Events

13th CPEC Meeting

In spring 2025, we met in Bad Hersfeld, located in-between Saarbrücken and Dresden, for a three-day all-hands-on-deck meeting to discuss each project’s progress and perspective on the third funding phase. As part of this meeting, we held a joint workshop with TRR 318 “Con­struc­ting Ex­plaina­bi­li­ty” to explore avenues for collaboration between our research centres.

Pulse Check Meeting

At the midpoint of the second funding period of CPEC, our two speakers once again met with the principal investigators to individually review the progress and research agenda of each project.

12th CPEC Meeting

In September of 2024, we once again convened for an in-person meeting of all CPEC researchers in Dresden. Like in 2023, the event included additional workshops for our young researchers, organized by their representatives.

11th CPEC Meeting

In March 2024, we met again to synchronize our research agenda across our different location. This time, in addition to plenary talks and project-specific work meetings, our young researchers also presented their work to each other and to the principal investigators in two poster sessions.

10th CPEC Meeting

In September 2023, we’re continuing our biyearly general assemblies. This iteration contains an extra day for our Young Researchers, organized by our Young Researcher Representatives.

9th CPEC Meeting

In March 2023, we met in Saarbrücken to kick off the second funding phase.
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8th CPEC Meeting / Funding Period 2 Review

In September, we could finally present our roadmap for a second funding period to the reviewers.

7th CPEC Meeting

In July, we met halfway between Dresden and Saarbrücken – for the first time in CPEC’s history. The meeting served to prepare the upcoming review of the just submitted CPEC proposal for a second phase.
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6th CPEC Meeting

In March, we met again in Saarbrücken. The main purpose of this meeting was to plan the second CPEC phase and prepare the follow-up proposal.
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5th CPEC Meeting

In September, we met in Dresden again. There, we discussed the progress of all projects, planned additional collaborations across our universities and institutes, and made plans for period 2 of CPEC.
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4th CPEC Meeting

In this general assembly, we invited external guests and presented our work to look for potential collaborations within and outside of computer science. In addition, our Young Researchers’ Plenum focused on fostering collaboration within our group of doctoral and postdoctoral students.
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CPEC @ DATE 2021

In an interactive session at the DATE 2021 Special Initiative on Autonomous Systems Design, we discussed perspicuity in the automotive context.

3rd CPEC Meeting

In our first full online-only assembly, we shared our progress across the projects and locations.
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Pulse Check Meeting

After two vibrant years of CPEC research, our two speakers took the time to review the progress of each project in individual Pulse Check meetings in Dresden and Saarbrücken.
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Pulse Check Meeting

After two vibrant years of CPEC research, our two speakers took the time to review the progress of each project in individual Pulse Check meetings in Dresden and Saarbrücken.
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3rd CPEC Meeting

Unfortunately we were forced to cancel the CPEC meeting in Dresden at short notice, in accordance with the current COVID-19 directive of TU Dresden. 
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2nd CPEC Meeting

At our second CPEC meeting, the project teams were able to discuss their first results and also set the course for their future joint research work. In addition, the CPEC members welcomed Prof. Sven Apel (Saarland University) as a new member of the project.
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1st CPEC Meeting

The kick-off event of the CPEC took place in Dresden with about 60 participants. All project teams met for the launch of their joint activities. The spokesperson, the co-spokesperson and the board of directors were elected and the CPEC regulations were formally approved.
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Lecture Series

The CPEC members organise a joint lecture series hosting international guests in Dresden and Saarbrücken.

