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The Secret of the 17 Pat­terns: How Math­em­at­ics Be­comes Tan­gible

Collaborative Research Centre brings together expertise from the Paderborn University and Bielefeld University

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In­nov­at­ive sys­tem for on-de­mand mo­bil­ity

The NeMo.bil project, funded by the federal government, celebrated its successful completion

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Break­through in ana­logue grav­ity: New in­sights in­to Hawk­ing ra­di­ation from black holes

Hawking radiation is a form of radiation emitted by black holes, as theoretically predicted by Stephen Hawking. It describes how black holes not only swallow matter, but also emit very faint radiation themselves. This radiation has not yet been observed in space; instead, researchers are using models in the laboratory that mimic the behaviour of black holes. Although the effect of Hawking radiation is well known in astrophysics, the mechanism by…

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Post­gradu­ate Schol­ar­ships 2026: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity awards grants to young re­search­ers

At a formal award ceremony, the Executive Board of Paderborn University presented the 2026 Graduate Scholarship to five outstanding early-career researchers.

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AI and cre­ativ­ity: A pro­ject at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity in­vest­ig­ates the in­flu­ence of ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence on learn­ing pro­cesses

ChatGPT, Claude and others: Paderborn University, with the support of the Westfalen Foundation, has investigated how generative artificial intelligence (AI) influences human creativity and learning processes as part of the ‘GenAI4PC’1 research project.

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‘Green Skill­s’ in pub­lic ad­min­is­tra­tion: Why trans­form­at­ive skills are es­sen­tial for sus­tain­ab­il­ity

Researchers at Paderborn University publish their findings and recommendations

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The ‘Otus’ su­per­com­puter is ex­pand­ing: 12 mil­lion euros for an up­grade at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

The ‘Otus’ high-performance computer, installed at Paderborn University in 2025, is set to receive a significant boost in performance: Additional computing nodes and storage capacity will enable the HPC (High-Performance Computing) system to solve even more computationally intensive scientific and technical problems in future.

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Re­search­ers have, for the first time, ex­per­i­ment­ally demon­strated the re­cur­rence of Rabi os­cil­la­tions in semi­con­duct­or quantum dots

Physicists at Paderborn University have, for the first time, experimentally demonstrated the so-called ‘return’ of Rabi oscillations in semiconductor quantum dots.

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“edY­OU­cate@UPB” 2026: The uni­ver­sity as a demo­crat­ic space

Through ‘edYOUcate@UPB’, formerly known as ‘Teaching Day’, Paderborn University aims to highlight high-quality teaching and work together to develop it further. On Tuesday 23 June, participants exchanged views under the theme ‘The university as a democratic space. Learning democracy – teaching democracy’.

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Con­fer­ence of Na­tion­al High-Per­form­ance Com­put­ing Centres to be held in Pader­born: Ex­perts to dis­cuss AI, sim­u­la­tions and high-speed…

The National High-Performance Computing Centres (NHR) conference, taking place from 14 to 17 September, will bring together researchers, engineers, data centre operators and decision-makers from across Germany to Paderborn to discuss the current state of high-performance computing in Germany.

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Between ex­cite­ment and com­pos­ure: How one’s emo­tion­al state in­flu­ences how we deal with AI re­com­mend­a­tions

Researchers from the Paderborn University and Bielefeld present a study

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Ex­per­i­en­cing his­tor­ic­al cloth­ing in vir­tu­al real­ity us­ing AI

New research project by World of VR GmbH, Paderborn University and Cologne University of Applied Sciences

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10 years of the Bel­gi­um Centre: An­niversary cel­eb­ra­tions high­light European solid­ar­ity

Diversity makes us strong – under this motto, representatives from the worlds of academia, business, politics and civil society celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Paderborn Belgium Centre (BELZ).

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“Foot­ball has time and again been used as a polit­ic­al stage”: Cul­tur­al stud­ies schol­ar Dr. Resul Karaca in a World Cup in­ter­view

Dr Resul Karaca is a researcher at the Institute of Romance Studies at Paderborn University and has been researching football from a cultural and literary perspective for many years. In this interview, he discusses, amongst other things, his perspective on football, its current and historical politicisation, and the question of whether major sporting events such as the World Cup can still bring people together at all.

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Two AI roboters

SAIL demon­strates that AI can be sus­tain­able and re­spons­ible

OWL Research Network successfully completes four-year project

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