News 05/13/2024 15 years of the Einstein Stiftung BerlinThe Einstein Foundation Berlin officially took up work on May 11, 2009. To celebrate our anniversary, we’ve done a little counting. Join us for a recap of the highlights of the Foundation’s first 15 years. And together, let’s embrace all the years to come! Science Year Freedom 05/02/2024 Blog: A Question of FreedomAs part of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research's “Science Year 2024 - Freedom”, we are asking our fellows and associates. The first question of freedom goes to Einstein Guest Researcher Vedat Demir: What does the restriction of freedom of press mean for everyday life and science?TipEinstein Foundation Award 04/26/2024 Dubious sources: investigating the dark side of large human DNA databasesDNA databases in human genetics often contain data of unknown origin, collected without donors’ consent. This isn't just a research issue. Join Einstein Foundation Award winner Yves Moreau on 29 May at re:publica as he explains why everyone should care, as the DNA privacy of each of us is at stake.NewsElke Weber 04/17/2024 Einstein Visiting Fellow Elke Weber awarded with Frontiers of Knowledge AwardThe researcher at Princeton University receives the award of the BBVA Foundation for her research on environmental policy decisions and the factors that motivate action against climate change.PressEinstein Center Population Diversity 04/09/2024 Through the lens of the family: Einstein Center Population Diversity opened todayHow are societies changing as a result of immigration, aging, and new forms of work and social relationships? And what opportunities, but also challenges, arise from these changes? The new Einstein Center Population Diversity aims to answer these questions. It brings together researchers from various Berlin institutions to study demographic change through the lens of the family.Martin SkutellaE&B 04/08/2024 Intersecting ProblemsTraffic doesn’t have to be chaotic. Mathematician Martin Skutella develops algorithms for faster and more efficient optimization of road traffic and other dynamic networks. This benefits both mathematics and transportation planning.Einstein Foundation AwardTip 04/05/2024 BITSS Research Transparency and Reproducibility TrainingThe 2023 Einstein Foundation Award Winner, the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS), will hold its next Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) in Berkeley, CA, June 5-7, 2024.NewsStefano Evangelista 04/03/2024 World Literature and Periodical Formats: Circulation, Translation, ElisionsThe ‘Boundaries of Cosmopolis’ project, led by Einstein BUA/Oxford Visiting Fellow Prof. Stefano Evangelista (Trinity College, Oxford), held its first workshop at the Centre for British Studies on 15 March 2024.NewsWonwoo Nam 03/27/2024 In demand from Seoul to Berlin: green energy of the futureKallol Ray's UniSysCat group receives prominent support from Korea: Einstein Visiting Fellow Wonwoo Nam visits the group at Humboldt-Universität Berlin for a four-year research stay to work on green catalytic systems.PodcastEinstein Foundation Award 03/25/2024 AI and ethics: Do they go together?AskDifferent #31 – If you ask Yves Moreau, we are drunk teenagers losing control of the car we are driving – at least when it comes to artificial intelligence. The 2023 Einstein Foundation Individual Award winner studies biomedical DNA data and describes himself as a “concerned scientist.” In this metaphor-packed episode of #AskDifferent, he describes the cultural shift he would like to see regarding the way we deal with artificial intelligence, how he helped push prestigious scientific journals to retract articles, and what the future holds for ethical standards in technological engineering.Tip 03/12/2024 Start of the Exhibition "We were, we are, and we will be"The exhibition portraits gender struggle in trade unions in German, Turkish, and Kurdish language. It was co-developed by Einstein Fellow Handan Çağlayan and will be on display between March 15th and April 15th 2024 before moving on.VideoResearch qualityEinstein Center Digital FutureSusanne Schreiber 03/12/2024 Video: The Pitfalls of Bad Practices in Genetic Big Data and AIWatch the video of the panel discussion with 2023 Einstein Foundation Award winner Yves Moreau et al on March 14, 2024.12345678910111213141516 next