15 January 2026, 14.00 h in H-A 7114 This talk will present an overview of research at the SICK AG with a focus on smart sensorics in general, and the use of generative models for enhancing simulated data for training neural networks…
ZESS has launched its latest project. Researchers from four chairs work together and cooparate with a software company to develop an application that can recognize individual bison with the help of AI. The project team (from left to right): ZESS…
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…
The DFG Research Unit Learning to Sense represented by Shashank Agnihotri, Marius Bock, Mishal Fatima, Vaishnavi Gandikota, Margret Keuper, Jovita Lukasik, and Michael Möller had organized a workshop about the joint optimization of imaging pipelines and neural networks at the…
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…
Pratik Bisht and Michael Möller presenting the spotlight “Neural Atlas Graphs for Dynamic Scene Decomposition and Editing” by Jan Philipp Schneider, Pratik Bisht, Ilya Chugunov, Andreas Kolb, Michael Möller and Felix Heide at NeurIPS in San Diego.
Paolo Zuzolo, who already had been a guest at ZESS for a talk in 2024 had returned for a longer research stay to collaborate with the DFG Research Unit “Learning to Sense”. Specifically, he worked on Shape Matching and Neural…
After her paper was accepted at the International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Learning to Sense PhD student Qiushuang Zhang attended the conference Nov 17-19 in Marakesh, Morocco and gave a presentation on Curvilinear Layout for CMOS Image…
30 October 2025, 10.00 h in H-A 7114 The talk is part of the ZESS lecture series and hosted by the DFG research unit “Learning to Sense” (L2S). In this talk, Moritz will present his previous and current research, which mainly…
Since 2011, the German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM), organizer of the German Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (GCPR), has annually granted the German Pattern Recognition Award for outstanding, internationally visible research in the fields of pattern recognition, computer…
Three Publications from the DFG Research Unit “Learning to Sense” accepted by Shashank Agnihotri (Group of Margret Keuper at U Mannheim) – Congratulations and outstanding work!
Mon 22 September 2025, 14.00 h in E1 5 029 and ZOOM (link upon request) The talk is part of the ZESS lecture series and hosted by the DFG research unit “Learning to Sense” (L2S). Generative diffusion models have transformed image…
5 September 2025, 14.00 h in H-B 6414 The talk is part of the ZESS lecture series and hosted by the DFG research unit “Learning to Sense”(L2S). Quantum Computing, having the ability to exponentially enhance the raw computing power, and Artificial…
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…
Corner cases: How size and position of objects challenge imagenet-trained models by Mishal Fatima, Steffen Jung and Margret Keuper has been accepted at Transactions on Machine Learning Research.
As part of the Lamarr workshop on Mathematical Modelling for Machine Learning in Visual Computing, last week our Computer Vision Group (led by ZESS member and Lamarr PI Prof. Dr. Michael Möller), the Geometry in Machine Learning Group at University…
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…
Join us at the L2S: Learning to Sense Workshop at NeurIPS 2025!🗓 6-7 December 2025📍 San Diego, USA🌐 This workshop brings together researchers and practitioners exploring how learning-based approaches can be used in cross-disciplinary processes that are shaping the…
Looking back on an inspiring week: The EMINENT Summer School 2025 at the ZESS – Center for Sensor Systems at Universität Siegen was a complete success! From 21 to 25 July, the first cohort of EMINENT students immersed themselves in…
23 July 2025, 10.30-12 h in PB-H 210 The talk is part of the ZESS lecture series and hosted by the DFG research unit “Learning to Sense” (L2S). Angular information is applied across domains such as navigation, virtual and augmented…
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…
Since the first collaboration workshop in May ZESS members worked behind the scenes to draft possible projects in more detail. On 8 July they met with partners from outside ZESS for the second collaboration workshop to discuss the results and…
2 July 2025, 10.30-12 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). DFG Research Unit “Learning to Sense” (L2S) Mercator fellow Prof Vincent Wallace…
When German Research Foundation (DFG) programme officer Dr Bastian Mohr visited ZESS during PhD Research Forum 2025 in order to meet with research unit “Learning to Sense” PIs and VDI representative Prof Dr Jörg Himmel was present anyway, we took…
Like in the previous years, the house was packed and the atmosphere was fantastic. We had the traditional lightning talks (14 in total) and poster format (21 in total) presented over the course of the afternoon of the 7 May…
On 24th may 2025 University of Siegen presented itself at Open University day. At more than 50 booths and hands-on stations, visitors could learn about university life and could be active themselves. ZESS and DFG Research Unit “Learning to Sense”,…
Today ZESS members gathered for a collaboration workshop. Members pitched very interesting ideas in three rotating smaller teams initialising productive discussions throughout. In fact, so productive that most participants stayed well beyond the end to continue talking about possible projects.…
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…
A Personal Perspective on Interdisciplinary Research in Machine Learning 20 March 2025, 16.00 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,…
Congratulations, Dr Patrick Müller (second from left), who succesfully defended his PhD thesis on Impact of Visual Range Optical Blur Aberrations on Deep Learning based Models for Image Classification and Object Detection! The late Prof Dr Otmar Loffeld supervised the…
19 March 2025,10.30 h (online event) Vision is an exploratory behaviour that relies heavily on the dynamic relationship between actions and sensory feedback.For any agent—whether animal or robotic—processing visual sensory input efficiently is crucial for understanding and interacting with its…
During this year’s retreat of the DFG research unit “Learning to Sense” we cleared away a good amount of fog (pictured in background) and had the physical and mental space to prepare for several exciting collaborations in the coming months!…
Invited speaker at ATHENA European University Talks is Prof Peter Kraemer from ZESS with a talk on Vibration Based Structural Health Monitoring. Friday, 31 January 2025, 1000 h CET To attend the talk, please register at