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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.

 

Um die Fortschritte im Bereich der digitalen Lehre an Hochschulen nachhaltig auszubauen, f?rdert das Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (MKW NRW) gemeinsam mit der Digitalen Hochschule NRW (DH.NRW) in der F?rderlinie ?OERContent.nrw“ (Open Education Resources) zum zweiten Mal 18 Konzepte für digitale Lehr- und Lernformate mit insgesamt mehr als 10 Millionen Euro.

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Foto/Symbolbild (Michael Ebeling).

The use of weapons that act autonomously and without human assistance have long since left the realm of science-fiction and entered reality. According to UN reports they were already being used in Libya in March 2020. The rapid development of autonomous weapon systems (AWS) is a controversial topic in international security.

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Foto (Paderborn University, Nina Reckendorf): In a joint research project, scientists develop measures against fake news.

Stamp­ing out fake news

Fake news and disinformation are becoming an ever-bigger problem. The most recent example being the high-profile incident that saw a streaming service accused of spreading false information. Social media are particularly susceptible to the phenomenon. In a joint research project, researchers are now investigating why this is the case, which individuals or groups are behind it and what can be done to stamp it out. The project, entitled ‘Prevent’,…

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Stable energy supply using artificial intelligence: Paderborn’s researchers and companies shine a spotlight on operation and control strategies for microgrids

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[Translate to English:] Symbolbild (Universit?t Paderborn, Besim Mazhiqi)

International team of researchers publishes review in Nature Reviews Physics Due to their unique properties, 2D materials, which consist of a single layer of atoms, are increasingly being used in optoelectronic devices, as quantum light sources and in integrated circuits. Research into the quantum technologies enabled by 2D materials has been advancing rapidly since 2015, with further potential for yet further advances. An international team of…

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[Translate to English:] Symbolbild (Universit?t Paderborn, Besim Mazhiqi)

In 2018, the German Research Foundation (DFG) established a large-scale Priority Programme co-ordinated by Paderborn University and entitled ‘Electronic-Photonic Integrated Systems for Ultrafast Signal Processing’.

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Foto (xito.one/Toolify Robotics GmbH): Eine Service-Robotik-Anwendung im Einsatz.

Der Einsatz von Robotern spielt eine immer gr??er werdende Rolle in unserer Gesellschaft. In produzierenden Unternehmen ist die Automatisierungs-Robotik, zum Beispiel durch die ?bernahme von Arbeiten an Flie?b?ndern, nicht mehr wegzudenken.

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The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a joint project being carried out by Paderborn University, the University of Rostock and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz that plans to leverage sunlight to make chemical reactions more environmentally friendly.

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[Translate to English:] Symbolbild (Universit?t Paderborn, Jennifer Strube)

How can disadvantaged young people more successfully access working life after leaving school? Researchers from the University of Jena and Paderborn University are exploring this issue in their new research project ‘SeiP: Practicing self-promotion – approaches to a self-determined, multimodal competence assessment for young people with disadvantages/disabilities’.

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