Welcome to THK-AI Research Cluster
The central contact point for AI at TH Köln
Latest News
Kölnische Rundschau: New article series on AI in Oberberg
2026-04-18 – Torsten Sülzer launches a series in the Kölnische Rundschau asking how well the Oberbergisch region — with its innovation-driven companies and “hidden champions” and the research-strong TH Köln in engineering and computer science — is positioned for the next industrial revolution.
LLMs taking shortcuts in test generation — Report on arXiv
2026-04-17 – THK-AI Research Report 2/2026 by Vekil Bekmyradov, Noah C. Pütz, and Prof. Dr. Thomas Bartz-Beielstein on arXiv:2604.14437: an empirical study of memorisation and generalisation in large language models for automated test generation, contrasting LevelDB with SAP HANA.
Members
With more than 20 professors from TH Köln, the THK-AI Research Cluster is one of the largest AI research collaborations at a German university of applied sciences.
Why THK-AI?
Applied AI at scale
THK-AI combines powerful compute infrastructure with interdisciplinary expertise to bring AI from idea to deployable prototype.
Open for collaboration
The cluster supports joint projects between associations, companies, professors, and students from different disciplines.
THK-AI Example Project
The THK-KIplus project (TH Köln – Künstliche Intelligenz plus) was funded from June 2023 to November 2025 under the KI-Nachwuchs@FH programme by the German Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space. The initiative received around EUR 1.3 million in funding and has built one of the most powerful AI-oriented research infrastructures at German universities of applied sciences.
Focus areas
Critical infrastructure
Robust AI methods for autonomous and safety-critical systems.
CAIRNE Gold Member
The THK-AI Research Cluster is a Gold Member of the CAIRNE Research Network (Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe).
CAIRNE is a European non-profit AI community with a human-centred focus. The network connects research institutions, industry, and policy stakeholders to strengthen European AI excellence, collaboration, and digital sovereignty.
Join and connect
If you are looking for collaboration, student projects, or partnerships in applied AI, THK-AI is your central contact point at TH Köln.
Socially interactive AI agents
Socio-empathic AI-based dialogue and hybrid avatars for social innovation.