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B2Run Bremen 2025 – Wir waren dabei!

Was für ein großartiger Tag! Unser Team hat beim in Bremen alles gegeben.
Danke an die tolle Organisation und alle, die diesen Tag so besonders gemacht haben. Nächstes Jahr sind wir definitiv wieder am Start!

Save the Date!
On the 4th of September, we're very happy to invite you back for the second installment of our Autonomous Systems Meetup!
Last time we really had a blast, a lot of new people came and we were able to have great exchanges about topics that are part of everyones daily life as a person interested in . We have to give a special thanks to David Seelbinder, who provided a great impulse talk, after which the tasty pizza rounded out the evening.
Next time we hope that even more people are able to share some of their knowledge and we get to see some interesting projects or questions.

From January 29th to February 1st, Bernhard Schmitz took part in the conference in Tromsø, Northern Norway.
The conference featured numerous lectures and panel discussions on both scientific and political topics. During one of the sessions, titled "Navigating a Changing Arctic: Innovations for Sustainable Maritime Development", Bernhard had the chance to provide insights into the latest findings from the FAST-CAST 2 project.

During his presentation, he compared how long a ship would take to navigate a predetermined route through polar waters, based on a simulation on real data. It considered either relying solely on ice information within a given visibility range for navigation or following a pre-calculated route suggestion.

Last week, our colleague Margareta Runge (.runge ), succeded with her PhD presentation on "Online Parameter Identification for Optimal Feedback Control of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems".

Accurate knowledge of system parameters is crucial for effective control in practical applications. Many current approaches feature model based systems, where the parameters are not always known or may shift over time.
Margareta's research focuses on developing a combined approach of online parameter identification and model-based control, to continuously estimate model parameters for nonlinear systems. With this method, her numerical investigations indicate a significant performance improvement compared to traditional static approaches.
But what does this tell us?
This can be illustrated by the trajectory of a moon rocket: various parameters change during the flight and can only then be collected and taken into account. Margareta's work bridges the gap towards the ongoing integration of this data into the purely mathematically pre-established models.

Congratulations, Margareta Runge, on this achievement!

🌐✨ Review of the 15th Lower Saxony Energy Days in Hannover! 🌍💡 Our Head of Energy & Environment Malin Lachmann represented us at the event. 🚀🔬

"The energy transition happens locally - it depends on the municipalities" was the motto under which bright minds from research, business and politics came together to discuss key energy issues. 🌱💬 We received many inspiring ideas and learned a lot about energy supply. 🏡🔍

Many thanks to the Energy-Forschungszentrum Niedersachsen for this exciting event!

Exciting times ahead as we work together for a more sustainable world! 🌎