The aim of the AI research groups is to closely interlink AI methods with research fields that use these AI methods for overarching issues. This means that the integration of AI in basic research and scientific research into AI itself go hand in hand. The new research group FOR 5347 Lifespan AI will initially receive funding of more than 4 million euros for four years.
"I am very pleased about the DFG's approval," says Tanja Schultz, spokesperson for Lifespan AI and professor in the Department of Mathematics/Computer Science at the University of Bremen. "In Lifespan AI, we want to develop AI methods and tools that model, predict and explain the development of diseases over the course of a person's life." Co-speaker Professor Marvin N. Wright from the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS adds: "We will use high-dimensional life-span data that is composed of longitudinal epidemiological studies. They will be supplemented by biological, social and lifestyle information."
Professor Jutta Günther, Vice-Rector for Research, Young Scientists and Transfer and future Rector, is also delighted about the establishment of the high-ranking research group at the University of Bremen and the associated extensive third-party funding: "In this project, state-of-the-art technologies are being developed and used to generate scientific knowledge for the benefit of humanity - exemplary of the university's efforts to answer the future questions of our society." BIPS Director Professor Iris Pigeot adds: "The research group is an excellent example of how fruitful cooperation between the university and non-university research institutions - in this case with the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology BIPS - can be."
Questions answered:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tanja Schultz
Faculty of Mathematics/Computer Science
University of Bremen
Phone +49 421 218-64270
E-mail tanja.schultzuni-bremen.de
