: Functional molecular infection epidemiology
In this international Research Training Group the expertise of Berlin infection biologists is combined with that of bio-computer specialists from the Indian University of Hyderabad. The comparative analysis of infectious diseases in Germany and India is to reveal which pathogenic and host factors are of relevance in the course of the disease.
Coordinating University:
Freie Universität Berlin
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Lothar H. Wieler
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences I, Department of Biology
Duration: 10/10 - 03/15
Homepage: http://www.vetmed.fu-berlin.de/v/grk1673/
IGRK 1705: The world in the city: Metropolitanism and globalization from the 19th century up to the present
The international Research Training Group is to intensify the dialogue between historians and researchers of metropolitanism from various disciplines. While the latter deal with globalization mainly as a contemporary problem, historians hardly investigate the specific role of modern cities because they are concerned with long-term processes of globalization. The Group aims to close this gap and to make a contribution to interdisciplinary research on the subject of metropolis.
Coordinating University:
Technische Universität Berlin
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Dorothee Brantz
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Arts and Humanities I, Department of History, Department of European Ethnology
Faculty of Arts and Humanities III, Department of Asian and African Studies
Duration: 04/12 - 09/16
