Departement Mathematik und Informatik | Universität Basel

❕Exciting news❕ We have expanded our online presence to Mastodon where we will be sharing even more updates, event announcements and captivating science content focused on Computer Science and Mathematics.   Find us at https://lnkd.in/dCiJwqbw   We will continue to maintain our presence on X for the time being. However, we are actively monitoring platform developments to ensure alignment with our values and ethical principles. #NewBeginnings #Fediverse #ScienceCommunity #Mastodon

Our PhD Program #DataScience has continued the tradition of having an annual retreat at the beautiful Monte Verità Conference and Culturale Centre with very interesting and inspiring invited presentations by two former PhD graduates from the Departement Mathematik und Informatik | Universität Basel - Dennis Tröndle from Baloise CH and Laura Cristiana Voicu from Elastic. Many thanks to the two invited speakers and to all presenters for the exciting retreat. University of Basel

In our Computer Science colloquium, Prof. Germain Forestier from the Eucor – The European Campus partner UHA gave a very interesting and inspiring talk on "Deep Learning for Time Series Classification". Merci, Germain! Departement Mathematik und Informatik | Universität Basel University of Basel

Our RDS Co-Chair Prof. Dr. Heiko Schuldt was interviewed by bajour.ch this week to explain how AI is not a reliable source when it comes to getting information about politicians in advance of the Basel elections this weekend. Hallucinations, old and unverified sources, and a lack of critical thinking on the part of the user, all contribute to a proliferation of false or misleading information. Read the full article [in German] - https://lnkd.in/erR-sQ5r You can also still register for our event on AI and Democracy on Tuesday 22 October on RDS.unibas.ch.

2024 gehen rund zwei Milliarden Menschen in über 60 Ländern an die Urnen, auch hier in Basel. Im Rahmen ihrer KI-Initiative organisiert die Universität Basel eine Podiumsdiskussion zur Frage, ob und wie Künstliche Intelligenz Wahlen beeinflussen kann. Responsible Digital Society Research Network

We congratulate Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield on their well-deserved #NobelPrize2024 in Physics for their groundbreaking work that has laid the foundation for today's modern AI. We are delighted that their work, which has had and will continue to have a significant impact on all areas of our lives, has been recognised in this way.

This year's Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit at the Google premises in beautiful and hot Sunnyvale CA has started today. Polypheny, represented by our OrgAdmin Marco Vogt, is looking forward to an interesting GSoC unconference and the exchange with other open source organizations. Databases and Information Systems Group, University of Basel Departement Mathematik und Informatik | Universität Basel University of Basel

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Class 2a of the Gymnasium Oberwil visited the DMI as part of their technology week. They were introduced to the curricula in Mathematics and Computer Science and life at University of Basel in general, visited the virtual museum of the Databases and Information Systems research group and explored computer games developed by DMI students. We look forward to seeing many of our guests in the coming years at University of Basel in one or the other study program. Departement Mathematik und Informatik | Universität Basel Databases and Information Systems Group, University of Basel

Today, the Master's students in Actuarial Science, Computer Science, Data Science and Mathematics at the Departement Mathematik und Informatik | Universität Basel have enjoyed a great and highly helpful and insightful CSC mobile workshop, combined with individual counseling, organized by Dr. Birgit Müller, head of the Career Service Center of the University of Basel. We are looking forward to the next instance of CSC mobile!