Digital transformation and electronics
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Digital transformation and electronic systems are the driving force behind almost all social, economic and technical innovations in the 21st century. Digital transformation and electronic systems at the Faculty of Engineering deals with creating knowledge in engineering science for digital transformation and advancing applied research in embedded, cyberphysical and mechatronic systems.
Digitalisation needs increasingly powerful and more complex electronic systems. Scientists at the Faculty of Engineering offer expertise across the entire research spectrum ranging from electronic components and circuit technology to highly integrated circuits and technologies. Their knowledge is brought together in the Leistungszentrum Elektroniksysteme (LZE), the only national centre of electronic systems in Germany. This long-term strategic partnership between FAU, Fraunhofer and industry combines research and teaching of an excellent standard with the rapid development of innovative products.
New methods of visualising, processing and transferring data are fundamental to digital transformation. Scientists at the Faculty of Engineering are at the forefront of international research in digital transmission and audio and video signal processing, with pioneering contributions such as the development of the MP3 codec originating from FAU. Artificial intelligence is playing an ever more important role in fields such as prototyping electronic systems, production in mechanical engineering and in biomedicine research at FAU. Our scientists are also contributing to digital transformation by developing tools and methods for analysing research objects in digital humanities such as images, sculpture and artefacts. This project is part of a close collaboration between FAU and the Germanische Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg.
Beyond fundamental developments in hardware and software, computer-aided modelling and simulation is key to digital transformation. At the Faculty of Engineering, scientists perform cross-scale simulations to explore diverse research questions, starting from the interaction of individual atoms up to components and entire process chains. The aim of this research is to create new materials with specific characteristics and optimise the efficiency of production methods and processes. High-performance computing methods are frequently deployed in this field.
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