{"id":20662,"date":"2026-06-04T09:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/?p=20662"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:13:35","slug":"connecting-the-layers-an-interview-with-junior-research-group-leader-robert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/connecting-the-layers-an-interview-with-junior-research-group-leader-robert\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting the Layers: An Interview with Junior Research Group Leader Robert"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a world-class research environment like CeTI, \u201cexcellence\u201d requires more than just individual brilliance \u2013 it needs structure, coordination, and a shared vision. Our Junior Research Group Leaders are the \u201cconductors\u201d of this scientific orchestra. We sat down with Robert to discuss his role in managing the technological backbone of the Tactile Internet.<\/p>\n

CeTI: Robert, what does the title “Junior Research Group Leader” actually mean in the context of an Excellence Cluster?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert: <\/strong>Starting from my PhD I was always interested in driving my personal scientific vision by writing a DFG grant to be able to work on my topics. As a Junior Research Group Leader I can now continue down this line. The context of the Excellence Cluster offers a unique opportunity. With my research group being embedded in such an interdisciplinary environment, there are plenty of intersections with the involved principial investigators. This removes the usual barrier to cooperation and mediates strong scientific output.<\/p>\n

CeTI: Welche konkrete Rolle spielst du innerhalb dieser Struktur?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert: <\/strong>As an Area Manager I see myself as a mediator between the CeTI Core Team steering the cluster vision, the individual research of the principal investigators and their teams, and, of course, my research group. Within my area I am coordinating the implementation of the cluster\u2019s scientific vision while reporting various KPIs to the Core Team.<\/p>\n

CeTI: <\/strong>You lead the \u201cMachine-Interfaces-Oriented Research\u201d area. Why is this area considered the \u201cfrontend\u201d of CeTI?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert: <\/strong>CeTI wants to enable tele-interactions beyond audio and vision through adding haptics and olfaction. While mature technologies exist for audio and vision, for these other modalities innovative machine interfaces for humans and robots need to be developed. This requires joint efforts from the\u00a0Fundamental Floors\u00a0<\/em>(Sensors & Actuators, Electronics), the\u00a0Methods Floors<\/em>\u00a0(AI) and the\u00a0Component Floor\u00a0<\/em>(Peripherals, Metaverse, Robotics). This complements the communication backbone innovations to enable the various CeTI use cases spanning medicine, rehabilitation, industry, education and space.<\/p>\n

CeTI: Was sind deine t\u00e4glichen Kernaufgaben?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert: <\/strong>My work has four main facets:<\/p>\n

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  1. Organization:<\/strong> Planning meetings to foster productive exchange<\/li>\n
  2. Communication:<\/strong> gather information from the team, moderating brain storming sessions, and distribute information<\/li>\n
  3. Strategizing:<\/strong> Identifying Intersections of various research and rallying the team behind joint vision leveraging synergies.<\/li>\n
  4. Koordination <\/strong>Tracking progress and reporting updates to cluster<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    CeTI: Was ist f\u00fcr dich der pers\u00f6nliche \u201eMehrwert\u201c dieser Stelle?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Robert: <\/strong>Being in such an interdisciplinary role enables me to learn about the challenges and potential solutions in several fields adjacent to my scientific core interests. It\u2019s also coming with a great sense of agency, seeing how my actions influence the progression of the cluster. It\u2019s a great opportunity for personal growth.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":20665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,172],"tags":[223],"related-event-category":[],"class_list":["post-20662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-research","tag-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20662"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20668,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20662\/revisions\/20668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20662"},{"taxonomy":"related-event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceti.one\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-event-category?post=20662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}