The group cooperates closely with:

• Prof Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Jeinsch and his group at the Institute of Automation, University of Rostock
• Prof Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Felix Breitenecker and his group at the Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Technical University Vienna
• Prof Dr Ian Jenkinson at Department of Maritime and Mechanical Engineering at Liverpool John Moores University
• Prof Dr Sven Hartmann TU Clausthal
• Dr Umut Durak, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Braunschweig
• Dr. Bernhard Zeigler RTSync Phoenix, AZ, USA
• the AZR and the IAV GmbH
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Peter Junglas, PHWT Diepholz/Vechta

• Fundamentals of Modeling and Simulation,
• Modeling, Simulation and Control Applications,
• Robotics; Engine Control,
• Distributed and Parallel Scientific Computing,
• Automation and Control in Biomedical Systems - AUTOMED.

CEM is one of the universities main research areas. The group CEA is involved in this program.
Currently, it comprises the following research directions:

• Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Technical Systems,
• Simulation of Production and Logistics Systems,
• Hybrid and Variable Structure Systems,
• Automatic Control of Complex Systems;
  Simulation Based Control,
• Model Based Control for Automotive Applications,
• Robotics, Sensor Technology and Digital Signal Processing,
• High-Performance Computing in the Engineering Domain,
  SCE Based Parallel and Distributed Computing,
• Automation and Control in Biomedical Systems - AUTOMED.