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“_Gemeinam digital”, the Berlin 4.0 Competence Center for Medium-Sized Businesses, is prolonged until 2021
Good news for small and medium-sized companies from Berlin, Brandenburg and throughout Germany: _Gemeinsam digital, the Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Berlin, will be extended for another two years. With the approval of a further three million euros, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) is now funding the centre with a total of around 7.5 million…
Read MoreBjörn Scheuermann – new Director at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) expands its board of directors: Since 1 April 2018 Björn Scheuermann is new Scientific Director at HIIG. Together with the members of the current board of directors, Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ingolf Pernice, Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer and Prof. Dr.…
Read MoreSmart Energy Study: Unsatisfied customers and great potential of user innovation
+++PRESS RELEASE IN GERMAN: First comprehensive academic study on use and acceptance of smart energy applications in Germany | High dissatisfaction among smart energy users | Widespread wish for product solutions | Majority of users is getting active as innovators themselves +++ Erste umfangreiche Studie zur Nutzung und Akzeptanz von Smart Energy Anwendungen in Deutschland…
Read MoreScientific literature to go via app
Press release (in German) on the kick-off of the project Digital REseArch Mining (DREAM) organised by HIIG and the FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik. Throughout the project, researchers of both institutes will be developing an open access platform giving free and easy access to scientific literature. The research is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education…
Read MoreManuel Castells inaugurates high-profile lecture series on digital society
The current rapid social and technological change brings about enormous uncertainties – a great need for explanations and sense-making but also of shaping our common future. The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) are starting a high-profile lecture series with great European thinkers…
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