The IU Research Incubators are institutionalised kick-off funds and are aimed at researchers who want to develop and deepen a research idea and need time and resources to do so in order to advance major publications, product developments or third-party funding proposals.
RRiL
Representation of Law in Logic for the Automation of Legal Norms
Involved Professors: Prof. Dr. Ralf Kneuper ralf.kneuper@iu.org Prof. Dr. Petra Beenken petra.beenken@iu.org Prof. Dr. Ulrich John ulrich.john@iu.org Prof. Dr. TianXiang Lu tianxiang.lu@iu.org
Duration: 07/2024 – 06/2026
AStra
At home on the street: Investigating the lives and worlds of homeless young people in Germany
Contact persons:Thomas Wilke, thomas.wilke@iu.org Rebecca Schmolke, rebecca.schmolke@iu.org, Phil C. Langer (IPU Berlin), phil.langer@ipu-berlin.de
Duration: 01.04.2024 – 31.03.2026
Impression Management through Synthetic and Digital Human Avatars
Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes in Online Education
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hellmann, Prof. Dr. Jessica Hastenteufel, Dr. Lawrence Ang, Dr. Suresh Sood, Prof. Dr. Bernd Joers, Dr. Polina Khrennikova
Duration: 2024
KiBiScH
Childhood educators in all-day education and care - studies on the pedagogical support of children aged 6-12 in schools and after-school care centres
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Katharina Gerarts, Katharina.gerarts@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Margarete Jooß-Weinbach, margarete.jooss-weinbach@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Sarah Hagemann-Schmelzeisen, sarah.schmelzeisen-hagemann@iu.org
Duration: 2024-2026
AMO
Automatic Music Orchestration with Machine Learning/AI
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. -Ing. Gissel Velarde, gissel.velarde@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Niel Bretana, neil-arvin.bretana@iu.org
Duration: 2024-2025
KIDZ
AI-supported detection of cyber attacks (especially zero-day exploits) on IT infrastructures
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Alexander Lawall, alexander.lawall@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Thomas Zöller, thomas.zoeller@iu.org
Duration: 01.09.2024 – 31.08.2026
Phantomatrix
Machine learning-based prediction of physiological reactions in virtual reality environments
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Anne Schwerk, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Armin Grasnick, Prof. Dr. Thomas Bolz, Prof. Dr. Stephan De La Rosa
Duration: 01.09.2023 - 31.08.2025
AI Ethics
Behavioral Implications of machine-learning algorithms in compliance systems
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Sascha Behnk, Prof. Dr. Frank Passing
Durations: 01.04.2023 – 31.03.2025
School transitions and "science anxiety"
Mindfulness as a possible answer to the problem constellation "Science Anxiety" & school transitions in times of a pandemic
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Michael Hast, michael.hast@iu.org
Duration: 01.03.2023 - 31.12.2024
Smart Factory Incubator
Optimal implementation in practice of digital transformation in production and related service areas
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Alexander Lawall, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Magnus, Prof. Dr. Moritz Venschott, Prof. Dr. Ellena Werning
Contact: smart.factory@iu.org
Duration: 01.04.2023 - 31.03.2025
Funding projects for ecologically enhancing agroforestry systems with Security Tokens (STS)
Economic Feasibility Study of the HedgeToken Project
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Franz Isselstein, hedgetoken@iu.org
Duration: 01.04.2023 - 31.03.2025
Measurement invariance of survey instruments & gender identity and health
A project on the comparability of international surveys and the relationship between gender identity and health
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinz, andreas.heinz@iu.org
Duration: 01.04.2023 - 30.09.2024
Evaluation of Component Properties
Saving resources through angle-resolved, function-oriented evaluation of component properties
Contact persons: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Matthias Eifler M.B.A. matthias.eifler@iu.org, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Seewig, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Barbara Linke, Dipl.-Chem. Boris Brodmann
Duration: 01.07.2022-30.09.2023
Elementary Education and Racism (ELERA)
Exploratory findings and foundations for research on families' experiences of racism for exploitation in early childhood education
