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Researcher receives Young Academy funding

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Dr. Felix Finkeldey from the Department of Computer Science receives funding from the TU Dortmund Young Academy.

The Department of Computer Science at TU Dortmund University is delighted to announce the successful funding of an outstanding young scientist by the TU Dortmund Young Academy. Dr. Felix Finkeldey has received a grant of 7,900 euros for his pioneering research project.

The project aims to precisely model complex process states during milling with tools with a flank chamfer using ensembles of specialized, data-driven expert models and to interpret their results in an understandable way using Explainable AI and Large Language Models. In preliminary investigations, experimental data on tool deflections, vibrations and displacement effects under varying cutting parameters are recorded in order to test the feasibility of the approach and to create a basis for a planned DFG-funded research project. The long-term aim is to develop a transferable modeling approach that can explain complex interactions in machining and can be applied to other processes.

F. Finkeldey, F. Wöste, D. Werner, R.I.E. Schönecker, D. Biermann und P. Wiederkehr. Cluster-based prediction of chatter vibrations in milling operations. Procedia CIRP 133 (2025), 388–393. DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2025.02.067.