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Young but not Naive: Leaders of Tomorrow Expect Limits to Digital Freedom to Preserve Freedom
(2021)
Wie werden wir digital?
(2020)
WAR FOR TALENTS MEETS FACIAL EXPRESSION - leveraging recruiting videos in professional service firms
(2020)
VR-V&V
(2023)
To build quality into a software (SW) system necessitates supporting quality-related lifecycle activities during the software development. In software engineering, software Verification and Validation (V&V) processes constitute an inherent part of Software Quality Assurance (SQA) processes. A subset of the V&V activities involved are: 1) bidirectional traceability analysis of requirements to design model elements, and 2) software testing. Yet the complex nature of large SW systems and the dependencies involved in both design models and testing present a challenge to current V&V tools and methods regarding support for trace analysis. One of software’s essential challenges remains its invisibility, which also affects V&V activities. This paper contributes VR-V&V, a Virtual Reality (VR) solution concept towards supporting immersive V&V activities. By visualizing requirements, models, and testing artifacts with dependencies and trace relations immersively, they are intuitively accessible to a larger stakeholder audience such as SQA personnel while supporting digital cognition. Our prototype realization shows the feasibility of supporting immersive bidirectional traceability as well as immersive software test coverage and analysis. The evaluation results are based on a case study demonstrating its capabilities, in particular traceability support was performed with ReqIF, ArchiMate models, test results, test coverage, and test source to test target dependencies.
With the increasing pressure to deliver additional software functionality, software engineers and developers are often confronted with the dilemma of sufficient software testing. One aspect to avoid is test redundancy, and measuring test (or code or statement) coverage can help focus test development on those areas that are not yet sufficiently tested. As software projects grow, it can be difficult to visualize both the software product and the software testing area and their dependencies. This paper contributes VR-TestCoverage, a Virtual Reality (VR) solution concept for visualizing and interacting with test coverage, test results, and test dependency data in VR. Our VR implementation shows its feasibility. The evaluation results based on a case study show its support for three testing-related scenarios.
As systems grow in complexity, the interdisciplinary nature of systems engineering makes the visualization and comprehension of the underlying system models challenging for the various stakeholders. This, in turn, can affect validation and realization correctness. Furthermore, stakeholder collaboration is often hindered due to the lack of a common medium to access and convey these models, which are often partitioned across multiple 2D diagrams. This paper contributes VR-SysML, a solution concept for visualizing and interacting with SysML models in Virtual Reality (VR). Our prototype realization shows its feasibility, and our evaluation results based on a case study shows its support for the various SysML diagram types in VR, cross-diagram element recognition via our backplane followers concept, and depicting further related (SysML and non-SysML) models side-by-side in VR.
VR-SysML+Traceability
(2023)
As systems grow in complexity, the interdisciplinary nature of systems engineering makes the visualization and comprehension of the underlying system models challenging for the various stakeholders. This, in turn, can affect validation and realization correctness. Furthermore, stakeholder collaboration is often hindered due to the lack of a common medium to access and convey these models, which are often partitioned across multiple 2D diagrams. This paper contributes VR-SysML, a solution concept for visualizing and interacting with Systems Modeling Language (SysML) models in Virtual Reality (VR). Our prototype realization shows its feasibility, and our evaluation results based on a case study shows its support for the various SysML diagram types in VR, cross-diagram element recognition via our Backplane Followers concept, and depicting further related (SysML and non-SysML) models side-by-side in VR.
Repeatable processes are fundamental for describing how enterprises and organizations operate, for production, for Industry 4.0, etc. As digitalization and automation progresses across all organizations and industries, including enterprises, business, government, manufacturing, and IT, evidence-based comprehension and analysis of the processes involved, including their variations, anomalies, and performance, becomes vital for an increasing set of stakeholders. Process Mining (PM) relies on logs or processes (as such evidence-based) to provide process-centric analysis data, yet insights are not necessarily visually accessible for a larger set of stakeholders (who may not be process or data analysts). Towards addressing certain challenges described in the Process Mining Manifesto, this paper contributes VR-ProcessMine, a solution for visualizing and interacting with PM results in Virtual Reality (VR). Our realization shows its feasibility, and a case-based evaluation provides insights into its capabilities.
VR-GitCity
(2023)
The increasing demand for software functionality necessitates an increasing amount of program source code that is retained and managed in version control systems, such as Git. As the number, size, and complexity of Git repositories increases, so does the number of collaborating developers, maintainers, and other stakeholders over a repository’s lifetime. In particular, visual limitations of command line or two- dimensional graphical Git tooling can hamper repository comprehension, analysis, and collaboration across one or multiple repositories when a larger stakeholder spectrum is involved. This is especially true for depicting repository evolution over time. This paper contributes VR-GitCity, a Virtual Reality (VR) solution concept for visualizing and interacting with Git repositories in VR. The evolution of the code base is depicted via a 3D treemap utilizing a city metaphor, while the commit history is visualized as vertical planes. Our prototype realization shows its feasibility, and our evaluation results based on a case study show its depiction, comprehension, analysis, and collaboration capabilities for evolution, branch, commit, and multi-repository analysis scenarios.
