Faculty of Technology: News

Professorship (W3) for Interactive Robotics

Faculty of Technology: News — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:16:49 +0100

Bielefeld University is inviting applications for a W3 Professorship in Interactive Robotics within our Faculty of Technology, to be filled at the earliest possible date. The position targets internationally recognized researchers with strong expertise in robotics engineering, particularly in real-time perception, motion, learning, and control for autonomous and interactive robots. The successful candidate will represent robotics in research and teaching, contribute to interdisciplinary collaborations—especially in AI and intelligent interactive systems—and participate in Bachelor’s and Master’s programs. Applications in German or English are welcome via the university’s online portal by 28 February 2026. More information about the opening can be found here: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/uni/karriere/professuren/wiss3086_englisch.xml

Full house at CeBiTec: The traditional Student Brewery Competition was held again

Faculty of Technology: News — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:05:28 +0100

After a long and thirsty break due to the corona pandemic, Mid-January 2023 about 200 members and friends of the Center for Biotechnology met in the CeBiTec foyer to taste and judge four home-brewed beers.

In the seminar "Process development and process management in modern brewing", the participating students first learned about the theoretical background of brewing beer. Then, with the support of a student “master brewer”, they worked in four groups to create their own recipes. The students' creativity was expressed not only in the recipes, but also in the choice of names for the beers: Annalena Beerbock (Bock Beer), Brewdolf Renbier (Wheat Beer), GALA (Ginger Amber Lemon Ale) and Skalden Ale (Red Ale). The brewing process started about six months ago for the bock beer and three to four months ago for the other beers, as an appropriate maturation period is what makes the beers tasty in the first place.

The Herford Brewery supported the event with four dispensing systems including equipment and a barrel of Pilsener beer. The German pilsner was a good starting point for further tasting of the home-brewed beers in the competition. All the beers were very well received. Both, the audience and the jury rated almost identically.

The first prize went to the Wheat Beer “Brewdolf Renbier” with its fine fruit aromas, followed by the impressive red brown coloured Skalden Ale, the Annalena Beerbock with its perfect dense foam and the most pleasant smelling Gala. At 8:30 p.m. all 230 litres of draught beer were well spent. Many thanks to the great audience, the jury and the Herforder Brewery for sponsoring the event. We are looking forward to the next time!

The CeBiTec

The Center for Biotechnology is one of the largest faculty-spanning central academic institutions at Bielefeld University. Its purpose is to bundle the biotechnological activities and research projects at the university, to foster cross-linking of research approaches and technologies from different research fields and to develop innovative projects within its two main research areas: Large Scale Genomics and Big Data Bioinformatics and Metabolic Engineering of Unicellular Systems and Bioproduction.

Merry Christmas

Faculty of Technology: News — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:09:15 +0100

The Faculty of Technology wishes all staff and students a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023!

Junior Professor Dr. Alexander Grünberger accepted as member of the Young Scientists and Artists Group

Faculty of Technology: News — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 10:35:31 +0100

Junior Professor Dr. Alexander Grünberger accepted as member of the Young Scientists and Artists Group of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and the Arts.

Concurrent with the New Years’s Concert on the 15th of January 2019, the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and the Arts affiliated Junior Professor Dr. Alexander Grünberger to “Das Junge Kolleg”, the group of the Young Scientists Group of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and the Arts.

In 2017, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Grünberger was assigned to Bielefeld University at the newly founded chair for Multiscale Bioengineering. Here he develops new microfluidic cultivation systems for the practice in the domain of biotechnology and bioengineering.

The nomination is a special award for the twelve young scientists and artists accepted and is connected with an annual scholarship of 10.000 Euro for four years. Scientists and artists of all subjects, who have already achieved outstanding results beyond their dissertation, can be chosen. They should not be older than 36 years and should not yet have a permanent position.

Broschüre Junges Kolleg 2019der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste

Prof. Dr. Markus Nebel new Vice Dean of the Faculty of Technology

Faculty of Technology: News — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Prof. Dr. Markus Nebel was elected as the new vice dean of the Faculty of Technology. He will support the actual dean of the faculty Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano.

Prof. Dr. Markus Nebel started working at Bielefeld university in april 2016 and is head of the research group Algorithmics and Bioinformatics.
His science addresses algorithmic questions. He investigates the efficiency of algorithms and data structures trying to improve them. A second emphasis of his work are Bioinformatics. Here the group researches the folding of RNA molecules, its algorithmic prediction as well as the denoising of big sequence data volumes.

Pilot project: Study-accompanying mentoring for female BA students

Faculty of Technology: News — Fri, 9 Mar 2018 15:45:11 +0100

The new program series "Together for Study Success!" by the mentoring program movement is aimed at all female undergraduate students of the Faculty of Technology who wish to successfully design their studies and benefit from a structured program. The program runs from September 2018 to March 2019, application deadline is June 22, 2018. More information can be found here!

2018-03-09 | Anniversary "10 Years of Research on Thinking Technology with CITEC"

Faculty of Technology: News — Fri, 9 Feb 2018 13:57:54 +0100

Now for more than a decade, the Cluster of Excellence CITEC has been working to build better bridges between humans and technology with our innovative research in cognitive interaction technology. Much was achieved during these years, including the social robot head Flobi, the virtual coaching environment ICSpace, and a caring apartment – all of which were made in Bielefeld. Our strong network of partners accompanies and provides important input for our research. And for more than 200 early career researchers, Bielefeld was the launching point for their careers both in academia and beyond. We would like to celebrate our anniversary with you, and are pleased to invite you to our celebration on Friday, 9 March 2018. Please inquire kommunikation@cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de

Internal Event
Date: 09 March 2018
Begin time: 15
End time: 19
Room: CITEC foyer