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Data surgery? Intelligent technology in the operating theatre

In recent years, rapid advances in computer science and AI research have brought an overwhelming variety of technological innovations into the view of policymakers and the public. While promising great benefits and new possibilities, their potential also raises pressing questions – the prediction that AI will change the world is ambivalent. In order to understand how this change is taking place, we need to look into details: What kind of intelligent systems are we talking about in each case? What aims are they developed for, how will they be used, and what role will humans play in those scenari-os? Answers to these questions arise at the interfaces between computer science and our reality of life and are therefore as specific as the resulting AI systems themselves.

One of these interfaces is the field of translational surgical oncology, i.e. the development of AI systems in surgical cancer therapy. Computer scientist Prof. Dr. Stefanie Speidel teaches and researches at the National Center for Tumor Diseases in Dresden and develops intelligent systems for the operating theatre as well as surgical training. In the fifth episode of Digitalgespräch, she explains the tools she and her colleagues are developing, how she is collaborating with scientists and practitioners of other disciplines, as well as patients and industry partners, and clarifies the question of whether human experts or artificial neural networks will make the vital decisions during operations in the future. With ZEVEDI hosts Marlene Görger and Petra Gehring she discusses how physicians and patients can benefit from AI systems, what obstacles have to be overcome during the long development process ahead – but also what active role patients will play in this.

Episode 5 of Digitalgespräch feat. Stefanie Speidel, National Center for Tumor Deseases in Dresden, 20 Juli 2021

Further informationen:
Link to the website of the Department of Translational Surgical Oncology at the NCT/UCC Dresden:
https://www.nct-dresden.de/en/research/departments-and-groups/translational-surgical-oncology.html

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AI and Finance

Finance has always been geared to gaining knowledge about economic conditions and developments through skillful analysis of cleverly generated data. Over the centuries, it has undergone a number of innovation processes. We are now in the midst of dynamic developments that are characterized by digitality – and as is the case in many other places, technologies that are counted as artificial intelligence are becoming more and more important. Florian Möslein is a legal scholar who teaches and researches at Philipps University of Marburg. In this fourth episode of “Digitalgespräch”, the expert on digitality and innovation talks about applications of Artificial Intelligence as seen today in the financial markets. With hosts Marlene Görger and Petra Gehring, he discusses the challenges that the digitization of financial markets poses for market participants, politics and society.

Episode 4 of Digitalgespräch, feat. Florian Möslein of Philipps-Universität Marburg, 6 Juli 20211

Further informationen:
Link to Florian Möslein’s department at the University of Marburg:
https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb01/professuren/zivilrecht/prof-dr-florian-moesleinhttps://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb01/professuren/zivilrecht/prof-dr-florian-moeslein

Link to Wikipedia article on Gamestop stock affair in early 2021:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop_short_squeeze

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After Bitcoin: rules in the world of blockchains and tokens

For some time now, the big star in the crypto token world – Bitcoin – has had to share attention with other blockchain applications. It is not only receiving competition from alternative cryptocurrencies – the possible applications that blockchain technologies are expected to offer are diverse and the interest is great, although German private law does not yet know any categories for the “token” – the object that is created as a blockchain.

Sebastian Omlor teaches and researches at Philipps University in Marburg. The legal scholar and financial expert deals with the problem of establishing legal certainty for blockchain applications. In this episode of Digitalgespräch, he explains the concept of blockchain, what causes its appeal – and what might give the impression that it could replace jurisprudence in certain areas. With hosts Marlene Görger and Petra Gehring, he takes a look at the future of blockchain and discusses why despite its sophisticated technology it is worth creating well-made laws for it.

Episode 3 of Digitalgespräch, feat. Sebastian Omlor of Philipps-Universität Marburg, 22 June 2021

Further information:
About the research project “Blockchain und Recht” (“blockchain and law”): https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb01/aktuelles/nachrichten/marburger-juristen-erforschen-blockchain-technologie»

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Emotet & co: the fight against cybercrime

Hardly a week goes by without reports about cyber attacks in the news. These much-noticed hacks often affect companies and government institutions, but private individuals are also the targets of criminal hackers. Most of the time, it’s simply about money; cybercrime has come to be a business model. Linda Bertram is a public prosecutor at the Center for Combatting Cybercrime (ZIT). She and her team hunt down such groups and are just as internationally networked as the hackers they pursue. In this podcast, she talks to Hosts Marlene Görger and Petra Gehring about the major strike against the group behind Emotet, the “king of malware,” which succeeded in early 2021 and caused quite a stir. Bertram explains what cybercrime is, how investigators tackle it and how individuals can protect themselves. This episode of Digitalgespräch also asks what considerations the rule of law requires of investigative teams and what limits it sets for them.

Episode 2 of Digitalgespräch, feat. Linda Bertram of the Center for Combatting Cybercrime (ZIT) , 8 June 2021
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Link zum Video der ukrainischen Polizei, das den Einsatz gegen Hacker hinter Emotet zeigt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BLOmClsSpc

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Digitalgespräch – from 26 May 2021

Digitalgespräch is a ZEVEDI podcast for people who want to know first-hand what is happening in the field of digitality and what challenges scientists, politicians and society are facing. Each episode is dedicated to a selected aspect and topic. The hosts – Marlene Görger and Petra Gehring – invite experts who share their knowledge talking about their current fields of work, projects and perspectives, putting the spotlight on complex fields of action and thus helping to lift the fog of big buzzwords.

The podcast is in German. At the moment there is no English version or transcript available.

Trailer: A taste of Digitalgespräch, 24 May 2021

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