Dieter Uckelmann

• Professor
• Scientific Director at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences

The importance of writing and publishing is well understood in the academic world and is gaining importance in business applications as well. Students need to gain corresponding skills during their studies. The process itself can be structured and is repeatable. However, students are not familiar with the process and need some guidance to achieve h...

The usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education institutions is gaining momentum as it promises to enhance both the teaching and learning experiences, as well as administrative functions. The rise of a generative AI in the last years has increased the awareness in the academic community. The six presented papers provided in this chapt...

In order to harness the benefits AI offers, tomorrow’s workforces and societies alike need to be competent in how to use, shape, and develop AI applications. As part of the KNIGHT research project of Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, this contribution develops a framework for competence-based AI education at higher education facilities, bas...

Effective climate control in buildings, crucial for both heating and air conditioning, depends on accurate room occupancy monitoring. Adapting climate systems to actual demand can provide huge energy savings. This study employs a calculation method and CO2 data from a school building to optimize energy usage based on room occupancy. In collaboratio...

The demand for personalized learning experiences and effective analytics in education has significantly increased. The integration of technology in education has brought about significant changes in teaching and learning practices. In the era of digital technology, the integration of education technology in the classroom has led to a change in teac...

Artificial intelligence has been revolutionizing education analytics and improving student education continuously. Our innovative architecture allows students and educators to analyze activities from Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Moodle and other data sources, to review their performance, get personalized learning experiences, and recei...

Personalized learning has gained traction in education as a means of tailoring educational experiences to individual students with the help of students learning reports. The integration of multi-modal learning analytics dashboards with artificial intelligence (AI) holds great promise for enhancing personalized learning experiences far better than b...

Artificial intelligence has been revolutionizing education analytics and improving student education continuously. Our innovative architecture allows students and educators to analyze activities from Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Moodle and other data sources, to review their performance, get personalized learning experiences, and recei...

Open Access Link: https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783957104106-1/titelei-inhaltsverzeichnis?page=1 The digitalisation or virtualisation of lab equipment in higher education promises numerous benefits for all those involved. Economic benefits from sharing lab infrastructures, convenient remote access to labs anytime and anywhere, as well as t...

The transport sector’s transition towards e-mobility poses various challenges, but also makes large flexible load and supply potentials available and thus allows for a stronger coupling of the transport sector with other sectors. Parking garages equipped with charging points can offer significant potentials of up to severalMWin this respect due to...

RFID is used in logistics in the automotive industry to automate processes and optimize material flow. However, the data generated by RFID installations during operation offers more potential for further analyses in order to benefit even more from the technology. Therefore, in this paper the data will be used to generate a digital twin of the RFID-...

Digital learning environments, such as online laboratories offer many opportunities for collecting data for Learning Analytics (LA). This article presents a systematic literature review for LA in laboratory based learning environments for Higher Engineering Education, which yielded 23 key references. The focus of the study was formed by the followi...

A reliable charging infrastructure for electric vehicles used in individual transport including availability and accessibility is necessary because it contributes highly to the decision of purchasing a BEV (battery electric vehicle). In Germany, charging is mainly done at home; however, parking spots in car parks have the potential to densify charg...

In the last decades, the sector of non-traditional labs (NTLs) has been really active in creating new initiatives. Also, Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS) is one of the key concepts, adapted from software business models, which is moving the product-based revenue models to service-based revenue models, characterized by the sale of fee-based services a...

This open access book presents the exciting research results of the BMBF funded project iCity and related research findings at HFT carried out at University of Applied Science Stuttgart to help cities to become more liveable, intelligent and sustainable, to become a LIScity. The research has been pursued with industry partners and NGOs from 2017 to...

Within the transformation and digitalization in the area of smart public buildings and infrastructures, finding, selecting and implementing the "right" use cases is an actual challenge for cities, public utilities, and other stakeholders. The question is where to start, what knowledge and capacities are available and what should be prioritized. Thi...

