On Research Day, doctoral candidate Niels Schneider presented his doctoral thesis topic, “eXplainable AI analysis of time-based production data”.
First Research Day of newly founded large faculty on 15 January
Dean Internal link opens in the same window:Prof. Dr. Steffen Thiel and Vice-Dean for Research Internal link opens in the same window:Prof. Nikolaus Hottong welcomed over twenty participants and guests to a wide-ranging programme.
In the first part, doctoral students from the faculty presented their projects and discussed their research questions with the participants. A broad spectrum of presentations, ranging from AI-based solutions for industrial and service applications to software-supported evaluation of public transport behavior data and analysis of brake disc wear optimisation, impressively demonstrated the multidisciplinary nature of the new faculty. Internal link opens in the same window:Dr. Theresa Trötschler then presented her experiences in the HFU's ProProf postdoc tandem program, which combines professional practice with teaching practice and an independent research topic.
Internal link opens in the same window:Prof. Dr. Christophe Kunze of the HFU Institute for Applied Research and the Vice-President for Research, Internal link opens in the same window:Prof. Dr. Christoph Reich, discussed the university's future research strategy in the second part of the event. It became particularly clear that the strategic embedding of IT research topics in this strategy needs to be further refined.
The event concluded with a discussion among all participants on how targeted infrastructural support for researchers can be designed by the faculty, as well as on the strategic importance of transfer projects with companies in the region and their targeted expansion.
The first, more internally focused Research Day of the Faculty of Computer Science & Applications was pronounced a great success by all participants. Future events are likely to alternate between external and internal networking formats.
Background information:
On 1 March, 2025, Furtwangen University transformed its nine faculties into four large faculties in order to better meet the current challenges of teaching and research. The new Faculty I: Computer Science and Applications brings together expertise in computer science, digital media, business information systems, and business administration and engineering.