cum ratione and the Software Innovation Lab at Paderborn University present recommendations for action

On 5 October 2026, the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics at Paderborn University bid farewell to Prof. Dr Jens Förstner as he stepped down from his post as Head of the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.

To mark the start of the 2026/27 winter semester, Paderborn University is welcoming a total of 2,384 new students (provisional figure) with a varied programme featuring subject-specific topics, Music, sporting activities, and networking opportunities.

Attacks on substations, cyberattacks on public authorities, drones flying over airports: critical infrastructure is increasingly becoming a target for criminals. So-called cyber-physical systems – that is, technical devices in which software and machines communicate with one another in real time via the internet – are particularly at risk.

Following a successful first project phase, the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the continuation of Research Unit FOR 5208 for a further 48 months. The project was presented to the reviewers during an on-site evaluation in May.

Thanks to funding from the Carl Zeiss Foundation, a doctoral programme in computer science education – the only one of its kind in Germany – is being established across six university campuses in five federal states. The aim is to strengthen research, professional development and cross-regional networking in computer science education in the long term.

The federal states are continuing their joint initiative, ‘QuaMath – Developing the Quality of Teaching and Professional Development in Mathematics’, until the end of 2033 and are extending it to further schools. Last week, the heads of the departments at the Conference of Education Ministers approved the second funding phase of the ten-year programme. The federal states are providing around 26 million euros for this purpose. The aim of the…

The Faculty Council of the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics has elected Prof. Dr.-Ing. Henning Meschede as the new Head of the Institute of Electrical Engineering. The election took place on 14 September 2026. In his new role, he will assume a key position from October 2026 in the further development of the institute in the areas of research, teaching and academic self-governance.

How can Computer Science be taught to pupils of different age groups in a way that is understandable, practical and up-to-date?

Study by the Paderborn University and Bielefeld examines interaction in explanatory situations

Prof. Dr Jürgen Klüners, a mathematician at the Paderborn University, has, together with Prof. Dr Gunter Malle from the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Technology (RPTU) in Kaiserslautern, won the international ‘IGP24 competition’ organised by the ‘Foundation for Science and AI Research’ (SAIR).