Our Data Science group is travelling to Philadelphia at the end of February for the 39th "Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence". The paper "Dung's Argumentation Framework: Unveiling the Expressive Power with Inconsistent Databases" will be presented at AAAI 2025. The aim of the AAAI conference series is to promote research in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and to foster scientific exchange between researchers,…

As part of the WDR 2 Christmas miracle, the Heinz Nixdorf Institute made a donation of €2,700 to the organisation "Aktion Deutschland Hilft". In recognition of our commitment, we received a certificate of thanks that honours our contribution to the fight against global hunger. We are proud to make a valuable contribution to supporting vital projects together with "Aktion Deutschland Hilft". A big thank you goes to everyone who took part, whether…

On 30 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 24 doctorates, 118 publications and 186 Bachelor's, Master's and student research projects, Professor René Fahr, Chairman of the Institute's Executive Board and Head of the Behavioural Economic Engineering and Responsible Management department, drew a positive balance from 2024. The…

Welcome Services cordially invites you to spend a relaxed coffee break on Thursday, 6 February at 2 pm in the open space of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute. Take this opportunity to socialise with other international colleagues in a friendly, informal atmosphere. As always, there will be biscuits and maybe even coffee! Feel free to spread the word and invite interested colleagues.

The German technology start-up "assemblean", a spin-off from the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University, has raised 1.8 million euros in the so-called "seed financing round". During this phase, the young company is provided with capital by the venture capital firm b2venture, the venture capital company Archimedes New Ventures and "business angels" from the Teuto Seed Club to validate its business concept, further develop its own product…

Paderborn University inventions open up new perspectives Paderborn University has once again demonstrated its expertise in the field of sensor and communication technology. Together with a team of inventors led by Prof Dr Johann Christoph Scheytt and Stephan Kruse, three pioneering intellectual property rights have been developed. These innovations fit seamlessly into the series of more than ten inventions by Paderborn University in the field of…

Priority programme of the German Research Foundation has been successfully launched under the leadership of Paderborn University Today's technical systems are interdisciplinary, complex and interconnected. In addition to high product complexity, the demands for sustainability and recyclability must be met. But how can this be achieved with products that not only fulfil the principles of sustainable resource use today, but also in many years'…

We spent this year's New Year's dinner with meaningful impulses, joyful get-togethers and impressive conversations. Speaker Hannah Panidis gave an inspiring talk on the topic of "Respect - How can we shape communication so that it is not only efficient, but also creates connection?". The evening was accompanied by delicious food and the enchanting artistry of surprise magician David Wedegärtner. We very much hope to keep the spirit of this…

Our Data Science specialist group is travelling to Abu Dhabi this month. The 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics, COLING 2025, will take place here this year from 19-24 January. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo's research group will be presenting two papers here. Daniel Vollmers will present the paper "Contextual Augmentation for Entity Linking using Large Language Models" and Nikit Srivastava will present "LOLA - An Open-Source…

We are pleased to welcome Felix Vollenkemper as a new member of Prof Iris Gräßler's "Product Creation" workgroup. Felix's research focuses on the project "Design for Capabilities" (DeCap) as part of the DFG Priority Programme, which deals with the development of recyclable and thus sustainable products taking into account human capabilities. Parallel to his studies, he has spent a large part of his free time in the UPBRacing team and also…

Heinz Nixdorf, the German computer pioneer and founder of Nixdorf Computer AG, would have been 100 years old on 9 April 2025. In honour of this special birthday, the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum is organising a varied anniversary programme for the general public. The celebrations will kick off on 11 January 2025, when the extended permanent exhibition will be officially opened. The Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum is organising a summer festival on 6…

The Accountability Report is now available online. It informs you about the statistics of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute and the additional activities of our workgroups in the past year. You can access the online version of the Accountability Report 2024 of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute. We hope you enjoy reading it.

As part of the WDR 2 Christmas miracle, our Product Creation department at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute organised an impressive fundraising campaign. In addition to the tantalising aroma of freshly baked waffles, colleagues were invited to linger over barista coffee and hearty sausages and motivated to donate. As you already know, this year's WDR 2 Christmas Miracle will take place from 14-18 December 2024 on Paderborn Cathedral Square. Donations…

The junior research group "Data-Driven Methods in Control Engineering" (DART) at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University has spent four years researching how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used profitably in the field of control engineering. This technology is used to control and regulate systems, e.g. to automate industrial processes such as the operation of machines and systems. Data, for example in the form of measurements,…

Freely accessible computer programmes that users are allowed to download, modify and distribute - this is what so-called "open source software" is all about. Developers make use of this to obtain individual software modules for new applications from a database instead of developing them themselves from scratch. The problem is that vulnerabilities repeatedly occur in the freely accessible content, which increases the risk of malware. In order to…