{"id":75,"date":"2017-07-03T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T13:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/vorlage\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:05:47","slug":"startpage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Professorship of Computer Science in Mechanical Engineering at the Institute of Automation Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As an interdisciplinary chair, we work at the interface of computer science and mechanical engineering. Our research problems and topics arise primarily from mechanical engineering and related disciplines such as plant engineering and automation, while our solutions are based in particular on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/machine-learning\">machine learning algorithms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/symbolic-artificial-intelligence\">symbolic artificial intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our research addresses, among other things, algorithms for problems in areas such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/materials-science-and-three-dimensional-models\">physics simulations and data-driven modeling<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/machine-learning\">monitoring (including anomaly detection and predictive maintenance)<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/symbolic-artificial-intelligence\">control and diagnosis of complex technical systems, and the solution of discrete and hybrid planning problems<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The safety requirements that technical systems must meet in operation directly affect the range of possible solutions, which must be interpretable and robust. Our research and solutions therefore deliberately combine data-driven machine learning approaches with domain-specific prior knowledge and symbolic algorithms in order to leverage the advantages of both. From a holistic perspective, this results in an overarching approach to robust artificial intelligence in the context of cyber-physical systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information about our academic expertise can be found on the page dedicated to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/focus\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/focus\">research focus areas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our ongoing and completed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/projects\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"242\">research projects<\/a>, as well as our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/publications\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"210\">publications<\/a>, provide deeper insight into our activities.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/IMB_Home_EN-1024x576.png\" data-credit=\"HSU\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/IMB_Home_EN-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/IMB_Home_EN-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/IMB_Home_EN-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/IMB_Home_EN-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/IMB_Home_EN-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/IMB_Home_EN-1100x619.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Recent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Follow us for updates<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/professorship-computer-science-in-mechanical-engineering\/\" rel='nofollow'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/03\/LI-In-Bug-1.png\" data-credit=\"LinkedIn Corporation\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3289\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.1759201273323554;width:103px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/03\/LI-In-Bug-1.png 635w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/03\/LI-In-Bug-1-300x255.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Updates on conferences, workshops, publications, and other topics are regularly posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/professorship-computer-science-in-mechanical-engineering\/\" rel='nofollow'>our LinkedIn page<\/a>. Feel free to take a look.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an interdisciplinary chair, we work at the interface of computer science and mechanical engineering. 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