Artificial intelligence, machine learning, augmented reality - digital technologies offer enormous business potential, whether for processes, systems or maintenance. But how do companies that have previously defined themselves through their expertise in mechanical and plant engineering manage to get started? Successful implementation and integration remains a challenge. Success no longer lies solely in the manufacture of a product, but in the…
Niklas Fittkau has been working as a research assistant in the Control Engineering and Mechatronics department since 2022. In the field of driver assistance systems, he supports a project that aims to achieve greater sustainability in the form of car headlights, and in his free time he uses his flying licence to look at the world from above.
You can find out more about Niklas in his employee portrait in the annual report.
Christoph Böddeker has been a research assistant in the "Communications Engineering" specialist group since 2018. He works there on the transcription of conversations.
Unlike many others, Christoph began his career with an apprenticeship as an electronics technician and, after completing his training, came to Paderborn University to study. In his work, new areas of application are opening up, particularly through the further development of smart…
Millions in EU funding for secure software systems
Professor Eric Bodden, a computer scientist at Paderborn University and director of the Fraunhofer IEM, has been awarded the ‘ERC Advanced Grant’ of 2.5 million euros by the European Research Council for his research into secure software systems. These grants are the most significant European research funding award available and are given to top researchers for their exceptional scientific…
Lisa Kirchberg was already active in our Advanced Systems Engineering department during her studies and helped with the AI Marketplace project. She has been a research assistant in the specialist group since August 2023, where she is mastering the challenges of the future. She enjoys spending her free time in the city library and immersing herself in the world of fantasy books.
You can find out more about Lisa in her employee portrait in the ann…
For the progress of communication systems in the THz range, it is crucial to be able to generate accurate low-noise signals even at very high frequencies. Mode-locked lasers (MLL) have shown the ability to generate optical pulses with excellent short-time timing jitter. Mr. Bahmanian's work presents the theory and implementation of microwave signal generation based on MLLs using a phase-locked loop: the optoelectronic phase-locked loop (OEPLL).…
Jan Brockmeier is a new research associate in our Circuit Technology workgroup. His field of work is the design of optoelectronic circuits in the HF range. Jogging and motorcycling are among his favourite activities in his free time. Welcome Jan!
Scientists from our Secure Software Engineering workgroup will be attending the TACAS conference in Luxembourg from 8-10 April. (30th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems). Kadiray Karakaya, Stefan Schott, Jonas Klauke & Markus Schmidt will be presenting a paper on "SootUp: A Redesign of the Soot Static Analysis Framework" alongside the group leader Professor Eric Bodden. The successor to…
On 3 and 4 April, the first annual review of the MID4Automotive research project of our Circuit Technology department took place at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute. All project partners from all participating partner countries, who jointly assessed the work in the project as positive, attended the annual review. The MID4Automotive project is about structurally integrated electronics using an injection moulding process for improved radar systems in…
The European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) has named Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide, retired Professor of Computer Science at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute and the Department of Computer Science at Paderborn University, as a 2024 EATCS Fellow. Meyer auf der Heide is being honoured for "influential contributions to algorithmic and complexity theory problems in parallel computing, communication and data management in…
The International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) 2024 will take place in Lisbon from April 14-20. Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden, head of our research group "Secure Software Engineering" and scientists of the research group will visit this year's ICSE and will give lectures there. Ashwin Prasad Shivarpatna Venkatesh will give three talks on "The Emergence of Large Language Models in Static Analysis: A First Look through Micro-Benchmarks" (April…
The scientists from our "Control Engineering and Mechatronics" workgroup Dr Julia Timmermann, Ricarda-Samantha Götte, Annika Junker and Michael Hesse attended the 94th "GAMM Annual Meeting 2024" in Magdeburg from 18 to 22 March 2024. Ricarda-Samantha Götte gave a presentation on "Online learning with joint state and model estimation", Annika Junker on "Adaptive Data-Driven Models in Port-Hamiltonian Form for Control Design" and Michael Hesse…
Stephan Kruse, research associate in our Circuit Technology Group, is attending the International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM) in Boppard on April 16 and 17. At the conference he will give a presentation on "Phase Noise Analysis of Photonic Radar Systems With Optical LO Distribution", which was developed in cooperation with VW.
You can find out more about the ICMIM here.
We congratulate Andreas Dann on his doctorate (from left: Prof Dr Yasemin Acar, Dr Ben Hermann, Dr Andreas Dann, Prof Dr Eric Bodden, Dr Simon Oberthür)
Andreas Dann successfully completed his doctorate on the topic of "Secure Use of Open-Source Software - A Systematic Study and Techniques for Java" under Prof Dr Eric Bodden. Congratulations on this achievement!
Summary of the thesis:
The code of modern software often consists of up to 75% open source software. While the integration of open source software allows new systems to be programmed quickly, it also harbours the risk of integrating…
Ab sofort läuft der Call for Papers für das 18. Symposium für Vorausschau und Technologieplanung am 5. und 6. Dezember 2024 in Berlin! Die Einreichungsfrist für Abstracts endet am 17. Mai 2024. Gemeinsam mit acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften und dem Fraunhofer-Verbund Innovationsforschung freuen wir uns auf spannende Beiträge. Alle Informationen zur Veranstaltung finden Sie auf unserer neuen Webseite: https://www.svt-tagung.c…
