To achieve these objectives, the Cognitive Systems Lab will use the approved funding to provide two core components that form the essential foundation for human-centered AI systems. First, we will develop innovative mobile biosignal recording devices (B) featuring unobtrusive sensor technology and intuitive operation to capture participants’ physical, affective, and social behavior, including mental activity. To protect the sensitive data collected, biosignal data acquisition will be conducted ethically and in full compliance with all relevant data protection laws. Second, we will establish a high-performance central storage and computing infrastructure (I) for storing, providing, and processing the collected data volumes. This storage infrastructure will be located locally on the campus of the University of Bremen and will offer computing resources for training and validating biosignal models using machine learning methods. In a third and final step, which goes beyond the scope of the applied ERDF funding, we will develop a digital portal (P) that will serve as a central access point for users, researchers, and interested companies.

     The Biosignals-HUB is intended to be accessible to all research and development institutions in Bremen that commit to complying with ethical and legal requirements. In this way, it actively contributes to strengthening Bremen’s leading position in human-centered, biosignal-adaptive AI research.

 Further information on the ERDF can be found here: https://www.efre-bremen.de/