Emerging Fields

The Emerging Fields are devoted to pioneering interdisciplinary research in new fields including the social sciences and humanities. The following list displays the research projects presently running in the five Emerging Fields. Successfully completed projects can be found on the subsequent websites of the individual Emerging Fields.

 

Projects marked with an asterisk (*) are short-term one-year pilot projects.

 

Extracting Dynamical Laws from Complex Data (EF1)
Scientists in Charge: Klaus-Robert Müller, Sebastian Pokutta, Markus Reiß

Successfully completed projects of Emerging Field 1 can be found here.

The projects EF1-14, -15, -18, -22, and -25 have been moved to Application Area 5: Variational Problems in Data-Driven Applications.

 

 

Digital Shapes (EF2) (2019-2022)

This EF was closed in 2022. The two ongoing research projects were transferred to AA3 and EF3:

 

Successfully completed projects of Emerging Field 2 can be found here.

 

 

Model-Based Imaging (EF3)
Scientists in Charge: Michael Hintermüller, Vladimir Spokoiny, Gabriele Steidl

Successfully completed projects of Emerging Field 3 can be found here.

The projects EF3-7 and EF3-12 have been moved to Application Area 5: Variational Problems in Data-Driven Applications.

 

Multi-Agent Social Systems (EF45)
This Emerging Field evolved from a merger of the former Emerging Fields Particles and Agents (EF4) and Concepts of Change in Historical Processes (EF5).

Successfully completed projects of Emerging Field 4 can be found here.
Successfully completed projects of Emerging Field 5 can be found here.

 

Scientists in Charge: Christian Bayer, Natasa Djurdjevac Conrad, Wolfgang König

Successfully completed projects of Emerging Field 45 can be found here.

 

Decision Support in the Public Sector (EF6)

Scientists in Charge: Max von Kleist, Claudia Schillings