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Here you will find current, selected news from the area of research at the University of Paderborn. Further releases can be found in the press archive.

 

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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Photon­ic quantum com­puter to be­come real­ity

More than 10 million euros in EU funding for large-scale research project

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"Pader­born Post­co­lo­ni­al" - Pader­born Uni­ver­sity his­tor­i­ans re­search the re­gion's co­lo­ni­al past

Researchers at Paderborn University are investigating the connections between the cathedral city and the German colonies in Africa and the Far East from around 1870 to the Second World War.

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Pader­born re­search­er in­vest­ig­ates chil­dren's and young people's draw­ings by the Broth­ers Grimm

Drawing evidence allows conclusions to be drawn about the early work of the two and the history of education in the 19th century

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Quantum re­search for the world of to­mor­row

Prof. Dr Thomas Zentgraf is the new spokesperson for the DFG Collaborative Research Centre "Tailor-made Nonlinear Photonics"

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New re­search pro­ject on the sys­tem­at­ic de­vel­op­ment and im­prove­ment of open ac­cess cul­ture in the sci­ence sys­tem

A new research project has been launched at Paderborn University with the aim of systematically improving the open access culture (OA) at universities throughout Germany. Free access to research results and data offers numerous advantages not only for academics, but also for interested parties worldwide. Paderborn University is being used as a case study in the project, which is being funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research…

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Symbolic image (Paderborn University): The experts from the transdisciplinary research centre "C:POP. Transdisciplinary Research Centre for Popular Music Cultures and Creative Economies" at Paderborn University were commissioned with the scientific implementation of the "Festival Study".

First large-scale study on mu­sic fest­ivals in Ger­many

The experts from the transdisciplinary research centre "C:POP. Transdisciplinary Research Centre for Popular Music Cultures and Creative Economies" of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University were commissioned with the scientific implementation of the study.

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Mak­ing quantum tech­no­lo­gies tan­gible: New re­search pro­ject of­fers in­ter­act­ive edu­ca­tion­al pro­gramme for Gen­er­a­tion Z

Scientists at Paderborn University are working with Atrineo AG to set up an extracurricular meeting and educational centre for quantum technologies as part of the joint project "Introducing Generation Z to the quantum physics mindset" (HedwiQ).

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