From 22 to 25 September 2026, GCPR + VMV will take place at University of Siegen, hosted by ZESS. GCPR + VMV 2026 will feature joint invited talks (keynote presentations) and nectar track sessions, research presentations of papers that underwent…
For the fifth time DFG SFB-TRR 161 “Quantitative Methods for Visual Computing” hosted the Women in Computing workshop. This time the ZESS hosted DFG FOR 5336 “Learning to Sense” joined in as a partner in organising this half-day workshop. Four…
Wed 1 April, 12.00 h in H-A 7106 Dr Christina Runkel will visit the Women in Vision Group in Siegen. Christina did her Masters in Computer Vision at the University of Siegen, wrote her Master’s thesis at the University of…
On 17 December Research Unit Learning to Sense welcomed Manuela Möller and Hanna Völkel from EAF Berlin for a day long workshop, training our diversity awareness. The sessions focussed on dynamics of power, unconscious biases, and communication in the work…
Learning to Sense doctoral researcher Qiushuang Zhang had her poster accepted at the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) International Leadership Summit at the University of West London, and she presented her research on CMOS Image Sensor on 2 December 2025…
ZESS spokesperson Prof Peter Kraemer held a lecture in front of a packed auditorium on how wind turbines generate electricity at the fall installment of University of Siegen’s Children’s University Here’s his announcement:
During the past couple of days we had the great pleasure to host Dr Joana Grah for a research stay at ZESS’ Computer Vision Group and the DFG research unit Learning to Sense. Apart from her talk on Light and…
21 August 2025, 10.00 h in PB-H 0103 The talk is part of the ZESS lecture series and hosted by the DFG research unit “Learning to Sense”(L2S). In this talk, we present some of the work currently conducted in the Image Analysis…
As part of her master’s thesis at the Chair of Technical Thermodynamics (TTS), which is part of ZESS, Stella Kemboi measured Raman line widths using time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS). These are of great importance for the accuracy of…
From June 24 to 27, 2025, the French-German Terahertz Conference (FGTC) took place at ZESS/University of Siegen. FGTC is a significant forum for international exchange on terahertz technologies and research. The conference brought together leading scientists, young talents, and industry…
On 3 April 2025, University of Siegen took part in the Girls’ Day, the nationwide day of action for stereotype-free career guidance. ZESS Professor and Lamarr Fellow Michael Möller, together with postdocs Dr Natacha Kuete Meli (3rd from left) and…
ZESS at Girls Day 2025 In this workshop, offered by Prof Michael Möller from ZESS, you’ll dip your toes into robotics and AI! You’ll go hands-on programming a Fischer-Technik Robot and teach it to recognise objects and intelligently react to…
January meeting of the Women in Vision group, hosted by ZESS. The group is an informal association of women who study and work in the field of computer vision, imaging and sensing at the University of Siegen. The goal is…
Merle Richter was part of this year’s Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves conference IRMMW-THz in Perth, Australia. We’re especially proud that her topic was chosen for the keynote presentation in the biomedical applications session. Congratulations and well done, Merle! M.…
For the contribution entitled Usage of Electro-Mechanical Impedance Spectra for Structural Health Monitoring of Bolted Connections under Varying Temperatures, ZESS PhD student Anna Lena Dreisbach (with Prof Peter Kraemer and Prof. Claus-Peter Fritzen) made 3rd place at the Best Paper…
Joy Muriithi from Dedan Kimathi University in Kenya was a guest at ZESS during the past months. She wrote her master’s thesis at ZESS as part of the Erasmus+ funded exchange programme KA171 International Credit Mobility (ICM) at Prof Thomas…
On 22nd of May the annual PhD Research Forum took place at ZESS A busy crowd discussed 30 lightning talks and posters on a variety of aspects relating to sensor technology. The presentations enabled constructive exchange between students, PhD candidates,…
Last week on Monday 8 April, Dr Sanhita Guha Pour (center) has successfully defended her PhD with a talk on Radar Band Fusion for Improved Range Resolution using Compressed Sensing. While not the first PhD within MENELAOS NT to defend…
The DFG research unit 5336 “Learning to Sense”, which is hosted at ZESS, had a very robust retreat at Mannheim castle last week. We were joined by friends and colleagues from adjacent fields, ensuring massive input/massive output (MIMO). Thanks everybody…
5 July 2023, 14-15 h in H-C 7327 The talk is part of the ZESS lecture series and hosted by the DFG research unit “Learning to Sense” (L2S). Jovita Lukasik is a Ph.D. candidate in the focus group of Computer…