Lisa Petzke, a research assistant in our “Advanced Systems Engineering” workgroup, attended the Norddesign 2026 conference in Tampere, Finland, from 11–14 August. As a co-author, she presented the paper “Simulation-Based Decision Support Tool for the Economic Evaluation of Circular Business Models”, which was authored by Anja Rasor, Lisa Petzke, Rik Rasor, Christian Koldewey and Roman Dumitrescu.
The paper presents a simulation-based decision…
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Bill Happi to our "Data Science" workgroup.
Bill is a postdoctoral researcher in the DICE group and his current research focuses on knowledge graphs and their applications. In particular, he concentrates on entity alignment, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and the generation of text from SPARQL. At the heart of his research is the question of how the vast repositories of structured knowledge on the Semantic…
Tentris, a spin-off company resulting from research at DICE, has secured pre-seed funding of two million euros.
Tentris emerged from many years of fundamental research carried out by the DICE Research Group at Paderborn University. The scientific work focused on investigating the equivalence of algebras for query processing. This laid the technological foundation for the company’s further development. Today, Tentris is developing TentrisDB, a…
From 22 to 25 June, the International Conference on Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (ICE IEEE/ITMC) took place in Porto, Portugal.
Our research associate Julia Vehmeyer from the “Advanced System Engineering” workgroup presented her paper “Forging the Ring: Collaboration Challenges and Tensions in Networks in the Circular Economy” at the conference. The paper addresses the challenges that can arise when collaborating within circular value…
In the “GenAI4PC” research project, scientists at our institute have made generative AI understandable, tangible and scientifically analysable. The research focused on the interaction between humans and technology.
Experts from our workgroups ‘Advanced Systems Engineering’, ‘Behavioural Economic Engineering and Responsible Management’ and ‘Control Engineering and Mechatronics’ have developed two fully functional AI demonstrators for this…
The SeRIUS project is off and running! The kick-off event for the development of solutions for‘Secure, Resilientand Intelligent UnmannedAircraft Systems’took place back in February. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iris Gräßler, Head of our “Product Creation” workgroup, expertise from Paderborn University – particularly from the Heinz Nixdorf Institute – and Fraunhofer IEM is being pooled. In this way, we are making a significant…
Andreas, a former member of our “Secure Software Engineering” workgroup, successfully completed his PhD on the topic “Secure Use of Open-Source Software – A Systematic Study and Techniques” under the supervision of Prof. Dr Eric Bodden.
He currently works at Finanz Informatik GmbH & Co. KG as a Security Software Architect. In this role, he works at the interface between software architecture and IT security. His main areas of focus are secure…
From left to right: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ansgar Trächtler, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sven Schimpf, Dr.-Ing. Kai Ellermann, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gausemeier, Dr.-Ing. Christian Koldewey
23.07.2026
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Heinz Nixdorf Institute,
Advanced Systems Engineering / Heinz Nixdorf Institut
Kai Ellermann has successfully completed his PhD on the topic ‘Early-stage technology assessment in the age of digitalisation and artificial intelligence: a systematic approach to performance enhancement based on maturity models’ under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu. We offer our warmest congratulations!
Summary of the thesis:
Companies operate in an increasingly dynamic environment in which the emergence of new technologies…
From left to right: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Elmar Moritzer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ansgar Trächtler, Dr.-Ing. Stefan Gabriel, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gausemeier, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benedikt Latos
22.07.2026
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Heinz Nixdorf Institute,
Advanced Systems Engineering / Heinz Nixdorf Institut
Stefan Gabriel has successfully completed his PhD on the topic ‘A Systematic Approach to the Design of AI-Supported Work Processes in a Production Environment’ under the supervision of Dr. Roman Dumitrescu. We offer our warmest congratulations!
Summary of the thesis:
Work processes in production environments will change dramatically as a result of artificial intelligence (AI). AI increases the ability of technical systems to assume agency. The…
Whether on Amazon, Booking.com or Google Reviews, star ratings are now among the most important factors influencing online shopping decisions. Platforms summarise the reviews of thousands of customers into a single metric, usually the arithmetic mean. But does this calculation actually reflect the way in which consumers perceive and process rating distributions? A new study by an interdisziplinär research team from Paderborn University and Ludwig…
From 22 to 25 June 2026, Sabrina Plaß, a research assistant in our “Behavioural Economic Engineering and Responsible Management” workgroup, attended the Summer School on Responsible Capitalism in Venice.
There she presented the project idea “Fooling oneself: Mapping the conceptual landscape of self-deception in economics and management research”.
The Summer School focuses on academic exchange regarding sustainable development and shaping…
How does artificial intelligence create real added value? This was precisely the question addressed by the two-day masterclass organized by the SHAPE project. Among the contributors: the KLUG research project held a modul on how to consistently develop AI-based services from the customer's perspective. Using the Value Proposition Canvas, participants jointly elaborated needs, challenges, and added value that must be the focus of AI-supported…
Sustainability and digitalisation are two key areas of focus within companies that are crucial to business success. In the “DualStrat” project, partners from academia and industry have therefore set out to examine these two areas together and to develop an approach to the strategic management of what is known as the “dual transformation” in industrial companies. Researchers from the “Behavioural Economic Engineering and Responsible Management”…
Targeted data generation and data storage: This was the theme of the second workshop held at Roess Nature Group GmbH & Co. KG as part of the pilot study on the application of digital Key Technologies in the KLUG project. As part of the move toward implementing Predictive Maintenance, various options for Data Generation were explored, such as measuring power consumption and temperature. With the help of a demonstrator from our “Product Creation”…
From the motivation for digital transformation to the digital business model:
Participants in the Community of Practice within the DigiLeistDAT KLUG project, from our ‘Product Development’ workgroup, gathered experience and have now begun drawing up concrete, company-specific plans based on the lessons learnt. For example, one company is validating its proposed business model with identified pilot customers. Another firm is carrying out initial…
