The speech signal is a rich source of information that conveys not only linguistic but also para-linguistic information such as identity, gender, emotional state or age. However, these features are hidden in complex, non-transparent variations of the speech signal. The project "Deep Phonetics" of our Communications Engineering workgroup is investigating precisely these para-linguistic dimensions and getting to the bottom of the following…

The last lecture in the "TalksHoch3" series will take place on 9 October 2025 at 7 pm at the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum with the topic "Sportstadt Paderborn - Unthinkable without Heinz Nixdorf?". After a welcome by Dr Jochen Viehoff, Managing Director of the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum and Prof. Dr René Fahr, Vice President of Paderborn University, the evening will begin with the presentation "Sport with brains in the spirit of Heinz Nixdorf" by…

Artificial cooling is fundamentally shaping our world. Since the beginning of the Cold War, cooling and freezing technologies have become increasingly important for a wide range of everyday practices, from nutrition, health and reproduction to housing, telecommunications, scientific research and economic productivity. A global system of cold stores, cold chains and climate-controlled rooms has become an energy-intensive but little-noticed…

As part of the "TalksHoch3" lecture series, the lecture "Heinz Nixdorf and the evolution of information technology: transformation of a region" will be held on 8 October 2025 at 7 p.m. in the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum. The evening will be opened by Dominik Hermelingmeier and his presentation of the science slam contribution "How a street bollard explains Heinz Nixdorf's technology". This will be followed by Prof Dr Nikolaus Risch's lecture on…

TalksHoch3 | Heinz Nixdorf as a visionary in architecture and construction As part of the "TalksHoch3" lecture series, the lecture "Heinz Nixdorf as a visionary in architecture and construction" will take place on 7 October 2025 at 7 pm in the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum.Dipl.-Ing. Architect Martin König will talk about his own experiences of Heinz Nixdorf's work. He will also cover the following topics:- Heinz Nixdorf's influence on architecture…

Marc Deegen, a doctoral candidate in our Communications Engineering group, spent eight weeks of his summer at the 32nd Jelinek Summer Workshop on Speech and Language Technology (JSALT) in Brno in the Czech Republic.The workshop has been organised annually by the Center for Language and Speech Processing at Johns Hopkins University for 30 years. The JSALT brings together teams with team members from all over the world to conduct joint research on…

New products require not only technology, but also expertise: Annika Reich presented a “method for developing digital business models using customer data to increase value” at the VDI Automation 2025 conference. With the help of this method, companies can use key technologies such as augmented reality to generate customer data, for example on maintenance processes, and build an expanded value proposition in the form of customer-specific training…

The sub-project B06 of the SFB/TRR 318 "Constructing Explainability" investigates the normativity of XAI from an ethical and media science perspective. To date, there has been a lack of research into the normativity of XAI, i.e., among other things, an analysis of the question of what XAI is actually supposed to be good for, because explanations are not an end in themselves. The lack of examination of the question of the purposes of XAI is due to…

N'Dah Jean Kouagou successfully completed her doctorate on the topic of "Fast Neuro-Symbolic Approaches for Class Expression Learning" under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo. Summary of the doctoral dissertation: With the swift progress of current AI systems' capabilities, there is a pressing need for explainable AI methods to understand the behavior of these systems. To this end, class expression learning in description…

Leon Özcan successfully completed his doctorate on the topic of "Systematics for the strategic management of digital platforms in B2B markets" under Prof Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu. Summary of the doctoral dissertation: In the course of digitization, digital platforms are unleashing their full disruptive potential and have led to fundamental changes in B2C markets. Experts expect and are already observing, that digital platforms will continue to…

Paderborn University research prize awarded A ball rolls onto the road, a child stands on the pavement - drivers' alarm bells immediately ring. The result: they brake because they assume that the child will run onto the road. Drivers are also able to anticipate the behaviour of pedestrians in other potentially dangerous situations. Autonomous vehicles, which will increasingly characterise the streetscape, cannot do this. Although news…

LeMuR is an MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) Doctoral Network (DN) 2021 on the topic of "Learning with Multiple Representations". The aim of LeMuR is to develop the theoretical foundations and a first set of algorithms for the new paradigm "Learning with Multiple Representations" (LMR). In addition, corresponding applications will be developed to demonstrate the usefulness of the new approaches. In particular, LMR algorithms will enable…

High traffic volumes in urban areas are not only a burden for the road users themselves, but also for the residents of the affected areas and the environment. Combating pollutant and noise emissions is a major challenge for local authorities and has also led to drastic measures in the past, such as driving bans. At the same time, road mobility is facing major upheavals due to new technologies. Numerous new cars are already being equipped with…

Efficient Explainable Learning on Knowledge Graphs (ENEXA) is a European project that develops human-centred, explainable approaches to machine learning for real-world knowledge graphs. Human-centred, transparent and explainable AI systems are key to human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial solutions. ENEXA builds on novel and promising results in the fields of knowledge representation and machine learning to develop…

Seven months into the project, time for an interim review: From 13th to 15th May 2025, the Digi4Circular consortium met in beautiful Viana do Castelo in Portugal at project partner Data CoLAB. Who needs what material information at what stage of the product creation process? What must be included in a digital product passport to enable aluminum to be recycled even more effectively? Initial decisions on these questions were made by the project…