The increasing demand for software functionality necessitates an increasing amount of program source code that is retained and managed in version control systems, such as Git. As the number, size, and complexity of Git repositories increases, so does the number of collaborating developers, maintainers, and other stakeholders over a repository’s lifetime. In particular, visual limitations of Git tooling hampers repository comprehension, analysis, and collaboration across one or multiple repositories with a larger stakeholder spectrum. This paper contributes VR-Git, a Virtual Reality (VR) solution concept for visualizing and interacting with Git repositories in VR. Our prototype realization shows its feasibility, and our evaluation results based on a case study show its support for repository comprehension, analysis, and collaboration via branch, commit, and multi-repository scenarios.
VR-EDStream+EDA
(2023)
With increasing digitalization, the importance of data and events, which comprise its most fundamental level, cannot be overemphasized. All types of organizations, including enterprises, business, government, manufacturing, and the supporting IT, are dependent on these fundamental building blocks. Thus, evidence-based comprehension and analysis of the underlying data and events, their stream processing, and correlation with enterprise events and activities becomes vital for an increasing set of (grassroot or citizen) stakeholders. Thus, further investigation of accessible alternatives to visually support analysis of data and events is needed. This paper contributes VR-EDStream+EDA, a solution for immersively visualizing and interacting with data and event streams or pipelines and generically visualizing Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) in Virtual Reality (VR). Our realization shows its feasibility, and a case-based evaluation provides insights into its capabilities.
Veränderungen der Rolle von Controllern in Großkonzernen – Ergebnisse einer empirischen Erhebung
(2021)
Today’s Industry 4.0 Smart Factories involve complicated and highly automated processes. Nevertheless, certain crucial activities such as machine maintenance remain that require human involvement. For such activities, many factors have to be taken into account, like worker safety or worker qualification. This adds to the complexity of selection and assignment of optimal human resources to the processes and overall coordination. Contemporary Business Process Management (BPM) Systems only provide limited facilities regarding activity resource assignment. To overcome these, this contribution pro- poses a BPM-integrated approach that applies fuzzy sets and rule processing for activity assignment. Our findings suggest that our approach has the potential for improved work distribution and cost savings for Industry 4.0 production processes. Furthermore, the scalability of the approach provides efficient performance even with a large number of concurrent activity assignment requests and can be applied to complex production scenarios with minimal effort.
In elektrischen Maschinen werden zur Führung des magnetischen Flusses Eisenkerne aus voneinander isolierten, dünnen Elektroblechlamellen verwendet. Die weichmagnetischen Eigenschaften und der im Vergleich zu reinem Eisen erhöhte elektrische Widerstand dieses Werkstoffs sind essentiell für die Leistung und den Wirkungsgrad der Maschine. Bis zum fertigen Eisenkern beziehungsweise bis zum fertigen Antrieb durchläuft das Elektroband mehrere Fertigungsschritte. Durch das formgebende Schneiden werden die magnetischen Eigenschaften im Schnittkantenbereich beeinflusst, wodurch die Eisenverluste erhöht werden und die Polarisierbarkeit gesenkt wird. Darüber hinaus werden bei der Montage der Eisenkerne zusätzlich mechanische Spannungen in das Material eingebracht, was sich ebenfalls negativ auf die Performance der elektrischen Maschine auswirkt. Gegenstand dieser Arbeit ist die experimentelle Untersuchung der genannten Bearbeitungsverfahren auf die magnetischen Eigenschaften und Eisenverluste unter Berücksichtigung der Materialparameter wie Korngröße und Legierungsgehalt. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der quantitativen vergleichenden Bewertung der unterschiedlichen Schneidverfahren. Der zweite Teil dieser Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Auswirkungen von makroskopischen mechanischen Spannungen, wie sie bei der Montage entstehen, und der Korrelation mit den Auswirkungen des Schneidprozesses. Bei den untersuchten Materialien handelt es sich um großtechnisch hergestellte Seriengüten, welche in elektrischen Antrieben von Hybrid- und E-Fahrzeugen eingesetzt werden. Um den Einfluss des Schneidens zu untersuchen wurde ein experimentelles Verfahren entwickelt, welches sowohl makro- als auch mikromagnetische Untersuchungen kombiniert. Zusätzlich wurden lichtmikroskopische Aufnahmen und Mikrohärtemessungen durchgeführt. Damit die Ergebnisse vergleichbar sind wurde für beide Untersuchungsarten dieselbe Probengeometrie in Form vom Ringkernen gewählt. Für die Untersuchung von makroskopischen Spannungen wurde die feldmetrische Methode mit Streifenproben verwendet, sodass die mechanische Spannung homogen über den Probenquerschnitt anliegt.
