The Brazilian-German Frontiers of Science and Technology (BRAGFOST) symposia are a series of interdisciplinary conferences co-organized by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Funding on the German side is provided by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space.
This year´s BRAGFOST Symposium is dedicated to the theme How to improve model robustness and covers the following topics:
- Generative AI and its impact on immersive technologies
- Generative AI in industry and the future of labour and agriculture
- Generative AI as a catalyst for innovation in bioprospecting, biotechnology, and bioeconomy
The organizing committee consists of two conference co-chairs and six session chairs from both countries. They jointly developed the program for this conference.
The symposium brings together approx. 60 outstanding young researchers from Brazil and Germany coming from various universities, research institutions, and industry, to introduce their areas of research and technical work, thus enabling an interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge and methods. Researchers working in different fields of sciences and engineering build cross-disciplinary networks and take the opportunity to work on future international collaborations.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports collaboration between the BRAGFOST participants with its dedicated follow-up program CONNECT which grants residence allowances for working visits in the partner country for up to 30 days.
Participation is by invitation only.