Purpose: This paper presents a maturity model for digital transformation effectiveness in laboratories (labs) with education and research purposes. Design/methodology/approach: The model was developed using design science research methodology, expert interviews and case studies. Findings: The model fulfills three practical goals: (1) to establish c...

Full text available open access at: https://content.iospress.com/download/international-journal-of-rf-technologies/rft210312?id=international-journal-of-rf-technologies/rft210312 ... RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is used in complex production and logistics processes in the automotive industry. One of the biggest challenges with RFID insta...

Der Einsatz der 5G-Technik bietet vielen Unternehmen enorme Chancen hinsichtlich ihrer Bemühungen, Prozesse zu optimieren. In der Logistik sind zahlreiche Anwendungsbereiche denkbar. Besonders die Intralogistik könnte aufgrund der besseren Ortungsgenauigkeit von 5G gegenüber 4G profitieren. In Betracht kommen Anwendungen wie die zielsichere Steueru...

The focus of the conference is on online (remote, virtual, hybrid, augmented) lab education, in particular labs related to teaching in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT). The core-part is influenced by the BMBF-funded project DigiLab4U. Technical, didactical and organisational aspects of online labs will be addressed. We welcome and invite...

Abstract Location systems are becoming increasingly important in the implementation of Industry 4.0 approaches. The focus here is on realtime locating systems (RTLS), which enable intelligent networking. The selection of a proper system is a major challenge for companies due to the high supply and non-connectivity of the technologies. Until now, th...

Der Zugriff auf die Echtzeit-Ortungsdaten aller Objekte ist die Basis für effizientere Prozesse und ein nachhaltiges Wirtschaften. Durch Echtzeit-Ortung können Maschinen und Ausrüstung effektiver ein-gesetzt, sowie Mitarbeiter sicher und schnell durch die Industriehallen geleitet werden, beispielsweise per Augmented Reality (AR). Das VDC formuliert...

The project Open Digital Lab for You (DigiLab4U) focuses on the creation of a net-worked laboratory-based learning environment where students, teachers and researchers can access industry related laboratory equipment focusing on the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0). This paper describes the alignment of the didactical requirements w...

Location-independent networking of laboratory infrastructures is opening new possibilities for teaching and learning. In order to make full use of the possibilities it makes sense to form associations and use real, partly digitized and fully digital laboratories shared across locations. The connection of different laboratories with different equipm...

The digitalisation or virtualisation of lab equipment in higher education promises numerous benefits for all those involved. Economic benefits from sharing lab infrastructures, convenient remote access to labs anytime and anywhere, as well as the sharing and linking of lab-based lectures are just some of the advantages that come to mind when thinki...

The digitalisation or virtualisation of lab equipment in higher education promises numerous benefits for all those involved. Economic benefits from sharing lab infrastructures, convenient remote access to labs anytime and anywhere, as well as the sharing and linking of lab-based lectures are just some of the advantages that come to mind when thinki...

The digitalisation or virtualisation of lab equipment in higher education promises numerous benefits for all those involved. Economic benefits from sharing lab infrastructures, convenient remote access to labs anytime and anywhere, as well as the sharing and linking of lab-based lectures are just some of the advantages that come to mind when thinki...

The digitalisation or virtualisation of lab equipment in higher education promises numerous benefits for all those involved. Economic benefits from sharing lab infrastructures, convenient remote access to labs anytime and anywhere, as well as the sharing and linking of lab-based lectures are just some of the advantages that come to mind when thinki...

The digitalisation or virtualisation of lab equipment in higher education promises numerous benefits for all those involved. Economic benefits from sharing lab infrastructures, convenient remote access to labs anytime and anywhere, as well as the sharing and linking of lab-based lectures are just some of the advantages that come to mind when thinki...

This paper presents a business model for digital laboratories (labs) to promote sharing in network organizations. Using information systems design science research methodology, a multi-sided platform is created and evaluated as a sustainable business model. Digital labs complement theoretical concepts in science, technology, engineering, and mathem...

