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Accepted papers at the EACL 2024
ATHENE researcher Prof. Iryna Gurevych presented seven papers at the 8th Conference of the European Chapter of the Associations for Computational Linguistics, EACL for short. Two of them were directly related to her research work in the ATHENE research project "Fake News and Conspiracy Theories" from the research area Secure Digital Transformation in Health Care ( SeDiTraH). EACL is one of the leading European conferences in the field of computational linguistics covering a broad spectrum of research areas that are concerned with computational approaches to natural language.
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Prof. Iryna Gurevych becomes a member of the Leopoldina
Prof. Iryna Gurevych from TU Darmstadt has been appointed to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. This gives her one of the highest scientific honors that a German institution can bestow, as the world's oldest permanently existing academy of natural sciences unites only researchers with outstanding scientific achievements under its roof. With around 1.600 members, it provides independent, science-based political advice on future social issues and represents German science abroad. New members undergo a strict, multi-stage selection process.
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Vom Sprung ins kalte Wasser – Ein Interview mit unserem Mentor Guenter Kraft
In regelmäßigen Abständen stellen wir einige unserer Mentoren und Mentorinnen vor, die unseren Startups mit Rat und Tat zur Seite stehen.
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ATHENE position paper calls for data protection precautions
Cybersecurity researchers are often unable to comply with data protection regulations because they do not know before the start of a research activity whether and what personal data they will be processing. Our data protection experts have therefore formulated a proposed addition to the GDPR. Their concern: The legally binding introduction of data protection precautions that take unplanned data access into account.
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