The "Towards NewFoodSystems" conference brought together around 300 participants from business, science, and politics in Berlin to discuss new nutrition and food systems. The ACSD professorship has been actively working for about two years in the BMFTR-funded NewFoodSystems innovation space on the development of algae-based foods (see the ENABLE project) and contributed two presentations and two poster presentations from ongoing research to the conference. We are pleased that our contribution entitled AI-based Computer Vision for advanced modeling and monitoring of microalgae cultivation was awarded the poster prize for "Innovative Research".

On November 1st, the ESF PLUS junior research group "Menschenverständliches, optimales Ressourcen- & Energie­management für komplexe, netzintegrierte, biogene Produktionsanlagen" (MORE-KIBA; quot;Human-understandable, optimal resource and energy management for complex, grid-integrated, biogenic production plants) will be launched, comprising researchers from eight professorships at Chemnitz University of Technology. The aim is to use AI to explain the algorithmic decisions that lead to sustainable operation, using the example of a biorefinery and an energy grid simulator. The project is co-financed by tax revenues based on the budget approved by the members of the Saxon State Parliament and by the European Union. Further information can be found in this press release.

As part of the Digital Rail Conference organized by the Smart Rail Connectivity Campus (SRCC) in Annaberg-Buchholz, our professorship contributed to the PublicDay4Kids. The aim was to spark enthusiasm for STEM topics among young students.
Under the motto "Bitte (den) Abstand halten!" ("Mind the Distance!") the pupils first had the chance to test their skills with two remote-controlled model trains. A short presentation then explained the path from human control to the technical implementation of distance regulation, which was finally illustrated with a simulation model.
The activity was met with great interest, showing how exciting and accessible technology can be when experienced hands-on. A summary of the entire event can be found in this press release.

Asst. Prof. Tobias K. S. Ritschel (Technical University of Denmark) will give a talk on Dynamic price signals for indirect control of flexible energy resources at 01:00 pm online. Everybody is heartily invited. All past and future seminars can be found here.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Ulbrich (ETH Zürich) will give a talk on Agrarsysteme der Zukunft - Herausforderungen und Chancen des Vertical-Farmings at 04:00 pm in 2/W059. Everybody is heartily invited. All past and future seminars can be found here.

Mathews Mgodi, student at Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (Tanzania) visits our lab during a research internship granted by DAAD scholarship for a Master’s thesis research.

Dr. ETH Dipl.-Ing. Moritz Gold (ETH Zürich) will give a talk on The Next Chapter of Insect Farming: New Frontiers for Profitability at 02:30 pm in 2/W015. Everybody is heartily invited. All past and future seminars can be found here.

Asst. Prof. Tobias K. S. Ritschel (Technical University of Denmark) will give a talk on On mixture approximations for dynamical problems with distribution variables at 03:00 pm in 2/W059. Everybody is heartily invited. All past and future seminars can be found here.

Prof. Jean Lévine (MINES ParisTech) will visit our lab as part of our joint DFG project "Characterizing and approximating the boundary of the admissible set".