Esther Kroll

As the capabilities of current computer systems are fast reaching their limits, the huge potential for quantum computing to solve vastly complex problems is attracting ever greater attention and worldwide efforts to ‘win’ the quantum race are ramping up. Still, the term ‘quantum’ carries a mystical quality as we try…

Light-Emitting Silicon: Demonstration of Efficient Light Emission from a new alloy of hexagonal silicon and germanium to obtain photonic chips, which can revolutionize computing. Silicon is a powerful material pervading our everyday lives. Silicon-based microchips are the basis of nearly every electronic device used in our houses, cars, smart gadgets,…

Anas Niaz and Bioniks are addressing the challenges faced by individuals with limb differences by introducing the Bionik App, an AI-powered mobile application providing remote troubleshooting and support for advanced bionic arms. This innovative solution enhances accessibility, offering convenience, personalised recommendations, and ongoing assistance, ultimately empowering individuals to regain independence…

HOW POPULATION STUDIES CAN HELP PREVENT NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Humanity is getting older. Due to a combination of longer life expectancy and declining fertility rates, the proportion of the population aged over sixty years is growing faster than any other age group. The success of public health policies and socio-economic development…

We create a domain-specific programming language, PVL, which aims to verify program implementations against their specifications via an internal verification engine embedded into PVL compiler. Tags: Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Safety-Critical Systems.

Working at the intersection of technology, art and design, Jiabao Li creates new ways for humans to perceive the world. “TransVision” questions the habitual ways in which we interpret the visual world intervened by digital media through three perceptual machines. In “Glacier’s Lament”, she collaborated with glaciologists to turn esoteric…

Progress in autonomous vehicles and digital assistants shows that today’s machines can perform certain human tasks with remarkable accuracy. But they lack versatility and only work within limited domains for which large sets of training data are available. Transfer of knowledge, common sense, and an understanding of causality are open problems.…

Mahesh Londhe is tackling malnutrition and nutrition deficiency by distributing millet-based healthy products to rural women and nutrient-deficient people to improve their health conditions.

The nominating institution Worcester Polytechnic Institute on the project: The concert series pairs scientists with artists (composers, performers, dancers) around a central theme. The artists work with the scientists to develop musical works that reflect, represent, comment on, or are otherwise inspired by the research and concepts of the scientific…

Hydrogen Energy – Powering Climate Neutrality Falling Walls Circle Tables are lending the spotlight to world-leading scientists, science strategists and policy-makers from academia, business and politics discuss how we can apply science, research and innovation to get the world moving again. It is becoming increasingly clear that the world’s energy…