Our researchers are unique. Here they introduce themselves and show their very personal side behind the scientific work.
Stefan Schott:
"My name is Stefan Schott and I have been a research associate in the Secure Software Engineering workgroup at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute since 2021. I also started my degree in computer science at Paderborn University in 2015, where I discovered my passion for software engineering and cybersecurity early on.…
Our researchers are unique. Here they introduce themselves and show their very personal side behind the scientific work.
Louis Mozart Kamdem Teyou:
I am currently doing my PhD at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute in the field of Artificial Intelligence, specialising in knowledge representation and reasoning. My research focuses on learning concepts with multiple representations - in particular, developing and evaluating methods that combine symbolic…
Our researchers are unique. Here they introduce themselves and show their very personal side behind the scientific work.
Jan Pfeifer:
"I - Jan Pfeifer - have been employed at the Chair for Product Creation since March 2020 and have been researching in the field of systems engineering as a research assistant since January 2023. I come from Wetten, a small village on the Dutch border. I moved to the beautiful city of Paderborn to start my degree…
The pilot study “Community of Practice” has got off to a successful start as part of the KLUG project. Representatives from seven companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sector took part in the workshop at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute. The aim of the Community of Practice is to facilitate the exchange of experience across companies in the developing of digital business models. The pilot study enables companies to learn from each other…
A challenge in Life Cycle Assessment: Production data from LCA databases is available but inaccurate; data from real life is very costly to collect but accurate. Jens Pottebaum presented a promising compromise from the Decide4ECO project at IIC2025 in Chemnitz: The application of production simulation ema, PlantDesigner and WorkDesigner. Equally exciting for Michael Spitzhirn: the provision of data from ManufacturingX as a future possibility for…
Supervising student work “BeSsAr” (better), now also carrying out such work “BeSsAr”: The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and our Product Creation workgroup have jointly launched the “BeSsAr 2.0 - students edition” project. Students now experienced for the first time the tips and tricks contained in the guidelines – and provided valuable feedback for further development. Building on this, the guide is now being finalized so that it will be made…
Sabrina Plaß successfully completed her doctorate on the topic of "Perspectives on Social Norms and Social Responsibility: Emerging Economic and Managerial Approaches" under Prof Dr René Fahr.
Summary of the doctoral dissertation:
Ecological crises, social unrest, and digital transformation have raised the need to rethink the economy. As such, digitalisation is transforming business operations and redefining their responsibilities towards…
Our researchers are unique. Here they introduce themselves and show their very personal side behind the scientific work.
Tobias Cord-Landwehr:
"I have been a research assistant in the Communications Engineering workgroup since 2020. After writing my Bachelor's thesis in the field of speech processing, I then specialised in audio processing and communication technology in my Master's degree and wrote my Master's thesis on interference…
Quickly test a flight path in the simulation, then fly a drone to check danger zones most efficiently—and that during a firefighting operation!
At this year's “Mensch und Computer” conference in Chemnitz, Niklas Döhner inspired with new findings from the EU project CREXDATA: “Shifting boundaries from preparedness to response: Using simulation of rescue robots in weather-induced emergencies.” By simulating rescue robots, which have been used…
From 17 to 21 August 2025, several members of our "Communications Engineering" work group attended the Interspeech Conference in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
They were represented with three contributions:
Synthesising Speech with Selected Perceptual Voice Qualities - A Case Study with Creaky VoiceTowards Frame-level Quality Predictions of Synthetic SpeechSpatio-Spectral Diarisation of Meetings by Combining TDOA-based Segmentation and Speaker…
On 9 April this year, Heinz Nixdorf would have celebrated his 100th birthday. To mark this anniversary, the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at the Paderborn University , in collaboration with the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, is presenting the ‘TalksHoch3’ lecture series from 7 to 9 October. On three consecutive evenings, visitors can look forward to concise and entertaining lectures that shed light on Heinz Nixdorf's knowledge and work in the fields of…
The 16th ITG Conference on Speech Communication will take place from 24 to 26 September 2025 in Berlin with the theme"Speech Communication in the Age of Foundation Models". The conference is dedicated to current developments in theory, algorithms and applications of speech, audio and speech signal processing.
Our "Communications engineering" workgroup, headed by Prof Reinhold Häb-Umbach, is strongly represented at the conference. Presenting on…
Suzana Alpsancar, head of our specialist group "Philosophy and Ethics of Scientific and Technological Cultures", is organising an international workshop entitled "...never neutral': Practices, concepts and methods of evaluating technology over the last 50 years" together with the VDI and the Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte (GUG) from 18-19 June 2026 at the Deutsches Museum in Munich as part of the project "Future needs Origin - The VDI…
Stephan Kruse, research associate in our workgroup "System and Circuit Technology" , is heavily involved in the 28th EuMW (European Microwave Week) in Jaarbeurs, Utrecht (Netherlands).
He will be giving the lectures:
"Electrooptical Integration of an Electronic Photonic Integrated Circuit into Plastic Substrates using MID-Technology", on 23.09.2025"A Photonic Assisted Visible Light FMCW Lidar System for Large Aperture Phased Array MIMO Based on…
The Green.OWL project supports the sustainable transformation of the economic region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The aim is to develop a model region for sustainable business. The focus is on small and medium-sized enterprises, which receive practical concepts and measures to make their business processes more environmentally friendly and resource-efficient. A central building block is a master plan that defines goals, measures and indicators in the…
