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HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTINSTITUTE Annual Report 2009 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE University of Paderborn HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE Interdisciplinary Research Center for Computer Science and Technology Fuerstenallee 11, D-33102 Paderborn Phone +49(0)5251|60 62 11 Fax +49(0)5251|60 62 12 http://www.hni.uni-paderborn.de Members of Board of Directors Professor Group: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wilhelm Dangelmaier (President)* Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gausemeier * Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Keil * Prof. Dr. math. Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Burkhard Monien Prof. Dr. phil. Volker Peckhaus * Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Franz Josef Rammig Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Rückert Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wilhelm Schäfer Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Ansgar Trächtler * Members of Executive Board Academic Staff: Volker Brink Dr. rer. pol. Christoph Laroque Non-Academic Staff: Wilfried Bröckelmann Student Group: Andreas Cord-Landwehr Members of Curatorship Nominated by Stiftung Westfalen: Dr.-Ing. Horst Nasko, Deputy Chairman of Stiftung Westfalen Heinz Paus, Mayor of the City Paderborn Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hartwig Steusloff, Fraunhofer-Institute for Information and Data Processing Nominated by the University: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Lengauer Ph. D., Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Nikolaus Risch, Rector of the University of Paderborn Prof. Dr. Holm Tetens, Freie Universität Berlin Jointly nominated: Prof. Dr. Otto K. Ferstl, Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg Prof. Dr. Klaus Waldschmidt, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. E.h. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c. mult. Engelbert Westkämper, University of Stuttgart HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE Annual Report 2009 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE University of Paderborn Statistics of the Institute 2 Dr.-Phil. 2 Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur/in Elektrotechnik 1 Dipl.-Medienwissenschaftler 2 Juniorprofessor Dr. rer. nat. 16 Dipl.-Ingenieur/in Elektrotechnik 1 Magister Philosophie 11 Sonstige akadem. Grade 1 Master Sc. Electrical Engineering sonstige 14 Dr. rer. nat. 6 Dr.-Ing. 26 Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur/in Maschinenbau 7 Dipl.-Mathematiker/in 11 Master Sc. Informatics 20 Dipl.-Ingenieur/in Maschinenbau Magister Philosophie 7 Master Sc. Mechanical Engineering Dipl.-Medienwissenschaftler 8 Dipl.-Wirtschaftsinformatiker/in 60 Dipl.-Informatiker/in Juniorprofessor Dr. rer. nat. Activities of Employees with PhD 74 Management 110 Scientific Research and Lectureship 21 Self-employed Dr.-Phil. 154 Industrial Research and Development Dr. rer nat. Dr.-Ing. Number of employees UNITY: approx. 150 employees Dipl.-Mathematiker/in 100 … 90 Master Sc. Informatics 80 70 Dipl.-Informatik/in 60 Dipl.-Wirtschaftsinformatik/in 50 40 30 20 Master Sc. Mechanical Engineering 10 0 Dipl.-Ingenieur/in Maschinenbau MlaP UNITY GmbH GmbH Smart Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur/in Maschinenbau m³ITS - require Büro für ScMI AG coactum NetSkill AG Dr. Ketterer IPT Software Altanis GmbH Entrice GmbH FASTEC GmbH Master Sc. Electrical Engineering IML Fraunhofer Softwaretchnik EvoPACE GmbH myview systems consultants GmbH Multimedia & more Mechatronics GmbH Dipl.-Ingenieur/in Elektrotechnik Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur/in Elektrotechnik Scientific Results and Publications (previous year 2008) 198 Diploma-, Bachelor-, Master Theses Publikationen (196) Habilitationen sonstige Promotionen 208 Publications (227) Diplom-,Studien-,Bachelor-,Masterarbeiten 19 PhD Theses (23) Magister Philosophie Dipl.-Medienwissenschaftler *estimated value Third-party funds in Mill. EURO 8 7 Juniorprofessor Dr. rer. nat. 6 5 4 3 Dr.-Phil. 2 1 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009* Dr. rer nat. Number of Employees Dr.-Ing. Number of employees Professors Research Staff Technical and Administrative Staff Trainees Dipl.-Mathematiker/in 180 160 Master Sc. Informatics 140 Dipl.-Informatik/in 120 Dipl.-Wirtschaftsinformatik/in 100 80 Master Sc. Mechanical Engineering 60 Dipl.-Ingenieur/in Maschinenbau 40 20 Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur/in Maschinenbau 0 Master Sc. Electrical Engineering 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Dipl.