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Overpriced? TUD Researchers Explain Artificial Price Increases in the Taxi App Uber

Press Release 2020 Sep 24

Published on Thu, 24 Sep 2020 in PRESS RELEASES

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Apps such as Uber are an important mobility feature in many big cities. Driving others from A to B in their own car has become a job for many people. However, many drivers complain that their income is too low. In May 2019, the US television station ABC reported how Uber drivers at Washington airport artificially inflated the price of the service by all going offline at the same time. Within a few minutes, the price of the service had risen by 13 dollars, which almost doubled the amount.
How exactly does this strategy work and when is it used? This is what Dr. Malte Schröder and Professor Marc Timme from the Chair for Network Dynamics at the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) and the Institute for Theoretical Physics at TU Dresden have been investigating alongside PhD students David-Maximilian Storch and Philip Marszal.

Halbzeit beim Aufbau der Forschungslabore Mikroelektronik Deutschland

Medieninformation, Bochum / Dresden, 16.09.2020.

Published on Wed, 16 Sep 2020 in PRESS RELEASES

Frau hält Wafer in den Händen, im Hintergrund Labortechnik — Das ForLab NSME konzentriert sich auf mehr Rechenleistung bei weniger Energiebedarf. © TU Ilmenau / Christoph Gorke

Forschungslabore Mikroelektronik Deutschland (ForLab) präsentieren Spitzenforschung und Zukunftsthemen der Mikroelektronik in virtuellem Workshop vom 15. bis 16. September 2020
Aufbau der Forschungslabore mit Investitionen in Höhe von 50 Mio. € in modernste Geräte und Anlagen für die Mikroelektronik-Forschung an Hochschulen kommt gut voran, erste Forschungsarbeiten gestartet
Neue Themen- und Projekt-Website der 12 Forschungslabore Mikroelektronik geht online

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Winners of the 2020 cfaed Scientific Images Contest announced

Published on Tue, 08 Sep 2020 in NEWS

The winners of this year‘s cfaed Scientific Images Contest have now been officially announced. During the cfaed Council Meeting on Wednesday, 02 September 2020, the four chosen prize winners were presented to the members.

Read more … Winners of the 2020 cfaed Scientific Images Contest announced

Welcome to our new cfaed Associate Members

Published on Thu, 30 Jul 2020 in NEWS

We would like to welcome our latest cfaed Associate Members. Associate Members join cfaed to initiate interdisciplinary collaborations and work together with the core members in common interdisciplinary projects.

Read more … Welcome to our new cfaed Associate Members

Dr. Renhao Dong received TUD Young Investigator status

Published on Tue, 14 Jul 2020 in NEWS

Congratulation to Dr. Renhao Dong who received the TUD Young Investigators status. Renhao leads an independent research group at Prof. Xinliang Feng’s Chair for Molecular Functional Materials.