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Key Research Areas of the faculties

Key Research Areas of the faculties

Faculty of Natural Sciences

  • Complex Materials
    • dealing with questions for the production, optimization and characterization of functional interface and volume phases
  • Molecular Systems
    • considering aspects of chemical reactions, physical processes and material properties at the molecular level
  • Scientific Modelling & Simulation
    • characterized by forward-looking physical-mathematical concepts and analytical and numerical methods based on them
  • Sensing and Cognition
    • development of novel sensor systems; research on information acquisition and processing by humans and technological systems; design and optimization of human-machine interfaces


Faculty of Mathematics

  • Dynamic behavior of linear operators and operator semigroups
  • Geometry and spectral theory
  • Functional analytical methods for the solvability of scalar and vector valued partial differential equations
  • Algebraic aspects of singularities of systems of complex differential equation
  • Hodge theory, applications in theoretical physics, in particular string theory
  • Complex varieties with trivial canonical bundles, especially irreducible holomorphic symplectic varieties
  • Algebraic group effects and module spaces in classical and geometric invariant theory
  • Reconstruction and estimation of spatial functions based on partial data with uncertainty
  • Development and analysis of optimization models and methods for convex, discrete, or PDE-constrained optimization problems
  • Finite element methods for the solution of simulation and optimization problems from physics, mechanics and economics
  • Krylov method for solving linear equation systems and approximating matrix functions
  • Mathematical treatment of inverse problems with applications in natural sciences, technology and finance
  • Methods of image and signal processing
  • Mathematical methods for the quantification of uncertainties
  • Numerical linear algebra for high-dimensional problems and efficient algorithms in data science
  • Fractals, especially PDE and stochastic processes on fractals

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

  • Resource-efficient and low-emission production
  • Production systems for metal and plastic components
  • Highly integrative process chains and production networks
  • New smart materials
  • Automobile production technologies 
  • Lightweight construction and systems
  • Virtual design methods
  • Textile processing and preform technologies
  • Printed polymer electronics

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

  • Micro system technology and nano electronics
    • Smart Systems Integration (Miniaturization of components and systems (sensors, actors, circuits…)
    • Design, technology, testing and application of components and systems
    • Intelligent sensors based on innovative technologies
    • Interfaces between nano, micro and macro spheres
    • Reliability of components and systems
  • Information and Communication Technology
    • Circuit design
    • Embedded Systems
    • Network Optimization, Software Defined Networking (SDN), Network Security
    • Wireless communication systems, antenna development
    • Software Defined Radio
    • Image processing and behavior detection with camera based sensor
    • Driver assistant systems, precise localization
    • High automatized driving, infotainment, mobile communication, automotive electronics
  • Energy and automation
    • Electrical power and drive systems, electromagnetic fields
    • Electric mobility
    • Power semiconductor devices and their reliability
    • Robotics and sensor-based robot systems
    • Open-loop Control, closed-loop control, optimization of processes and equipment
    • System theory, process automation, mechatronics

Faculty of Computer Science

  • Embedded self-organizing systems
    • Design methodology for embedded self-organizing systems
    • Reconfiguration of hardware, software and interfaces
    • Hardware software codesign
    • Robustness for embedded systems
    • Real time operating systems; adapted, distributes operating systems
    • Data management and stream analysis of sensor data
    • Future Internet Enterprise Systems
    • Modeling, simulation and verification
    • Adaptive controls for micro air vehicles
    • Driver assistance and autonomous drivers
  • Intelligent multimedia systems
    • Virtual and augmented reality
    • Virtual Humans
    • Digital object reconstruction
    • Interaction of humans and technologies
    • Multimedia retrieval and processing of multimedia data
    • Customization of software systems
    • Computer Vision
    • Ubiquitous mobile systems
    • Neuro-cognitive mechanisms
    • Robotic
  • Parallel, distributed Systems
    • Software development for parallel and distributed systems
    • Peer-to-Peer, Grid and Cloud Computing
    • Energy-efficient algorithms and programs
    • Scheduling, load balancing, compiler and library support for efficient parallel and distributed computing
    • Algorithms for logical problems and their parallelizability
    • Quantum algorithms
    • Web Engineering
    • Big data, open data, linked data, data infrastructures and data markets
    • Information systems
    • Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technology
    • Internet of Things, Internet of Services and Internet of Everything
    • Security and Privacy
    • Parallel Programming
    • Parallel Scientific Computing
    • Vectorization and SIMD Computing
    • Programming of heterogeneous systems
    • Tuning and self-adaptation of software
    • Algorithms of approximation

