CAIMed is the Lower Saxony research center for artificial intelligence and causal methods in medicine. We develop innovative methods for improved, personalized healthcare and contribute to the management of widespread diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and infections. The combination of excellent locations in Lower Saxony for methodical AI research, data-intensive medicine, medical informatics and basic medical research creates a unique flagship project for research into AI and personalized medicine.
CAIMed starts with 12 method-oriented junior research groups at the participating universities, consisting of 24 scientific staff. The groups will be led by experienced researchers in computer science and medicine, who will also act as CAIMed members and mentors for the new groups. The strategic and content-related networking of all participating institutions from Hannover, Göttingen and Braunschweig is guaranteed from the outset and can be further developed dynamically. The involvement of mentors with a medical background ensures a direct link to the medical focus of CAIMed. All 12 groups provide resources for data processing in the medical focus areas. The junior research groups are organized in four methodological clusters: "AI and Semantics", "AI and Decisions", "AI and Active Substances" and "AI and Signals", each with cluster spokespersons.
"At the Lower Saxony Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Causal Methods in Medicine, we develop innovative methods for improved and personalized healthcare. In doing so, we provide solutions for global challenges. By networking and strengthening the excellent locations in Lower Saxony for methodological KI research, data-intensive medicine, medical informatics and basic medical research, we are creating a unique beacon for research into artificial intelligence and personalized medicine."
Dr. Georg Schütte
Secretary General,
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„Wenn wir die Chancen der künstlichen Intelligenz nutzen wollen, müssen wir die Technologien beherrschen und weiterentwickeln. Der CAIMed-Verbund bringt dazu die Expertise von unterschiedlichen Standorten zusammen. Gemeinsam können wir es schaffen, Niedersachsen sichtbar auf der Landkarte der KI-Forschung zu platzieren und so Talente aus aller Welt für uns zu gewinnen.“
Falko Mohrs
Lower Saxony Minister for Science and Culture
"With CAIMed, research in Lower Saxony is consistently continuing the necessary interdisciplinary and cross-method networking of its research activities and is bringing the strong life and data science expertise in the Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region closer together. Using methods of artificial intelligence and machine learning, new impulses for modern, increasingly personalized medicine are to be set here in order to open up new healing perspectives, especially for patients suffering from one of the widespread diseases."