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Emra Ilgün-Birhimeoglu emra.ilguen-birhimeoglu@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Michaela Quente michaela.quente@iu.org
Duration: 01.07.2022 – 31.12.2023
Organisational Learning of Practical Organisations (OLPID)
Organisational Learning of Practical Organisations in Dual Studies (OLPiD)
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kessler Stefanie.kessler@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Karsten König Karsten.koenig@iu.org
Duration: 01.08.2022 – 31.07.2024
Laser-Accelerated Ion Beams and Machine Learning Methods
Scaling of laser-accelerated ion beams and use of machine learning methods in applications in tumour therapy, material analysis and inertial fusion
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Florian Wasser florian.wasser@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Kristina Schaaff kristina.schaaff@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Christian Müller-Kett christian.mueller-kett@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Thomas Zöller thomas.zoeller@iu.org
More informationYoung Women in STEM
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Janki Dodiya janki.dodiya@iu.org , Prof. Dr. Cornelia Heinisch cornelia.heinisch@iu.org , Prof. Dr. Claudia Hess claudia.hess@iu.org , Prof. Dr. Sibylle Kunz sibylle.kunz@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Sandra Rebholz sandra.rebholz@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Inga Schlömer inga.schloemer@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Adrienne Steffen adrienne.steffen@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Silke Vaas silke.vaas@iu.org
Duration: 07/2022 – 06/2024
EGUBE
Parents well accompanied - How do parents experience the path to therapeutic care for their children? Qualitative case explorations using examples of speech therapy and occupational therapy care for children of kindergarten age.
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Stephanie Rupp, stephanie.rupp@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Hanna Schwendemann, hanna.schwendemann@iu.org
Duration: 10/2023 – 09/2025
AI-Patient IPL
Development of AI-based patient:ing models for interprofessional learning in health care curricula
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Katharina Rädel-Ablass, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Schlick, Prof. Dr. Claudia Miersch, Prof. Dr. Sandra Pahr-Hosbach, Prof. Dr. Klaus Schliz, Prof. Dr. Hanna Schwendemann, Prof. Dr. Stephanie Rupp, Prof. Dr. Marion Roddewig,
Duration: 01.09.2023 until 31.08.2025
AI-KI-DO
AI systems in creative practice and teaching
Contact persons: Prof. Jörg Burbach, Marion Plank, Nadine Trautzsch, André Meyer
Duration: 01.08.2023 until 31.01.2025
Digital start-up ecosystem
Transformation of a local start-up ecosystem into the digital one in the context of IU
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Mirko Bendig, Prof. 博士 (PhD) Lena Bernhofer, Prof. Dr. Esin Bozyazi, Prof. Dr. Michael Broens, Prof. Dr. Lars Meinecke, Chair of Medical Technology
Duration: 15.09.2023 until 15.09.2024
How Human is generative KI?
Contact persons: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kristina Schaaff, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tim Schlippe
Duration: 01.10.2023 until 30.09.2025
Digital Legislation
Artificial intelligence and other innovative technologies for planning laws
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Heiko Krüger
Duration: 01.09.2023 until 31.11.2024
The sustainable transformation
Examining sustainability and ESG as drivers for business success
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Christian Kroll
Duration: 01.10.2023 until 30.09.2025
Datenorientierte Regelung
Investigation and validation of Koopman-based approaches
Contact person: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Palis
Duration: 01.02.2023 – 31.01.2025
D&I Reifegradmodell
Development of a maturity model for more diversity & inclusion in companies in Germany - a joint project with Charta der Vielfalt e.V.
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Katharina-Maria Rehfeld, Prof. Dr. Sonja Würtemberger
Duration: 01.04.2024 until probably 31.03.2025
Vision
Virtual Interactive Simulation vw. Online and non-tech coaching
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Ellena Werning
Duration: 01.03.2024 -28.02.2026
DigiLearn
DigiLearn: How students learn in distance learning programmes
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Immanuel Ulrich, Prof. Dr. Christina Buschle, Prof. Dr. Mario Herrmann
Duration: 01.03.2024 - 28.02.2026
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