Business Informatics
Research centre
The Business Informatics research centre focuses on researching and applying digital technologies that help companies to develop in an agile, sustainable and future-proof manner.
The focus is on concrete added value for organisations, the design of sustainable digital processes and the responsible use of innovative technologies. These include the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, cloud solutions and artificial intelligence.
Together with partners from industry, business and research, application-orientated innovations are created - with a particular focus on digital business processes, smart products and technology-driven competitiveness.
Research focus
| Extended products |
Research and development of technological approaches for extended products with the aim of promoting their productive use. The focus is on topics such as self-control, information transparency and data security - for example through the use of digital twins. Other focal points include the integration of intelligent products using methods from data science and artificial intelligence (AI), the automation of data exchange using smart contracts and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) as well as the semantic analysis of data based on ontologies. |
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| Extended enterprises |
Research into extended enterprises as part of networked value creation systems and the development of approaches for open, cooperative and resilient forms of organisation. The focus is on concepts of innovation management according to Schumpeter, resilience engineering, systemic thinking and service-orientated ecosystems. The use of scientific methods for the management and design of innovations forms the central basis. |
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| Enabling technologies and methods |
Research, development and support in the use of new technologies in the context of extended products and extended enterprises. Among other things, distributed ledger technologies (DLT), data analytics, machine learning and optimisation methods are used to support innovation and business processes. In addition to application-oriented projects, contributions are made to basic research - particularly in the areas of optimisation and risk analysis. |
