Center
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science are fundamentally changing research and teaching at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. The Heine Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (HeiCAD) will actively support and shape this process.
HeiCAD Activities
HeiCAD offers practical training in the future-oriented field of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. With the online course 'KI für Alle' (AI for All, german language), HeiCAD offers an easy introduction to the world of AI - understandable and accessible to all interested parties. In the future, the offer will be expanded in a targeted manner: target group-specific workshops are planned, which will be individually tailored to the needs of different professional and interest groups. In this way, HeiCAD supports learners in developing AI and data science skills for their personal and professional goals.
HeiCAD offers a regular programme of AI and data science events throughout the year. A highlight is the HeiCADLectures series, where experts provide exciting insights into current research topics and applications. In addition, the HeiCADRetreat invites you to network with peers, exchange ideas and initiate new collaborations. The programme is complemented by special events focusing on the latest trends and developments in AI and data science.
HeiCAD is committed to communicating knowledge about AI in an understandable and accessible way. Through targeted science communication, the institute brings complex AI topics closer to a broad, interested public. With comprehensible formats, exciting insights and practical offers, HeiCAD promotes the dialogue between science and society - for an informed, reflective approach to AI in everyday life, work and research.
In order to support researchers at the HHU, HeiCAD establishes a systematic network between algorithm- and method-oriented research groups on the one hand and application-oriented research groups on the other. It offers communicative support for research contexts and organises an annual networking meeting for HHU researchers and affiliated institutions (HeiCAD Retreat).
HeiCAD is the central contact point for external cooperation partners from society, business and politics in the fields of AI and data science. It supports the transfer of practice-relevant research results to these stakeholders and establishes networks with external scientific institutions. In particular, it contributes to the development of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the future field of artificial intelligence in cooperation with university and non-university research institutions.
Structure and Organisation
The organisational structure of HeiCAD currently consists of the Management, the Executive Board, the Scientific Staff and Assistants, and the Members.
HeiCAD's governing body is the Executive Board, which is elected for two years. It has a total of nine voting members. The board consists of the following members Dr. Peter Arndt, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Laura Kallmeyer, Univ.- Prof. Dr. med. Klaus Pfeffer, M.ed. Stefan Reiners-Selbach, Katrin Rollmann, Prof. Dr. Johann Justus Vasel, Prof. Dr. Barbara Weißenberger.
HeiCAD's managing team consists of Director Prof. Dr. Martin Mauve, the Deputy Directors Prof. Dr. Stefan Dietze and Prof. Dr. Tobias Marschall, Scientific Managing Director Dr. Saskia Reither, Administrative Assistant Julijana Popovic, and Research Assistant Katrin Rollmann.
