From 9-12 June, research associate Sarah Pinno from our “Behavioural Economic Engineering and Responsible Management” workgroup attended the Economy for the Common Good International Conference (ECGIC 2026) in Amberg. The conference was held under the motto "Transforming towards a fair and sustainable economy" and promotes interdisciplinary exchange on an economy that is oriented towards the common good. The focus was on issues relating to a…

Analyzing AAS lifecycle data, making it usable in the #data room, and combining it with AI-based optical inspections—to this end, students in the “Digital Factory” project lab, led by Dr.-Ing. Jens Pottebaum, Thomas Hesse, and Carmen De Groote, have developed an assistance system for inspection in the disassembly process. Using computer vision approaches, large language models, and data from a data room such as ManufacturingX, they analyze the…

From 10 to 12 June, Professor Dr. Sina Saravi, head of our "Modelling and Design of Photonic Quantum Systems" workgroup, attended the workshop "Frontiers of Neuromorphic Computing II" at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen. The workshop focussed on current developments in the field of neuromorphic computing and innovative hardware concepts for energy-efficient artificial intelligence applications. The focus was on novel…

Farisoroosh Abrishamchian successfully completed his doctorate on the topic of "Variability Management in Design of Mechatronic Systems" under Professor Ansgar Trächtler. Congratulations to her! Summary of the thesis: In this thesis an approach for the integrated model-based design of intelligent dynamic systems is presented. A concept for the establishing a cross-domain solution is the basic target of this system design. To reduce the design…

We congratulate our research associate Dr.-Ing. Stephan Kruse, who has been awarded project funding for the next two years by the Walter Benjamin Programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG). The Walter Benjamin Programme enables researchers to independently implement their own research project at a location of their choice, following on from their doctorate. This research project can be carried out within or outside Germany. The aim of the…

Our research assistants Anastasia Margariti-Börgel and Dr Manuel Harms from the Philosophy and "Ethics of Scientific and Technological Cultures" workgroup attended the Future Earth Pathways Conference in Lusanne, Switzerland, from 1 to 5 June. There they led the workshop "Sustainability Theatre: Role-Playing Blockchain and the Governance of Cold", in which the application of traceability technologies for more sustainable food supply chains was…

From 18 to 21 May 2026, several research assistants from our institute attended the International Design Conference in Cavtat, Croatia. They contributed six papers to the conference: Model Context Protocol for MBSE: An interoperable agentic framework for system modelling - Bazzal, Schleifer, Lungu, Kruse, Goetz, Koldewey, Tissen, Wartzack, DumitrescuConsumer behaviour and incentives for slow-the-loop strategies in the bicycle industry - Pinno,…

Daniel Vollmers successfully completed his doctorate on the topic of "Neural Entity Linking for Question Answering over Knowledge Graphs" under the supervision of Professor Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo. Congratulations on this achievement! Summary of the work: One of the central applications of the Internet continues to be the targeted search for correct information and the exploration of new or previously unknown topics. In this context,…

It is hard to imagine modern software projects without the use of open source software (OSS). In typical Java projects, an average of around 71% of the code comes from OSS dependencies, making them an essential component of today's software code bases. However, this strong dependence on OSS is associated with considerable security risks, as known vulnerabilities can be introduced into the code base in this way. To reduce this risk, numerous…

We are delighted to welcome Mark Thomas Young to our workgroup "Philosophy and ethics of scientific and technological cultures". Mark is a philosopher of technology whose current research focuses on the growing field of maintenance and repair science. He is particularly interested in the relationship between technology and time. He founded a research network on maintenance and philosophy of technology at the Society for Philosophy of Technology…

Paderborn University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology continue their collaboration The environment of manufacturing companies is characterised by increasing dynamics: rapid technological changes, new market requirements, and geopolitical uncertainties increase the complexity of planning product portfolios. Companies are required to make product strategy decisions transparent across the product life cycle and several product generations.…

Paderborn University becomes a founding member of the "ELLIS Unit NRW" research unit. ELLIS ("European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems") is a European network of excellence that brings together leading AI researchers and aims to strengthen Europe's international competitiveness in AI research. The network is organised in units, the so-called "ELLIS Units". The ELLIS Unit NRW, co-directed by professor Dr Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo,…

Maged Khalil successfully completed his doctorate on the topic of "A design pattern-based approach to systematising the reuse of safety-critical system solutions in automotive applications" under the supervision of Professor Roman Dumitrescu. Congratulations on this achievement! Summary of the thesis: The reuse of operationally proven solutions - such as safety mechanisms or architecture designs - is widespread in the development of…

We are delighted to welcome Pablo Fabián Faúndez Garcés to our "Data Science" workgroup. Pablo's research focuses on the investigation of AI systems. He researches how AI can make reliable decisions under uncertainty and changing conditions. In his free time, he is not only a music enthusiast, but is also active in sports. Pablo dances both salsa and jazz. In summer, he likes to spend time near the water and enjoys boating. Welcome, Pablo!

Dominik, a former member of our "Product Creation" workgroup, successfully completed his doctorate on the topic of "Model-based chain of effects analysis for the evaluation of technical changes" under the supervision of Professor Dr. Iris Gräßler. He currently works at Phoenix Contact GmbH as a specialist for PLM process management focussing on the product creation process and the technical change process. Here he supports the process management…