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The Magazine of the University of Stuttgart

Interesting topics, fascinating photographs, renowned guest authors: The magazine forschung leben includes questions and problems from society and offers its readers information about possible solutions based on the vast range of research done at the University of Stuttgart.
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Connectivity

October 2022 Issue

The focus of the content is on connectivity. We highlight cyber-physical worlds in which production and mobility are networked and made more flexible in a "software-defined" way, and ideas for completely new products with innovative functions.

Allow yourself to be transported to cyber-physical worlds in which production and mobility are networked and made more flexible in a "software-defined" manner, and to experience ideas for completely new products with novel functions. Discover how our visionary Prof. Sabine Klinkner is pushing the development of small satellites, without which neither climate research, networked mobility, nor modern communications would be possible and read our interview with the head of Bosch Research, Dr. Thomas Kropf, in which he explains how artificial intelligence is changing industry and how companies and universities benefit from greater collaboration.

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Another FOX AWARD for the magazine forschung leben

For the second time, the magazine "forschung leben" has received the silver FOX AWARD. This prestigious award, awarded by the dapamedien Verlag, was presented for the March 2021 issue "Responsibility - Reconsidering intelligent systems", created together with the agencies Fazit and 3st.

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Selected articles

Enthusiasm for space research: Prof. Sabine Klinkner

Small satellites are the shooting stars of space travel and are at the center of Prof. Sabine Klinkner’s research and teaching. She and her team are advancing the development of these smaller systems.

Start-up ThingOS writes success story

The software platform from ThingOS, a spin-off from the University of Stuttgart, creates a rapid connection between smart devices, machines, and systems. The start-up, which was founded in 2018, has now successfully launched their IoT solutions on the market.

Automobile production meets software

Two major projects at the University of Stuttgart are advancing the networking of production and vehicles.

"Trust is rooted in reliability."

Prof. Dr. Thomas Kropf, head of Bosch Research since 2018, discusses the ways in which connectivity is shaping our everyday lives, how AI is changing the industrial sector, and how companies and universities benefit from increased collaboration.

Virtual companion "Josy" cares about elderly people

A virtual assistance technology system designed to help older people in their everyday lives. The developers exchange ideas with interested parties in a series of workshops.

Public relations for SOFIA: "This is my dream job"

The astronomer Dr. Dörte Mehlert has been working in the Education and Public Relations Department of the German SOFIA Institute (DSI) at the University of Stuttgart's Institute of Space Systems for 16 years. In the following interview, she talks about how society and science benefit from mutual dialog, the changes that have taken place over time, and why this is her dream job.

Making urban tangible

One goal of many communities is to better involve local residents in the urban planning process, digital technologies with realistic 3D visualizations can facilitate this. The High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) is supporting such approaches in several research projects.

Improving teacher training in South Africa

South African vocational school teachers are learning about new technologies and teaching approaches for the digital era in a bilateral training program. The University of Stuttgart's Department of Vocational Education (BPT), which focuses on the didactics of technology, is responsible for the didactic and pedagogical-psychological aspects.

A hidden treasure

The Stadtgarten, which is situated on the University of Stuttgart’s premises is a little gem, but its potential is not yet being fully exploited. A team at the Institute of Architectural History is planning a new initiative to change that.

Driving technology transfer forward

The lightweight construction expert Prof. Peter Middendorf researches fiber composite technologies and, in his capacity as Vice Rector at the University of Stuttgart, is championing the transfer of knowledge and technology, whereby speed is of the essence.

Real-World Laboratories: Experimental fields for future questions

Whether we're talking about climate change, the energy transition or digitization, researchers must also try new approaches to tackle the major challenges of our time, for example, in so-called Real-World Laboratories, the purpose of which is to forge new links between the world of science.

Smart manufacturing

Industrial production has to become more sustainable and efficient. The Institute for Machine Tools (IfW) is conducting research into how simulations and data could help with this.

[Photos: Sven Cichowicz, ARENA2036/Corinna Spitzbarth, University of Stuttgart / Sven Cichowicz, Bosch Research, Ludmilla Parsyak, o.A., University of Stuttgart/HLRS, Robert Neuber, GettyImages/Klaus Vedfelt, o.A., University of Stuttgart/Sven Cichowicz, University of Stuttgart, Max Kovalenko]

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