Iisys

The Institute of Information Systems (iisys) represents the central research center for informatics of University of Applied Sciences Hof. It is financed by the free state of Bavaria, the Upper Franconia Foundation and the European Union. Current research projects are focused on integrated information systems designed to support operational business procedures.

By conducting technology projects with international partners, the institute is expanding its expertise in the area of information systems and can ensure the connection for international research and progresses. Building on this expertise, the institute is conducting application projects in cooperation with software and system houses, as well as the IT-Departments of large companies.

The goal of these projects is to generate new products and services to directly improve the management and data usage of mid-size companies. The software and system houses represent a multiplicator with the result that a large number of companies can use this expertise. The following research groups represent the institute:

• Analytical Information Systems
• Sustainability, Compliance and IT Laws
• System Integration
• Visual Analytics
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Multimedia Information Systems

The institute is a competence center for operational applications of informational systems. Iisys’ main task is to prove results of international research projects for practicality, to adjust them and to make them available for economy and society. It represents the connection between international research and development in this area and the actual practice in companies.

Especially the following project has particular trans-regional importance:

• Migraine Radar: The goal of this research project is the systematic analysis of factors responsible for episodic headache diseases like migraine or tension headache. One important research objective is the examination of the correlation between increased migraine attack rates and changing weather conditions. In 2011 Migraine Radar was one of the winners in the competition "Was macht gesund?" ('What makes healthy?') by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany). The migraine data are recorded via a web-based form as well as smartphone apps throughout Germany since June 2011. The second project phase has been started in June 2015 in cooporation with the Migraine and Headache Clinic Königstein and the Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology at University of Rostock. Furthermore, the migraine data acquisition was also extended to Austria and Switzerland.

iisys includes also projects which are serving the direct economic promotion:

• Your Way into the Cloud (completed): As part of the sponsored project of the European Social Funds (ESF), iisys is providing assistance for software producers interested in offering cloud services and SMU's interested in using them.
• eBusiness-Lotse Upper Franconia (completed): As part of the funding initiative "eKompetenz-Netzwerk für Unternehmen", iisys and the IGZ Bamberg, with the eBusiness-Lotsen Oberfranken, are providing vendor neutral and practical information for the eBusiness of companies, especially SMU and handcraft. Specifically, topics like Online-Marketing, cloud and information systems for resource efficient processes are in focus.
• Enterprise 4.0 for SME - The Digital Transformation (WiMiT): This project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and pays particular attention to foster research, technological development and innovation. WiMiT´s purpose is to contribute to more technolgical transfer between universities and SMEs. The idea is to support SMEs on their way to digitisation.

The scientific administration of the institute is represented by Richard Göbel and the deputy by Valentin Plenk, both professors of the Hof University. Anne-Christine Habbel is the managing director.

References

www.iisys.de