Team
Eight principal investigators and sixteen researchers from KIT and Fraunhofer IOSB. Choose a subproject to see who works on it.
T1 Construction Kit and Building Blocks for the Fast Improvement of Immature Processes
T1 builds the physical process from modular blocks, so it can be changed and instrumented quickly, and develops a digital twin of it. Open the subproject
T2 Physics-based Process Evaluation and Decision Support for Structural Process Improvement
T2 builds validated simulations of the process that supply data sensors cannot measure and test changes before they are built. Open the subproject
M1 Systematic Over-Instrumentation
M1 decides which sensors and actuators to add while a process is immature, and which to remove once it matures. Open the subproject
M2 Learning of Dynamical Process Models Based on Data and Expert Knowledge
M2 learns fast simulators of the forming process from simulation and sensor data, and adapts them to new material properties from a few examples. Open the subproject
M3 State- and Parameter-Space Exploration and Process Optimisation
M3 finds good process settings with as few trials as possible, using what can be observed between process stages. Open the subproject
M4 Efficient and Accurate State Estimation and Feedback Control under Uncertainties
M4 estimates the hidden state of the running process and steers it, although it is observed only partly and with noise. Open the subproject
F Management and Quantification of Maturity Improvement
F defines measures of process maturity and records the demonstrator's data and their provenance in a knowledge graph. Open the subproject
C Coordination, Central Support and Infrastructure
C coordinates the Research Unit, organises joint events and supports early-career researchers. Open the subproject
Principal investigators
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Fleischer
Principal investigator
wbk Institute of Production Science, KIT
T1, T2
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Principal investigator
Institute of Vehicle System Technology (FAST), KIT, and Fraunhofer ICT
T1, T2, M1
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Principal investigator
Institute of Vehicle System Technology (FAST), KIT
T2, M2
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jürgen Beyerer
Spokesperson
Vision and Fusion Laboratory (IES), KIT, and Fraunhofer IOSB
M1, F, C
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Deputy spokesperson and Bridge Professor
Autonomous Learning Robots (ALR), KIT
M2, M3, M4
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Uwe D. Hanebeck
Principal investigator
Intelligent Sensor-Actuator-Systems Laboratory (ISAS), KIT
M2, M3, M4
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Principal investigator
Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB), KIT
F
Researchers
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Alexander Bott
Digital twins and information models for modular production
T1
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Malte Mehner
T1
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Hannah Decker
Warpage in stamp forming of thermoplastic laminates
T1, M1
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Georg Zeeb
Instrumented stamp forming and gripper design
T1, M1
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Johannes Mitsch
Forming simulation of thermoplastic composites
T2
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Tobias Würth
Physics-informed and graph neural networks for simulation
T2, M2
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Frank Döhner
Sensor placement and fault diagnosis
M1
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Shahenda Youssef
Causal machine learning for manufacturing
M1
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Zahra Nasrollah
Probabilistic quality control
M1, F
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Philipp Dahlinger
Graph network simulators and meta-learning
M2
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Tai Hoang
Reinforcement learning and physical modelling with graphs
M2, M4
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Saksham Kiroriwal
Bayesian optimisation of multi-stage processes
M3
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Xiaozhu Luo
M4
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Markus Walker
Uncertainty calibration and predictive control
M4
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Lukas Kubelka
Knowledge graphs for process data
F
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Yuyang Li
Language models and knowledge graphs for decision support
F
Former members
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Dr. Josephine Rehak
Causal discovery and root-cause analysis
Doctorate completed at KIT during the first funding phase
M1
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Dr. Niklas Freymuth
Adaptive meshes and graph network simulators
Doctorate completed during the first funding phase
M2
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Negar Arabizadeh
Maturity of production processes
F
Together
The Research Unit at its kick-off meeting in 2023. Since then, a fall workshop has brought doctoral researchers and principal investigators from all subprojects together every year.