IMA Laboratory (Information Management Automotive Labor)
Intro
Solutions for the digital future - In the TechLab, scientists, students and practice partners research, teach and develop the latest topics and their practical application in the fields of: Digital enterprise, smart mobility and artificial intelligence. The TechLab's motto is: ‘From design thinking to prototypes’ and offers a modern and practice-oriented environment for the degree programmes:
- Digital Enterprise Management (DEM),
- Artificial Intelligence and Information Management (KIM) and
- Information Management Automotive (IMA).
- Laboratory team
- Prof Dr Dany Meyer
(Head of Laboratory),
Prof Dr Joerg-Oliver Vogt (IMA),
Prof Dr Oliver Grieble (DEM),
Prof Dr Stefan Faußer (KIM)
- Main areas of research
- Digital enterprise, Smart mobility, Artificial intelligence

Topics and fields of application research, teaching, transfer
The current working areas of the laboratory include the following topics:
- Development of innovative mobility applications
- Construction and validation of autonomous electric vehicles
- Application exercises by students on real products
- Development and testing of algorithms on function carriers and model vehicles
- Business and IT processes in the supply chain or in logistics networks (material and information flow)
- Industry 4.0 Applications and solutions
- Supply Chain Analytics, Big Data and Business Analytics and Intelligence
Specific laboratory equipment and facilities
- ElektroJeep (self-construction)
- Mini (experimental vehicle)
- Electric, digital drive-by-wire steering, gas/brake system (template for autonomous control)
- Autonomously driving model vehicles
- Exhibits automotive engineering
- autonomous robots
- Computer workstations
- BDE / MES systems (Rasperi Pi's)
- Production Tables
- Industry 4.0 - Applications
- Supply Chain Management Simulation Game






