As part of this year's orientation phase (O-Phase) for the new Bachelor and Master students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (ETIT) at KIT, the Institute of Information Processing Technology (ITIV) opened its doors for two days.

On July 22, 2025, Christina Erler, a doctoral student of Prof. Stork, successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled: “Architecture of decentralized infrastructures for the sovereign management and effective use of health data.” Congratulations!

On 14 September 2025, KIT Chipdesign House successfully completed a tapeout of the PSoC internship SoC. The IHP SG13G2 130nm Open PDK was used for the tapeout of the open-source design with an area of 3.42 mm². Starting in WS25/26, students will learn about this chip design flow – right up to tapeout – in the course. Further information on the KCH website.

On 29.09.2025 Johannes Plaum, doctoral student of Prof. Eric Sax, successfully defended his dissertation entitled: "Freigabeargumentation hochautomatisierter Nutzfahrzeuge im Vergleich zum menschlichen Fahrer". Congratulations and all the best!

At the conference "AI & WE - Shaping the future responsibly" on September 30, 2025 in Berlin, Dr.-Ing. Tanja Harbaum from KIT presented the German-French research project KIHT - Kaligo-based Intelligent Handwriting Teacher. The intelligent pen system shows how artificial intelligence can support learning to write and personalize education.

At the beginning of September, Prof. Becker's annual doctoral retreat took place in the historic university town of Speyer. Doctoral students from the institute, research center, and industry presented their research, engaged in intensive discussions, and received valuable feedback. In addition to the professional exchange, a varied supporting program—ranging from a visit to the Technik Museum to cozy game nights—provided inspiration, team spirit, and lasting impressions.

Five ITIV students have developed an innovative robot demonstrator based on the open-source Turtle Robot. With revised mechanics, electronics and software, the handy robot brings technology to life and offers prospective students practical insights into electrical engineering and robotics. The project demonstrates creative teamwork, practical studies at KIT and the innovative strength of our students.

On July 28, 2025, Jalal Ahmad Mostafa, a doctoral student of Prof. Becker, successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: “Virtualized Low Latency Data Acquisition Software Systems.” The ITIV wishes him all the best!

On 22 July 2025, the institute contact fair of the ETIT faculty organized by VDE Karlsruhe took place in the KIT Audimax. Students were able to find out directly from lecturers and researchers about specializations, research projects, student assistant positions and final theses - in a relaxed atmosphere with pretzels and drinks.

The renowned IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI 2025) took place in Kalamata, Greece, from July 6 to 9, 2025. The conference brought together international experts from academia and industry to discuss current developments and future trends in the field of Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI).

On 07.07.2025 Marc Herbst, doctoral student of Prof. Stork, successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: "Metrological and simulative methods for the determination of laser-induced damage thresholds at the retina". Congratulations!

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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!

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”.

As part of the KATHES workshop, the Institute of Information Processing Technology (ITIV) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) organized the event "System & AI Integration in Health, Space, Automotive & Energy" for around 25 participants on 20 February.

Students on the MIT (Mechatronics and Information Technology) Master's degree program gained practical experience with state-of-the-art robotics hardware as part of the Seamless Engineering course.

In December, the MANNHEIM status and networking meeting took place at the Maritim Airport Hotel in Hanover as part of the BMBF funding measure “Electronics and software development methods for the digitalization of automobility (MANNHEIM)”.

Andreas Puder, doctoral student of Prof. Eric Sax, successfully completed the defense of his doctoral thesis on 18.12.2024. His research topic is "Anomaly detection for interoperable and modular operating room tables“.