Making Industries Pro²Future

Empowering Humans with Cognified and Sustainable Products and Production Systems

As a COMET competence centre, we conduct research into resilient, energy-efficient and human-centered solutions that make everyday industrial life smarter, safer and more sustainable. Through strong partnerships with industry and science and a clear focus on knowledge and technology transfer, we are paving the way for a cognified and sustainable future of production.

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How to partner with us

We provide an ecosystem for applied research and innovation.

From joint research projects and scientific exchange to research stays and supervision of academic work with international universities.

Applied research on industrial topics; collaborative work from idea to practical implementation throughout the entire product life cycle.

We build long-term partnerships that strengthen regional innovation, support international success and help educate and develop future talents.

We offer an ultimate environment for collaborative projects (industry, SMEs, startups, universities, research institutions) and provide application-driven results for mission-oriented initiatives and innovation programs.

Research with Impact - Your Career at Pro²Future

You want your work to make a real impact and not just stay within the lab? At the intersection of science and industry, you’ll work at Pro²Future on forward-looking topics such as Artificial Intelligence, digitalization and sustainable production. Together with leading industrial partners, you’ll develop data-driven solutions, test innovative algorithms and receive direct feedback from real-world applications. Whether it’s human-machine interaction, smart products or process optimization – with us, you drive genuine innovation.
Whether you’re pursuing a PhD, internship or research position – we offer challenging projects, flexible structures and an inspiring research environment where your ideas truly matter.

About Pro2Future GmbH

Pro²Future is working on the goals and results of the digital transformation and conducting research for industrial implementation in the period thereafter. As a non-university COMET research centre with locations in Linz and Graz, we are working on the next generation of cognitive products and production systems.

Our mission is to cognify industries
by developing resilient, energy-efficient and human-centered solutions that directly address everyday challenges.

Further information can be found here:

Projects

ZEWAS

ZEWAS

Zeitreihenanalyse zur Erkennung von Wartungsarbeiten an Schweißgeräten

The Perfect Welding division of Fronius International offers welding devices and services to customers on five continents. Data analytics and…

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AssE

AssE

Opportunistic Awareness in Assistive Environments

The purpose of "Opportunistic Awareness in Assistive Environments" was to support scientific work on the following topics: – Feedback and…

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StreamingAI

StreamingAI

Föderierte Geräte-AI für die Digitale Transformation in der Industrie

StreamingAI is a basic research project with the aim of raising “perception” in the sense of artificial intelligence in federated…

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RTEAS

RTEAS

Cognitive Rail Track Error Analysis Support

RTEAS will provide support in rail track error analysis based on the data from rail track machines. Along with company…

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ASP2 II

ASP2 II

Adaptive Smart Production 2

In recent years, research in the field of fuel cells is gaining momentum. Leading automotive industries are investing in e-mobility.…

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E-Minds-1

E-Minds-1

Embedded Intelligence for wireless communication services

The objective of this project is to provide techniques and toolchains that make it possible to train and deploy AI/ML…

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EBRAIN Ensembles

EBRAIN Ensembles

Holistic and Sustainable AI Development for Global Changes

Neuroscience provides a rich source of inspiration for new types of algorithms and architectures, independent of and/or complementary to the…

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REWAI

REWAI

Reduced Energy and Waste using AI

The REWAI project aims to enhance sustainability through cognitive decision-making, utilizing explainable AI techniques to augment human intelligence with machine…

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Key Facts*

360+

Publications

45+

Finished & running PhD Theses

167+

Nominations in international Boards

49+ M€

Cumulated project volume

25+

Patents & Patent filings

95+

Scientific & Industry Partners

*as of March 31, 2026

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