Research Focuses of the Institute are in the fields of:
- Systems Engineering (Prof. Dr.-Ing. K. D. Müller-Glaser)
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- Methods and tools for the design of electronic systems, microsystems and systems-on-chip
- Executable specifications and model-based design
- Rapid prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop, test of embedded electronic systems
- UML-based design methodology for embedded electronic systems
- Rapid prototyping with real-time LINUX for embedded systems
- Embedded Electronic Systems (Prof. Dr.-Ing. 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
- 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

