From chaff straw to artificial intelligence

The State Parliament Funding Projects Conference is an annual meeting designed to facilitate exchange among researchers who receive Saxon research funding for universities of applied sciences. For those outside the university, it also offers an opportunity to gain insight into research at HSZG.

Due to the pandemic, the 2020 LMPK was canceled and “replaced” by videos of selected research projects. (Here is an example.) This year, the conference took place digitally on June 23—with the presentation portion held on BigBlueButton (BBB) and a subsequent poster session on Gather.town (organized by Saxony5).

After a brief welcome by the Prorector for Research, Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Raj Kollmorgen, fifty participants—mainly from the university—listened to the seven presentations and discussed the research findings, some of which are still preliminary:

• Jakob Hildebrandt: Climate neutrality of industrial companies in Eastern Saxony
• Jens Meinert: Determination of the thermophysical material properties of phase-change materials (PCM) for latent heat storage
• Gerd Fischer: Characterization and prevention of defects in hybrid perovskite materials
• Robin Tannert: Material utilization of chaff and straw
• Paul Ebert: How can artificial intelligence be made good and applicable for SMEs?
• Christian Vogel: What role do edge and cloud computing play in the implementation of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)?
• Bill Pottharst: Determinants of the Successful Integration of Digital Assistance Systems/Tools into Support Networks for Older Adults (VATI-IV)

The subsequent digital poster session offered a glimpse of a conference-like atmosphere, as participants could meet in a video conference dedicated to each poster—separate from the other posters—and discuss the poster. This was quite well received—and you can still try it out here: (Password: Landtagsmittel).

Many thanks to all speakers and participants of the LMPK, and of course also to the organizers from staff units, the administration and projects of the HSZG.

Text: Lutz Haberland