Excellence Strategy: Three Clusters of Excellence
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TU Dresden submitted six full proposals for Clusters of Excellence in the framework of the Excellence Strategy ("ExStra"). We started out in the "ExStra" race with eight cluster draft proposals in April 2017.
On 27 September 2018 three TUD Clusters of Exzellence have been approved for funding as part of the Excellence Strategy.
The approved Clusters of Excellence belong to TUD’s Research Priority Areas of Health Sciences, Biomedicine and Bioengineering; Smart Materials and Structures as well as Information Technology and Microelectronics.
Starting on 1 January 2019, the three Clusters of Excellence will receive funding for the next seven years.
CeTI: Centre for Tactile Internet
Spokesperson: Prof. Frank Fitzek
The Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop is a Cluster of Excellence at TU Dresden. In the future, humans should be able to interact in real time with robots or machines in the real or virtual world. The aim of the research is to democratize access to skills and expertise in order to promote equal opportunities for people of different gender, age, cultural background or physical limitations. Scientists from the fields of electrical engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, psychology, medicine and neuroscience work together in an interdisciplinary way to create the basis for novel applications in medicine, industry and the Internet of Skills.
Further information: https://ceti.one/
ct.qmat: Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter
Spokesperson: Prof. Matthias Vojta
Pioneering materials with tailor-made functions are the basis for progress in virtually all areas of modern technology. The Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat places emphasis on quantum mechanisms on the atomic scale, which, in conjunction with topological physics and the chemical and physical complexities, reveals hitherto unprecedented properties and phenomena. This cluster proposal was submitted in cooperation with the University of Würzburg.
Further information: https://www.ctqmat.de/
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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg & Technische Universität Dresden
PoL: Physics of Life
Spokesperson: Prof. Stephan Grill
To fathom life is one of the greatest and most complex scientific challenges. The Cluster of Excellence PoL aims to investigate the fundamental issues in cell and developmental biology and initiate a paradigm shift: to create understanding of the underlying biological processes of life as complex physical phenomena.
Further information : https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/en
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Freestate of Saxony under the Excellence Strategy of the Federal Government and the Länder