The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has decided to implement a research training group (RTG) "Stochastic Models for Innovations in the Engineering Sciences" at the University of Kaiserslautern for the period April 2014 - September 2018. 

The RTG focuses on innovative interdisciplinary projects which aim at the development, implementation and validation of new stochastic models, algorithms, and methods for applications in the engineering sciences. Possible applications are in the areas of stochastic production processec, the system-on-chip-design, the hardware acceleration of Monte Carlo methods with applications in financial mathematics, image analysis for characterization of multi-phase materials as well of stochastic modelling and analysis of fiber-reinforced concrete