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POTSDAM, Germany, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- German Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) is supporting the educational initiative of the software company SAP AG to offer interactive online courses open to everyone - so-called MOOCs. These courses, backed by technology and know-how from HPI and starting on May 27th, will focus on SAP software products. The Potsdam institute, who refers to this latest venture as "pioneering work in the economy," is the first institute of higher...
POTSDAM, Germany, January 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) reports high interest worldwide in the latest online course at its new open online Internet educational platform http://www.openhpi.de. Already more than 3,000 have signed up for the third course starting on February 4th. The course, which will guide participants through the Semantic Web, is free of charge. Registration is still possible. Those who successfully complete the course will be...
POTSDAM, Germany, January 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The conventional Internet search reaches the limits of its power when the computer is expected to correctly interpret the meaning of information and not simply a character string. How the information expressed in natural language is extended in the so-called Semantic Web to enable a machine-readable interpretation of its meaning (semantics) is shown in the new open online course starting February 4th at http://www.openhpi.de....
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that Dr. Hasso Plattner, SAP co-founder and chairman of the SAP Supervisory Board, will be honored by the Churchill Club with the Global Benefactor award for 2012. The prestigious award recognizes global leaders with irrepressible vision and positive impact on society. It will be presented by renowned author and advisor Geoffrey Moore and Dr. Vishal Sikka, member of the SAP Executive Board leading...
Significant step forward in development of science-based recommendations for vitamin A levels for puppies A collaborative team of researchers, working on behalf of the European Pet Food Industry Federation (FEDIAF), has identified a safe upper level for vitamin A consumption for puppies. The research marks a significant step forward in the development of science-based recommendations for vitamin A levels for puppies and sheds new light on their distinct nutritional needs. This research...
A blanket of dust and rock debris is apparently shielding some glaciers in the world's highest mountain range from thawing, and varying wind patterns might explain why some are defying a melt."Our study shows there is no uniform response of Himalayan glaciers to climate change and highlights the importance of debris cover," scientists at universities in Germany and the United States wrote in the study of 286 glaciers.Elsewhere in the Himalayas "more than 65 percent of the monsoon-influenced...
When competitors are around, male Atlantic mollies try to hide their top mate choice, reveals a new study published online on July 31st in Current Biology, a Cell Press journal.They feign disinterest in females after onlookers enter the scene. What's more, after encountering a rival, the tricky males direct their first sexual advances toward females that really aren't their first pick. Male mollies are known to copy other males' mate choices, the researchers noted."I find it...
