The 93 Heidelberger Bildverarbeitungsforum is hosted for the second time by the DFG Research Unit “Learning to Sense”. In November 2024 Siegen organised the 88 edition on AI for Image Sonsors, this time the group of Prof Margret Keuper at…
During the ceremony, hosted by ZESS, Outstanding theses in the field of engineering were honored at the INCYTE Research Center at the University of Siegen by the VDI Siegen Regional Chapter! The winning theses combine scientific excellence with high practical…
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…
At the annual “ZESS PhD Research Forum”, the Center for Sensor Systems offers its doctoral and postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to present their research progress. The aim of the event is the interdisciplinary exchange between the various working groups and…
Wed, 6. May 2026, 9-10.00 h in H-C 7326 In this talk, Claudia will present deep learning approaches for multimodal computed tomography reconstruction, which she explores as part of her PhD at the Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI). Computed Tomography (CT) enables…
Mon 27 April 2026, 16.00 h in H-B 6414 Object detection is usually studied in a static regime, although deployed systems evolve over time. As environments shift and new categories become relevant, detectors must adapt sequentially while preserving prior knowledge.…
On 14 April 2026 ZESS members met for the 176th time. The topics of our very productive meeting were recomendations of the external advisory board, state of the project collaborations among the members, future collaborations and the general direction of…
A major success for AI research in Siegen: ZESS member Jun-Prof Dr Jovita Lukasik has secured funding under the prestigious Emmy Noether Programme run by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Up to now, the development of a neural network has…
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…
The Universität Siegen of Siegen, through the Center for Sensor Systems (ZESS) and the chair of Prof. Dr. Peter Kraemer, has successfully transitioned a novel patent for real-time sensor monitoring to Albrecht Bäumer GmbH & Co. KG. Developed under the…
Congratulations to Dr. Jonas Hölzer who received the “Förderpreis” of the Dirlmeier Foundation on 11th December 2025 for his outstanding PhD Thesis on the Optimization of non-linear laser based measurement techniques for the investigation of reactive flows. Dr. Hölzer continues…
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…
On 28 November the ZESS family gathered for the traditional pre-Christmas External Advisory Board meeting where we presented our academic achievments and the very sucessful third party funding activities of the last year. Same as in 2024, we were especially…
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…
Last Tuesdays ZESS Members gathered to discuss activities of the past year, the strategy for the coming months and decide on three membership applications! Prof Jasmin Grosinger, Jun-Prof Jovita Lukasik, and Prof Daniel O’Hagan had applied to be associated and…
We’re looking for two motivated PhD students to join the communications engineering group of Prof Jasmin Grosinger! Her research focuses on energy-efficient wireless systems and radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for next-generation IoT and sensor technologies. Both positions are full-time for three years and part of the…
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…
Welcome from the Chairs It is our great pleasure to invite you to join the 1st InternationalOnline Conference on Optics (IOCO 2026), which will behosted online from 25 to 27 March 2026. The conferenceserves as a premier platform for optics…
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:
Natacha Kuete Meli, Shuteng Wang, Marcel Seelbach Benkner, Michele Sasdelli, Tat-Jun Chin, Tolga Birdal, and supervisors Michael Moeller and Vladislav Golyanik have released a survey! 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺-𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀 Quantum-enhanced Computer Vision (QeCV) is a new and…
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…
We are proud to announce that the next German Conference for Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (GCPR) will take place in Siegen from Sept. 22nd to Sept. 25th, 2026, jointly with the Vision, Modelling and Visualization Conference (VMV). Both are hosted…
Resolution-adjusted boundary particles for Adaptive SPH by Andreas Kolb et al has just been accepted in The Visual Computer! In Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), accurate boundary handling is essential, especially when using adaptive particle resolutions to combine efficiency with fine…
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…