Mathematics in Paderborn

Mathematical research, from fundamentals to application, is the key to technical innovation. A high-calibre mathematical education forms the foundation for the development of future professionals. The Institute of Mathematics in Paderborn is characterised by a wide range of excellent research, from pure mathematics to industrial cooperation and research in mathematics didactics. In our range of courses, we offer top-level international training in mathematics and technomathematics as well as highly rated teacher training programmes for the entire range of school types.

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Math­em­at­ic­al help with im­age res­tor­a­tion: Wei­er­strass Lec­ture 2025 with Prof Dr In­grid Daubech­ies

The multi-award-winning mathematician Prof. Dr. Ingrid Daubechies from Duke University (USA) was the first woman to give the traditional keynote lecture at this year's Weierstrass Lecture on Friday, 11 July

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Wei­er­strass Lec­ture 2025 - Prof. In­grid Daubech­ies

The lecture will be given by Prof. Ingrid Daubechies. Prof. Daubechies is the James B. Duke Professor at Duke University and was previously a professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University. Her fundamental contributions to the theory and application of wavelet methods are of vital importance in many areas of applied mathematics, extending to concrete technical implementations. For her work, she has received numerous…

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Photo: Nadija Carter, winner of the Faculty 2025 award

On Friday, 4 July 2025, more than 200 graduates of the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics (EIM) were given a ceremonial send-off in lecture hall L1 at Paderborn University.

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Re­search

At the Institute of Mathematics, our research spans from fundamental mathematical studies to interdisciplinary collaboration. In the CRC TRR 358 project, Integral Structures in Geometry and Representation Theory, mathematicians from analysis and algebra work across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Additionally, our research focuses on stochastics, applied mathematics, and close partnerships with industry. We also place strong emphasis on mathematics education, integrating it into the Institute through collaborative research projects between mathematics education specialists and mathematicians.

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11.07.2025

Wei­er­strass Lec­ture 2025 - Prof. In­grid Daubech­ies

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10.07.2025

Gradu­ation ce­re­mony of the Fac­ulty of Com­puter Sci­ence, Elec­tric­al En­gin­eer­ing and Math­em­at­ics with key­note speech by Pro­fess­or Sir…

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25.06.2025

Two new faces - two per­spect­ives: In­aug­ur­al lec­tures by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nils C. Ger­hardt and Jun.-Prof. Dr. Si­mone Jablon­ski

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19.06.2025

The Elec­tric­al En­gin­eer­ing Pod­cast "Cur­rent Af­fairs": Epis­ode 13 - The new Z-build­ing is un­der con­struc­tion

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04.06.2025

Four­Math – Prize for In­nov­a­tion and Qual­ity Im­prove­ment in Teach­ing 2024

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04.06.2025

HALMA suc­cess­ful in the "Teach­ing Ar­chi­tec­ture" call for pro­pos­als by the Found­a­tion for In­nov­a­tion in High­er Edu­ca­tion

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28.04.2025

Young spin-off "QuSine" re­ceives fund­ing from the Fed­er­al Agency for Spring­board In­nov­a­tions (SPRIND)

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24.04.2025

Vir­tu­al real­ity goes AI: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity de­vel­ops AI as­sist­ance for vir­tu­al chem­istry lab

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24.04.2025

For pu­pils: New on­line meet­ings of the Pader­born Maths Circle

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24.04.2025

Ex­per­i­ence uni­ver­sity math­em­at­ics: "PB^Math 2025" sum­mer school at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

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18.04.2025

Carlo Kaul re­ceives the MFO Prize

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31.03.2025

Farewell to Prof Dr Mi­chael Dellnitz with cel­eb­rat­ory col­loqui­um

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25.03.2025

Po­ten­tial of ex­tra­cur­ricular learn­ing centres for STEM edu­ca­tion

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21.03.2025

Suc­cess for IT se­cur­ity re­search at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity: TLS-At­tack­er wins prize in in­ter­na­tion­al com­pet­i­tion

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20.03.2025

Pader­born MINT net­work re­ceives fund­ing award

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Op­ti­maler Mas­sen­trans­port und syn­thet­ische Geo­met­rie – Fak­ultät­skolloqui­um mit Prof. Dr. Sturm

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Am Montag, den 01.07.19, fand das Fakultätskolloquium im Hörsaal O1 ein. Knapp 50 interessierte Zuhörer, die meisten davon Mitglieder des Instituts für Mathematik, besuchten den Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Karl Theodor Sturm (Uni Bonn) zum Thema „Optimaler Massentransport und synthetische Geometrie – analytische, geometrische und stochastische Aspekte.

Prof. Dr. Karl Theodor Sturm, studierter Mathematiker und Physiker, promovierte 1989 an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, wo er sich auch 1993 habilitierte. Als Postdoc war er u.a. in Erlangen, Zürich, Leipzig und Bonn tätig. 1997 folgte er schließlich dem Ruf der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Neben der Lehre ist er dort äußerst engagiert; so leitet er u.a. seit 2012 als Koordinator das Exzellenzcluster „Hausdorff Center for Mathematics“. 2016 wurde ihm der ERC Advanced Grant für sein Forschungsprojekt „Metric measure spaces and Ricci curvature – analytic, geometric and probabilistic challenges“ verliehen. Genau zu diesem Thema hielt er beim Fakultätskolloquium seinen Vortrag. Den Fokus legte er hierbei auf die Entwicklung einer schlagkräftigen Theorie singulärer Räume mit synthetischen Schranken für verallgemeinerte Ricci-Krümmung. Nach seinem einstündigen Vortrag gab es noch die Möglichkeit zu Nachfragen, welche gut von den aufmerksamen Zuhörern angenommen wurde.

(Foto: Luca Jurczyk) Gastredner Prof. Dr. Karl Theodor Sturm, Leiter des Instituts für Mathematik Prof. Dr. Helge Glöckner, Dekan Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Keil und Geschäftsführer der Fakultät Dr. Markus Holt.
Prof. Dr. Sturm erklärte auch unter Zuhilfenahme von Tafelbildern seinen Forschungsgegenstand.
(Foto: Luca Jurczyk) Prof. Dr. Sturm erklärte auch unter Zuhilfenahme von Tafelbildern seinen Forschungsgegenstand.