Autonomous driving, connected mobility, increasing electrification: the automotive industry is undergoing change. This makes it all the more important to support companies in integrating digital services into their business models and exploiting the innovation potential of digital business processes. For three years, a consortium of scientists and industry experts has been working to develop solutions for the mobility sector. The result: a…

We are pleased to announce the start of the ProDNN project, a joint project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), in which Paderborn University is one of the project partners and in which the workgroups "Modelling and Design of Photonic Quantum Systems" of Prof. Saravi and "System and Circuit Technology" of Prof. Scheytt at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute are involved.The aim of the ProDNN project is to…

Making data-orientated value creation sustainable - new ideas for digital value creation were developed at the DaWeNa-HUB meeting. The KLUG project was at the centre of it all. Annika Reich, Alena Tusek and Marcel Niemeyer, research assistants from our "Product Creation" workgroup, presented the current status of the project. The concept for transferring the results achieved using the virtual showroom was met with enthusiasm: abstract content can…

The ISWC took place from 2 to 6 November in 2025 Nara, Japan. The five-day conference offered a diverse programme and free online access to the proceedings for leading researchers and industry experts in the field of Semantic Web and Linked Data. Our "Data Science" workgroup led by Prof Dr Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo was strongly represented at the conference with various papers. Link Prediction Under Non-targeted Attacks: Do Soft Labels Always…

Launch of the "EEBEO" research project to record traffic situations On Friday, 12 December, Matthias Hauer, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space, presented the funding decision for the research project "EEBEO" ("Decentralised embedded real-time observer for microscopic traffic state estimation") to scientists at Paderborn University. The aim of the project is to install a microscopic observer in…

The effects of extreme weather events are being felt worldwide - floods and forest fires are in the news almost daily. At the EU Science for Preparedness Conference in Turin, Niklas Döhner, research associate in our "Product Creation" workgroup, presented the results of the EU research project CREXDATA. By processing extreme data using artificial intelligence and real-time algorithms, the technologies of the CREXDATA platform support…

On 7 January 2026, the CultCryo ERC project team will kick off the new year with a three-day workshop. From 7 to 9 January, the Paderborn workgroup, led by Prof Dr Suzana Alpsancar, is inviting the entire ERC team to East Westphalia for the annual project workshop. The workshop serves to create synergies through the four major case studies of the ERC team (Food, Air Conditioning, Biomedicine, Computing). This workshop focuses on data centres,…

We are pleased to welcome Sebastian Mantsch as a new research associate in our workgroup "Philosophy and Ethics of Scientific and Technological Cultures". Sebastian's research focuses on the results of his Master's thesis, namely the exploration of the concept of "Digital Availability" as part of the ERC project "Cultures of the Cryosphere". He is attempting to analyse how we have reached the point in society where permanent availability is…

Do data spaces actually support sustainable product engineering? These and other questions were discussed on 5th and 6th of November at a consortium meeting of the BMWE-funded research project Decide4ECO at the Heinz Nixdorf Institut. Our “Product Creation” workgroup held by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iris Gräßler, worked with industry partners BOS, Sonova, and Hadi-Plast to discuss illustrative examples of applications for implementing the circular economy.…

Two weeks ago, the mid-term event of the LiRaS project took place at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute. The project partners from research and industry took the opportunity to present the results of the first 1.5 years together and on site in the laboratories of our "System and Circuit Technology" workgroup. Appreciation to the VDI, the project sponsor, which gave the green light for the second half of the project. LiRaS is the name of a new type of…

"Robustness of sensors and sensor systems against environmental conditions for highly automated driving" (Rosshaf): In the Rosshaf project, our "Control Technology and Mechatronics" workgroup tested common sensor types for the environmental monitoring of self-driving vehicles. These were analysed both in reality and simulatively for their robustness under bad weather conditions. The aim was to derive possible measures to increase robustness.Autom…

The pilot study “Community of Practice” was continued with a second digital workshop as part of the KLUG project. This time, the focus was on the exchange of digital strategies. During the workshop, the core competencies of the participating companies were identified and possible future market developments were discussed. A look back at exciting discussions, and exciting exchanges of experiences with strong Impulses on new future-proof strategies…

Our "Philosophy and Ethics of Scientific and Technological Cultures" workgroup is pleased to welcome Anastasia Margariti-Börgel to the team! Anastasia works with a focus on food cultures, foodways and nutrition as performed identity, with further specialisations in environmental anthropology and the points of contact between these fields. Her master's thesis was dedicated to the impact of climatic changes and disasters on the culinary heritage…

Our research associate Maxim Weizel from the "System and Circuit Technology" workgroup attended the 32nd IEEE ICECS 2025 in Marrakesh from 17-19 November 2025. The leading IEEE conference for electronics and circuit design focussed on energy-efficient systems, smart automotive electronics as well as neuromorphic and in-memory computing architectures. His paper "High-Voltage (5-Vpp) Driver Monolithically Integrated with Thermally Tunable Optical…

Sustainability has long since become a decisive factor for the success of industrial value creation. Companies are faced with the challenge of harmonising ecological responsibility, economic efficiency and technological innovation in the circular economy. A large part of the subsequent environmental impact of a product is already determined in the early development phase - this is where it is decided how sustainable a product actually is over its…