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Roboticists from the University of Würzburg developed a new 3D laser scanner system to precisely analyze plants in the field for the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy in Potsdam.

Human-Computer Systems, Games Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction: these are the areas of the projects that students and researchers from the University of Würzburg will be presenting to the public on Friday, July 25, 2025.

The Bavarian Research Foundation is funding a new research network to the tune of 1.8 million euros. This marks a significant step forward in the development of small satellite production in Bavaria.

A research team at the University of Würzburg developed an AI model that interprets three-dimensional medical images better than other models. The model won an international competition.

The University of Würzburg and the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt are cooperating in researching unusual phenomena in airspace. Pilots can report relevant observations to the university.

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.

Matthias Jung was honored for his achievements in training new radio amateurs. The computer scientist received the prestigious Rudolf Horkheimer Prize at the 2025 HAM RADIO international amateur radio exhibition.

How do digital technologies change the way people perceive and process stories? This question will be explored by a new graduate college at the University of Würzburg.

With the new Master's program 'Computational Humanities', the University of Würzburg is combining the humanities and artificial intelligence starting in the winter term of 2025. This opens up new avenues for cultural research.

The Institute of Computer Science mourns the loss of our esteemed colleague, Professor Hartmut Noltemeier, who passed away on May 10, 2025, at the age of 84.

Marcel Roth and Micha Nowak were the first to decipher the title and author of a charred papyrus scroll from Herculaneum. The two University of Würzburg students won $60,000.

For the third time, the European Space Agency (ESA) challenged students to find innovative ways to operate a satellite. A team from Würzburg's elite Satellite Technology degree program came out on top.

On April 13, 2029, the asteroid Apophis will fly past Earth. Researchers at the University of Würzburg are now developing a concept for two small satellites that will rendezvous with Apophis in space and collect photographs of it.

A new cooperative study between the University Hospital and the University of Würzburg shows that the presence of virtual characters exhibiting certain characteristics can mitigate physical anxiety responses.

The CAIDAS AI Academy at the University of Würzburg starts in May with the compact course 'Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Science with Python'. The innovative training programme is aimed at companies.