Photo (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi): Prof. Dr. Andreas Siebe (centre) with the prize winners of the University Society: (from left) Hasna Mahmoud, Paul Steinmeier, Niklas Lamberty, Luca Jotzo, Nicole Grieger and Rose Sunil.
On 18 January 2026, Rose Sunil, research associate in our “Secure Software Engineering” workgroup, was awarded the Paderborn University Society Prize for her outstanding master's thesis "Leveraging Large Language Models for Call Graph Construction: Benchmarking and Evaluation Across Languages" at the traditional New Year's reception at Paderborn University.
She investigated the potential of large language models (LLMs) for the analysis of…
Dr. Yasir Mahmood, postdoctoral researcher and member of our "Data Science" group, is travelling to Singapore to present two accepted papers at the AAAI 2026, the "Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence". He will present the paper "Can You Tell the Difference? Contrastive Explanations for ABox Entailments" (authors: Patrick Koopmann, Yasir Mahmood, Axel Ngonga and Balram Tiwari) and "Structure-Aware Encodings of Argumentation…
Another pilot study on the uptake of digital key technologies in the KLUG project kicked off with an initial workshop at Roess Nature Group GmbH & Co. KG. A series of five workshops will help companies use data from their machines for data-driven business models. The Roess Group develops and manufactures special-purpose machinery as well as natural fiber and filter products that are used worldwide in drainage and erosion control. During the…
Next step in the collaboration between the UPBracing Team and our “Product Creation” workgroup headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iris Gräßler: Emma Vullhorst and Emelie Becker presented a 3D-printed mini model of the current #PX425 race car to Dr.-Ing. Jens Pottebaum, Felix Vollenkemper, and Marcel Niemeyer. For what purpose? The PX-Mini will serve as a tangible example of complex products in courses, workshops, and research projects in the future. For…
The “Behavioral Economic Engineering & Responsible Management” workgroup participated in the Robotic Summit, which took place on November 20 and 21 at the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF) in Paderborn, with a specialist presentation.
At the end of the program, Prof. René Fahr and Felix Schröder gave a presentation entitled “Smart Machines – Dumb Outcomes: Why Humans Remain the Key.” In it, they discussed the limitations of purely…
On November 17 and 18, our “Data Science” workgroup attended the SAIL Retreat in Bad Sassendorf.
The retreat served as a platform for scientific exchange and networking within the SAIL research network. The focus was on poster presentations by doctoral students and short talks by postdocs, who presented their current research work and latest results. The doctoral students opened each session with short project pitches, before the content was…
The workgroup “Behavioral Economic Engineering & Responsible Management” has successfully completed the FASTGATE project.
As part of FASTGATE, concepts and solutions for the further development and digitalization of airport operations processes were investigated and tested in collaboration with project partners at the innovative Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport. The workgroup's contribution focused in particular on the interface between humans and…
After a successful final sprint in the projects, the “Product Creation” workgroup took advantage of the inspiring surroundings of the Black Forest to gather momentum for the coming year. In the fresh mountain air, Prof. Iris Gräßler and her team took the time to reflect on their successes and pass on their experiences to the young team. The clear maxim: contribute to a sustainable future with scientific depth, practice-oriented research, and…
In the CREXDATA project, our "Product Creation" workgroup worked with our partners to develop real-time algorithms for processing extreme data - with the aim of supporting decisions in flood and forest fire incidents. The decisive phase is now underway and the focus is on the practical benefits: during three days of workshops, management and emergency personnel from the Dortmund fire service put the new technologies to the test. Who remembers the…
In mid-December, Louis Mozart Kamdem, research associate in our "Data Science" workgroup, attended the K-CAP conference to present the paper "Neural Reasoning for Robust Instance Retrieval in SHOIQ".
The K-CAP 2025 (Knowledge Capture Conference) took place from 10-12 December 2025 in Dayton, Ohio, and brought together around 60 researchers from the field of knowledge capture. The three-day programme included several thematic sessions with…
The EU project CREXDATA was represented with an exhibition stand at the European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) 2025 in Copenhagen. Dr Jens Pottebaum and Deniz Özcan from our "Product Creation" workgroup and Janine Gehring-Lux from the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre presented the latest results of the project. The focus was on three practical use cases for which innovative solutions for data-driven, AI-supported real-time decision-making processes…
Autonomous driving, connected mobility, increasing electrification: the automotive industry is undergoing change. This makes it all the more important to support companies in integrating digital services into their business models and exploiting the innovation potential of digital business processes. For three years, a consortium of scientists and industry experts has been working to develop solutions for the mobility sector. The result: a…
We are pleased to announce the start of the ProDNN project, a joint project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), in which Paderborn University is one of the project partners and in which the workgroups "Modelling and Design of Photonic Quantum Systems" of Prof. Saravi and "System and Circuit Technology" of Prof. Scheytt at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute are involved.The aim of the ProDNN project is to…
Making data-orientated value creation sustainable - new ideas for digital value creation were developed at the DaWeNa-HUB meeting. The KLUG project was at the centre of it all. Annika Reich, Alena Tusek and Marcel Niemeyer, research assistants from our "Product Creation" workgroup, presented the current status of the project. The concept for transferring the results achieved using the virtual showroom was met with enthusiasm: abstract content can…
In mid-December, Reda Ihtassine, research associate in our “Data Science” workgroup, was at the K-CAP 2025 conference in Dayton, Ohio (USA), to present his paper entitled "NL2LS: LLM-based Automatic Linking of Knowledge Graphs".
In this paper, he addresses the problem of automatically generating link specifications. The idea is that NL2LS automatically translates natural language into formal link specifications that are needed to link resources…
