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ATHENE scientists develop new taxonomy for progessive visualizations

Progressive visualizations are an innovative technique that allows initial results from complex data analyses to be displayed immediately, even while the complete calculation is still running. These preliminary visualizations are then gradually refined and made more accurate, but users can already use partial results, which then improve over time. Although the development of such systems is more complex, they offer the advantage that computing power can be used specifically for relevant data areas.
ATHENE researchers Prof. Jörn Kohlhammer and Alex Ulmer have now systematically investigated for the first time how these visualizations can be divided into different categories and what characteristics they have.

New ePA security concept put to the test

January 15, 2025, marks the launch of the new electronic patient record (ePA). The data stored in it must be particularly well secured, as some of it is highly sensitive health data. For this reason, gematik has developed a new security concept designed to ensure adequate protection. An ATHENE research team at Fraunhofer SIT has now reviewed the security concept and found it to be adequate.

ATHENE launches simulated court hearings on activities in cybersecurity research

In order to give cybersecurity researchers greater legal certainty in their research work, ATHENE legal scholars have launched a series of simulated court cases in which fictional but realistic cases from cybersecurity research are heard. The judgments of the court simulations are intended to serve as a guide for IT security research.

Clear the stage for the „Frankfurt Alliance“

On Saturday, September 28, the first Science Festival Frankfurt will take place at Roßmarkt in Frankfurt. Science will come alive for young and old alike: on stage at science slams, debates, interactive shows, and short lectures, as well as in the science tents of the individual regional institutions. In the ATHENE tent, you can learn how to recognize and expose deep fakes. Children can try their hand at programming Sphero robots.

Below you will find the press release for the Frankfurt Science Festival on September 28, 2024:

At the Roßmarkt, the new science network invites you to marvel, ask questions, discuss, and participate in a science festival

FRANKFURT AM MAIN. In January 2024, 16 Frankfurt research institutions joined forces to form the “Frankfurt Alliance.” To highlight the strength and diversity of research in the science city of Frankfurt am Main and the Rhine-Main region and its importance for society in the heart of the Main metropolis, the alliance of non-university research institutes and Goethe University is hosting a major Science Festival, which will take place on Saturday, September 28, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Roßmarkt in downtown Frankfurt.