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Another series of experiments of the AI-Bility project
Succesful experiments with 55 students in Innsbruck
The Erasmus+ funded research project "AI-Bility" investigates how schoolchildren interact with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context of chatbots, voice assistants and robots and how they integrate them into learning activities. The project is in collaboration with the University of Münster, the University of Liechtenstein and the Grenoble Ecole de Management and is supervised and conducted by Dr. Leona Chandra Kruse, Dr.
Congratulations to Lena Clever and Sandra Lechtenberg on completing their PhDs
Lena Clever’s PhD dissertation on "Tackling the Dark Side of Social Media by Automated Content Analysis" was supervised by Prof. Heike Trautmann. She investigated which actors and processes of the dark side of social media can be analysed and detected with automated methods and how the resilience of citizens i.e. exposed to fake news occurring in social media can be strengthened.
Eucon joins the advisory board of the ERCIS research network
The Eucon Group, digitalization partner for the automotive, insurance and real estate industries, is cooperating with the international information systems network ERCIS (European Research Center for Information Systems) with the aim of promoting a mutual exchange on innovative topics such as Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
Three papers from students accepted at conference
In the winter semester of 2021/22, students of one of our master seminars examined the European Commission's current digital program "European Digital Decade" from various perspectives and with different thematic focuses. The program provides comprehensive digitization measures in all areas of life, and the seminar focused on topics related to the digitization of public administration.
The State of North Rhine-Westphalia funds project at the Department of Information Systems with 542.000 euros
Enhancing digital teaching and learning formats
The project "Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development" by Prof. Dr. Tobias Brandt will be supported for two years. The aim is to strengthen digital teaching and learning formats and make them freely accessible to lecturers and students across universities. For this purpose, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia is funding the project with 542.000 euros.
International Guest Researchers during the Summer Semester
Our Department warmly welcomes international guest researchers and lecturers from around the world for the summer semester:
Prof. Dr. Mary Beth Watson-Manheim from the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, is working in a DFG-funded project about „The Isolated Individual in the networked organization – Changing nature of work and organizing“ together with Dr. Stefan Schellhammer.
Workshop “AI: Mitigating Bias and Disinformation” on 18.05.2022
On May 18, 2022, a Theme Development Workshop on "AI: Mitigating Bias and Disinformation" will take place. It will be organized by the ERCIS Competence Center Social Media Analytics and the CLAIRE research network, among others.
Kick-off of the project seminar with CLAAS
Together with CLAAS, seven master students work on a prototype for Augmented reality for Agricultural Machinery. Where do I add AdBlue to my LEXION 8900-7400? Where is this specific fan belt that needs to be changed in my JAGUAR 960 TERRA TRAC? Imagine an AR solution available on your mobile phone, pointing you exactly to where you will find it.
Covid regulations for the summer term 2022
New regulations from 04.04.2022 on
Teaching and examination activities
The summer semester will be conducted in person as planned.
Until 24 April, students will have the option of either taking part in classes digitally or gaining access to their content in an alternative fashion. During this time, examinations should be administered in digital form if possible. Any courses and examinations which must be conducted in person due to their specific character (e.g. lab practicals, practical exercises in sport or music) can take place as normal.
Ann-Kristin Cordes has been elected as the spokesperson of “Wirtschaftsinformatikfrauen-Netzwerk”
Since 2020, a group of female academics from the German-speaking area in the field of information systems has been getting together regularly, to discuss common academic challenges for females and exchange as well as network with each other. In February 2022, under the association “Wirtschaftsinformatik e.V.”, a new sub-association named “Wirtschaftsinformatikfrauen-Netzwerk” was founded for female academics of information systems.