{"id":8471,"date":"2026-09-30T09:46:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/?p=8471"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:46:30","slug":"developing-explainable-systems-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/developing-explainable-systems-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Explainable Systems Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>For a wind turbine to operate reliably and efficiently, many components must work together. Sensors measure wind speed and temperature, control systems adjust the position of the rotor blades, and software monitors operations and helps to quickly identify errors. All of these functions are carried out by digital hardware. Wind turbines are thus examples of digitally controlled cyber-physical systems in which software and hardware interact with the physical world. The computer science fields involved are diverse, ranging from computer architecture to software engineering, artificial intelligence, and energy informatics. All of these fields converge together in the CAUSE Research Training Group. This is a prime example of how the research focuses of the universities of Bremen and Oldenburg complement each other within the Northwest Alliance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>In 2024, the German Research Foundation (DFG) granted the<a href=\"https:\/\/rtg-cause.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> CAUSE (Concepts and Algorithms for \u2013 and Usage of \u2013 Self-Explaining Digitally Controlled Systems) Research Training Group<\/a> approximately eleven million euros for a period of five years. The University of Bremen, the University of Oldenburg, and the Hamburg University of Technology are collaborating on this project. Thirty-one doctoral candidates are investigating various aspects of the interaction between digitally controlled technical systems, using wind turbines as an example.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cCAUSE clearly demonstrates how well Bremen and Oldenburg complement each other in computer science\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWind turbines are tangible examples of cyber-physical systems, meaning systems that combine physical and digital elements,\u201d says Rolf Drechsler, a computer architecture professor at the University of Bremen and CAUSE\u2019s Bremen spokesperson. The goal of the research training group is for such systems to be able to explain themselves, for example, by providing technicians with detailed, easy-to-understand instructions on where errors lie.<\/p>\n<p>To make this happen, a variety of different areas of expertise are being brought together. \u201cCAUSE clearly demonstrates how well the universities along the Hamburg-Bremen-Oldenburg axis complement each other in computer science,\u201d says Martin Fr\u00e4nzle, a professor of cyber-physical system networks in the computer science department at the University of Oldenburg and the Oldenburg spokesperson for CAUSE. \u201cUntil now, the ability of technical systems to explain their behavior has primarily been required in the application of artificial intelligence. However, this need exists for every complex system, and we want to close this gap together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Minds, Media, Machines is one of the University of Bremen\u2019s five high-profile research areas. A team of 41 professors and 352 researchers work here on topics ranging from robotics to artificial intelligence to data science. At the University of Oldenburg, Humans and Technology is one of three central future topics. The Cooperative Critical Systems research focus, which is home to the CAUSE Research Training Group, is a key component of this theme.<\/p>\n<h3>Hardware and Software Provide Joint Explainability<\/h3>\n<p>The example of Caroline Dominik and Nicola Thoben illustrates what research and collaboration between the universities can look like in practice. Dominik is pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Bremen under Rolf Drechsler\u2019s supervision. Thoben is doing so at the University of Oldenburg under the supervision of Heike Wehrheim, a professor of formal methods. Dominik and Thoben address the same issue from two different angles. How can the origin of a problem be traced, and how can technical systems provide comprehensible information about it?<\/p>\n<p>Caroline Dominik focuses on the digital hardware embedded in wind turbines and how such systems can be designed to be more reliable and explainable, even during development. These systems should not only be able to detect errors but also provide understandable feedback between individual systems and to users. To this end, Dominik works with virtual prototypes, which initially use software to simulate the behavior of future hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Nicola Thoben approaches a similar fundamental challenge from the perspective of software. Her research field is error localization. She investigates how the cause of an error in a program can be traced when it cannot be attributed to a single part of the program, but rather arises from the interaction of various components.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none meta_simple\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/16_9_DSC04131_CAUSE_Graduiertenkolleg_c_Leona-Hofmann_Universitaet-Bremen-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Caroline Dominik and Nicola Thoben smile at the camera.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/16_9_DSC04131_CAUSE_Graduiertenkolleg_c_Leona-Hofmann_Universitaet-Bremen-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/16_9_DSC04131_CAUSE_Graduiertenkolleg_c_Leona-Hofmann_Universitaet-Bremen-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"w-image-meta\"><div class=\"w-image-title\">The exchange between the two doctoral students has led to an initial phase of collaborative work. Caroline Dominik developed a model illustrating the interaction between hardware and software. Nicola Thoben was then able to examine the model from her perspective and verify its accuracy. Photo: Leona Hofmann \/ Universit\u00e4t Bremen<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>\u201cThe research training group shows me just how diverse computer science is.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>CAUSE\u2019s structure ensures that doctoral candidates not only work on their own topics, but also gain insights into other research areas. Regular meetings are held where doctoral candidates present their research and discuss the various topics.<\/p>\n<p>Added to this is the mentoring concept. Each doctoral candidate has three supervisors. One supervisor is from the candidate\u2019s disciplinary area, and the other two are from different areas of computer science and from the other participating locations. This brings an outside perspective to the candidate\u2019s research. For example, Nicola Thoben is supervised by Rolf Drechsler as her second supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>This exchange ultimately led to an initial phase of collaborative work. Caroline Dominik developed a model mapping the interaction between hardware and software. Then, Nicola Thoben examined the model from her own perspective and verified its accuracy. \u201cThrough CAUSE, I\u2019m coming across new ideas that I wouldn\u2019t have thought of otherwise,\u201d says Dominik. \u201cThe research training group shows me how diverse computer science is and that there are many opportunities for collaboration despite \u2013 or even because of \u2013 the differences.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_middle wrap stack_on_mobiles align_none\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:40px\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Back to the homepage<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_navigation layout_simple inv_false\"><a class=\"post_navigation-item order_first to_prev\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/working-together-for-the-benefit-of-employees\/\" title=\"Working Together for the Benefit of Employees\"><div class=\"post_navigation-item-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-meta\">Previous article<\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-title\"><span>Working Together for the Benefit of Employees<\/span><\/div><\/a><div class=\"post_navigation-item order_second to_next\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wind turbines are examples of digitally controlled cyber-physical systems in which software and hardware interact with the physical world. The computer science fields involved are diverse, ranging from computer architecture to software engineering, artificial intelligence, and energy informatics. All of these fields converge together in the CAUSE Research Training Group. This is a prime example of how the research focuses of the universities of Bremen and Oldenburg complement each other within the Northwest Alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Developing Explainable Systems Together - Northwest Alliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/developing-explainable-systems-together\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Developing Explainable Systems Together - Northwest Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wind turbines are examples of digitally controlled cyber-physical systems in which software and hardware interact with the physical world. 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