Zusammenfassung Der Einsatz von Remote-Laboren in ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Studiengängen ermöglicht Studierenden an einigen Hochschulen die ortsunabhängige Nutzung von Laboren, Maschinen und Robotern. Remote-Labore eignen sich in besonderer Weise dafür, den digitalisierungsbedingten Anforderungen und dem Qualifikationsbedarf aus Wirtschaft und I...

In den Ingenieurwissenschaften gewinnt das Internet der Dinge (Internet of Things, IoT) zunehmend an Bedeutung. Sowohl das Wissen um die technischen Grundlagen als auch ein Verständnis für die breiteren gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des IoT werden für angehende Ingenieur*innen in ihrem zukünftigen Arbeitsfeld entscheidend sein. Gleichzeitig ermög...

Ca. 10% der in Umlauf gebrachten Arzneimittel in Ländern mit geringem bis mittleren Einkommen waren 2017 gefälscht [1]. Diesem hohen Fälschungsumfang beugt das securPharm-System in Deutschland vor. Es ermöglicht, Fälschungen entlang der Lieferkette zu identifizieren und deren Abgabe zu stoppen. Die Überprüfung erfolgt EU-weit über Ländergrenzen hin...

The interest of the educational community in the laboratory- (lab) based education has grown steadily. As remote labs have started to be a reliable alternative to traditional hands-on labs, security and safety issues are becoming increasingly important, as their interconnected nature raises new and challenging issues. The complexity increases when...

The main goal of multimodal learning analytics (MLA) research is to extend the application of learning analytics tools and services in learning contexts to collect, analyze, and combine digital traces and learning data of completely different sources that are available in lab-based learning contexts. Moreover, the characteristics and properties of...

Recently, the interest of the educational community in laboratory- (lab-) based education has grown steadily. As remote and virtual labs have started to be a reliable alternative to traditional hands-on labs, security and safety issues are becoming increasingly important, especially in the case of remote laboratories, as their interconnected nature...

The Sharing Economy is the basis for challenging existing business models and the creation of new cooperation’s. The BMBF-funded project Open Digital Lab 4 You (DigiLab4U) promotes the sharing of laboratory (lab) infrastructures for Internet of Things (IoT)/Industry 4.0 (I4.0) related education. Through the digitalisation in education and research,...

span lang="EN-US">Experimentation plays an essential role in engineering education, allowing to balance theoretical proofs and emphasis on physical intuition. Laboratories can fulfil several goals at once, but they also involve high costs, mostly due to equipment, space, and human resources for operating and maintaining them. Remote-access labs hav...

Kurzfassung Die digitale Transformation von Unternehmen wird nicht zuletzt durch das Internet der Dinge unterstützt. Eine besondere Herausforderung für die vernetzte Produktionswirtschaft ist eine übergeordnete Verknüpfung der einzelnen IT-Systeme und ein standardisierter Austausch von Daten zwischen den Akteuren. Nebenher entstehen immer größere D...

Green Warehouses - A Guideline From Planning to Construction As transportation is accountable for around 87 % of total logistics emissions globally, scientifi c focus in the past laid on the moving elements of the supply chain and not the stop points in between, namely the warehouses. However, responsible for 13 % of emissions, logistics real esta...

CO2 Calculations of Complex Supply Chain Networks – Structured Collection of Emission Data Based on the SCOR-Model As a result of the progressively climate change, the environmental impact of corporate activities is becoming the focus of internal and external shareholders. At the same time more complex supply chain networks are being developed in...

Informationstechnologie (IT) kann einen Beitrag zur Verbesserung wirtschaftlicher und ökologischer Faktoren in der Logistik leisten. Dabei muss das Paradoxon von Energieverbrauch in der IT den Energieeinsparungen durch die IT gegenübergestellt werden. Der Bezug von Green IT zur Logistik wird bisher selten hergestellt. In diesem Beitrag soll deshalb...

