Research Focuses of the Institute are in the fields of:
- Embedded Electronic Systems (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. J. Becker)
- System design for reconfigurable hardware in automotive technology
- IP-based design of microelectronics for mobile communication systems
- Hardware/Software codesign and architecture synthesis
- Hardware synthesis and system-on-chip integration
- Development and evaluation of optimized algorithms for 3D-Reconstruction on FPGAs and GPUs
- New hard- and software architektures for the CMS Tracktrigger
- Systems Engineering (Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. Sax)
- Processes and methods from "agil" to "V" for the design of Embedded Systems and System-Networks
- Hardware-in-the-Loop testing of Embedded Electronic Systems, especially advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS)
- Graphical tools and executable specifications
- Safe and secure SW-architectures and EE-topologies
- Big Data Analysis - Anomaly detection and data evaluation in the (commercial) vehicle
- Microsystem Technology and Optics (Prof. Dr.rer.nat. W. Stork)
- Microtechnical vital sensors
- Telemetry
- Ubiquitous computing
- Wearable Computing
- Intraocular vision aid
- Diffractive Bifocal Intraocular Lenses (IOL)
- Industrial Sensors
- Optik Design
- Mixed fields (electrical, mechanical, optical) and nonlinear interactions