Research Training Groups at Paderborn University
A talent factory for young academics
Paderborn University offers graduates and young academics the ideal conditions for gaining further academic qualifications after completing their studies. Paderborn University's Research Training Groups give you the opportunity to complete a doctorate in an innovative research environment and take advantage of well thought-out supervision and qualification programmes.
Participation in local research training groups
| FAIRomics - FAIRification of multiOmics data to link databases and create knowledge graphs for fermented foods | Departments involved: Computer science Funding: MSCA Doctoral Network (Horizon Europe) 2024 - 2028 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo |
| MicrocombSys - Photonic System Engineering with Microcombs | Departments involved: Physics Funding: MSCA Doctoral Network (Horizon Europe) 2023 - 2027 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn |
| Departments involved: Computer Science Funding: MSCA Doctoral Network (Horizon Europe) 2023 - 2026 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo | |
| NHR Graduate School | Departments involved: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering Funding: Verein für Nationales Hochleistungsrechnen - NHR-Verein e.V. since 2021 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Christian Plessl |
| Data-NInJa | Departments involved: Computer Science Funding: Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia; based at Bielefeld University 2021-2024 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Häb-Umbach Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo |
| Max Planck School of Photonics | Departments involved: Physics Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research since 2019 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn |
North-Rhine Westphalian Experts in Research on Digitalisation (Nerd.NRW) | Departments involved: Computer science Funding: Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2018 | Contact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Juraj Somorovsky |
Completed Research Training Groups
| KnowGraphs - Knowledge Graphs at Scale | Departments involved: Computer Science Funding: Marie Curie European Training Network (Horizon 2020) 2019 - 2023 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo |
| Being church in times of change | Departments involved: Catholic theology Funding: Archdiocese of Paderborn in cooperation with the Paderborn Faculty of Theology (coordination) and Paderborn University 2018 - 2022 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Stefan Kopp |
| GraKo Digital Society NRW | Departments involved: Cultural Studies Funding: Research Training Group in cooperation with the University of Bonn 2017-2022 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Katharina Rohlfing |
| Digital Future | Departments involved: Computer Science Funding: Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 2017 - 2021 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Gregor Engels |
| Industrial Optimal Design using Adjoint CFD - IODA | Departments involved: Mathematics Funding: Marie Curie European Training Network (Horizon 2020) 2015 - 2018 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Andrea Walther (former emloyee) |
| Lightweight - Efficient - Mobile: Energy and cost-efficient extremely lightweight construction with hybrid materials | Departments involved: Mechanical engineering, chemistry, physics, sociology Funding: NRW-Forschungskolleg 2014 - 2022 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Thomas Tröster |
| Designing flexible working environments: Human-centred use of cyber-physical systems in Industry 4.0 | Departments involved: Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Education, Electrical Engineering Funding: NRW-Forschungskolleg in cooperation with Bielefeld University 2014 - 2022 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Gregor Engels |
| Intelligent systems in automation technology | Departments involved: Computer science, mechanical engineering Funding: Research Training Group in cooperation with Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences 2013 - 2020 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Eyke Hüllermeier |
| Photonic Integrated Compound Quantum Encoding - PICQUE | Departments involved: Physics Funding: Marie Curie Initial Training Network (7th EU Research Framework Programme) 2013 - 2017 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn |
| Islamic Theology | Departments involved: Comparative theology Funding: Mercator Foundation in cooperation with the WWU Münster 2011 - 2017 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Klaus von Stosch (former employee) |
| Individual support: skills development and diagnostics in vocational education and training | Departments involved: Business education Funding: Ministry of Education of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 2008 - 2020 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Peter F.E. Sloane |
| Automatisms - cultural techniques to reduce complexity | Departments involved: German Studies, Comparative Literature, Media Studies, Sociology, Computer Science, Art, American Studies Funding: DFG Research Training Group 2008 - 2017 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Norbert Eke |
| Micro- and nanostructures in optoelectronics and photonics | Departments involved: Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering Funding: DFG Research Training Group 2008 - 2017 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Heinz S. Kitzerow |
| Dynamic Intelligent Systems | Departments involved: Computer science, Business informatics, economics, mechanical engineering Funding: NRW Research School 2001 - 2018 | Contact: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Schäfer |