The SCO-TTi research team presents research work and plans for the new year.
The SCO-TTi research group at the HSZG, which is led by Professor Sophia Keil, looks back on a successful year and presents its scientific findings and plans for the new year.
The SCO-TTi (Science Center Oberlausitz - Technology Transfer Innovative) research group has been working on various research and development projects in the field of Industry 4.M(ensch) since 2018. The focus here is particularly on designing the human-centered work of the future in production and logistics. This includes, for example, worker assistance systems such as augmented and virtual reality, human-machine and human-computer interactions as well as educational technologies and on-the-job training.
The group is made up of scientists from the Professorships of Business Administration, in particular Production Management and Logistics, and Information Systems, as well as other members of staff from the Faculty of Business Administration and Industrial Engineering and the Institute of Process Engineering, Process Automation and Metrology (IPM).
In recent years, the team has acquired and completed research projects at EU, national and regional level. Successfully completed EU projects include, for example
Two projects on artificial intelligence are currently being carried out: the EU project Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing leading to Sustainability and Industry 5.0 (AIMS5.0) and PerspektiveArbeit Lausitz (PAL).
At a national level, SCO-TTi is part of the Lusatia - Life & Technology alliance . Within this framework, the project to design and test the "European Open Academy" (EurOpA) training academy in the Upper Lusatia innovation region was successfully implemented. The project to research IT assistance systems for human-centered and learning-promoting production design in the Lusatia of tomorrow (Factory4 Future) is currently being implemented.
The Virtual Reality for Operations Management (VR4OM) project was successfully completed in Saxony.
As part of this project, the SCO-TTi team was able to create an innovative, digital and interactive learning environment in collaboration with regional business partners.
In the coming weeks, SCO-TTi will be presenting the work of the past year in more detail in further news reports on the following topics:
In addition, two doctoral projects are currently underway as part of SCO-TTi. One on the behavioural economic effects of visualizations on management decisions (Fabian Lindner) and the other on the design of teaching and learning scenarios with augmented reality (Daniel Winkler).
SCO-TTi offers training on research topics in the context of lifelong learning in order to efficiently utilize the potential of skilled workers in companies and accelerate the integration of new employees.
By using smart glasses, SCO-TTi enables expert knowledge to be preserved and made accessible, thus promoting documentation and knowledge transfer in companies.
SCO-TTi supports the reduction of training times through individual and target group-oriented training measures such as the display of texts in the native language or through pictorial visualizations, thus also facilitating access to the labour market for people with special needs.
With the help of AI research, SCO-TTi supports companies in enabling their employees to make faster and better decisions in routine situations.
SCO-TTi digitizes the production environments of various companies so that students can have immersive learning experiences through the use of virtual and augmented reality, go on virtual excursions regardless of time and place and experience work in companies in a more tangible way.
The university makes it possible for students to personally experience and "touch" the technologies of the working world of the future in order to develop an understanding of what makes a good workplace and what influence the use of new technologies has on business targets and costs.
Based on the implementation of interdisciplinary, project-based and problem-oriented teaching, students learn about different technologies and deal with questions of sustainability and ethics.
SCO-TTi regularly offers students the opportunity to work as assistants and to write project and final theses on current topics in production and logistics management.
