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DFG continues to fund the HU project consortium FAIRmat until the end of 2038
In the new funding period, FAIRmat is placing greater emphasis on AI for data-driven science:
FAIRmat is a consortium for data infrastructure in the materials sciences, which has been coordinated by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) since its foundation in 2021. It forms part of the National Research Data…
New atomic trap boosts quantum performance by utilising surface forces
Researchers at HU have developed a new method for trapping and controlling atoms:
Trapping and controlling atoms is one of the technical foundations for utilising their quantum mechanical properties – for example, for secure communication in quantum networks or in quantum computing. Many novel…
Between Adlershof and Wroclaw
Networked Assets has been working on building Europe’s digital foundations for 20 years:
Networked Assets was founded in Berlin in 2006 out of a highly pragmatic idea. Four freelancers, who frequently collaborated on various projects, realised that their combined skills were greater than the sum of their…
HU team takes third place at the German Robot Football Championship
Despite facing unexpected challenges at the RoboCup German Open in Cologne, the “Berlin United” team was successful:
The German Open 2026 Robot Football Championship took place from 10 to 14 March at the Cologne Exhibition Centre and presented particular challenges for the HU team’s four football robots on the pitch – yet “Berlin…
Kick-off for the new data and AI centre at HZB in Adlershof
The data centre will provide a competitive infrastructure for data-driven research in Berlin:
By establishing a new data and AI centre in Berlin, the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) are laying the foundations for a scalable and sovereign data infrastructure in the capital.…
Adlershof Innovation Booster
Thanks to AI, new technologies are emerging on campus that are driving scientific excellence and strengthening technological autonomy:
Artificial intelligence is accelerating research and driving innovation cycles. In Adlershof, this is giving rise to new technologies that not only advance scientific excellence but also strengthen the technological…
Chatbots at work: Between curiosity and responsibility
How Adlershof companies integrate artificial intelligence into their daily work:
When ChatGPT became publicly available at the end of 2022, people were curious. Many people first experimented with the new chatbot at home. Writing. Asking questions. Using it as a thinking aid. Many quickly…
Efficient training
Alan Akbik, professor of machine learning at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is working on smarter approaches to language models:
ChatGPT requires vast amounts of data and costs a lot of money. Alan Akbik, professor of machine learning at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is exploring smarter solutions. No AI was used to generate this essay on the…
Open data infrastructure for municipal heat planning
New research project launched by Reiner Lemoine Institute and University of Osnabrück:
Launch of the project for open data infrastructure for municipal heat planning results: The partners from the Reiner Lemoine Institute and the University of Osnabrück met in Berlin to kick off the project. What they…
Sounds from another dimension
How the Subharchord lives on:
Gerhard Steinke co-developed the Subharchord, one of East Germany’s most enigmatic instruments. Steinke passed away on 26 May 2025, but his work lives on. “Music and sound only come into being through listening. When…
A hidden arena in Adlershof
The Riot Games Arena provides e-sports with an impressive stage—and at the same time serves as a pilgrimage site for thousands of fans:
Since its beginnings in the 1990s, e-sports has achieved remarkable popularity. Long gone are the days when competitions took place in dark living rooms; today they fill major arenas such as London’s Wembley Stadium,…
Game space
gamelab.berlin highlights how interactive worlds drive society and technology forward:
A woodcutter goes about his work. A fisherman hauls in his net. Loaves of bread are stacked high at the market, while nearby shutters rattle open. A small town awakens. However, this town is not somewhere in…
DLR is getting a new large-scale research facility for the mobility transition
Multisensory experience mozu is under construction:
Mobility plays a significant role in our daily lives and in society. Conventional visualisation is often not sufficient to understand the complex interactions of urban mobility. With mozu, the German Aerospace Center…
Save the Date: 23 June 2026 – Kick-off for new network format “Adlershof Connect”
Focus on AI & cybersecurity:
The Adlershof Technology Park is a vibrant hub of knowledge and innovation. It brings together researchers, companies, startups, and students. However, there has been no overarching network format to date that brings…
IKZ launched four start-up companies in current evaluation period
The start-ups focus on advanced materials, precision instrumentation, and AI-supported data management:
During the evaluation period from 2019 to 2025, the Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) has initiated four spin-offs. These spin-offs are a crucial part of technology transfer, as they translate research…
Is my child gifted?
From Excel spreadsheets to high-performance sports – how performance diagnostics is changing the way talent is managed:
When Daniel Heidrich’s son was scouted by 1. FC Union Berlin for their youth academy, one key question kept coming up—one for which there were surprisingly few solid answers: Is my child really athletically gifted? As…
WISTA becomes manager of the “House of Games Berlin”
Hub is located on the former NARVA site on Warschauer Straße:
From 2026, numerous companies from the national and international games ecosystem will move into their new individual and shared spaces on up to 15,000 square metres on the site around LUX, this central Berlin…
Joint Berlin Data & AI Center planned
Declaration of intent signed by Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin University Alliance, and Zuse Institute Berlin:
Data-driven research is crucial for tackling societal challenges – whether in health, materials, or climate research. In a collaboration that is so far unique, Berlin University Alliance (BUA), the Max Delbrück…
The IT developer
Georg Wrobel supports digital projects in small and medium-sized companies:
“Rooted in Adlershof” is how Gregor Wrobel describes the institute where he has spent almost his entire career—and the same could be said of him. Wrobel was in his mid-twenties and had just completed his mathematics…
A bandage on many wounds
The life of Etty Hillesum was recently filmed at the studios of the LichtHaus Group:
At Gross-Berliner Damm 83a, the Johannisthal film studio of the LichtHaus Group spans 1,300 square metres and is just 500 metres from the historic Johannisthaler Filmanstalten, or Jofa film studios. It was here that,…