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Professor Sophia Keil and her research group were represented at three international conferences.
Over the past two months, from April through May, Professor Sophia Keil and her research group participated in a total of three international conferences. At each event, they presented research findings from the major European research project “iDev40” (“Integrated Development 4.0”), in which Sophia Keil leads the work package “Skills and Jobs 4.0 and Smart Collaboration in ECS Supply Chains.”
On April 4, 2019, Sophia Keil and Fabian Lindner presented a research poster at the“2nd European Advances in Digital Transformation Conference (EADTC)” in Milan on the development of a continuing education program for skilled workers in the context of the digital transformation of the high-tech industry. The initial focus was on identifying the competencies required for working in a highly digitized and automated work environment—or Industry 4.0—through a systematic literature review. Based on the assessments of practitioners—gathered through an empirical analysis—these competencies are to be fostered in a practice-oriented training program. Kevin Mühlan and Daniel Winkler also contributed to the poster. The European conference “EADTC,” launched by Prof. Keil and her team as well as Dr. Allmayer and Josef Moser (both from Infineon Austria AG), took place for the second time due to high demand and is scheduled to be held annually in the future. The first EADTC was held at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences in November 2018.
Shortly after this conference, Prof. Keil represented the research group and Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences at the “European Advanced Process Control and Manufacturing Conference (apc|m Europe)” from April 8 to 10 in Villach, Austria. She and Fabian Lindner collaborated on a presentation, in cooperation with Dr. Schneider from Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH, on the opportunities and challenges of digitalization in semiconductor factories, as well as on the success factors for its implementation.
A highlight was the presentation of a planning approach for the digitalization of processes in semiconductor factories at the “Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC)” from May 6 to 9 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. Prof. Keil and Mr. Lindner had the opportunity to present their research findings on the development of a digitalization approach—with a particular focus on the “human” factor—to an international audience of experts from industry and academia. The resulting publication, produced in collaboration with Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH and the Dresden University of Applied Sciences (HTW), will be published by the “Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)” in the conference proceedings.
Text: Fabian Lindner
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The iDev40 project has received funding from the ECSEL Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No 783163. The JU is supported by the EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program and is co-funded by the consortium partners as well as funding from Austria, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Romania. The project coordinator is Infineon Technologies Austria AG.
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