Welcome to the Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics
The Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics (IAI) is a research institute of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the Helmholtz Association (HGF). It conducts research and development in the field of innovative, application-oriented information, automation, and systems technology for sustainable energy systems and complex industrial and laboratory processes. Interdisciplinary working groups are working on integrated systems solutions, whereby all development phases being covered from conceptual design to modeling and simulation, prototyping and practical testing, also under industrial conditions. Novel, reusable methods and tools, which are developed and applied in the context of system design, are further results.
The work of IAI is embedded in the program Energy System Design (ESD) within the HGF's research field Energy and in the programs “Engineering Digital Futures: Supercomputing, Data Management and Information Security for Knowledge and Action”, Natural, Artificial and Cognitive Information Processing (NACIP) and Material Systems Engineering (MSE) within the HGF's research field Information of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres.
The projects at the institute are carried out in cooperation with partners from industry, administration and other research institutions in Germany and abroad. Among others, the institute is involved in projects of the EU, various federal and state ministries, the DFG (German Research Foundation), AiF (German Federation of Industrial Research Associations), and German industry. The institute's staff members are active in a wide range of standardization committees, expert and review committees and programme committees.
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The IAI congratulates Mr. Luca Rettenberger on passing his doctoral examination. The title of his doctoral thesis is “Methods for Robust and Efficient Deep Learning and Improved Data Utilization in Large-Scale Data Generation Settings“. The exam date was on October 21th, 2025.
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Wir haben die traurige Nachricht erhalten, dass Herr Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Trauboth am 15. September 2025 im Alter von 94 Jahren verstorben ist.
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The IAI congratulates Mr. Luca Deininger on passing his doctoral examination. The title of his doctoral thesis is “Automated Analysis Pipelines for Stem Cell-Derived Models“. The exam date was on October 15th, 2025.
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The IAI congratulates Ms. Zehua Chen on passing her doctoral examination. The title of her doctoral thesis is “Investigation of Moisture Influence and Solution Processable Encapsulation Strategies for Flexible Printed Electronics”. The exam date was on July 11th, 2025.
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The IAI congratulates Ms. Kathrin Reibelt on passing her doctoral examination. The title of her doctoral thesis is “Ein neues Verfahren zur Detektion von Cyber-Angriffen auf zukünftige Energiesysteme unter Nutzung physikalischer Modellansätze”. The exam date was on July 18th, 2025.
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The IAI congratulates Mr. Moritz Weber on passing his doctoral examination. The title of his doctoral thesis is “Data-Driven Methods for Distribution Grid Modeling and Topological Reduction of Transmission Grid Models“. The exam date was on July 10th, 2025.
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Die Jubiläumsausstellung zum 200. Gründungstag des KIT zeigt seit dem 11. April 2025 im ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe) eine Ausstellung mit 100 Objekten zur Geschichte der Institution, darunter als ein exklusives Highlight der 2001 am KIT
entwickelte Karlsruher MIC-Trainer: ein Virtual Reality Simulationssystem für minimalinvasive Eingriffe.
On July 9, 2025, our MINToring team hosted a lively Mentor-Mentee Get-Together Event at Campus South, bringing together current and past participants for an evening of networking and idea-sharing. The event not only strengthened bonds within the MINToring community but also inspired collaborative ideas for upcoming activities.
moreTo the list of all student theses (Bachelor and Master theses as well as HIWI-Student projects)
To the list of all student theses (Bachelor and Master theses as well as HIWI-Student projects)