Projects

KI-InnOMATiV aims to facilitate the onboarding of new employees in public administrations, particularly in environments where people with diverse support needs work together. In collaboration with practice partners, the project develops an intelligent onboarding assistance system that clearly integrates information, roles, and work steps, provides situational support during daily work, and thereby helps reduce barriers; cooperation with Hochschule Ruhr West, Hochschule für Polizei und öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Technische Universität Dortmund, fabbrain Software GmbH, Adnexxus GmbH; funded by EFRE/JTF-Programm NRW 2021-2027, Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Industrie, Klimaschutz und Energie des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (MWIKE NRW) - duration: 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2028

Customizable AI assistance as hardware-efficient on-premises technology for domain-specific questions from the technical level to tactical-strategic business questions for SMEs; Subproject Research into a flexible, hardware-efficient approach for application-specific adaptation, performance-efficient configuration and targeted use of large language models as AI assistance for augmented analytics; Cooperation with Next Vision GmbH; funded by the BMWK, Central Innovation Program for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (ZIM) - duration: 15.10.2024 - 30.10.2026

Cross-provider, autonomous learning, public transport-considering substitution management system for inclusion - school support; Research into artificial intelligence for recommendations in substitution cases; cooperation with fabbrain Software GmbH and incluedo GmbH, funded by the EFRE/JTF program NRW, NEXT.IN.NRW, duration: 15.08.2024 to 14.08.2026. 

Initiation of international research collaboration with Jordanian universities on the topic of “Wastewater Treatment Using Hybrid Solar - Nano Zeolite Combined with Intelligent Information Systems to Address the Issue of Water, Agriculture, and Food Security” (SUNWAD); cooperation with Al Zaytonnah University, Amman, and the Applied Science Private University, Amman, funded by the DFG, duration: 24.11.2023 to 24.11.2024.

Industrial application of explainable artificial intelligence using the example of predictive maintenance planning for hydraulic presses through learning pattern recognition and contextualized, individual human-machine interaction; Subproject Research and software implementation of contextual-interactive explanation methods for AI-based analysis results; Cooperation with Next Vision GmbH, funded by the BMWK, Central Innovation Programme for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (ZIM) - duration: 01.07.2022 to 30.09.2024.

Human-integrated process and resource planning via augmented reality: Optimized, flexible production in heterogeneous manufacturing environments; Sub-project AR-based information, interaction and visualization technology for cooperative production and production data analysis (ARIKA); Cooperation with flexis AG and Quimron GmbH, funded by the BMWi, Central Innovation Programme for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (ZIM) - duration: 01.12.2019 to 30.09.2022.

Healthy and competent in household-related services; interdisciplinary project with the hsg Bochum - University of Applied Sciences, Professor Dr. Gudrun Faller; Science-Practice-Cooperation (WPK) partners: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Knappschaft-Bahn-See Minijob-Zentrale, Unfallkasse NRW; Partners from science and research: Fulda University of Applied Sciences, FernUniversität Hagen; funded by the BMBF, FH-Sozial, subject area: Social innovations for health maintenance, funding code 13FH007SB7 ​​- duration: 01.12.2019 - 31.05.2024