Welcome to the ITIV
The Institut für Technik der Informationsverarbeitung (ITIV) is one of the seventeen laboratories of the Department of Electrical Engineering & Information Technology of the KIT.
The institute concentrates - in research and teachings - on methods and computer aided tools for the design of electronic systems and microsystems.
The ITIV is managed in collegial responsibility by

On 13.06.2025 it was time again for this year's institute excursion! We set off from ITIV at 9.00 a.m. in great, warm summer weather. The excursion took us to Strasbourg in Stadtmobil vehicles, where teams completed an outdoor escape game. The day strengthened team spirit, offered time to explore the city and ended with a cozy barbecue evening.
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Prof. Eric Sax, Dean at KIT, met the Kenyan Ambassador, Her Excellency Ms. Orina. The topic was the expansion of distance learning for students in Kenya. The NGO Liberating Education Organization already operates learning hubs in Africa. The plan is to offer KIT lectures on topics such as artificial intelligence online in Kenya in the future. The aim is to significantly facilitate access to academic education.
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Daimler Truck AG develops innovative driver assistance systems in the Active Safety & Automation division. In this environment, an attractive PhD position on the subject of automotive testing and artificial intelligence is available. Scientific supervision during the doctorate is provided by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eric Sax.
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The Kongresshaus Baden-Baden once again became a meeting place for thought leaders in microsystems technology: this year's microTEC Cluster Conference, organized by microTEC Südwest e.V., brought together around 200 participants.
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Yesterday, the Institute for Information Processing Technology (ITIV) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) welcomed around 20 pupils from the Balthasar Neumann School (BNS) in Bruchsal as part of the existing cooperation agreement between the two institutions.
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More than 20,000 science enthusiasts of all ages made the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology's (KIT) big Visitors' Day a success on May 17, 2025. In friendly spring weather, they experienced excellent hands-on science in institute buildings, lecture halls and libraries as well as outdoors and in show tents.
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On 15.05.2025 Marco Stang, doctoral student of Prof. Eric Sax, successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: "Scenario-based validation of self-learning systems with individual user action through metamorphic relationships" with "Very good". Congratulations!
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On 10.04.2025 Andreas Vetter, doctoral student of Prof. Eric Sax, successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: "Hierarchical versioning in the development of vehicle networks". Congratulations to him!
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On March 28, 2025, Luca Scomparin, doctoral student of Prof. Jürgen Becker, successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled "Real-time reinforcement learning with online training for large-scale facilities". Congratulations to him!
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An exciting workshop on microcontrollers took place yesterday at the Institute of Information Processing Technology (ITIV). The event was fully booked early on and attracted numerous technology enthusiasts.
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The retreat of Prof. Stork's group in the Black Forest was a complete success, where impressive doctoral topics were presented and team building strengthened cohesion.
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On March 21, 2025, Martin Stoffel, doctoral student of Prof. Eric Sax, successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled "On-Demand Triple Modular Redundancy for Autonomous Vehicles". Congratulations to him!
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Jens Juhl, doctoral student of Prof. Wilhelm Stork, successfully completed the defense of his doctoral thesis entitled "AI support in medication management using an augmented reality system" on 24.03.2025. Congratulations!
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Over the past few weeks, we have installed a monitoring system for the polar bears together with the zoo.
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Marc Schroth, doctoral student of Prof. Stork, successfully completed the defense of his doctoral thesis on 06.03.2025. His research topic is: “Embedded wireless sensor network for action recognition in humans using artificial intelligence”.
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