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Mathematical modelling in the form of reality-based text tasks, in which the respective questions are answered using mathematical means, is an important part of school education. However, many pupils find it difficult to solve modelling problems. The "ViMo" research project, in which scientists from Paderborn University and the University of Münster are working together, aims to support them and develop suitable methods to improve their modelling…

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On the way to climate-neutral process heat

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection funds joint project "HeatTransPlan" for the development of waste heat utilisation.

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"All Day Research" Podcast: 33rd episode - Talk Lounge Teaching

In the 33rd episode of the "All Day Research" podcast, students Adrian Block and Lukas Ostermann talk to Dr. Harald Selke, Head of the Student Office, about the reaccreditation of the Computer Science degree program.

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The results of the DFG Review Board election have been announced: Prof. Dr Matthias Bauer, Prof. Dr Claudia Schmidt, Prof. Dr Werner Homberg, Prof. Dr Elmar Moritzer, Prof. Dr Eric Bodden and Prof. Dr Christian Plessl from Paderborn University have been elected to the various committees of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the 2024 to 2028 term of office. "I am very pleased for our researchers. The election recognises their research…

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Dynamic systems play a central role in countless technical applications, e.g. in autonomous vehicles, aeroplanes or the energy grid. Data-based methods have become increasingly important in this field in recent years, meaning that interdisciplinarity is playing an ever more central role. This is how Junior Professor Dr Sebastian Peitz and Dr Oliver Wallscheid, who have been cooperating closely on a scientific level for a long time, came up with…

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Researchers at Paderborn University are involved in a pioneering Europe-wide project seeking to improve safety, health and environmental standards in ship recycling. To achieve this, partners from science and industry are taking a new approach using robotics and AI systems. The project was launched in January for a period of four years, and has received a total of nearly eight million euros of funding from the European Union (EU), of which…

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Foto (Universität Paderborn, Nadija Carter): Inga Gill und Dr. Charlene Weiß sind neue Gleichstellungsbeauftragte der Fakultät.

Re-election of the Equal Opportunities Officer at Paderborn University

"From my own experience and through exchanges with other academics, I know that there is still a lot to be done for equal opportunities and justice, and I would like to help," says Dr. Charlene Weiß.

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„All Day Research” Podcast: 32nd Episode with Dietrich Gerstenberger

In the 32nd episode of the "All Day Research" podcast, we welcome Dietrich Gerstenberger who talks to our host Marvin Beckmann about the study centre for computer science (LZI) and the science that goes with it.

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New supercomputer for Paderborn University

For around three years, Paderborn University has been one of Germany's national high-performance computing centers - and thus at the forefront of university high-performance computing (HPC). The Paderborn supercomputer "Noctua 2" and the academic support of the experts are used by scientists throughout Germany for highly complex calculations. 140,000 compactly installed processor cores in the supercomputer make this possible.

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(Foto: Robert Preis)

Dr. Martin Kage (Weidmüller Group, Detmold) reported on his transfer from studying business engineering to his team leading position in IT security.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Besim Mashiqi): Prof. Dr Johannes Blömer, Vice President for Research and Young Academics (r.), awarded the Paderborn University Research Prize to Prof. Dr Dr Claus Reinsberger, neurologist and head of the Institute of Sports Medicine (l.), and Dr.-Ing. Tanuj Hasija from the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.

Prizes and awards for eleven Paderborn University academics

Exceptional research topics, outstanding theses and special social commitment - every year, Paderborn University recognizes special achievements by its young academics and students.

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Symbolbild (Universität Paderborn, Besim Mazhiqi)

The stuff of science fiction films: For decades, so-called "programmable matter" has inspired filmmakers and cinema enthusiasts worldwide. It is able to change its shape and properties, such as color, form and elasticity, either independently or based on external influences.

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Symbolbild (Universität Paderborn, Besim Mazhiqi): Prof. Dr. Sevag Gharibian hat einen Gastbeitrag in der ACM SIGACT News veröffentlicht.

Prof. Dr. Sevag Gharibian, head of the Quantum Informatics group, has published a guest article in the ACM SIGACT News. Gharibian addresses a broad audience of theoretical computer scientists and uses NP (non-deterministic polynomial time) as a cornerstone of complexity theory.

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IEEE ASRU 2023: Invited lecture by R. Häb-Umbach

On December 16-20, 2023, the IEEE Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding (ASRU) Workshop took place in Taipeh, Taiwan, see www.asru2023.org. This bi-annual workshop is the flag-ship workshop of the Speech and Language Technical Committee of the IEEE. This year, the local organizers were the Academia Sinica, the National Tsing-Hua University, and the Association for Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing.

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Job profiles in mathematics and computer science

The alumni association "Die Matiker e.V." at the University of Paderborn organizes the following two lectures as part of the lecture series „Job Profiles in Mathematics and Computer Science" on Thursday, January 18th 2024 at 6:15 p.m. in lecture hall D2 (both lectures will take place one after the other on that date, a total of approx. 90 minutes).

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