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Forum Bellevue for the future of democracy
The President of the Federal Republic Germany discusses current challenges for the democracy with German and international guests of economy, politics, culture, science and the general public in “Forum Bellevue zur Zunkunft der Demokratie”. This time with the motto “Fakt oder Fake? Über einen bedeutenden Unterschied für die Demokratie” a discussion about the current information and debate culture took place. Dr. Michael Kreutzer, project coordinator of the BMBF-research project DORIAN at Fraunhofer SIT, was a guest in the discussion about the current information culture.
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Transparent IT Production for Digital Sovereignty
Whether in the automotive, the energy or the financial sector: information technology is increasingly penetrating all aspects of life. At the same time, security gaps in closed hardware and software produced in globalised supply chains are becoming increasingly incalculable. This is the result reached by IT security experts from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology, Fraunhofer Singapore, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, and Technical University of Berlin. In a White Paper on the topic of “digital sovereignty” that they just published, the authors propose that all the steps in the supply chain of IT products be made transparent – from the user software to the tools used in semiconductor fabrication plants.
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Next Generation Cryptography
Fraunhofer SIT publishes a position paper about the future of cryptography. From online-banking to the blockchain – most IT security mechanisms for protecting data and digital communication are based on cryptography. Quantum computers and new forms of attacks are threatening many of these IT security mechanisms. How businesses and society can protect the cyber-world from such devastating threats in the future was discussed by experts in the realm of business, research, and politics at the “Eberbacher Gespräch” on “Next Generation Cryptography”.
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"Shaping the Digital Revolution" - international Fellows Meeting in Darmstadt
Under the motto "Shaping the Digital Revolution" the international fellows meeting of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) takes place at TU Darmstadt. The fellows from 82 countries await speeches, panel discussions and the opportunity of personal exchange.
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March for Science 2018
This year CRISP supports the March for Science as an official institution again. Among other supporters are TU Darmstadt, the “City of Science” Darmstadt as well as the Fraunhofer-Society. Whereas in 2017 the focus was on demonstrations, this year the dialogue between science and society is to be intensified. The Technische Universität Darmstadt takes part with a podiums discussion to the topic Digital Change..
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