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Successful completion of the IDEAS joint project

Group photo of nine people at a final meeting at TU Dortmund University. Five people are standing next to each other in front of a wall with bright, rectangular patterns, four people are kneeling or squatting in front of it. They are all looking at the camera and smiling. The group is standing in an indoor area with a dark floor and light-colored walls. © privat
(from top left: Florian Glause (project sponsor), Thorsten Pollfuß (SpeechCare), Julius Hennig (UKL), PD Dr. Daniel Radeloff (UKL), Dr. Isabel Neitzel (TU Dortmund University); from bottom left: Mirko Lasarzewski (SpeechCare), Marie Hartwig (Fraunhofer IDMT), Larissa Pliska (TU Dortmund University), Dr. Michael Buschermöhle (KIZMO))
IDEAS celebrated the end of the joint project at a final meeting at TU Dortmund University!

The successful (provisional) completion of the "IDEAS" joint project was celebrated at a final meeting at TU Dortmund University at the end of September. In addition to the project coordinator Dr. Isabel Neitzel from TU Dortmund University, research assistant Larissa Pliska from TU Dortmund University and the project managers, (research) assistants from the other locations and the project sponsor were also present.

The project was successfully completed at the end of November 2025, having started in June 2022. The interdisciplinary joint project IDEAS - Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder through Speech and Facial Expression Recognition - has succeeded in developing a demonstrator for a digital screening tool for children with ASD.

Particularly noteworthy is the close and trusting cooperation within the network: In addition to TU Dortmund University, KIZMO GmbH - Clinical Innovation Center for Medical Technology Oldenburg, Leipzig University Hospital - Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics of Childhood and Adolescence, SpeechCare GmbH and Fraunhofer IDMT were involved.

Many thanks to all project partners as well as the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space and the VDI Technology Center as funding bodies within the framework of the "KMU-innovativ: Medizintechnik" funding line.