News Overview


Four students give a presentation in the lab room of the ComNets department

Students from Sri Lanka develop monitoring system for chili plantations

A team of four students from our Sri Lankan partner university KDU have done their research internship in our department. They developed a system for disease monitoring of chili plants.


A hole has been dug in the lawn. You can see a soil moisture sensor, a few empty conduits, some cables, etc. In the next step, the sensor will be placed in the hole.

Molenet: A Milestone for the Test Field in Bremen

Molenet reaches the next milestone! The first sensors have been buried in the test field at the University of Bremen and are now collecting important data on soil moisture, conductivity, and temperature. This data will now form the basis for many subsequent experiments.


A picture of a MoleNet PCB. The background shows a field in aereal view. The text says: "Just arrived: MoleNet 6.3"

MoleNet 6.3 has arrived in Bremen!

After a few minor adjustments, the first circuit boards of MoleNet version 6.3 have now arrived in Bremen and are ready for use!


nala-ai: AquAlert meets FlunaKI

Can AI save our rivers? The project partners of AquAlert and FlunaKI are sure: Yes, it can! On the 22nd March, the World Water Day, the first joint sensor node was placed in the Aue river to assess river health through continuous measurement of water parameters.


Towards Effective Interpretability In IoT Fault Diagnosis

New research presented at the WONS2025 in Austria.


Jens Dede presents ComNets at the EWSN ‘24. You can see a slide with various hardware from ComNets.

ComNets at the EWSN '24 in Abu Dhabi

Lively participation by ComNets in Abu Dhabi


Jens Dede and David Wewetzer at the Digitalgipfle 2024

Leveraging AI for Wildlife Monitoring: Enhancing Coexistence between Wolves, Humans, and Livestock

Researchers from the University of Bremen presented their findings on AI-based wolf detection at the Digital Summit 2024 in Frankfurt.


Ein kleines Gew?chshaus mit vielen Sensoren und einer Pflanze

IoT lecture: Final Project Presentations

Our students presented their final projects at the end of the two week block lecture.


Two students are working on one IoT device. One can see the device, the hands and their computers.

New course started: Internet of Tings (IoT)

Over 30 students at Universit?t Bremen registered for our intensive 2-week IoT course. Learn from global experts on 5G, 802.15.4 with 6TiSCH, WiFi, LoRa, Arduino, and more.


Jutta Günther, Peter Haddawy, and Anna F?rster at the opening of the DAAD Summer School in September 2024.

DAAD Summer School 2024 in Bremen

DAAD Summer School Network of Excellence in Advanced ICT for Tropical Medicine took place in Bremen.