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The university management organises a research prize for academics to support exceptional research projects outside the mainstream

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Photo (State Chancellery RLP/Sch?fer): Prof Dr Elisa Klapheck, winner of the Marie Juchacz Women's Prize 2024, heads the Pnina Navè Levinson Seminar for Jewish Studies at Paderborn University.

Hon­our­able Com­mit­ment: Pader­born Pro­fess­or Re­ceives Wo­men's Prize

Prof. Dr. Elisa Klapheck, Professor of Jewish Studies at Paderborn University, has been awarded the Marie Juchacz Women's Prize 2024 by the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The award honors her commitment to women's rights and equality between men and women.

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"Teach­ing about the oth­ers in Chris­tian­ity and Is­lam"

German Research Foundation funds interreligious research network at Paderborn University

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Pader­born Uni­ver­sity-led uni­ver­sity al­li­ance plans in­ter­na­tion­al cam­pus: loc­a­tions in nine European coun­tries

Kick-off am 18. M?rz

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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 have been elected to the various committees

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Symbolic image (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi): Doctoral students at Paderborn University can take advantage of various offers.

Do­ing a doc­tor­ate at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity: Nacaps sur­vey provides data on the doc­tor­al situ­ation for the first time

Designed as a longitudinal study by the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), doctoral candidates and doctoral graduates in Germany are surveyed on their doctoral conditions, career intentions and career paths as well as general living conditions.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi): (From left to right) The authors Prof Dr Uwe Gerstmann, Dr Marvin Krenz and Prof Dr Wolf Gero Schmidt with their poster on energy transport in the solar cell.

Pader­born phys­i­cists de­vel­op new sol­ar cell

Physicists at Paderborn University have used complex computer simulations to develop a new design for significantly more efficient solar cells than previously available.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi): Scientists at Paderborn University are opening up new possibilities in quantum information processing with a special experimental setup for measuring light particles.

Meas­ur­ing the prop­er­ties of light: Sci­ent­ists real­ise new meth­od for de­term­in­ing quantum states

The ability to characterise optical quantum states makes the method an essential tool for quantum information processing.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Johanna Pietsch): Prof. Dr. Erdal Kayacan and his team at Paderborn University are developing a robotic system for drones that will inspect shipwrecks in the future.

Safe and en­vir­on­ment­ally friendly re­cyc­ling of ships: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity in­volved in in­ter­na­tion­al AI re­search pro­ject

Researchers at Paderborn University are involved in a pioneering Europe-wide project seeking to improve safety, health and environmental standards in ship recycling.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Tanja Dittmann): Prof Dr Birgitt Riegraf (l.) and Prof Dr Johannes Bl?mer (r.) congratulate Dr Ying Pan on her scholarship.

Green fuel to over­come en­ergy short­ages: Dr Ying Pan re­ceives postdoc­tor­al fel­low­ship from Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

Natural scientist Dr Ying Pan has been awarded the Paderborn University's Postdoctoral Fellowship 2023 and can therefore look forward to monthly funding of 2,400 euros for a period of 18 months.

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Min­istry of Cul­ture spon­sors re­search pro­ject "L:IKE - In­tan­gible Cul­tur­al Her­it­age Learn­ing Work­shop" at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

On behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW NRW), researchers at Paderborn University are investigating how intangible cultural heritage can be specifically taught in schools.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Johanna Pietsch): The contracts for the new HPC system have been signed. (front from left to right) Judith Schr?ter (Lenovo) and Simone Probst (Paderborn University), (back from left to right) Prof. Dr. Christian Plessl (Paderborn University) and Oliver Kill (pro-com).

New su­per­com­puter for Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

Paderborn University has concluded a purchase agreement with the company pro-com DATENSYSTEME GmbH for the installation of a further HPC system based on the next generation of AMD processors.

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Fu­tur­ist­ic shape-shifters: al­gorithmic found­a­tions for nov­el pro­gram­mable mat­ter

The CIRPROM research project ("Algorithmic foundations for circuit-based programmable matter"), led by Prof Dr Scheideler, is being funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) with around 350,000 euros until 2027.

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Photo (TRR 318): Professors Dr Kevin Tierney (l.) from Bielefeld University and Dr Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo (r.) from Paderborn University are leading the dissertation project on the real-time configuration of algorithms.

"Find the best route as quickly as pos­sible every day"

With the steadily increasing integration of artificial intelligence into everyday life, it becomes increasingly important to ask how trustworthy these technologies are. The Research Training Group for Trustworthy AI Technology ‘DataNinja’ aims to contribute to this with various projects. One project is the Real-time Configuration of Algorithms with Multi-armed Bandits (EKAmBa).

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Photo (Paderborn University, Besim Mashiqi): At the New Year's reception, Paderborn University honoured the special achievements of its early career researchers and students.

Hon­our­ing out­stand­ing achieve­ments

Exceptional research topics, outstanding dissertations and particular social commitment – every year, Paderborn University recognises the particular achievements of its students and young research talent. Eleven academics received awards at this year’s New Year’s reception.

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