Artificial intelligence (AI) projects are being advanced worldwide. The Indian Institute for Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT-A) and the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) are exploring the potential for joint research in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
For this reason, the Department of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Data Processing (MND) in Friedberg and the Centre of Competence for Information Technology (KITE) at THM welcomed guests from the city of one million inhabitants in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to the Indo-German Week. Organized by Professors Dr. Michael Guckert and Dr. Rahamatullah Khondoker, overlaps in their own research activities were identified in Friedberg, Giessen , and Rauischholzhausen Castle as the conference venue, and ideas for joint projects were generated based on these overlaps.
The delegation, led by Prof. Om Prakash Vyas, brought with it topics such as deep learning as a machine learning method for cardiological applications, data security in the e-health sector, AI ethics and regulation, but also the mathematical foundations of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The THM gave an overview of its RISKA project, which uses AI to determine risk probabilities of cardiovascular diseases for individual patients from ECG data, and introduced the discipline of XAI, explainable artificial intelligence.
The supporting programme included a tour of Rauischholzhausen Castle and about the Friedberger Campus, a trip to Frankfurt and a meeting with THMPresident Prof. Dr. Matthias Willems. This emphasized the importance of international collaborations: funding commitments would increasingly depend on international orientation, and the internationalization strategy of the university also focuses on in-depth partnerships abroad. "In research, you also benefit in particular from different cultures and approaches to problems," added Willems. He, the organization team from the competence center and Department as well as the employees of the International Office received handmade scarves from Allahabad as a sign of recognition from the guests.
Prof. Dr. At the end, Michael Guckert spoke of a “fruitful exchange”, which is planned to be intensified. From now on, monthly digital meetings will take place. A return visit to Allahabad is also being prepared. This first meeting was funded by the Erasmus+ programme “Mobility with Partner Countries”.