The 13th International Workshop on Multi-Level Modelling (MULTI 2026) has been accepted as an official workshop of the ACM/IEEE 29th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS 2026). The event is co-organized by Pierre Maier, a research associate at the Chair of Business Informatics and Integrated Information Systems within our faculty.

The Software Engineering Department of our faculty cordially invites you to the inaugural lectures of Prof. Dr. Vogelsang, Prof. Dr. Dmitrienko, and Prof. Dr. Sobania on June 23, 2026, at 2:00 PM.

The event will provide insights into the department’s current research focus areas and future developments. Following the lectures, a summer gathering will take place starting at 4:00 PM, offering an opportunity for informal exchange and networking.

On June 9, 2026, our faculty will welcome Fabiano Dalpiaz from Utrecht University for a Distinguished Lecture. In his presentation, he will provide insights into current research on requirements artifacts and their role in the collaboration between AI systems and software development teams.

The event is aimed at researchers, students, and anyone interested in the future perspectives of modern software engineering.

What happens when organizations are no longer managed exclusively through traditional workflows, but instead by humans and AI agents jointly making decisions and shaping processes? This question was explored by researchers from several universities during a Dagstuhl seminar, including Andreas Metzger from the Chair of Software Systems Engineering at our Faculty of Computer Science. The resulting research roadmap has now been published in the renowned Information Systems Journal.

How will Generative AI (GenAI) fundamentally transform software engineering—not only the way we write code, but also the way entire software systems operate?

This key question was investigated by Andreas Metzger from our Faculty of Software Systems Engineering together with researchers from Germany and Italy. The results have now been published in the renowned journal ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM).

At the “AI for Good Hackathon,” students from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Ruhr University Bochum, and TU Dortmund University are jointly developing AI solutions for real-world societal challenges.

From June 19 to 21, 2026, creative minds, tech talent, and entrepreneurs will gather at the Colosseum Theater in Essen to work alongside mentors from research and industry. The goal is to transform innovative ideas in areas such as sustainability, inclusion, and the common good into concrete prototypes.

The workshop “Embedded Machine Learning” once again brought together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry. Organized by the Chair of Intelligent Embedded Systems (IES) at the University of Duisburg-Essen in cooperation with national and international partners, the event focused on current developments in AI on embedded hardware.

As part of the Dean’s Award in the Business Informatics program at the Faculty of Computer Science, outstanding student project work from the winter semester 2025/2026 was once again honored on May 6. Innovative and socially relevant projects were awarded for their excellence.

The Campus Tour at the Duisburg campus is aimed at prospective students interested in the Human-Centered Computing and Psychology (MIPSY) degree program, as well as secondary schools that would like to introduce their students to the campus through an educational excursion. The tour will take place on June 16, 2026, starting at 10:00 a.m.