International Best Paper Awards / Competitions / Presentations:
Awards by Informationstechnische Gesellschaft (ITG) in the VDE
2016 - Advancement Award Dr.-Ing. Christoph Ide
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Ide, former head of the research groups of the CNI and Alumni of SFB 876, received one of the prestigious junior awards by the Informationstechnische Gesellschaft (ITG) in the VDE for his thesis "Resource-Efficient LTE Machine-Type Communication in Vehicular Environments" in November 2016. The nationally fiercely contested award was handed over at a solemn celebration at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin on November 29, 2016. The research results of the DFG Sonderforschungsbereich SFB 876 "Datenanalyse unter Ressourcenbeschränkungen" are an excellent contribution to the development of future mobile radio-based traffic systems, which will support growing automation of the reliable, simultaneous and efficient communication between the single system components. This research also makes a valuable contribution to future 5G networks, especially in terms of the Internet of Things.
2013 ITG Awards 2013 for Dr.-Ing. Niklas Goddemeier, Dr.-Ing. Kai Daniel and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Wietfeld
For their research in the field of networked robotic systems, Dr.-Ing. Niklas Goddemeier, Dr.-Ing. Kai Daniel and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Wietfeld received the coveted ITG Awards 2013 by the Informationstechnische Gesellschaft in the VDE at Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin on November 12, 2013.
The ITG Award is being advertised annually and awarded for outstanding publications, in this case for an article in the internationally well-known IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communications.
Role-Based Connectivity Management with Realistic Air-to-Ground Channels for Cooperative UAVs: Ad-hoc aerial sensor networks leveraging MUAVs (Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are ideally suited to cost-efficiently explore unknown or hostile environments for example in case of incidents producing harmful gases or radiation. In this manuscript we present results on the investigations of communication-aware steering algorithms for cooperative MUAV swarms. The mission objective is to achieve a maximum spatial exploration efficiency with the simultaneous ability to self-optimize the communication links by exploiting controlled mobility. While our previous work has mainly considered the performance of the Air-to-Air mesh network, in this paper we focus on the Air-to-Ground-link connectivity control. To achieve appropriate communication links to a central sensor data sink even while exploring larger search areas, an agent-based role management strategy is used to provide suitable multi-hop connectivity. The novel algorithms are investigated for static as well as dynamically changing environments. Key results include a detailed realistic aerial channel characterization and network dimensioning analysis considering numbers of MUAVs and density of ground stations vs. exploration speed and sensor data latency.
2014 VDE-Award for Master Graduate - M.Sc. David Öhmann
Once a year, the VDE Rhein-Ruhr e.V. awards junior engineers for excellent bachelor's and master's degrees. Also this year, the organization honored excellent degrees and continued its active dedication to young engineers. The solemn ceremony took place at the trade fair "E-world" in Essen on February 12, 2014, for the first time. For TU Dortmund, David Öhmann, whose master thesis "Kooperatives Verbindungsmanagement von heterogenen Funkzugangssystemen im Automobilumfeld" was supervised by the CNI and collaborated with BMW in Munich, has been awarded.
Other Awards
Awards by TU Dortmund
ComNets Awards
Spin-Off comnovo
Spin-Off Smart Robotic Systems
Nomination in the Competition "ZukunftErfinden 2015":
ADVANCEMENT AWARD „ARBEIT · SICHERHEIT · GESUNDHEIT 2013" BY BERUFSGENOSSENSCHAFTEN ROHSTOFFE UND CHEMISCHE INDUSTRIE:
WINNER OF THE TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION "E-ENERGY":
AWARD WINNER OF THE FUNDING COMPETITION "SIMOBIT":
WINNING TEAM OF THE ROHDE&SCHWARZ NATIONAL CASE STUDY COMPETITION "HDTV - GET IT NOW!":
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The campus of TU Dortmund University is located close to interstate junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dortmund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is “Dortmund-Eichlinghofen” (closer to South Campus), and from B 1 / A 40 “Dortmund-Dorstfeld” (closer to North Campus). Signs for the university are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dortmund.
To get from North Campus to South Campus by car, there is the connection via Vogelpothsweg/Baroper Straße. We recommend you leave your car on one of the parking lots at North Campus and use the H-Bahn (suspended monorail system), which conveniently connects the two campuses.
TU Dortmund University has its own train station (“Dortmund Universität”). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dortmund main station (“Dortmund Hauptbahnhof”) and Düsseldorf main station via the “Düsseldorf Airport Train Station” (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 20 or 30 minutes). The university is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.
You can also take the bus or subway train from Dortmund city to the university: From Dortmund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station “Stadtgarten”, usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At “Stadtgarten” you switch trains and get on line U42 towards “Hombruch”. Look out for the Station “An der Palmweide”. From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dortmund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dortmund main station to the stop “Dortmund Kampstraße”. From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop “Dortmund Wittener Straße”. Switch to bus line 447 and get off at “Dortmund Universität S”.
The AirportExpress is a fast and convenient means of transport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Dortmund Central Station, taking you there in little more than 20 minutes. From Dortmund Central Station, you can continue to the university campus by interurban railway (S-Bahn). A larger range of international flight connections is offered at Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is about 60 kilometres away and can be directly reached by S-Bahn from the university station.
The H-Bahn is one of the hallmarks of TU Dortmund University. There are two stations on North Campus. One (“Dortmund Universität S”) is directly located at the suburban train stop, which connects the university directly with the city of Dortmund and the rest of the Ruhr Area. Also from this station, there are connections to the “Technologiepark” and (via South Campus) Eichlinghofen. The other station is located at the dining hall at North Campus and offers a direct connection to South Campus every five minutes.
The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent “Technologiepark”.
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