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104In the upcoming winter term, we offer three elective courses: <a href="/teaching/advanced-natural-language-processing">Advanced Natural Language Processing</a> (ANLP, Master), the <a href="/teaching/virtual-reality-projekt">Virtual Reality Projekt</a> (VRP, Bachelor, new topic: health and sports) and, for the first time, <a href="/teaching/ki-unterstuetztes-softwaredesign-und-engineering">KI-unterstütztes Softwaredesign und -engineering</a> (KDE, Bachelor, 10 CP).</p>
105<p><strong>Come to the introductory sessions in the Schnupperwoche and see for yourself:</strong></p>
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107<li><strong>Virtual Reality Projekt</strong> — Tuesday, September 22, 15:20, room A012</li>
108<li><strong>Advanced Natural Language Processing</strong> — Tuesday, September 22, 17:00, room A212</li>
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155            <p>The streaming platform <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/">Twitch</a> has become an important social environment where players and viewers interact in real time, form communities, and develop shared norms.
156At the same time, these communities can be affected by harmful behavior, including harassment, abusive language, and discrimination.</p>
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181            <p>The summer semester 2026 edition of our <a href="/teaching/game-engineering/">Game Engineering</a> course (GAE) has come to an end, and once again the students were in it with a lot of fun and motivation. The result: 14 playable games, all built in Godot and all playable directly in the browser.</p>
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206            <p>This year marks ten years since our research group began <a href="/projects/dwwa">collaborating</a> with Deutsche Welle (DW). Yesterday, Kai Eckert visited DW in person to mark the occasion and to meet with both old and new members of this long-standing collaboration.</p>
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233      <p>Mental health matters just as much as physical health — and academia is no exception. Kai Eckert has completed the <a href="https://www.mhfa-ersthelfer.de/de/">MHFA Ersthelfer</a> course and is now …</p>
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253      <p>On June 15, 2026, Kai Eckert returns to the <strong>Zentrum für Lehre und Lernen (ZLL)</strong> at Mannheim Technical University with a follow-up talk in the lecture …</p>
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273      <p>On June 10, 2026, Kai Eckert will give a talk at the <strong>Liselotte-Gymnasium Mannheim</strong> as part of their <em>Medienabend</em> (Media Evening) — an event organized …</p>
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293      <p>On April 2nd, 2026, <a href="/people/florian-rupp">Florian Rupp</a> gave an invited guest lecture at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
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314      <p>The course &ldquo;Immersive Worlds — VR and Stage&rdquo; (<a href="/teaching/virtual-reality-projekt">Virtual Reality Project</a>, VRP, Winter Term 2025/26), co-created by 
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