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How can Germany become more digitally sovereign? At the end of the semester, nearly 40 students from various Master’s programmes presented the results of their innovative projects from the ‘Projektiade 2026’ start-up competition.

Researchers at the University of Würzburg are developing an AI system that analyses satellite images whilst they are still in space. Once there, it is even intended to be able to adapt to new tasks retrospectively – for example, to provide protection against natural disasters.

Frank Loh received the IEEE NetSoft 2026 Best Demo Award for his work on "Don't Trust the Label: A Demo on the Pitfalls of Energy Efficiency Metrics for Networks". Congratulations!

Grant Success: The new DFG Research Unit "Bedeutungswandel in ressourcenarmen Domänen" has been officially approved! We are excited to develop new computational methods for the humanities.

The University of Würzburg is involved in the Soofi project, which is introducing a new AI model called ‘Soofi S’. It offers European companies and public authorities an independent alternative to non-European providers.

David Raunecker received the IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2026 Best Student Paper Award for the paper “A Discrete-Time Model of the Token Bucket Shaper for Real-Time Networking”. Congratulations!

Carina Baur received the IFIP Networking 2026 Best PhD Forum Paper Award for her work on “Just Another Metric? Towards Optimizing Sustainability Across Multiple Network Components”.

Digital technology is playing an increasingly important role in education and experts are in demand. A new degree programme at the University of Würzburg prepares them for this in the best possible way.

A team from the University of Würzburg has tested new technologies for Mars research on the Zugspitze. The results can serve as a basis for the use of robots on future missions.

Taking inspiration from nature, researchers from Würzburg and Bremen have developed a new Mars rover. Its wheels do not roll; they make swimming motions.

Prof. Dr. Harald Wehnes, Chair of Computer Science III, was honored for his work in the field of digital sovereignty.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr.-Ing. Linus Franke as an assistant professor in Visual Computing at the Institute of Computer Science.

On 29 April 2026, the digitalPV innovation network held its latest in-person networking meeting at the Chair of Robotics. Partners from industry and research gathered to exchange knowledge and discuss the latest developments in the digitalization of photovoltaic power plant inspection and operation.

Würzburg computer scientist Vanessa Borst received an award at an international conference - for co-developing a dermatological app for the University Hospital of Würzburg.

The paper "Theory Meets Practice: Assessment of Decomposition-Based Approximation in 2D Markov Models for Server Cluster Resilience" by Carina Baur, Frank Loh, and Tobias Hoßfeld from the Chair of Communication Networks received the Best Paper Award at the 15th International Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling.