"Sonderforschungsbereich 614": Self-Optimizing Concepts and Structures in Mechanical Engineering
In 2002, the SFB 614 titled "Self-Optimizing Concepts and Structures in Mechanical Engineering " was established at the University of Paderborn. Its objective is the development of engineering products with built-in intelligence allowing to react in an autonomous and flexible way to changed environments and operation conditions. This cooperation will establish even closer connections between the PaSCo and its Graduate College and applications from Engineering, given that the integration of knowledge from mathematics and computer science is a principal aim in many of the projects of the SFB 614.
Participating PaSCo members are
- Prof. Dellnitz
Heinz Nixdorf Institute
Research at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute is centered around the close cooperation between Computer Science and Engineering: Mechatronics. The dynamic development in this area provides important impulses for new products and services for the global markets of tomorrow. With our research, we try to consider influences from Science, Engineering, Economy, Ecology and their social environment from a holistic perspective.
A good balance between basic and applied research is characteristic for the interdisciplinary work at the HNI. A main point of its activities is teaching undergraduate, graduate and PhD students, having the goal to qualify them in such a way that they can successfully contribute to the design of the future.
Experience shows that outstanding achievements can be reached only where continuous focused work is done for a longer time. Accordingly the expertise of the researchers of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute is centered around certain focal points, which result from the overall concept of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute, which is oriented at the challenges of tomorrow's global information society.
Currently, the Heinz Nixdorf Institute focuses on
- intelligent technical systems,
- networked systems and mobility,
- human / computer interaction and
- strategies for the future of manufacturing.
The special dedication of the institute to the promotion of young researchers finds its expression in particular in the two DFG Graduate Colleges, the significant participation of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute in the International Graduate School of the University of Paderborn as well as in the development of innovative services that improve the education infrastructure.
Participating PaSCo members are
- Prof. Meyer auf der Heide
Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2)
The Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2) is a central scientific institution of the University of Paderborn and serves as center of expertise for the federal state of Nordrhein-Westfalen in the field of parallel and distributed computing.
Besides providing efficient, scalable parallel computers and distributed media server systems, the central task of the PC2 is the further development of these systems and their implementation within national and international research projects. The PC2 understands itself as an interdisciplinary research center that achieves its goals in close cooperation with partners in Economy, Industry and Science. The close cooperation of working groups of the University of Paderborn and other research institutes turns out to be specially successful. This encompasses in particular the PaSCo and the associated working groups of Prof. Dr. Thomas Frauenheim (modern materials science), Prof. Dr. Burkhard Monien (parallel and distributed computing) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Rückert (circuit design).
The core group of the PC2 consists of scientific and technical researchers from different fields. They are supported by other scientific working groups from Paderborn and other locations, forming an interdisciplinary team of experts.
Participating PaSCo members are
- Prof. Dellnitz
International Graduate School
In the 2001/2002 winter term the federal state of Nordrhein-Westfalen established an International Graduate School with the topic of Dynamic-Networked Intelligent Systems. The aim of the Graduate School is the development of methods and techniques for the integrated design of large dynamic networks and intelligent subsystems. The International Graduate School and the PaSCo overlap in their research interests as well as in the researchers behind them, which fosters intense interactions between the two.
The main focus of the International Graduate School is in Applied Computer Science, which is accompanied by basic research in Theoretical Computer Science and in Mathematics and by applications in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Economics. Somewhat complementary, the PaSCo's main focus lies in Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, with Theoretical Physics as another application field.
Besides its interdisciplinary orientation and the use of English as working language, the teaching program of the Graduate School also aims at training the graduates in soft-skills such as teamwork, presentation techniques, communication, business management. For the future it is planned to coordinate the international and interdisciplinary program of the International Graduate School with the PaSCo and its Graduate College Scientific Computation in such a way that the scientific employees and the scholarship holders are systematically prepared for executive functions in Science, Research and Economy.
Participating PaSCo members are
- Prof. Dellnitz
- Prof. Meyer auf der Heide
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