The effect of personality and gender on individuals' propensity for corruption and corrupt behavior
(2020)
The Dimensional Accuracy of Thin-Walled Parts Manufactured by Laser-Powder Bed Fusion Process
(2020)
Production processes in Industry 4.0 settings are usually highly automated. However, many complicated tasks, such as machine maintenance, must be executed by human workers. In current smart factories, such tasks can be supported by Augmented Reality (AR) devices. These AR tasks rely on high numbers of contextual factors like live data from machines or work safety conditions and are mostly not well integrated into the global production process. This can lead to various problems like suboptimal task assignment, over-exposure of workers to hazards like noise or heat, or delays in the production process. Current Business Process Management (BPM) Systems (BPMS) are not capable of readily taking such factors into account. There- fore, this contribution proposes a novel approach for context- integrated modeling and execution of processes with AR tasks. Our practical evaluations show that our AR Process Framework can be easily integrated with prevalent BPMS. Furthermore, we have created a comprehensive simulation scenario and our findings suggest that the application of this system can lead to various benefits, like better quality of AR task execution and cost savings regarding the overall Industry 4.0 processes.
Die Anforderungen an gute Unternehmensführung (Corporate Governance) nehmen in der Praxis stetig zu. Dies ist zum einen auf eine stark ansteigende Regulierungsdichte zurückzuführen. Beispiele wie die 2018 in Kraft tretende EU-Datenschutzgrundverordnung, das neue CSR-Richtlinie-Umsetzungsgesetz oder das seit 2016 anzuwendende Gesetz zur gleichberechtigen Teilhabe von Frauen in Führungspositionen zeigen, dass internationale und nationale Gesetzgeber das Thema Corporate Governance als außerordentlich wichtig erachten.
Speichereinsatz versus Netzausbau - Methoden der Bürgerkommunikation am Beispiel des Projekts NEOS
(2020)
Enterprise Architecture (EA) Frameworks (EAFs) have attempted to support comprehensive and cohesive modeling and documentation of the enterprise. However, these EAFs were not conceived for today’s rapidly digitalized enterprises and the associated IT complexity. A digitally-centric EAF is needed, freed from the past restrictive EAF paradigms and embracing the new potential in a data-centric world. This paper proposes an alternative EAF that is digital, holistic, and digitally sustainable - the Digital Diamond Framework. D2F is designed for responsive and agile enterprises, for aligning business plans and initiatives with the actual enterprise state, and addressing the needs of EA for digitized structure, order, modeling, and documentation. The feasibility of D2F is demonstrated with a prototype implementation of an EA tool that applies its principles, showing how the framework can be practically realized, while a case study based on ArchiSurance example and an initial performance and scalability characterization provide additional insights as to its viability.
Relevance and Adoption of AI technologies in German SMEs – Results from Survey-Based Research
(2021)
Preliminary study: Polishing force measurement by viscosity - the return of ketchup polishing
(2021)
Potentials of Digital Business Models – Empirical investigation of data driven impacts in industry
(2018)
Potential Benefits of Enterprise Architecture Management in the Digital Transformation Process
(2020)
Organizational Aspects of Cyber Security in Family Firms – an Empirical Study of German Companies
(2021)
Organische Chemie
(2021)
Optimierung der Oberflächengüte additiv gefertigter transmittierender Optiken mittels Dip-Coating
(2018)
One Single Click is enough – an Empirical Study on Human Threats in Family Firm Cyber Security
(2021)
On the road again: Wie kann die Arbeitsgestaltung zur Arbeitsfreude bei mobiler Arbeit beitragen?
(2020)
The over-expression and aggregation of α-synuclein (αSyn) are linked to the onset and pathology of Parkinson's disease. Native monomeric αSyn exists in an intrinsically disordered ensemble of interconverting conformations, which has made its therapeutic targeting by small molecules highly challenging. Nonetheless, here we successfully target the monomeric structural ensemble of αSyn and thereby identify novel drug-like small molecules that impact multiple pathogenic processes. Using a surface plasmon resonance high-throughput screen, in which monomeric αSyn is incubated with microchips arrayed with tethered compounds, we identified novel αSyn interacting drug-like compounds. Because these small molecules could impact a variety of αSyn forms present in the ensemble, we tested representative hits for impact on multiple αSyn malfunctions in vitro and in cells including aggregation and perturbation of vesicular dynamics. We thereby identified a compound that inhibits αSyn misfolding and is neuroprotective, multiple compounds that restore phagocytosis impaired by αSyn overexpression, and a compound blocking cellular transmission of αSyn. Our studies demonstrate that drug-like small molecules that interact with native αSyn can impact a variety of its pathological processes. Thus, targeting the intrinsically disordered ensemble of αSyn offers a unique approach to the development of small molecule research tools and therapeutics for Parkinson's disease.