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

  • Innovation and technology economy
    • Sensory marketing and sensory product innovation research
    • Innovation controlling for products, process chains and materials
    • Energy efficient production
    • Digital banking and FinTech
    • Technology management, assessment and strategies
    • Disruptive innovations, potentials and business models
    • Innovation and change concepts to protect the environment and promote sustainable development
    • Innovation Economics
    • Energy regulation
    • Innovation and technology law
    • Digitized, connected, automated and sustainable mobility
    • Data-driven innovation
    • Industry 4.0 and digital twin
    • Structural change
    • Complex systems in economics
    • Organizational learning and ambidexterity
  • Sustainability
    • Tax morale
    • Drivers for tax avoidance
    • Sustainability assessment
    • Municipal sustainable financing
    • Resilience of hospitals
    • Sustainability-oriented reporting
    • Strategic environmental and sustainability management
    • Inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research
    • Sustainable growth and environmental policies
    • Europeanization of trade regulations
    • Energy-oriented production management
    • Resource efficiency in production and logistics
    • Educational concepts in vocational teaching and learning
  • Digitization
    • Digital transformation of tax consultancy
    • Digital market research techniques
    • Digitization of innovation processes and business models
    • Digital resilience of hospitals
    • Evaluation and mapping of intellectual capital
    • Strategic environmental and sustainability management: business models as well as management and steering instruments
    • Data management
    • Analytics (machine learning, data mining)
    • Business intelligence (data warehousing, reporting)
    • E-Commerce
    • Data governance
    • Digitization from a socio-technical perspective
    • Industry 4.0 in production and logistics
    • Computational economics
    • Information, communication and media law
  • Humans and labour
    • Resilience of leaders
    • Employment theory
    • Employment and growth effects of public budget policy
    • Transformation of work
    • Economic inequality and social security
    • Strategic personnel management and HRM-systems
    • New forms of leadership
  • Consumer behavior and consumer protection
    • Decision anomalies and personality traits in consumer behavior
    • Consumer education: purchasing rationality, self-protection and accountability
    • Macroeconomic effects of consumer decision making
    • Consumer protection law

Faculty of Humanities

  • Key skills in information and knowledge societies 'New Media'
    • New Media in Everyday Life, Communication Systems and Interaction Processes, Teaching-Learning Research, Virtual Environments, New Media and Digital Practices, Multimodality and Embodied Cognition
  • European culture and European history
    • Digital History, History, Geography and Law in European Context, History and Society, Histo-ry and Tourism, Culture and History of the Technical and Scientific World, Reception History, Regional Development, Intercultural Communication, Interculturality, Migration, Transnational Practices, Language, Literature, Culture
  • Politics and society
    • International politics, networked security, Domestic politics and governmental systems, Political culture and political ideas
  • Humans and technology
    • Demography and diversity, knowledge and innovation management, science and technology history/science and technology reflection, human-machine interaction

Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences

  • Human
    • Sensorimotor activity in complex human movement
    • Development of social competences in childhood and adolescence
    • Development, promotion and impact of cognitive competence
    • Emotional competence
    • Emergence and consequences of moral emotions
    • Cognitive motivation as a resource for coping challenges across the lifespan
    • Moral and responsible action in (hybrid) societies
    • Psychosocial consequences of the transformation of work and enterprise
    • Modern societies and global networking
    • International comparative analyses of demography and migration
    • Science research
    • Teaching evaluation research
    • Perception and attention
    • Religious transformation
    • Relationships and conflicts between social groups
    • Social perception and stereotypes
    • Subjective perception of time
    • Effects of mediation
    • Diversity at the workplace
    • Technological change and digitization of the world of work
    • School performance research
    • Psychological processes of political action
  • Health
    • Movement and load analyses in clinic and everyday life
    • Mental health at the workplace
    • Psychotherapy and health care research
    • Coping with chronic diseases
    • Epidemiology, etiology and treatment of mental and physical diseases
    • Health promotion, prevention, curation, rehabilitation and nursing care
  • Technology
    • Ergonomics in industrial production
    • Human factors in technology
    • Traffic psychology/e-mobility/usability
    • Structural dynamics and behavioral requirements of complex social and technical systems ("Social and human competencies")
    • Everyday and work-related usage of digital devices
    • Human autonomy teaming