Recent years have seen a rapid increase in the use of innovative smart home technologies, gaining more and more user acceptance. Besides being used in private homes, these smart technologies may also complement classical building automation in public and commercial buildings. The project Smart Public Building (SPB) at the University of Applied Scie...

Obwohl heutige Studierende mit Computern und dem Internet groß werden, fehlt ihnen häufig der Bezug zu grundlegenden Technologien. Dieser wird allerdings von Nachwuchsingenieurinnen und -ingenieuren erwartet, um neue Impulse für Forschung und Praxis liefern zu können. Aufgrund der geänderten Anforderungen einer digitalisierten Arbeitswelt hat sich...

Das Wachstum des Straßengüterverkehrs hat neben den positiven Effekten auf die Wirtschaftsleistung auch negative Auswirkungen auf die Umwelt. So erhöhen sich Kraftstoffverbrauch und Umweltbelastungen. Beim teilautomatisierten Kolonnenfahren, Platooning genannt, werden mehrere LKW digital vernetzt und fahrtechnisch gekoppelt. Dadurch ist es etwa mög...

Misplaced items in retail stores lead to inaccurate inventory assumptions, unsatisfied customers, lost sales and lower revenues of up to 10%. Real-time Locating Systems (RTLS) however, offer a solution to locate items in a defined space such as a retail store. The RTLS market offers a vast number of available solutions and technologies. Analysts fo...

Within the described research it has been shown that the Internet of Things is far from being ubiquitous. Research institutes have failed in the past to forecast reliable RFID-market figures. They had to adjust their estimations continuously downwards over the past years. While part of this development may be blamed on slowed down economy, another...

(VLL) has been developed at the University of Bremen. VLL enables accessing the LogDynamics Lab { a logistics research laboratory { via Internet and will provide a community platform in the future. Experiments shall be conducted, recorded and analyzed with no need for researchers to own corresponding testing equipment or to travel to existing labs....

The framework provides a technical basis for multiple supply network applications. In this chapter there will be a closer look at the possible impact of the provided solution. Firstly, the business model for the billing-enabled Internet of Thing is visualised. Secondly, there will be a verification of the technical model in a lab-based beverage sce...

There are three main issues that need to be solved when considering an integration of a billing system into the EPCglobal Network Architecture. Firstly, there has to be a close look at how an information subscriber can be uniquely identified for accounting purposes. Secondly, an appropriate billing system has to be chosen based on the requirements...

RFID projects compete with other IT projects and therefore need to show a better performance in order to justify the corresponding investments (Lee and Lee 2010). A measurement leading to “a quantitatively expressed reduction of uncertainty based on one or more observations” (Hubbard 2010, p. 23) is needed. Current approaches to measure the perform...

The technical advantages of RFID over barcode, such as no need for a line of site and bulk reading capabilities, have raised high hopes for RFID to close the information gap between the ‘real’ and the ‘virtual’ world (Fleisch et al. 2005). The goal of this chapter is to prove and explain why RFID, while offering new potentials, yet has failed to re...

Information in B2B scenarios has economic value just as any product or service. This information value needs to be separated, priced, and billed according to the specific needs in B2B relationships. Therefore, the following preconditions need to be researched:

In the following, there is a closer look on developments in logistic strategies and electronic information sharing between businesses in the past decades in order to understand the importance of RFID and the Internet of Things in a broader context.

Nur durch Versuche lassen sich Lösungsansätze in der Logisik bewerten. Die in der Logistikforschung weltweit etablierten so genannten Labs könnten bei der Verkürzung von Entwicklungszyklen eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Allerdings ist der direkte Zugriff auf entsprechende Geräte in den verschiedenen Labs nicht einfach möglich. Neue Möglichkeiten des...

It is not always easy to depict the benefits of RFID and the Internet of Things. Especially in research, it is sometimes challenging to find illustrative scenarios that grab the attention of the audience and convey a positive message of technology usage. Fortunately, researchers around the world are imaginative enough to come up with creative and s...

