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Photo (Paderborn University, Thorsten Hennig): (from left): Hans-Bernd Janzen (Paderborn District), Bernhard H?tger (HEGLA GmbH & Co KG Beverungen), Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf (President of Paderborn University), Bernd Sch?fers-Maiwald (dSPACE GmbH, Paderborn), Sabine Kramm (City of Paderborn), Thorsten Heggen (Verbundvolksbank OWL), Eva Th?ne (Vauth-Sagel GmbH Brakel) and Marc Schüle (University Network and Fundraising Office of Paderborn University).

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity awards busi­ness spon­sor­ship prize to over 300 stu­dents

Award for special achievements in the natural sciences

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Photo (Bielefeld University, Mike-Dennis Müller): Prof. Dr Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo from the Institute of Computer Science at Paderborn University focuses his research on the interfaces between humans, machines and data.

When ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence enters in­to dia­logue

Even if artificial intelligence (AI) provides astonishingly reliable answers in many cases - those who use it often do not like to blindly trust the recommendations, but would like to understand how an AI came to an assessment.

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In September and October, two mentoring programmes for female students interested in doctoral studies will start a new round at Paderborn University.

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Poster of the Wissenschaftskolleg of Paderborn University

Wis­senschaft­skolleg of Pader­born Uni­ver­sity: Ap­ply by 16 Oc­to­ber

Highly qualified scientists from the postdoc phase onwards (at least two years) from all disciplines at Paderborn University can now apply for admission to the Wissenschaftskolleg of Paderborn University.

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The participants of the annual conference of the International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP) in front of the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum in Paderborn.
Photo (Paderborn University): The participants of the annual conference of the International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP) in Paderborn.

50th An­nu­al Con­fer­ence of the In­ter­na­tion­al Col­loqui­um on Auto­mata, Lan­guages and Pro­gram­ming (IC­ALP)

The conference offered more than 350 participants from all over the world a wide variety of workshops, talks and discussion platforms on the latest research results in the field of theoretical computer science.

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A smartphone recording a teaching situation.

Ad­van­cing di­git­al school de­vel­op­ment: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity in­volved in na­tion­wide joint pro­ject

The digital transformation is increasingly changing communication and cooperation in schools. It is therefore becoming more and more important for school administrators and teachers to develop the corresponding competences in order to use the possibilities innovatively, but also to identify problems.

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n the middle, Prof. Dr. Kateryna Karpenko, on the right, University President Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf and on the left Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber, Director of the "Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists" at the Paderborn University.
Foto (Universit?t Paderborn, Tanja Dittmann): The Ukrainian scientist Prof. Dr. Kateryna Karpenko (center) with Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf, President of Paderborn University, and Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber, head of the "Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists" at the Paderborn University.

EU fund­ing for Ukrain­i­an philo­soph­er at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

As part of a new research project, Ukrainian philosopher Prof. Dr. Kateryna Karpenko is researching the environmental impact of the war in Ukraine

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Symbolic image (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi).

Scientists have developed a new material to convert light

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Professor Cimiano
Photo (Universit?t Bielefeld, Michael Adamski): Prof. Philipp Cimiano.

How ro­bots learn to un­der­stand our world

A consortium of scientists from the universities of Bielefeld, Paderborn and Bremen wants to radically rethink the interaction between humans and machines and teach robots knowledge and manual skills in a natural way.

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Three women sit at a workstation with laptops and tablet.
Photo (Besim Mazhiqi): The doctoral students meet in self-directed writing and working groups to motivate each other, exchange ideas about challenges and concentrate on writing.
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Photo (Paderborn University): At Paderborn University, Prof. Dr. Oliver Müller is researching how companies and organizations can use data to help people make better decisions.

How can com­pan­ies gen­er­ate value with AI?

Study uncovers mechanisms that enable machine learning to deliver different value propositions

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Photo (Department of Technology Didactics): A self-kneaded mold is tested by a slow motion video in a miniature wind tunnel.

New work­shops on sus­tain­ab­il­ity in en­gin­eer­ing for the stu­dent lab and all of OWL

Satisfied faces among the master's students of engineering didactics after successfully testing their workshops on the topic of sustainability.

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The aim of the program ist to enable talented young female scientists to pursue a successfull career in research and teaching after completing their doctorate.

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