We are proud to congratulate our colleague Luca Henry Wasmuth, who received the achelos Award for the Best Master's Thesis in Mathematics at the graduation ceremony. Luca was honoured for his outstanding thesis, "Spectral Theory of Transfer Operators for the Bilateral Shift", under the supervision of Prof. Tobias Weich, and received the €500 award in recognition of his academic achievement. Congratulations, Luca, on this well-deserved…

How can AI support mathematical research—and where are its limits? This new seminar series within the TRR 358 (Paderborn/Bielefeld) brings together researchers to exchange practical experiences with AI tools, from Lean and proof assistants to AI-assisted coding, agentic workflows, and the foundations of large language models. The seminar features both internal experience reports and talks by external experts, and is open to all TRR members—no…

Gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Lena Wessel wurde unser Kollege Dr. Max Hoffmann für das Projekt „ProM@IK-KI – Professionalisierung von Mathematiklehramtsstudierenden im Bereich informatischer Kompetenzen durch KI-Nutzung“ mit dem Förderpreis für Innovation und Qualitätsverbesserung in der Lehre 2025 ausgezeichnet. Die Preisverleihung fand am 24. Juni 2026 im Rahmen des Tags der Lehre edYOUcate@UPB statt. Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Max, zu dieser…

Our colleague Dr. Benjamin Delarue has been accepted into the prestigious Heisenberg Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG)! As a team, we are very happy about this achievement and warmly congratulate him on this well-deserved recognition. For more information: https://www.uni-paderborn.de/universitaet/presse-kommunikation-marketing/forschungsnachricht/wissenschaftler-der-universitaet-paderborn-in-heisenberg-programm-aufgenommen

After nearly three years in our spectral analysis group at Paderborn University, our postdoctoral colleague Dr. Hongwei Zhang is moving on to an exciting new chapter as a tenure-track full professor at the renowned Harbin Institute of Technology (China). While we will truly miss him, we are very happy for this opportunity. We warmly thank him for his contributions and wish him all the best and continued success. 谢谢 (xièxiè, thank you), Hongwei!

Mathematik ist mehr als Formeln - und Frauen sind mittendrin! Lass dich von Vorträgen, Spielen und Gesprächen mit Mathematikerinnen der Uni Paderborn inspirieren! Kurz gefasst: Wann? Dienstagnachmittag, den 12. Mai 2026, von 14:00 bis 18:30 Uhr.Warum gerade der 12. Mai? An diesem Tag wurde Maryam Mirzakhani geboren, die erste Frau, die eine Fields-Medaille gewann - die höchste Auszeichnung in der Mathematik, vergleichbar mit dem Nobelpreis, die…

Auch dieses Jahr richten das Institut für Mathematik der Universität Paderborn und der Sonderforschungsbereich SFB-TRR 358 die Schülerakademie "PBMath" aus. Wann? 28. - 30.04.2026Wo? Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForumFür wen? Schülerinnen und Schüler der Klassen 10-13 Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier: https://math.uni-paderborn.de/sfb-trr-358/events/pb-math-2026

Am 2. März startet die Frühlingsschule Geometrie und Symmetrie - eine spannende Möglichkeit für Studis am Ende des Mathematikbachelors - an der Universität Paderborn. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos, und für bis zu 30 Personen wird es außerdem eine kostenlose Unterkunft und einen Reisekostenzuschuss von 80 Euro geben. Kurz gefasst: Wann? Die Frühlingsschule geht vom 2. bis zum 6. März 2026. Die Bewerbungsfrist endet am 31. Januar.Worum geht es? In…

"The logical thinking and rigor of mathematicians are needed everywhere. If you’re interested in mathematics, go for it!”, comments Guenda, our team member. Check the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H8lXlpAwRU&t=1s

The study group “Variations on Character Varieties” is a joint initiative by MPI Leipzig, Leipzig University, and Paderborn University. The study group investigates different definitions and topologies of character varieties, focusing on key subspaces and instructive examples. We contrast “flexible” cases, like discrete and faithful or quasi-Fuchsian representations, with “rigid” ones that may consist of only a few points, and also discuss…

From September 8 - 10, the conference Women in Harmonic Analysis took place in Paderborn.  The conference was especially addressed to female mathematicians working in the broad field of harmonic analysis, both commutative and non-commutative, and the speakers should all be female.Nevertheless, anyone interested was welcome to attend!  Conference webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/womeninharmonicanalysis/home

From September 1–5, 2025, the Lie Theory, Spectra, and Dynamics conference took place in Paderborn.The event brought together researchers to explore recent advances in Lie theory, spectral theory, and dynamical systems on symmetric and homogeneous spaces. Participants engaged with diverse perspectives, ranging from representation theory to microlocal analysis, and connected with experts from across these interconnected fields.  Conference…

We are delighted to announce that Benjamin Delarue has successfully passed his habilitation on July 7, 2025. His thesis, titled “Symmetries in Hyperbolic Dynamics,” marks a significant achievement in his academic career. Congratulations on this remarkable milestone!

Congratulations to Guenda for winning the teaching award at University of Luxembourg where she had been teaching and doing research before joining our group at Paderborn. https://www.uni.lu/fstm-en/news/teaching-awards-2024-for-two-mathematicians/

The Spectral Analysis Group congratulates Philipp Schütte who successfully defended his excellent PhD thesis. The main results of his thesis had previously been published in the following research articles: Barkhofen, S., Schütte, P., & Weich, T. (2022). Semiclassical formulae for Wigner distributions. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 55(24), 244007. Schütte, P., Weich, T., & Barkhofen, S. (2023). Meromorphic Continuation of…