EIM News

Ma­jor suc­cess for Pader­born and Biele­feld re­search in­to so­cial ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence

German Research Foundation extends Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 318 ‘Constructing Explainability’

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Pader­born Uni­ver­sity re­search­ers im­press in Leiden rank­ing

Once again this year, the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University in the Netherlands has recognised the publication achievements of researchers at Paderborn University. The subject areas of mathematics and computer science at Paderborn University once again performed particularly well.

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High-per­form­ance com­put­ing in Pader­born: new ‘Otus’ su­per­com­puter put in­to op­er­a­tion

A computer that can calculate hundreds of scientific tasks simultaneously and thus helps provide a solution to key social challenges: this is the new IT heart of Paderborn University.

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The Paderborn University's Paderborn Maths Circle has been around for ten years now to bring the joy of maths closer to schoolchildren.

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In the winter semester 2025/2026, 125 international students started their Master's degree programme at the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics. To welcome them to Paderborn University, the Welcome Days were held from 8-9 October.

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The Institute of Computer Science at Paderborn University is presenting six new films that provide specific information about teaching at the institute. The first films are "Designing Code Analyses for Large-Scale Software Systems" by Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden, "Introduction to Human-Centered Machine Learning" and "Machine Learning for Biometrics" by Dr.-Ing. Philipp Terhörst and "Quantum Networks" by Dr. Zahra Raissi.

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From idea to game: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity opens in­ter­dis­cip­lin­ary games and VR lab for re­search and teach­ing

Gambling in the name of science? Paderborn University's answer to this is a resounding "yes". On Wednesday, 8 October, it celebrated the reopening of the GamesLab and the institution of the VR Lab - an experimental playground for virtual reality (VR).

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Ul­tra­sound con­gress brings in­ter­na­tion­al re­search to Pader­born

From 21 to 25 September 2025, Paderborn hosted the 9th International Congress on Ultrasonics (ICU),(https://2025icu.org/ ). Around 350 scientists from all over the world came together at Paderborn University to present and discuss the latest developments in the field of ultrasound technology. The aim of the congress is to bring together experts from science, technology and industry to discuss current issues and future applications of ultrasound…

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New in the winter semester 2025/26: Pub­lic lec­ture pro­gramme at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

In the winter semester 2025/26, Paderborn University is once again inviting all interested parties to various lecture series on numerous socially relevant topics. Lecturers and researchers from the five faculties as well as external experts will deal with a wide range of scientific aspects every week.

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Dead­line ex­ten­ded: study entry for last-minute stu­dents at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

The regular application deadline for the winter semester 2025/26 at Paderborn University ends on Sunday, 21 September. However, for those interested in studying at short notice, there is still the opportunity to apply for admission-free degree programmes until 15 October.

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Launch of the Maths Ad­ven­ture pro­ject at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

10 September 2025 saw the launch of the new Maths Adventure project, which is led by Simone Jablonski, Junior Professor of Mathematics Education. The project is supported by the Paderborn Community Foundation, on whose behalf Dr Rasmus Jakobsmeyer attended the launch event.

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Enorm­ous po­ten­tial for cli­mate pro­tec­tion in in­dustry: joint pro­ject paves the way for cli­mate-neut­ral pro­cess heat

The decarbonisation of industrial process heat is one of the major challenges of the energy transition. In industry, however, a significant proportion of the energy required is covered by fossil fuels, while only a small proportion of the energy used is recovered. This is where the joint project "HeatTransPlan" comes in.

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New Vice Deans for Com­puter Sci­ence and Math­em­at­ics elec­ted

From October 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo will take over the office of Vice Dean for Computer Science. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden, whom the Faculty would like to thank for his commitment. Also on October 1, Prof. Dr. Balázs Kovács will succeed Prof. Dr. Tobias Weich as Vice Dean for Mathematics. We would also like to thank Prof. Weich for his dedicated work in the Dean's Office.

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Op­tim­al pre­par­a­tion for your stud­ies: Pre­lim­in­ary maths courses for first-year stu­dents at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

These are aimed at all first-year students who are planning to study mathematics, chemistry, chemical engineering, computer science, business informatics, Electrical Engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, computer engineering, technomathematics, materials science or teaching with mathematics as a subject for grammar schools and comprehensive schools or vocational colleges

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MA­LEO at GECCO 2025 - Best Pa­per Award and More!

The MALEO (Machine Learning and Optimisation) group had a fantastic time at GECCO 2025 in Malaga, where we were honoured to receive the Best Paper Award for: "Deep Reinforcement Learning for Instance-Specific Algorithm Configuration" (in collaboration with Elias Schede and Kevin Tierney, Bielefeld University). We also presented: RandOptGen: A Unified Random Problem Generator for Single- and Multi-Objective Optimisation Problems with…

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