-Ingenieur/in Elektrotechnik Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur/in Elektrotechnik 4 Heinz Nixdorf Institute Annual Report 2009 Content Content General Description Cover inside Statistics of the Institute Page 6 Vision of the Institute Page 8 The Research Program and Priority Projects in Research Page 16 Competence Center “Virtual Prototyping and Simulation“ Page 18 Internet-based information and communication services Page 20 Commitment to support young Researcher Additional Activities Page 92 Publications PhD Theses Fairs, Conferences, Seminars Patents, Prizes, Awards Additional Functions Spin-Offs Current Research Projects Current Industry Co-operations Scientific Co-operations Page 118 How to find us Page 119 Imprint Content 5 ContentContent Workgroups of the Institute Page 26 Business Computing, especially CIM Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wilhelm Dangelmaier Page 34 Product Engineering Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gausemeier Page 42 Computers and Society Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Keil Page 48 Algorithms and Complexity Prof. Dr. math. Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide Page 54 Design of Distributed Embedded Systems Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Franz Josef Rammig Page 62 System and Circuit Technology Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Rückert Page 70 Control Engineering and Mechatronics Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Ansgar Trächtler Page 78 Parallel Computing Associated Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Burkhard Monien Workgroups Page 82 Software Engineering Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wilhelm Schäfer Page 88 Philosophy of Science and Technology Prof. Dr. phil. Volker Peckhaus 6 Heinz Nixdorf Institute Annual Report 2009 Heinz Nixdorf, † 1986 The Concepts Guiding the Institute 7 The Concepts Guiding the Institute We are currently witnessing a transitional and applied research, with its practical shift from national industrial societies to relevance, are of equal importance to us. a global information society. Information and communication technology has per- Commitment to supporting young meated all areas of life; past boundaries researchers and limitations are being rendered mean- We are highly committed to providing ingless. Yet we are also noticing that training and education to our students fewer and fewer people find work within and postgraduate doctoral candidates the classical industrial sectors, which is with the goal of imparting them with the why a lot of people feel threatened by the necessary competencies to shape the change and would like to maintain the future. status quo. Nevertheless, the development Measurable goals towards a global information society Any action strategy must be assessed for opens up big chances and numerous its success. We set three main bench- opportunities for creativity. New jobs and marks for ours: service areas are on the horizon. 1) The research work should be excellent. We measure this by the frequency and Symbiosis between computer science amount of third-party funding, on the and engineering technology number of doctoral and postdoctoral At the center of our research is the symbi- degrees awarded, as well as on the osis of computer science and engineering. number of publications in respected This results in critical impetus for new journals. products and services in the global mar- 2) Our work should benefit the economy kets of tomorrow. Our activities should by leading to innovative products, contribute to the creation of new jobs and services and operational processes. help preserve existing prosperity. The number of spin-off products is an The problems we have to solve are important indicator for this. complex. There are many influential fac- 3) Our graduates should be able to find tors from the natural sciences, technol- suitable employment in business, ogy, economics, ecology and the social industry or science. environment that have to be considered. We work together in interdisciplinary This is the way we follow the concepts for teams because we see that only by doing the Institute that Heinz Nixdorf intended so can we find solutions for complex as initiator. problems. Balance between basic research and applied research We want to be a leading research insti- tute. To succeed in becoming one, we have to be able to give critical impetus to industry, but we must also anticipate the problems of tomorrow and work towards finding solutions for them early on. Both basic research, which reveals new insights and opens new opportunities, 8 Heinz Nixdorf Institute Annual Report 2009 The Research Program The key area of activity for our institute is research. The goals A new school of design for technical systems and methodical approach to the planned research activities are In principle, this involves procedural models, specification described in detail in the separate paper „Dynamics, Mobility, techniques, dedicated methods and IT tools as well as training Networking: A New School of Design for Technical Systems of and further education programs. The conceptual platform that Tomorrow“. Below the research program is presented in a con- forms the basis is constructed of, on the one hand, the work siderably shorter version. we have done thus far and influenced by the domains electri- cal engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering Research vision: “Things that think“ and economics, and on the other hand, systems engineering. The technical systems of tomorrow will be able to inde- Systems engineering is a cross-domain approach to purposeful pendently adjust to changing operating conditions or new and goal-oriented designing of complex