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
The global competition for quantum technologies is well underway. Materials that exhibit exotic phenomena play a crucial role in this respect. On top of the game: The Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat–Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter. More than 270 scientists from 34 countries are exploring quantum materials that will be able to, e.g., conduct electricity without loss and store gigantic amounts of information in the future. They reveal their exotic phenomena under extreme conditions such as ultra-low temperatures, high pressure or strong magnetic fields. If these special properties can be made applicable under everyday conditions, this will be the basis for revolutionary technical applications.
ct.qmat – a joint research collaboration by Technische Universität Dresden and Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg – is the only German cluster that traverses federal state boundaries. This cutting-edge research is closely interlinked with four renowned Dresden institutes of the Max Planck Society, the Helmholtz Association and the Leibniz Association.
Further information: https://www.ctqmat.de/
► Joint Gender Equality and Diversity Policy
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg & Technische Universität Dresden
PoL: Physics of Life
Spokesperson: Prof. Otger Campàs
Understanding life down to its smallest components is one of the great challenges of our time. Why does the heart beat on the left side and how do the laws of physics influence our DNA? At the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life (PoL) experts from physics, biology and computer science jointly investigate which biophysical processes in molecules, cells and tissues are responsible for giving organs their shape and their place in the organism. PoL considers biological processes as complex physical phenomena.
The research insights obtained create the foundations to understand the organizational principles of life, and to enable a new approach for addressing the health issues of our society. The DFG funded cluster is a collaborative effort between scientists from TU Dresden and research institutions of the DRESDEN-concept network.
Further information : https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/en
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Free State of Saxony as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Government