Even as a child, Babak Sadiye played video games and manipulated electronic devices to quench his thirst for knowledge. Today, he is a research assistant in the Circuit Technology department and delves deeper into electronic fields. In his free time, he goes hiking or camping with friends and explores new places. You can find out more about Babak in his employee portrait in the annual report.

Kevin Malena successfully completed his doctorate on the topic of "Design, Analysis and Implementation of a Multi-stage Model Predictive Traffic Light Control System" under Prof. Ansgar Trächtler. Congratulations on this achievement! Summary of the thesis: This dissertation describes the concept and the development process of a traffic signal control system up to the real implementation. The control system, which was developed in the context of…

Daniel Preuß has been a research assistant in the Product Development department since September 2018 and deals with problems in requirements engineering using artificial intelligence. In his free time, he socialises with his colleagues or plays music in the specialist group band. You can find out more about Daniel in his employee portrait in the annual report.

Social commitment is a top priority for Thorben Scholz. As a research associate in the Behavioural Economic Engineering and Responsible Management department, he is particularly committed to people and the environment in the corporate context through the DualStrat project. As co-founder of UFUNDI, he uses art for intercultural exchange, whereby the focus is on people and their life stories. You can find out more about Thorben in his employee…

Björn Blischke from PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft will give a practical lecture on Monday, June 10, 2024, on the topic of "Internal Control Structures". The lecture will be held as part of the module "Fundamentals of Corporate Governance" and will take place from 9:00 -11:00 a.m. in lecture hall B1. 

The "UPB for Future" sustainability lecture series will be held again in the summer semester 2024. Organized by Professor René Fahr, head of our "Behavioral Economic Engineering and Responsible Management" department as well as Vice President for Knowledge and Technology Transfer and the Office of Educational Innovation and University Didactics, the lecture series will take place every Thursday from 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. in lecture hall L1. In…

The topic of the forum on 2nd May at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute is "Pragmatic opacity of machines from a techno-philosophical and ethical perspective". The HNI Forum is a series of lectures focussing on current research trends and projects. The aim is to convey ideas, challenges and possible solutions in a generally understandable way. A differentiated approach to this problem begins by distinguishing between different types of opacity: For…

Board game and manga enthusiast Jonas Klauke has been a research assistant in the Secure Software Engineering group since December 2021. In addition to his work in the group, he helped organise the first SootUp Hackathon in 2023. You can find out more about Jonas in his employee portrait in the annual report.

Company emerges from research project: Paderborn University research group develops signal generator From measuring and radar systems to telecommunications: huge amounts of data are being transmitted in ever shorter times nowadays. Precise signals are essential. If they are inaccurate, errors occur. In the "RadiOptics" research project, which was launched last June at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University, scientists are therefore…

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).…