With the aim of strengthening cross-border cooperation in quantum technologies, the European Commission has launched the 2025 “QuantERA” call for proposals. Supported by 34 funding organisations from 29 countries, the total funding package amounts to around 53 million euros. Out of more than 1,400 research teams and 287 applications, exactly 39 projects have been recommended for funding. With their project ‘Semidefinite Foundations for Quantum…

Collaborative Research Centre brings together expertise from the Paderborn University and Bielefeld University

ChatGPT, Claude and others: Paderborn University, with the support of the Westfalen Foundation, has investigated how generative artificial intelligence (AI) influences human creativity and learning processes as part of the ‘GenAI4PC’1 research project.

On 26 June 2026, the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics bid farewell to its graduates at a formal graduation ceremony held in the Audimax at Paderborn University.

The National High-Performance Computing Centres (NHR) conference, taking place from 14 to 17 September, will bring together researchers, engineers, data centre operators and decision-makers from across Germany to Paderborn to discuss the current state of high-performance computing in Germany.

Only around nine months have passed since the foundation stone was laid. The structural work on one of Paderborn University’s largest new-build projects has been completed. The Building and Property Management Agency of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (BLB NRW) and Paderborn University celebrated this milestone together with numerous guests.

The Faculty warmly invites to participate in the first PhD Pitch on 15th July 2026, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm in Lecture Hall O2.

OWL Research Network successfully completes four-year project

Weierstrass lecture on the zero distribution of L-functions

The tenth IdeenExpo will take place at the Hanover Exhibition Centre from 20 to 28 June.

On Tuesday, 12 May 2026, the Collaborative Research Centre TRR 358, the Institute of Mathematics and the Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems at Paderborn University invited interested schoolgirls to the new PhoQS Lab. The event was aimed at schoolgirls in grades 9 to 12 who wanted to find out more about Mathematics, Physics and their application in current research. A total of 12 schoolgirls from a large catchment area took part - from…

Dr Peter Clive Sarnak, internationally acclaimed mathematician and number theory expert, is this year's keynote speaker at the Weierstrass Lecture at Paderborn University. On Friday, 12 June, the scientist will give an insight into current topics of his research. Anyone interested can attend the event at 4 p.m. in lecture theatre O1; prior registration is not necessary. The lecture will be held in English.