Matthias Günther successfully completed his doctorate on the topic "Framework for the pattern-based design of System of Systems" under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Roman Dumitrescu. Summary of the doctoral dissertation: Connectivity and collaboration of systems is considered as a success factor for current and, especially, future solutions. Through the interaction of different systems goals are achieved that cannot be realized by the individual…

Our researchers are unique. Here they introduce themselves and show their very personal side behind the scientific work. Julia Marie Vehmeyer: "I completed my bachelor's degree in industrial engineering at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences. I particularly appreciated the strong practical relevance there. I moved to Paderborn University for my Master's degree. Alongside my studies, I worked as a student trainee in product management at…

What skills are needed in dismantling and subsequent reassembly to give products a new life? Engineers shape the circular economy - because they have the expertise to develop products in such a way that all components can be reused as easily as possible. Does reuse then only mean that companies reuse individual components as unchanged as possible? In the DeCap project, this goal is significantly expanded to include capabilities for flexible disa…

On 27 February, the IEEE Signal Processing Society is pleased to welcome Distinguished IEEE Speaker Dr. Tomohiro Nakatani for a guest lecture at Paderborn University. He will present a talk entitled "Enhancing Distant Automatic Speech Recognition via Model-Based Multi-Microphone Front-Ends". The presentation will take place in room L3.204 at 11 am at Paderborn University. Tomohiro Nakatani is a Senior Distinguished Researcher at the Communication…

We are pleased to welcome Dr Italo Lopes Oliveira to our "Data Science" workgroup. He researches the extraction of ontologies in descriptive logic from natural language texts. Italo is very busy in his free time. He enjoys discovering new cafés with his wife, taking care of his cats, playing video games or reading science fiction books. Welcome, Italo!

From 24 to 26 March 2026, our "Product Creation" workgroup is organising the symposium on hybrid intelligence in product and production development for the first time in Paderborn. During the three-day symposium, the scientific discourse will be guided by the question of how not only hybrid decision support, but hybrid intelligence in general can be used to increase performance in product creation. Both, approaches from the engineering sciences…

Around three years ago, researchers at Paderborn University succeeded in developing "SootUp", a groundbreaking innovation to "Soot", the world's leading framework for analysing and transforming Java and Android applications. Now they are taking the next big step: The researchers at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University are realising the "CoSA"[1] project under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden's "Secure Software Engineering"…

You can now find the new annual report online. It provides you with information about the statistical data of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute and the other activities of all specialist groups in the past year.Here you can access the Heinz Nixdorf Institute's Annual Report 2025 online. Have fun reading!

On Thursday, 5 February 2026, the HNI-Forum 2026 took place under the topic "Neurosymbolic Artificial Intelligence". More than 80 people attended the lecture series and listened to two exciting presentations. In his lecture "Representation Learning to Act and Plan", guest speaker Prof Hector Geffner (RWTH Aachen University) spoke about the limits of modern AI approaches such as deep learning, deep reinforcement learning and large language…

The Symposium for Foresight and Technology Planning (SVT), organised by our “Advanced Systems Engineering” workgroup, will take place in Berlin from 7-8 October 2026. For the 20th time, the SVT will bring together experts in the field of strategic product and technology planning from research and industry. The theme of this year's SVT is "Strategic Foresight in Times of Radical Uncertainty". The Symposium for Foresight and Technology Planning…

We cordially invite you to the HNI-Forum 2026 on 5 February 2026 at 3 pm. The HNI-Forum is a series of lectures focussing on current research trends and projects. The aim is to convey ideas, challenges and solutions in a generally understandable way. There will be two exciting lectures on the main topic of "Neurosymbolic Artificial Intelligence". Prof Dr Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo, head of our "Data Science" workgroup, will give a talk on the…

The third workshop of the "Community of Practice" in the KLUG project on 13.11.2025 focused on practical digitalisation concepts. On site, the participants used the DigiTech toolbox developed in the project, which was used on a robot arm to test digital technologies. They used the DigiTech toolbox to carry out digitalisation concepts themselves, such as augmented reality-supported maintenance. The exchange impressively demonstrated how digital…

Open source solutions are playing an increasingly important role in networked and sustainable value creation. At the Tractus-X Community Days in December 2025, it became clear how far development in the field of open source has already progressed. Presentations and workshops provided insights into the latest technical developments in the TractusX ecosystem. Particularly valuable for the attending members of our "Product Creation" workgroup and…

On 27 January, the Executive Board of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute invited our employees to this year's New Year's Dinner and used the occasion to look back on a successful year 2025. With 12 doctorates, 130 publications and 157 Bachelor's, Master's and student research projects, Prof René Fahr, Chairman of the Institute's Executive Board and Head of the "Behavioural Economic Engineering and Responsible Management" department, drew a positive…

We are pleased to welcome Md Mahadi Hasan to our "Circuit Technology" workgroup. His research focusses on optoelectronic DNNs (Diffractive Neural Networks). In his spare time, Mahadi enjoys playing football and is also active in cricket. Occasionally he also travels. Welcome, Mahadi!