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David Dingel, a graduate of the Institute of Computer Science, was awarded the FTI Prize 2026 for the best Master’s thesis by the Faculty Council for Computer Science. His thesis, ‘Concepts of Relativisation’, clarifies the possibilities and limitations of two concepts in complexity theory.

JMU Professor Carolin Wienrich, as a member of the Advisory Council for Consumer Affairs, has co-authored a report. It deals with consumer protection in online retail involving AI agents.

For the development of the virtual laser laboratory simulator ‘femtoPro’, three Würzburg researchers have been awarded the 2026 Teaching Prize by the German Physical Society.

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.

On March 3, 2023, IBM and the Chair of Software Engineering of the University of Würzburg celebrated the kick-off of their one-and-a-half-year research project on the topic of energy efficiency.