Physiological Control Loops
Feedback control in the human body, also known as homeostasis, is one of the main reasons why we can cope with a variety of changing environmental conditions and pathologies. At the IME we study these control loops and their interaction with medical devices from an engineering point of view that mainly focusses on dynamic systems and control.
More details on our research activities can be found on the project page.
Parameter and State Estimation
Precisely estimating parameters and states of physiological systems is hard - the underlying systems are not well understood, and there is a large number of physiological processes influencing each measurement.
At the IME, we therefore focus on the application of advanced, robust methods for parameter and state estimation to physiological systems. For more information, refer to the project page.
Welcome to the Institute for Electrical Engineering in Medicine (IME)
The concept of feedback is ubiquitous in the human body and plays an important role in most artificial biomedical systems. At the Institute for Electrical Engineering in Medicine (IME) we investigate feedback – in the form of state and parameter estimation as well as in the design of control and decision support systems.
This website will tell you more about our passion for feedback!
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Donnerstag, 22.03.2018
Jobs @ IME
We are currently looking for a PhD student (Doktorand) in the field of control and machine learning for autonomous systems, as well as for a bachelor's or master's student (HiWi) with experience in python programming to support us in our research. For more details, refer to
Freitag, 16.03.2018
AUTOMED 2018: Ole Thomsen 2. Platz "Best Paper Awards"
Ole Thomsen, B. Sc., hat mit seinem Beitrag "Leistungsgesteuerte temperaturüberwachte Lasertherapie der Netzhaut mittels adaptiv robuster H∞-Regelung" auf der Konferenz AUTOMED 2018 den 2. Platz des "Best Paper Awards" belegt.
Donnerstag, 15.03.2018
Wanted: Master's Student for Research Project with Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln
In a current, interdisciplinary research cooperation with the very well-respected Deutsche Sporthochschule (DSHS) Köln, we are looking for a motivated master's student willing to perform his...
Donnerstag, 01.02.2018
New Professor of Mechatronics
In February 2018, Georg Schildbach has joined IME as a new Professor for mechatronics. His research group will be focussed on the control of autonomous systems. Georg's expertise is in the field of control theory, machine learning, and numerical optimization. He has held industrial and academic...