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"Con­trol En­gin­eer­ing and Mechat­ron­ics" work­group rep­res­en­ted at the 94th "GAMM An­nu­al Meet­ing 2024"

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…

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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.

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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)

We con­grat­u­late An­dreas Dann on his doc­tor­ate

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…

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Call for Pa­pers ge­star­tet!

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…

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Dr. Suzana Alpsancar im VDI-Podcast

Ju­ni­or­prfoessor­in für an­ge­wandte Ethik Dr. Su­z­ana Alpsan­car im VDI-Pod­cast

Was ist Technikethik? Auf diese Frage geht Juniorprofessorin für Angewandte Ethik Dr. Suzana Alpsancar der Universität Paderborn im Interview mit dem VDI und im VDI-Podcast genauer ein. Um mehr über Technikethik und seine Aufgaben zu erfahren, könnt ihr in die Folge des VDI-Podcasts mit Dr. Suzana Alpsancar reinhören: Zum Podcast: VDI-Podcast: Technikethik für kluge Entscheidungen | VDI Zum Interview: Was ist Aufgabe von Technikethik und wo…

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Wir gratulieren Carsten Wiecher zu seiner Promotion (v.l.: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Wolff, Apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Sauer, Prof. Dr. Joel Greenyer, Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Wiecher, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu, Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden)

Wir grat­ulier­en Carsten Wiech­er zu sein­er Pro­mo­tion

Carsten Wiecher (externer Doktorand in der Fachgruppe Advanced Systems Engineering) promovierte erfolgreich zum Thema „Systematik zur integrativen Anforderungsanalyse und Testspezifikation für die Entwicklung von Systemen im Automobilbereich“ bei Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu. Dazu gratulieren wir herzlich! Zusammenfassung der Arbeit: Systeme im Automobilbereich realisieren komplexe Funktionalitäten durch das Zusammenspiel in dynamisch…

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An­nu­al re­port 2023 on­line

The new annual report is now available online. Among other things, it informs you about the activities of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute and the projects of all research groups in the past year. You can access the online version of the Annual Report 2023 here. We hope you enjoy reading it.

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Regionalmeeting-OWL

Dr.-Ing. Jens Pot­te­baum from the Product Cre­ation work­group at the Re­gion­al­meet­ing-OWL/UP­Bra­cingTeam

The competence network for technology, product development, quality, organization and management - consisting of DGQ OWL, GFO OWL and VDI OWL - jointly invites you to the Regionalmeeting-OWL on March 7, 2024. Jens Pottebaum from our Product Creation Group will give an impulse at the regional meeting at the University of Paderborn (in SP2, workshop UPBracing Team) at 6:45 pm on the topic “Tools of model-based product creation for the predictive…

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Kai-Arne Hannemann

Fach­gruppe Schal­tung­s­tech­nik wächst weit­er

Kai-Arne Hannemann verstärkt unsere Fachgruppe Schaltungstechnik. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind RISC-V Mikroprozessoren, Chipentwicklung und FPGA Synthese. In seiner Freizeit spielt er gerne Karten und Wasserball. Herzlich Willkommen!  

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Gruppenfoto von der Bastille Grenoble (nicht alle Teilnehmer/Vortragenden anwesend)

Dok­t­or­andenschule bei CEA-LETI in Gren­oble

Eine Doktoranden-Winterschule vom 20.02 - 22.02.2024 mit den Schwerpunkten "PIC-Technologieplattformen" und "Frequenzerzeugung und -stabilität" wurde durchgeführt. Als Austragungsort konnten wir das Forschungsinstitut CEA-LETI in Grenoble (Frankreich) gewinnen. Wissenschaftlicher Austausch, netzwerken und Horizonterweiterung sind die drei Hauptziele der Winterschule. Praktisch wurden diese Ziele umgesetzt durch relevante Vorträge von…

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We congratulate Jörg Heihoff-Schwede to his doctorate (LTR Prof. Dr.-Ing. Walter Sextro, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gausemeier, Dr.-Ing. Heihoff-Schwede, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lydia Kaiser, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ansgar Trächtler, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu)

We con­grat­u­late Jörg Hei­hoff-Schwede to his doc­tor­ate

Jörg Heihoff-Schwede received his doctorate for the topic "Specification technique for the analysis, design and evaluation of engineering IT architectures" under Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu. Congratulations! Summary: Technical systems and their environment are changing fundamentally and their complexity is increasing. This makes it necessary to adapt the engineering of these systems to this situation. In many enterprises, approaches such as…

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Harshan Gowda

Cir­cuit tech­no­logy spe­cial­ist group re­ceives sup­port

Harshan Gowda is a new research associate in our Circuit Technology department. His main focus is on broadband EPICs (electronically and photonically integrated circuits). In his spare time he likes to play football. Welcome to the team!

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We congratulate Jannik Reinhold to his doctorate (LTR Dr.-Ing. Christian Koldewey, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Boris Otto, Dr.-Ing. Jannik Reinhold, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gausemeier, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ansgar Trächtler, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu)

We con­grat­u­late Jan­nik Re­in­hold to his doc­tor­ate

Jannik Reinhold received his doctorate for the topic "Approach for a pattern-based transformation of value networks for smart services" under Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu. Congratulations! Summary: The convergence of servitization and digitalization results in digital services that are based on product data. These so-called smart services open up a wide range of business opportunities for manufacturing companies. However, successful business…

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Prof Eric Bodden warmly welcomed the new employees at the New Year's Dinner 2024.

New Year's din­ner 2024

On 18 January, the Executive Board of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute invited its employees to this year's New Year's dinner and looked back on the past year. With eight doctorates, 137 publications and 241 Bachelor's, Master's and student research projects, Professor Eric Bodden, Chairman of the Institute's Executive Board and Head of the "Secure Software Engineering" department, drew a positive balance from 2023. The estimated third-party funding…

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Faiza Tahir

Se­cure Soft­ware En­gin­eer­ing spe­cial­ist group con­tin­ues to grow

Faiza Tahir is a new research associate in our Secure Software Engineering group. Her research here focuses on a secure software development life cycle (SDLC) and resilient artificial intelligence systems. In her free time, she likes to go hiking and enjoys the beauty of nature. She is also interested in art and culture.

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