Muhammad Ekbal Ahmad

Software Engineer & Researcher

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I am a Software Engineer and researcher interested in the design, development, and verification of reliable software systems.

My research interests include formal languages, ontologies, scene graphs, and temporal logics, with focus on their application to construction robotic. Furthermore, My research interests include integrating structural, geospatial, traffic, and sensor data to develop digital twins of civil infrastructure. In addition, I have been involved in supervising student assistants and teaching, including leading seminars in the undergraduate module Engineering Informatics (“Bauinformatik”). I also supported teaching activities in the graduate-level module Scientific working in engineering. My other responsibilities included assisting with final examinations and supervising undergraduate and graduate theses.


Experience

Scientific Researcher (WIMI) Oct 2020 – 2021 ViVre Project
ViVre Project ↗
Research Assistant (WIHI) Nov 2018 – Oct 2020 Designetz Project
Designetz Project ↗
Frontend Developer Oct 2018 – Sep 2019 Navigation Application
RIO Project ↗
Research Assistant (WIHI) Nov 2017 – Oct 2018 IKIMUNI Project
IKIMUNI Project ↗

news

Oct 21, 2026 Participated in the third annual meeting of the DFG Research Unit FOR 5672, “The Information Backbone of Robotized Construction”.
Sep 09, 2026 Participated in the 16th European Conference on Product and Process Modeling (ECPPM). Cardiff, United Kingdom, 09/09/2026.
Jul 01, 2026 Participated in the 33rd International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering (EG-ICE). Padova, Italy, 07/01/2026.
Apr 22, 2026 Participated in the second annual meeting of the DFG Research Unit FOR 5672, “The Information Backbone of Robotized Construction”.
Sep 24, 2025 Participated in the 36th Forum Bauinformatik. Aachen, Germany, 09/24/2025.
Jul 01, 2025 Participated in the 32nd International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering (EG-ICE). Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 07/01/2025.
Sep 18, 2024 Participated in the 35th Forum Bauinformatik. Hamburg, Germany, 09/18/2024.

selected publications

  1. EG-ICE 2026
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    Ontology- and temporal-logic-based knowledge representation in structural health monitoring
    M. E. Ahmad, P. Peralta, and K. Smarsly
    2026
  2. ECPPM 2026
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    Semantic scene graphs for robot-based maintenance and inspection of civil infrastructure
    M. E. Ahmad, A. Tandon, B. Große, and 1 more author
    2026
  3. ITcon 2026
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    Digital twins in civil engineering
    P. Peralta, M. E. Ahmad, T. Al-Zuriqat, and 5 more authors
    2026
  4. EG-ICE 2026
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    Ontology-based representation of bridge inspections
    P. Peralta, S. Seiß, Y. Zheng, and 3 more authors
    2026
  5. EG-ICE 2025
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    Ontology-based knowledge representation for wire arc additive manufacturing and composite extrusion modeling
    M. E. Ahmad, J. J. Peralta Abadía, A. Chmelnizkij, and 4 more authors
    2025
  6. Applied Sciences 2023
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    Printing information modeling (PIM) for additive manufacturing of concrete structures
    P. Peralta, M. E. Ahmad, and K. Smarsly
    Applied Sciences, 2023