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News May 2010

Robotics in Bielefeld Upgrades its European Profile: Four Million Euros in EU Third-Party Funds for Bielefeld University

Its research focus on "Interactive Intelligent Systems" firmly embeds Bielefeld University in the advanced ranks of European research, and it has gained a major increase in EU third-party funding in the highly competitive 7th Research Programme.

Professor Helge Ritter Appointed to the NRW Academy of the Sciences and the Arts

NRW Academy anniversary celebration on 12 May.

The North Rhine-Westphalian (NRW) Academy of the Sciences and the Arts has appointed the Bielefeld Computer Science Professor Dr. Helge Ritter to its ranks. The Academy is celebrating its anniversary by appointing 22 new full members. These new members will enter the ranks of the Academy in a celebration to be held on 12 May.

Funding Extended for the Collaborative Research Centre "Alignment in Communication": German Research Foundation to Fund SFB 673 for a Further 4 Years

The Bielefeld Collaborative Research Centre 673 "Alignment in Communication" is to receive 4 more years of funding according to an announcement by the German Research Foundation (DFG) this week. "That is a great success", says Professor Dr. Ipke Wachsmuth, the speaker, "that rewards the hard work we have done in recent years".