Talks@
Saarland University

• Gerardo Schneider, Chalmers University of Technology & University of Gothenburg, SE, 2023-05-26
• Pedro R. D’Argenio, National Scientific and Technical Research Council & Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, AR, 2023-05-26
• David N. Jansen, Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences & University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN, 2023-05-26
• Andrés Saravia, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, AR, 2023-05-26
• Benjamin Kaminski, Saarland University (DE) & University College London (UK), 2023-05-26
• Herbert Zech, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, DE, 2022-07-22
• Kate Vredenburgh, London School of Economics, UK, 2022-06-09
• Moritz Hardt, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, DE, 2022-05-19
• Iyad Rahwan, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, DE, 2022-04-21
• Emily Sullivan, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL, 2022-01-20
• Thomas Franke, University of Lübeck, DE, 2021-11-18
• Georg Borges, Saarland University, DE, 2021-10-21
• Xiaowei Huang, University of Liverpool, UK, 2021-06-18
• Markus Langer, Saarland University, DE, 2021-05-28
• Joost-Pieter Katoen, RWTH Aachen University, DE, 2021-04-21
• Isabel Valera, Saarland University, DE, 2021-02-19
• Robert R. Hoffman, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, US, 2021-01-29
• Hubert Garavel, INRIA – University Grenoble Alpes, FR, 2019-10-09
• Clemens Stachl, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, DE, 2019-10-02
• Daniel S. Brooks, Department of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati, US, 2019-10-01
• Tony Milligan, Kings College London, UK, 2019-09-25
• Jiangchao Liu, National University of Defense Technology Changhsha, CN, 2019-09-11
• Paritosh Pandya, IIT Mumbai, IN, 2019-09-06
• Brandon Bohrer, Carnegie Mellon University, US, 2019-07-29
• André Platzer, Carnegie Mellon University, US, 2019-07-02
• Carlos Budde, University Twente, NL, 2019-03-27

Talks@
Technische Universität Dresden

• Simon Razniewski, TUD, 2025-03-10
• Gabriela Carolina Molina León, University of Bremen, 2023-01-23
• Harald Reiterer, University of Konstanz, 2024-01-10
• Dieter Schmalstieg, University of Stuttgart, 2023-12-18
• Julie Parreaux, Aix-Marseille Université, FR, 2022-07-12
• Nils Jansen, Radboud University Nijmegen, NL, 2022-07-05
• Julie Parreaux, Aix-Marseille Université, FR, 2022-07-12
• Tobias Meggendorfer, IST Austria, AT, 2022-06-21
• Diogo Behrens, Huawei Dresden, DE, 2021-02-26
• Joël Ouaknine, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Saarbrücken, DE, 2020-03-10
• Isabelle Augenstein, University of Copenhagen, DK, 2020-02-28
• Ansgar Fehnker, University of Twente, NL, 2020-02-20
• Christian Tominski, University Rostock, DE, 2020-02-20
• Stephan Mennicke, TU Braunschweig, DE, 2020-01-09
• Tobias Isenberg, Aviz Research Group, INRIA, Saclay, FR, 2019-12-06
• Jerzy Marcinkowski, University Breslau, PL, 2019-12-05
• Mark Law, Imperial College London, UK, 2019-09-24
• Alessandra Russo, Imperial College London, UK, 2019-09-24
• Stefano Teso, KU Leuven, NL, 2019-09-24
• Maria Vanina Martinez, University of Buenos Aires, AR, 2019-09-23
• Daniele Magazzeni, King’s College, UK, 2019-09-23
• Fabian Suchanek, Télécom ParisTech, FR, 2019-09-21
• Pierre Senellart, ENS Paris, FR, 2019-09-20
• Yevgeny Kazakov, University Ulm, DE, 2019-09-20
• Cesare Tinelli, University of Iowa, US, 2019-06-26
• Diego Calvanese, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, IT, 2019-06-25
• Wolfgang Thomas, RWTH Aachen, DE, 2019-06-25
• Gerhard Brewka, University Leipzig, DE, 2019-06-25
• Ulrike Sattler, University of Manchester, UK, 2019-06-25
• Thomas Eiter, TU Wien, AT, 2019-06-25
• Khushraj Nanik Madnani, IIT Bombay, IN, 2019-06-25
• Martin Diller, TU Wien, AT, 2019-04-04