Three minutes, two awards

Complex research explained with clarity and charisma

FameLab’s rules are simple: content, clarity, and charisma are what count. The slammers have three minutes to present their research, using only objects they can carry themselves to illustrate their topics. During his performance, Marco Gustav demonstrated how AI works in general and how it can be applied in medicine to assist doctors. He creatively portrayed a patient in a blue shirt burdened with a stack of medical documents and a doctor in a white coat who utilizes AI to analyze this patient data. In Gustav’s depiction, AI is not a mysterious “black box,” but a visible, golden high-performance computer that processes documents within seconds — allowing the doctor to spend more valuable time with the patient.

Allaying fears, demonstrating potential

Marco Gustav, M.Sc., is a mechanical engineer and PhD student in the “Clinical Artificial Intelligence” research group, led by Prof. Jakob N. Kather at the EKFZ for Digital Health at TU Dresden. He focuses his research on the application of AI for cancer detection. Recognizing the complexity of AI and medical topics, Gustav uses his Science Slams to educate and inspire. His goal is to make learning fun and accessible, reaching as wide an audience as possible. By doing so, he aims to dispel fears surrounding new technologies, emphasizing that machines are not here to take over the world — but rather to improve the early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases like cancer.

Jury of the FameLab preliminary round in Dresden:

• Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Professor of Materials Science and Nanotechnology at TU Dresden
• Corinne Miseer, Managing Director of Dresden Marketing GmbH
• Carena Schlewitt, Intendant and Artistic Director in Hellerau
• Marion Schmidt, Chief Communication Officer at TU Dresden