Competence Center Software Engineering (CC-SE)
The CC-SE conducts research on current topics in collaboration with industrial companies and public authorities based in Regensburg, such as Infineon Technologies AG, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH, and the State Office for Finance. This collaboration has so far resulted in the development of concrete products or services for partner companies within a few years. The CC-SE employs students, graduates and doctoral candidates to work on these projects. For many years, the CC-SE's research projects have played a key role in transferring technology from the university to industry.
Goals
- Initiating and implementing applied research projects on medium-term issues facing industry and the economy. •
- Promoting the transfer of technology from the university to industry.
- Initiating and promoting exchange between companies in the Regensburg area.
- Adapting student education to focus more closely on the key qualifications required in applied research and practice, and introducing young people to companies' research areas in the region.
Reference projects
Application-oriented research projects are being conducted under the direction of Professor Dr. Herrmann in cooperation with companies. The research projects include, among other things:
- AI-based testing of microchip batches with Infineon Technologies AG;
- mathematical models for increasing the yield of end products from individual wafers and their approximate solution with AMS-OSRAM International GmbH;
- a concept for an IT-supported tool for complaint management with Infineon Technologies AG;
- AI-based improvement of failure mode and effects analyses with Infineon Technologies AG.
Information about the management and advisory board
The Competence Centre for Software Engineering (CC-SE) forms part of the Institute for Applied Research and Economic Cooperation at Regensburg University of Applied Sciences. It is led by Professors Dr Tsakpinis and Dr Herrmann.
The advisory board acts as the CC-SE's steering committee. Each industry partner and the university is represented on the advisory board by one member. The advisory board determines the goals and tasks of the joint project, selects employees, and assigns them to research projects directly related to one of the participating partner companies. This involves taking on sub-projects and supporting research projects to transfer methodological and tool knowledge.
It also defines overarching research projects and provides the necessary resources. The scientific project manager collaborates closely with industry partners to develop project proposals, which are then discussed and approved by the advisory board.
Jobs at CC-SE
Founded in 2004, CC-SE has enjoyed great success in placing Master's students and graduates with participating industry partners in the field of research.
Doctorate at CC-SE
Would you like to complete your doctorate in collaboration with an industrial company? CC-SE offers the opportunity to undertake a cooperative doctorate as part of an application-oriented research project in collaboration with an industrial company.
Part-time Master's Degree
Would you like to earn your Master of Science degree without having to delay starting your career after graduation? CC-SE offers part-time Master's degree programmes in computer science and research.
Jobs for graduates
Are you looking for the right start to your career, with the chance to gain experience in interesting research projects at companies in the Regensburg area?
We are looking for dedicated graduates:
- B.Sc. Computer Science
- B.Sc. Business Informatics
- B.Sc. Mathematics
Please contact
Professor Dr. Athanossios Tsakpinis or
Professor Dr. Frank Herrmann.
Head of the CC-SE
Prof. Dr. Frank Herrmann
Professor Dr. Frank Herrmann was born in Münster, Germany, and studied computer science and mathematics at RWTH Aachen University, where he received a diploma in computer science in 1989. During his time at the Fraunhofer Institut IITB in Karlsruhe, he received his PhD in 1996 on resource planning problems. From 1996 to 2003 he worked at SAP AG in various positions, most recently as director. In 2003 he became professor of production logistics at the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg. He researches algorithms and optimisation models for operational production planning and control.
He has been dean of the faculty since October 2022.
Dean
Professor for Production Planning and Control
Teaching
Teaching areas
- Quantitative methods in operational production planning and control
- Business informatics
Lectures:
- Current Lectures:
- Production Planning and Control
- Advanced Production Planning
- Previous lectures: see here
Final theses
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Research
Research interests
For operational production planning and control:
- Quantitative methods.
- (Stochastic) optimisation (models and solution methods).
- Simulation.
- Case studies.
Laboratory(s)
- LIP
- Innovation Center for Production Logistics and Factory Planning (IPF)
- Competence Center for Software Engineering (CC-SE)
Competences
- Focus:
- The main areas of projects and experience can be summarised by IT in logistics. The focus here is on planning problems and inventory management. On the one hand, the decision problems for production planning and control and, on the other, the logistics processes (i.e. warehousing and transport through to supply chain management) are considered. Suitable algorithms for this are offered in today's Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP systems), whose behaviour is controlled by parameters. It is well known that the quality of the business processes controlled by ERP systems depends on these algorithms and, above all, on the parameter settings. I am therefore working on the further development of existing algorithms and the optimisation of parameter settings.
- As standard software is increasingly being used to control business processes, my application-oriented research takes into account the state of the art of standard software with regard to its technology and, above all, the business processes it can support. In any case, an application-orientated approach should also focus on the use of such systems. This leads to the consideration of operational issues as well as the selection and introduction of standard software.
- Data processing systems are used in companies to provide information technology support for business processes. A consideration of IT in logistics is incomplete without taking the corresponding business processes into account. That is why the consideration of business process analysis, design and optimisation rounds off my main areas of work.
- Processing of research projects within the framework of co-operative PhDs.
- IT for companies