Excellent research infrastructure
As a University of Excellence, the University of Hamburg is improving its research infrastructure to facilitate top cutting-edge research. By setting up technology platforms, the University is systematizing the procurement, use, and maintenance of large core facilities. The new Digital Office headed by the chief digital officer plays a decisive role in coordinating strategic development in the area of IT and digitalization.
Technology platforms
Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence is establishing technology platforms in a range of areas. These partly centralized, partly decentralized platforms support the interdisciplinary and synergistic use of equipment.
So far, 4 technology platforms are already professionally operating state-of-the-art equipment, training researchers, and helping them plan their experiments:
A centralized coordination office organizes the procurement and maintenance of large equipment, thereby facilitating a strategic and future-oriented development of research infrastructure at Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence.
IT and digitalization platform
Since the beginning of 2021, Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence has had a chief digital officer.
Coordinated by the Digital Office, a holistic digitalization vision and related digitalization strategy have been developed, establishing how the University pursues digitalization in research, teaching, and administration.
The Hub of Computing and Data Science makes an important contribution to digital transformation in research. This is where cross-disciplinary labs foster interdisciplinary research projects that use digital methods in the fields of AI, machine learning, and data science.
The goal is to expand upon cooperation between experts in given subjects and digital experts to provide a foundation for applications for new collaborative projects. Funding is provided proportionally through the Excellence Strategy.