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Thejasvi Beleyur and Jonas Kuckling from the Cluster of Excellence "Collective Behaviour" at the University of Konstanz receive funding from the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung in the amount of 1.5 million euros each.

Behavioural researchers at the Cluster for Collective Behaviour are working hard to develop a method to understand the posture and movement patterns of individuals in animal collectives. They hope to gain insights into how information is passed on in the event of danger, for example.

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The Swiss Conference on Data Science brings together experts from science and industry. There was a lot to learn at the recent conference - for example, how AI can help to reduce the effects of climate change. And how companies such as Migros and Mobiliar implement their data strategies.

The conference keynote was held by Daniel Keim, Professor for Data Analysis and Visualization at the University of Konstanz, on the subject of visual analytics.

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Collective behaviour robotic researchers Heiko Hamann, Jonas Kuckling and Andreagiovanni Reina have won the best paper award at the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.

What advantages do robots offer in researching the behavioural rules of animal groups? How is robotics research inspired by nature? Three robotics researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "Collective Behaviour" (CASCB) at the University of Konstanz provide insights.

The Computer Science Colloquium is a new series of events organized by the department which aims to connect students and faculty with the latest scientific developments in computer science.

The ZEISS Campus Truck is going on a tour of Germany and will stop at the University of Konstanz, among other places. Through exhibits and personal discussions with the ZEISS-team on site, students can interactively immerse themselves in the world of ZEISS and find out about exciting ZEISS technologies from the field of semiconductor technology.

Computer scientists from the Cluster of Excellence Collective Behaviour developed a model, that explains how collective scenarios such as diseases may proceed.

Patrick Struck joined the Department of Computer and Information Science in September 2023 as head of the Cryptography and Cyber Security group.