Virtual Research Environments (VRE) have been researched in detail in the past years. However, the connection to and between real resources has not been focused on in detail. Connecting real and virtual worlds has been a major research topic though in the field of logistics. The Internet of Things has become a synonym for combining both worlds in l...

Lab-based logistic research serves multiple goals. It bridges the gap between fundamental and applied research, it is used as a demonstration infrastructure for new developments, thus supporting business innovation, and it supplies training and participation opportunities for students as well as for practitioners. No wonder that numerous university...

In Cooperation with the J.H. Tönnjes E.A.S.T. GmbH & Co. KG, the BIBA – Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH conducted a project on electronic vehicle identification via RFID at the University of Bremen. The aim of this research was to find the optimal combination of transponder and reading device for a passive RFID system in UHF freque...

Many of the initial developments towards the Internet of Things have focused on the combination of Auto-ID and networked infrastructures in businessto- business logistics and product life cycle applications. However, a future Internet of Things can provide a broader vision and also enable everyone to access and contribute rich information about thi...

The Internet of Things is one of the most promising technological developments in information technology. It promises huge financial and nonfinancial benefits across supply chains, in product life cycle and customer relationship applications as well as in smart environments. However, the adoption process of the Internet of Things has been slower th...

Covering both passive and active RFID systems, the challenges to RFID implementation are addressed using specific industry research examples and common integration issues. Key topics include RF tag performance optimization, evaluation methodologies for RFID and Real-Time-Location Systems (RTLS) and sensors, EPC network simulation, RFID in the retai...

The emerging Internet of Things provides a networked infrastructure that enables incremental business transformation as well as radical business changes. So far, the full potential of possible business opportunities has not been leveraged. Within this chapter we propose the concept of business models and business model innovation as a means to alig...

Many of the initial developments towards the Internet of Things have focused on the combination of Auto-ID and networked infrastructures in business-to-business logistics and product lifecycle applications. However, the Internet of Things is more than a business tool for managing business processes more efficiently and more effectively – it will al...

The Internet of Things and Autonomous Control are considered key concepts to enhance logistic processes in supply networks. Here the question that often comes up is about how both concepts relate to each other. The principal aim of this article is to evaluate, whether the Internet of Things and the paradigm of Autonomous Control in logistics can co...

The Internet of Things (IOT) concept and enabling technologies such as RFID offer the prospect of linking the real world of physical objects with the virtual world of information technology to improve visibility and traceability information within supply chains and across the entire lifecycles of products, as well as enabling more intuitive interac...

The structural und dynamic complexity in logistics and production has increased steadily during the last years. Main causes for higher structural complexity are the shift from supply chains to logistic networks and an increased number of product variants. Dynamic customer behavior intensifies this situation. Centralized systems and structures do no...

The hypothesis of performance-increase and benefit compensation within supply chains by partial information sharing and billing based on radio frequency identification (RFID) is verified within this paper. The concept is evaluated in a pilot project within the beverage industry. In supply chains, partial information sharing can be achieved based on...

RFID technology can be used to acquire data decentrally and provide relevant information to all participants of the supply chain. By using these data, each of them can achieve his specific optimization potential in production planning and control or in stock and transport control. But the installation and operation of RFID technology cause costs. A...

Having the right product at the right time at the right place and in the right condition – these are the well-known requirements for logistics and transportation in general. But fulfilling these requirements is getting more and more complex in a dynamically changing logistic environment. There is a shift from traditional supply chains to open suppl...

Today we see a rapid shift of traditional supply chains towards internetdriven supply networks. Radio frequency (RF) based technologies such as RFID and RF based sensors will support this change by combining the physical and virtual world.While the cost for RF infrastructure faces a substantial decrease, the cost of providing and updating product a...

The paper will show new ideas of RFID and real time location systems (RTLS) for production scenarios, e.g. aviation industry and automotive industry. To evaluate different systems of tracking, tracing and identification, it is necessary to design new comparable test approaches. While radio frequency based identification has gained wide acceptance i...