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,…
From left to right: Dr Christian Koldewey, Prof. Dr Andreas Vogelsang, Dr Maged Khalil, Prof. Dr Roman Dumitrescu, Dr Matthias Meyer (not in the photo: Prof. Dr Eric Bodden)
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Heinz Nixdorf Institute,
Advanced Systems Engineering / Heinz Nixdorf Institut
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…
Under the motto "THINK TECH FORWARD", industry and science presented pioneering solutions for digital and sustainable industrial value creation at the Hannover Messe from 20-24 April 2026. At the joint stand of the Industry 4.0 platform, leading projects presented their solutions for so-called data ecosystems, systems in which companies share data and use this data to offer innovative products. One of the highlights presented was the "Decide4ECO"…
We are delighted to welcome Pritilata Saha to our “Data Science” workgroup.
Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of novel neurosymbolic AI methods to enable advanced relational reasoning. Previously, she completed her Master's degree in Computer Science at Paderborn University, specialising in Intelligence and Data.
In her free time, Pritilata enjoys travelling and discovering new places. She also enjoys reading.
Welcome,…
Next record in ultra-fast signal processing
Ultra-fast and energy-efficient information processing is required in many applications today: from communication systems and artificial intelligence (AI) to measuring devices, cloud computing, and medical technology. In the "PACE" project (Ultra-Wideband Photonically Assisted Analog-to-Digital Converters), scientists at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University have already developed the…
Professor Suzana Alpsancar, head of our workgroup "Philosophy and Ethics of Scientific and Technological Cultures", is organising an international workshop together with the VDI and the Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte (GUG) from 18-19 June 2026 at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The workshop is entitled "...never neutral': Practices, concepts and methods of evaluating technology over the last 50 years" and is being held as part of the…
From 28 to 29 May 2026, Professor Suzana Alpsancar, head of our "Philosophy and Ethics of Scientific and Technological Cultures" workgroup, and Sebastian Luft are organising the workshop "Meaning, LLLMs and Experience" at Paderborn University as part of the Humboldt Research Fellowship.
The aim of the workshop is to bring together academics who are working on these topics and would like to present and discuss their current work. Different…
