Partner presentation

PSI Logistics has been successfully developing software systems in logistics for over 50 years, especially in the fields of airport, warehousing, transport and supply chain planning. Postal companies like the Swiss Post, logistics service providers such as Fiege, Zufall, as well as producers including Bosch, Daimler and Würth, use PSI solutions for both daily and strategic logistics tasks. In the research project, PSI Logistics contributes in particular the knowledge and competence for the control and planning of transport systems, which can be optimised according to different and complex parameters. PSI solutions carry out the complete transport control (planning, execution, bill-ing). Together with our affiliate division of PSI Energy, we provide solutions for optimal loading and unloading of electric vehicles.

The Chair of Production Systematics of the Machine Tool Laboratory (WZL) at RWTH Aachen University deals with digital tools in the planning process. Within the Digital Factory Planning group, comprehensive concepts and software tools for extending the range and depth of use of planning data are designed and developed from previous individual solutions and peripheral applications to support planners. For this purpose, the company draws on its many years of experience in factory and assembly planning as well as on its existing expertise in the design of user-oriented software tools. The working group also focuses on the research and testing of highly automated vehicle and logistics functions, such as automated driving of vehicles in a production environment using series sensor technology as well as automated driving functions in the low and medium speed range in urban driving situations.

The Human-Computer Interaction Center (HCIC) of the RWTH Aachen University and the chair for Communication Science (headed by Prof. Martina Ziefle), which is based there, deals with the empirical-experimental modeling of technology acceptance as well as the interaction and communication between humans and technology.

Scientists from different disciplines – psychology, computer science, communication science, medical technology, physics, technical communication, sociology, political science, design, English language and literature, electrical engineering, industrial engineering and architecture – jointly investigate how interfaces between humans and technology must be designed in different contexts to meet the needs, abilities and wishes of end users for an accepted technology.

Information Systems 5 at RWTH Aachen University (Prof. M. Jarke) deals with the formal analysis, prototypical development and practical testing of meta-information systems. They should document and coordinate the distributed creation, integration and evolution of database-centered IT applications in a quality-oriented manner.

The competence of the chair is in the area of algorithm development and its implementation in energy-efficient architectures. The ICE also conducts in-depth research on the development of future communication networks and various technical requirements of sensor networks (M2M systems).

University of Trier, Germany – Distributed Systems Group at the Institute for Software Systems (ISS) at the Environmental Campus: Prof. Guido Dartmann heads the Distributed Systems Group at the ISS which has published numerous papers on cyber-physical systems. Furthermore, the research group investigates methods of mathematical optimization, machine learning and distributed systems in the field of intelligent mobility.

Prof. Dartmann is co-leader of the Internet of Things (IoT) expert group of the National Digital Summit and heads the BMEL project IoT-Pilot which conducts researches on the transfer of IoT technology to medium-sized companies. He currently also coordinates the BMBF project “Cognitive Tools for Cyber-Physical Systems” (COSY) which deals with the development of laboratories for machine learning and data analysis for the internet of things. In addition, the working group participates in two other collaborative projects (BMBF and EU) on artificial intelligence for digital health.

With its 251,000 inhabitants, the city of Aachen is the cultural, economic and scientific center for the urban region with a total of 570,000 inhabitants. The economic focus of the city of Aachen is on science, engineering and information technology, founded in the four universities with over 55,000 students based in Aachen. Particularly relevant are the research activities of RWTH Aachen University on electromobility and automated driving with its innovative SME spin-offs such as Velocity, StreetScooter and e.Go. The “Urban Development and Transport Facilities” department responsible for APEROL has been working to promote sustainable transport since the 1990s. In 1995, the city of Aachen was one of the first in Germany to develop a “traffic development plan”. Since 2009, Aachen has been a “model city for mobility management” in Germany, and since 2010 also a “model region” for electromobility.

MAT.TRAFFIC GmbH is a technology company (KMU) from Aachen and stands for research, services and products in the fields of road traffic and communication technology. As a service provider, it develops innovative concepts and architectures, procedures for the modelling and control of traffic and software solutions. The research focus of MAT.TRAFFIC is on “cooperative systems”, traffic modelling and system integration in test fields. Over the last five years, MAT.TRAFFIC has been involved in research projects on “cooperative traffic systems” as a concept developer, prototype developer and system integrator, such as SAFESPOT, CVIS, simTD, eCoMove, COMPASS4D and I2EASE. It has special expertise in local traffic light control (energy efficiency), modelling of traffic as well as simulation of traffic scenarios and network effects. MAT.TRAFFIC takes over the modelling and optimized control of autonomous (and other) traffic at a network-wide, strategic level in the research project. Based on of this dynamic traffic information, additional mobility services can be set up which involve the distributed fleet management of autonomous vehicles. MAT.TRAFFIC also works on the microsimulation of traffic scenarios to support and evaluate concepts and prototype development.

e.GO Mobile AG develops and produces innovative electric vehicles for urban areas and conurbations at the Aachen site. It was founded in 2015 and combines leading university know-how with industrial practice. e.GO Mobile currently develops various new vehicle models to expand its product range – from the electromobile e.GO Kart to lightweight M1 class vehicles and automated e.Go Mover. Innovative development and production processes in the context of Industry 4.0 are used to react flexibly to customer requirements while keeping costs low and development cycles short. e.GO has set itself the goal of helping electromobility achieve a breakthrough by developing powerful, user-friendly and at the same time cost-effective electric vehicles for everyday use.

Ergosign GmbH is one of the pioneers for services in the areas of usability engineering and user experience design in the German-speaking market. With approximately 170 employees at the Saarbrücken, Hamburg, Munich, Berlin, Stuttgart (Germany) sites and Zurich (Switzerland) sites and more than 2,500 successfully executed projects, Ergosign is now a European market leader in human-centered design solutions for complex applications. Ergosign GmbH’s commissioned companies include small and medium-sized enterprises as well as internationally operating groups. Ergosign’s customer projects focus on strategic consulting, conception, evaluation and implementation of user interfaces for complex applications.