Pro²Future – Products and Production Systems of the Future

Latest News

Project “RedUsa” started

Together with board members of AMAG Austria Metall AG, the project “RedUsa” got started on the 1st of April in Ranshofen. Goal of the project is the quality improvement of the production process of high quality aluminum sheets. Scientific partners

Pro²Future Partner Conference

On March 5, 2018, the first Pro²Future partner conference took place at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz. The goal was the prosperous exchange between our partner companies, the scientific partners and the growing Pro²Future team. In the morning, the

Project “advanced defect classification” started

On the 30th of January the project “advanced defect classification“started with EPCOS OHG in Deutschlandsberg. Goal of the project is to apply deep learning approaches to classify defects in the semiconductor production. The institute for Interactive Systems and Data Science

Pro²Future Panel at IoT 2017

On 25th Oct. the IoT 2017 Pro²Future Panel took place in Linz. The 7th International Conference on the Internet of Things was located this year for the first time in Linz and took place from 22nd to 25th of October.

Linz hosts IoT 2017 in October

The IoT 2017 (7th International Conference on the Internet of Things) visits Linz for the first time. Following Switzerland, Japan, China, USA, South Korea, and Germany, the international conference IoT comes to Austria for the first time. The conference is

Research Program

AREA 1 – Perception and Aware Systems

Motivation The production of high-quality products in the smallest lot sizes requires highly flexible and complex production systems in which the human actor is indispensable. The direct collaborative cooperation between humans and machines is reliant on innovative interaction concepts, which

AREA 2 – Cognitive Robotics and Shop Floors

Motivation Manufacturing enterprises of the future are networked and built around sensor-networks und algorithms of artificial intelligence. Sustainable decisions are made by teams of human and artificial actors in order to adapt to changing environmental conditions. The enterprise is a

AREA 3 – Cognitive Decision Support

Motivation Due to continuously rising complexity in the increasing networked, flexible, and individualized production within industry 4.0, employees need effective decision support systems. Thereby the ever-growing volume of data describing the production offers unforeseen opportunities on the one hand but

AREA 4.1 – Cognitive Products

Motivation Cognitive products in production systems of the future are products that can reason using substantial amounts of appropriately represented knowledge, learn from their experience so that they perform better tomorrow than they did today, explain themselves and be told

AREA 4.2 – Cognitive Production Systems

Motivation Cognitive Production Systems (Area 4.2) and Cognitive Products (Area 4.1) represent the application-driven integration areas of Pro2Future that are responsible for the consolidation of research results from the Areas 1, 2 and 3 and hence for the transfer of

Team

Alois Ferscha

Alois Ferscha

CEO & Scientific Director, Key Researcher

Heimo Theuretzbacher-Fritz

Heimo Theuretzbacher-Fritz

CEO & Business Director

Gabriele Anderst-Kotsis

Gabriele Anderst-Kotsis

Interim Scientific Director

Georg Weichhart

Georg Weichhart

Area Manager, Key Researcher

Stefan Thalmann

Stefan Thalmann

Area Manager, Key Researcher

Simon Mayer

Simon Mayer

Area Manager, Key Researcher

Sandra Neuhold-Pauer

Sandra Neuhold-Pauer

Center Administration, Finance

Veronika Simmer

Veronika Simmer

Center Administration, Marketing & PR, Team Assistant

Christina Pichler

Christina Pichler

Center Administration, Finance, Office Management

Michaela Murauer

Michaela Murauer

Junior Researcher

Ouijdane Guiza

Ouijdane Guiza

Junior Researcher

Michael Mayrhofer

Michael Mayrhofer

Junior Researcher

Georgios Koutroulis

Georgios Koutroulis

Junior Researcher

Milot Gashi

Milot Gashi

Junior Researcher

Amer Kajmaković

Amer Kajmaković

Junior Researcher

Markus Brillinger

Markus Brillinger

Junior Researcher

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Career Opportunities

Systemadministrator/in und Software Engineer

Vollzeit (38,5 Wochenstunden), Standort Linz (im Science Park der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz) Ihr Aufgabengebiet Systemadministration der Clientarbeitsplätze, Server Systeme und Dienste wie: Mailserver, Webserver, CMS, Benutzerverwaltung/Verzeichnisdiensten (bspw.: Active Directory), Softwaredienste für verteiltes Arbeiten, Telekonferenz- Lösungen und Social Intranet. Betreuung

Junior Researcher – Guide Area1

Full-time (38.5 hours/week), at Pro2Future GmbH in Linz (Campus of Johannes Kepler University Linz), starting by March 2018. Project context: The GUIDE project intends to create holistic assistance and guidance solutions for quality-sensitive industrial systems. The focus hereby lies in

Junior Researcher – WorkIT Area1

Full-time (38.5 hours/week), at Pro2Future GmbH in Linz (Campus of Johannes Kepler University Linz), starting by March 2018. Project context: The overall goal of the WorkIT project aims at equipping conventional products (power tools) and production components with cognitive capabilities,

Junior Researcher – Cognitive Decision Support

Full-time (38,5 hours/week), at Pro2Future GmbH in Graz (Campus Inffeld at Graz University of Technology) Project context: Designing and evaluating a predictive maintenance system for industrial applications. Together with an internationally renowned company from the automotive industry located in Graz,

Junior Researcher / Ph.D. Student – Cognitive Decision Support

Full‐time (38.5 hours/week), at Pro2Future GmbH in Graz (Campus Inffeld at Graz University of Technology) for a joint project with AMAG rolling GmbH. Project context: Designing and evaluating of methods and tools for data analytics and visualization in an