How does the human mind process computer generated images?
The German Research Foundation has approved funding worth € 8m for the new transregional collaborative research centre "TRR 161" The project, which is given the title "Quantitative Methods for Visual Computing", is concerned with the computer-assisted processing and representation of image information. Prof. Dr. Oliver Deussen from the University of Konstanz is vice speaker of the collaborative research center.
Understanding implications of colonization with algorithms
The ERC (European Research Council) has approved a 15 million € “Synergy Grant” for the new and transregional research project "NEXUS 1492" The objective of the interdisciplinary project is to gain new information about the early period of colonization in the Caribbean. The research of Prof. Dr. Ulrik Brandes about networks gets supported with 2,4 million Euro by the dutch-german cooperation project.