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HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE Annual Report 2006 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://wwwhni.uni-paderborn.de Members of Board of Directors Professor Group: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wilhelm Dangelmaier * Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gausemeier (President) * 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. Wolfgang Sohler Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Wallaschek * Members of Executive Board Academic Staff: Dr. rer. nat. Matthias Fischer Christoph Wenzelmann Non-Academic Staff: Karsten Mette Student Group: Michael Köster 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 Karlsruhe Nominated by the University: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Lengauer Ph. D., Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics Saarbrücken 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, Universität Stuttgart Statistics of the Institute Academic Profile of the Interdisciplinary Institute 8 Dipl.-Ingenieur/in Elektrotechnik 13 Master Sc. Electrical Engineering 7 Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur/in 17 Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur/in Maschinenbau Elektrotechnik 1 Dipl.-Pädagoge/Dipl.-Chemiker 1 Magistra Romanistik, Germanistik 14 Dipl.-Ingenieur/in Maschinenbau 2 Magister Philosophie 1 Dipl.-Medienwissenschaftler 4 Master Sc. Mechanical Engineering 1 Dipl.-Psych. 3 Juniorprofessor Dr. rer. nat. 1 Bachelor Electrical Engineering 1 Juniorprofessor Dr.-Ing. 11 Dipl.-Wirtschaftsinformatiker/in 3 Dipl.-Physiker/in 4 Dr.-Physik 17 Dr. rer. nat. 9 Dr.-Ing. 2 Dipl.-Mathematiker/in 8 Master Sc. Informatics 45 Dipl.-Informatiker/in Activities of Employees with PhD (since Foundation of the Institute 1987) 101 Industrial Research 72 Scientific Research and Development and Lectureship 16 Self-employed 76 Management Jobs at Spin-Offs of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute Number of Employees dSpace: approx. 700 Employees UNITY AG: approx. 130 Employees 100 … 90 … 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 GmbH GmbH m³ITS - ScMI AG UNITY AG NetSkill AG Dr. Ketterer IPT Software Entrice GmbH Altanis GmbH FASTEC GmbH dSPACE GmbH IML Fraunhofer iXtronics GmbH Beratung GmbH myview systems Padersonic GmbH Multimedia & more ATHENA Technologie Statistics of the Workgroups of the Institute Scientific Results/Publications of the HNI Workgroups 30 PhD Theses 245 Publications 138 Master Theses External Funds of the HNI Workgroups Third-party funds in Mill. EURO *estimated value 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006* Number of Employees of the HNI Workgroups Number of Employees Professors Research Staff Technical and Administrative Staff Trainees 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE Annual Report 2006 HEINZ NIXDORF INSTITUTE University of Paderborn 4 Heinz Nixdorf Institute Annual Report 2006 Content Content General Description Cover inside Statistics of the Institute Cover inside Statistics of the Workgroups Page 6 Vision of the Institute Page 8 The Research Program Page 16 Commitment to support young Researcher Page 20 Internet-based information and communication services Additional Activities Page 88 Network and Systems Administration Dipl.-Inform. Markus Hohenhaus Page 90 Publications PhD Theses, Fairs/Conferences/Seminars, Patents, Prizes/Awards, Additional Functions, Spin-Offs, Current Research Projects, Current Industry Co-operations and Scientific Co-operations Page 115 Imprint Content 5 Content Content Workgroups of the Institute Seite 26 Business Computing, especially CIM Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wilhelm Dangelmaier Seite 34 Computer Integrated Manufacturing Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gausemeier Seite 42 Computers and Society Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Keil Seite 48 Algorithms and Complexity Prof. Dr. math. Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide Seite 54 Design of Distributed Embedded Systems Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Franz Josef Rammig Seite 62 System and Circuit Technology Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Rückert Seite 68 Mechatronics and Dynamics Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Wallaschek Seite 76 Parallel Computing Associated Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Burkhard Monien Workgroups Seite 80 Applied Physics/Integrated Optics Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Sohler Seite 84 Philosophy of Science and Technology Prof. Dr. phil. Volker Peckhaus 6 Heinz Nixdorf Institute Annual Report 2006 Heinz Nixdorf Vision of the Institute 7 Vision of the Institute We are currently experiencing the evolu- Commitment to training and education tion from national industrial societies to a We are intensely committed to training global information society. Information and education of our students and gradu- and communication technology is affect- ates and to giving them the necessary ing all areas of life: the bounda-ries we qualifications so that they can help to knew in the past are no longer relevant. shape the future. Yet we are also noticing that fewer and fewer people are employed in the more Measurable goals traditional sectors of industry. This is why Strategic action is based on measurable a lot of people regard the current transi- goals. We set ourselves three main goals: tion as a threat and would rather preserve 1) The research work has to be excellent. the status quo. We measure it by our external funds, by However, the progression to a global the number of graduations and post- information society offers many opportu- doctural lecture qualifications as well nities and much scope for creativity: new as by the number of publications in proficiencies and workplaces are continu- respected media. ing to emerge. 2) The number of innovations in pro-ducts Our research focuses on a symbiosis and processes of services in industry of computer science and engineering and that result from our work should be very aims to provide decisive impetus for new high in comparison with other insti- products and services for the global mar- tutes. kets of tomorrow. Our activities will create 3) Our graduates receive appropriate new workplaces and sustain prosporities. employment in the business or scien- The problems we have to solve are tific world. complex. There are numerous influences that must be considered from areas such In this way, we are following the vision of as natural sciences, techno-logy, econom- Heinz Nixdorf, the founder of our institute. ics, ecology and the social environment. We are adopting an interdisciplinary approach because we see that this offers the best possibility to find solutions for complex problems. Balance between basic research and applied research We want to be a leading research institute. To succeed in this aim, we have to be able to give decisive impetus in practice but also to recognise problems of tomorrow early on and find solutions. We place the same value on basic research, which opens new horizons and offers new opportunities, and on applied research, which refers to what is currently happen- ing in practise. 8 Heinz Nixdorf Institute Annual Report 2006 The Research Program The substantial field of activity of our institute is the research. We want a new school of design of tomorrow’s technical The goals and methodical approaches of the planned research systems. activities are described in detail in the separate paper “dynam- From our view the systems will be characterized by dynamics, ics, mobility, networking: On the way to the technical systems mobility and networking. Therefore we want to provide methods of tomorrow.” Here, the research program is presented in a and techniques that enable the design of such “Things that strongly shortened way. think”, as well as their networking and their control, which is based on self-organization. We want to test our methods and The research vision: “Things that think.” techniques, and demonstrate their efficiency in concrete appli- The technical systems of tomorrow will be able to adapt to cations with high scientific, social and economic relevance. In changing operating and environment conditions independently all these research projects we try to accomplish the goal to and partially also have cognitive abilities - therefore the slogan: bring together our realizations and experiences into a new “Things that think.” They will consist of components with an school of design of tomorrow’s technical systems. inherent partial intelligence. These components will be con- nected to large, mostly mobile systems, which are highly com- We want to think ahead of the future plex and dynamic. Such systems will not be controlled globally. Dealing with the systems of tomorrow, we must develop Therefore local strategies must be developed for good perfor- ideas of the user expectations and needs as well as over the mance of the entire system. technical possibilities of tomorrow. We accomplish this by sys- The design, control and the realization of such technical tematic foresight, i.e.