Transfer
An overview of our cooperation projects can be found on the pages of the Bits to Energy Lab, a joint initiative with ETH Zurich and the University of St. Gallen where much of our work is conducted.
Transfer activities
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DOAG.tvInterview featuring Dr. Konstantin Hopf together with Dr. Benjamin Linnik
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Telekom LEX (Learning from Experts)
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QualityMinds Lunch & LearnTalk: “Value Creation with Machine Learning”
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DOAG AI Navigator ConferenceProgram contribution “Von der Theorie zur Praxis: Fallstudien zur KI-Wertschöpfung in Unternehmen” together with Dr. Benjamin Linnik
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SAP Inspiration SessionsKeynote: “Process Model for Machine Learning Value Creation in Organizations”
News
As part of the bachelor's course Information Systems in Industry, Commerce and Services (Summer Semester 2026), Felix Haag, co-founder of System One Labs, will give a talk on "SalesCoach: A Contrasting Paradigm to Traditional Information Systems".
System One Labs is a University of Bamberg spin-off that combines behavioral economics research with AI to support sales professionals through data-driven, personalized coaching. The talk explores how modern AI-based systems challenge classical CRM approaches and what new possibilities for human-technology interaction in sales are emerging.
On Thursday, 2 July 2026, we are hosting an interactive Scrum workshop from 11:30 to 15:00 in room C33.U12. We are pleased to welcome Juliana Petrus (Consultant at MHP Management and IT Consulting GmbH) as our speaker. She will share practical insights into agile software development and project management methods.
The workshop is open to students enrolled in "Software Engineering" and "Project Management in Digital Organizations". To plan room capacities, please sign up in the group "Scrum Workshop" in your respective OPAL course by 19 June 2026.
Deniz Oruç Çelik will present initial findings from his study on career success among data scientists at the TDWI Conference in Munich (23–25 June 2026). The contribution, “The Overlooked Profession in the Age of AI? Initial Insights into Data Science Career Success,” examines which observable career factors can explain professional success in the data science occupation. Based on professional networking data, the study shows how established predictors from career research can be used to analyse an emerging IT profession.
Prof. Dr. Konstantin Hopf and Deniz Oruç Çelik will present the talk “Crafting AI: Tensions Between Data Science Craftsmanship and Management Expectations” at data2day 2026 in Cologne. The contribution examines why data science and AI projects in organizations often fail to deliver the expected value. It focuses on the tension between management expectations of technically plannable AI solutions and the craft-based, exploratory nature of practical data science work. Based on more than 100 interviews, the talk presents 15 tactics for more effective management of AI projects.
Two articles were published in the Heise AI column this year. In the article AI Navigator #13: Artificial Intelligence Overtakes the Daily, Heise AI Column 08/2025, Konstantin Hopf, Karoline Glaser (TU Dresden) and Daniel Dorsch (QualityMinds GmbH) describe the influence of AI on agile working methods. In the article AI Navigator #9: Between creativity and predictability 01/2025, Konstantin Hopf describes the tension between management expectations and practical implementation in data science projects.
Chair represented with two contributions at the AI Navigator Conference
31.08.2025 - Deniz Oruç Çelik
The AI Navigator Conference is the meeting place for the professional application of AI in companies and organisations and its impact on politics, business and society. Marcel Merkel spoke about the working practices of data scientists at the interface between specialist departments, IT and data in his presentation ‘AI and the rest of the world: Successful collaboration in data science projects’. Dr Konstantin Hopf held a full-day training course ‘From data to decisions – Machine learning as an analysis tool in companies’.