For master students, who want to carry out their master thesis, the SITM Chair offers a topic dealing with governance in blockchain networks. Background and Motivation: The concept of decentralized governance lies at the heart...

For master students, who want to carry out their master thesis, the SITM Chair offers a topic dealing with stakeholders in public blockchain networks. Background and Motivation: Blockchain governance remains a contested and...

We are delighted to announce that Peder Bergan has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Duisburg-Essen. His dissertation, titled “Selected Essays on Digital Transformation: A...

At the UDE Summer Festival on June 26, 2025, the SOFTEC Chair was represented on the Duisburg campus at the Faculty of Computer Science booth. The team took the opportunity to present current research projects, answer questions...

Die EURAM bringt seit jeher Forscher aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen zusammen und beschreibt sich selbst als sehr inklusiv. Das merkte man auch bei der EURAM 2025 im schönen Florenz. Neben den vielen akademischen Austauschen...

On June 24, 2025, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Andreas Drechsler, a distinguished alumnus and former colleague, back to the University of Duisburg-Essen for a guest lecture. Dr. Drechsler delivered a thought-provoking...

On June 24, 2025, Frederik Ahlemann contributed as a speaker at the expert forum “Wie umgehen mit den Maschinen-Kollegen? Neue Kompetenzen für die Arbeit im Zeitalter der künstlichen Intelligenz” ("How to Work with Machine...

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new open-access article in IEEE Access by Falco Korn, Erik Karger, and Frederik Ahlemann titled: “Mapping the Research Landscape of Virtual Coaches: What Is to Come?”Virtual coaches...

We warmly welcome our Research Explorer Ruhr visitor Roberto dos Santos Rocha. He will stay with our group for the next two weeks.

Am Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Applikationsmanagement der Fakultät für Informatik der Universität Duisburg-Essen ist ab dem 15.09.2025 am Campus Essen eine Stelle als studentische Hilfskraft (nach TV-L) für 8 Stunden...

Today, Ralf Plattfaut had the honor to speak at the Essen Science Summer on artificial intelligence in business processes. With an interested audience from the local community, we were able to discuss robotic process automation,...

Am heutigen Montag, dem 16. Juni 2025, durften wir Sebastian Schäfer von der S Broker AG & Co. KG, einem Unternehmen der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, zu einem spannenden Gastvortrag im Rahmen des Kurses „Digital Business“ begrüßen. I...