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Outstanding Research Projects

Current Research Projects at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

This page provides an overview of the outstanding individual and collaborative research projects in which researchers from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science are involved. The various projects are supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), European Research Council (ERC), State of Lower Saxony or German Federal Government.

Grants from the European Research Council (ERC)

ERC Starting Grant

ixAutoML: Interactive and Explainable Human-Centered AutoML

Term 2022 - 2027; Contact person in the faculty: Prof. Dr. Marius Lindauer, Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI-AutoML)

ERC Starting Grant

Cont4Med: Estimation and control under limited information with application to biomedical systems

Term 2021 - 2015; Contact person in the faculty: Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller, Institute of Automatic Control (IRT)

ERC Consolidator Grant

ScienceGraph: Foundations for Knowledge Graph based Representation, Augmentation and Exploration of Scholarly Communications

Term 2019 - 2024; Contact person in the faculty: Prof. Dr. Sören Auer, Institute of Data Science (IDAS-DSDL)/TIB


Participation in DFG Excellence Clusters

Hearing for all

Hearing4all: Medicine, Basic Research and Technical Solutions for Personalized Hearing Assistance (EXC 1077)

Term 2012 - 2018 (1st funding phase) and 2019 - 2025 (current funding phase); Contact person in the faculty: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Blume, Institute of Microelectronic Systems (IMS-AS)

Design and Manufacture of New Precision Optics

PhoenixD: Simulation, fabrication and application of optical systems

Term 2019 - 2025 (current funding phase), Contact person in the faculty: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Kurt Schneider, Institute of Practical Computer Science (PI-SE)

Sustainable and energy-efficient aviation systems

SE²A – Sustainable and Energy Efficient Aviation

Term 2019 - 2025 (current funding phase); Contact person in the faculty: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens, Institute of Drive Systems and Power Electronics (IAL-LE) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach, Institute of Electric Power Systems (IfES-EES)


Participation in DFG Special Research Areas

Research Data Management

Oxygen-free production (SFB 1368, Subproject INF)

Term 2020 - 2023; Contact Person in the faculty: Prof. Dr. Sören Auer, Institute of Data Science (IDAS-DSDL)/TIB

Research Data Management

Process chain for the production of hybrid high-performance components through tailored forming (SFB 1153/2)

Term 2019 - 2023; Contact Person in the faculty: Prof. Dr. Sören Auer, Institute of Data Science (IDAS-DSDL)/TIB


Participation in DFG Graduate Colleges

Better Road Traffic Through Cooperative Approaches

Social Cars - Cooperative, (de)centralized traffic management (GRK 1931)

Term 2014 - 2023; Contact person in the faculty: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Fidler, Institute of Communications Technology (IKT-KN)

Making Networked Autonomous Systems Safe

i.c.sens - Integrity and Collaboration in Dynamic SENSor Networks (GRK 2159)

Term 2016 - 2021 (1st funding phase); Contact person in the faculty: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernardo Wagner, Institute of Systems Engineering (ISE-RTS)


Science Alliance Braunschweig - Hannover

Mobile human

Mobilise (Science Alliance Braunschweig - Hannover)

Term 2017 - 2021; Contact person in the faculty: Prof. Dr. Kurt Schneider, Institute of Practical Computer Science (PI-SE)

Biomedical Medicine and Implant Development

SMART BIOTECS (Science Alliance Braunschweig - Hannover)

Term 2017 - 2021; Contact person in the faculty: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Blume, Institute of Microelectronic Systems (IMS-AS)


Overview of all outstanding LUH research projects