Prof. Dr. Frank Hutter and his team at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Freiburg have been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council (ERC), which they plan to use for further developing their automated machine-learning (AutoML) prototype. Through AutoML, a machine can automatically determine which machine learning […]

At the European Campus, three researchers from the University of Basel and three researchers from the University of Freiburg receive ERC Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). The microbiologist Prof. Dr. Marek Basler, the chemical biologist Prof. Dr. Dennis Gillingham and the physicist Prof. Dr. Patrick Maletinsky, are among the awardees at the […]

Coal causes greenhouse gas emissions, wind turbines disfigure the landscape, nuclear power is dangerous. There seems to be a lot of fury but little agreement on the question of suitable energy sources. What alternatives could still be used to cover power consumption? The “RES-TMO” (Renewable Energy Sources – Trinational Metropolitan Region Upper Rhine) research project […]