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Artificial Intelligence for small and medium-sized enterprises (KI-KMU 2023)
Fourth workshop at the INFORMATIK 2023 (53rd annual conference of the German Informatics Society (GI) in Berlin)
Within the framework of INFORMATIK 2023, the 53rd annual conference of the German Informatics Society (GI), the “Artificial Intelligence for small and medium-sized enterprises” workshop aims to bring together researchers and users of AI approaches, to enable knowledge transfer between both groups as well as between the individual groups themselves, and to make AI more tangible among SMEs.
The general use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in German companies is becoming increasingly widespread in a wide variety of business processes. According to the “KI-Monitor 2022” (AI monitor 2022) report by the German Association for the Digital Economy (BVDW), the relevance of AI in the German economy is significantly higher than in the previous year, including AI deployments in companies and also AI patent applications.
As a result, more and more small and medium-sized enterprises are perceiving AI as an opportunity for the German economy. The potential of AI in SMEs lies in a wide range of areas, such as optimization of distribution and logistics, more targeted advertising, and direct or indirect increase in sustainability, for example in the form of cost reduction through increased process efficiency (economic sustainability), avoidance of unnecessary resource consumption, reduction of waste, or reduction of environmental pollution (ecological sustainability). Technologies such as intelligent automation, sensor technology or assistance systems are of particular importance here.
The “Artificial Intelligence for small and medium-sized enterprises” workshop aims to bring together researchers and users of AI approaches, to enable knowledge transfer between both groups as well as between the individual groups themselves, and to make AI more tangible in SMEs. The workshop addresses two main topics: On the one hand, research approaches will be presented that are strongly associated with the challenges arising in the field of AI among SMEs or deal with lightweight AI applications easily integrable into SMEs without much effort; on the other, successfully completed or ongoing pilot projects can also be presented, offering a first insight into the impact of AI in practice while highlighting the challenges arising during its implementation.
The target group are researchers and users of AI approaches (especially SMEs) in different application areas.
Program: What to expect
10:00 –10:15 Welcome and introduction by the organizers
- FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, and Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bielefeld, Germany
10:15 - 11:00: Cooperation between SME's and research institutions in AI
Exchanges with impulses from speakers of the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bielefeld, Germany, and the FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
11:00 - 11:30: Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30: Hands-on session about automation of machine learning
Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)
12:30 - 14:00: Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30
Classifying figures and illustrations in electronics datasheets
Lymperis Perakis, Julian Balling, Frank Binder, Gerhard Heyer, Franz Kreupl
Synergies between AI and human expertise
Bastian Sirvend, Alexander Stahlkopf, Frederik Simon Bäumer
From theory to practice: Experiences in the academic support of AI initiatives in SMEs
Frederik Simon Bäumer, Hans Brandt-Pook, Falk Maoro, Sergej Schultenkämper, Benjamin Stecker
15:30 - 16:30: Coffee break
16:30 - 16:55: Time for networking
16:55 - 17:00: Conclusion
Organizing Committee
- Natalja Kleiner, FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Prof. Hans Brandt-Pook, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts
- Benjamin Çoban, FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Dr. Frederik Bäumer, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts
- Katja Alexandrakis, FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Alexander Dregger, FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Dr. Frauke Goll, FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Program Committee
- Prof. Dr. Jens Weber, DHBW Lörrach
- Prof. Dr. Martin Kohlhase, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bielefeld
- Prof. Dr. Wolfram Schenck, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bielefeld
- Prof. Dr. Stefan Berlik, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bielefeld
- Prof. Dr. Christian Schwede, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bielefeld
- Prof. Dr. Achim Schmidtmann, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bielefeld
- Dr. Florian Nielsen, Miele & Cie. AG
- Dr. Michael Spijkerman, dmc-smartsystems GmbH
- Dipl.-Wirt.-Inf. Bastian Sirvend, wonk.ai GmbH
- Dr. Carsten Mönning, Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
- Dr. Ricardo Ramos Gameiro, Arvato Systems
- Dr. Veronica Rivera Pelayo, Roche Diagnostics
- Darko Katic, ArtiMinds
- Prof. Dr. Jens Nimis, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
- Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Simone Braun, Offenburg University of Applied Sciences
- Clemens Schreiber, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Dr.-Ing. Steffen Thoma, FZI Research Center for Information Technology
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Catherina Burghart, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
- Dr.-Ing. Ido Freeman, Aptiv
- Dr.-Ing. Holger Kett, Fraunhofer IAO
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