LEADING IN INNOVATION RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION
Interdisciplinary research activities constitute an important branch of the CDTM. The interdisciplinary setting builds a fruitful foundation for a variety of research topics, as students, doctoral candidates and professors all bring in their expertise from different fields. In cooperation with various research partners, the CDTM realizes different research projects in the field of digital technology, both privately and publicly and funded.
OUR RESEARCH TOPICS AND APPLICATION AREAS
CDTM engages in a number of publicly funded research projects and initatives related to innovation, entrepreneurship and education. These range from EU-funded educational initiatives to advance innovation in areas of high future relevance such as health care or food consumption to local initatives that do research at the intersection of digital technology and other economic and social aspects.
Digitalization and Innovation
The focus of our research is how digitalization changes businesses in terms of innovation behaviour, implementation of new technologies and its impact on society. The projects are concentrated around the TIME-sector (telecommunication, information technology, media & entertainment), while setting a focus on applied output and prototype development with an entrepreneurial touch.
EXAMPLE PROJECTS
INNOVATION BEHAVIOR OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN GERMANY
in collaboration with the Munich Center for Internet Research
USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER VISION IN AN INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT
in collaboration with the Software Campus and Trumpf
DEVELOPMENT OF A UX MEASUREMENT METHOD BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING
in collaboration with the Software Campus and Holtzbrinck
EXAMPLE PROJECTS
EIT HEALTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION
in collaboration with various EIT partners like the Karolinska Institute, IESE business school and Imperial College London
EIT FOOD ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION
in collaboration with Queens University Belfast and the University of Cambridge
ENTREPRENEURSHIP4ALL@UBT
in collaboration with the University of Bayreuth
Entrepreneurship Education
In addition to our research in digital transformation, the CDTM works to disseminate entrepreneurship education to students all over the world. We aim to transfer our leading interdisciplinary innovation program to aspiring educational institutions. Through CDTM’s Train-the-Trainer Concept we can help your institution to integrate innovative teaching formats in your study programs and spark the entrepreneurial spirit among your students.
WORKSHOPS
How will digital innovation impact your business? How are players in other fields harnessing the opportunities within the intersection of digital technologies, human-centered design and Design Thinking? Our experienced researchers in the field of digital innovation offer individualized workshops to equip you with notion, tools and confidence to drive change across your business.
EXAMPLE PROJECTS
Design Thinking Workshop
for a small private bank
RESEARCH ASPECTS
INDIVIDUAL DISSERTATION TOPICS
The CDTM management team consist of doctoral candidates who pursue their dissertation in different research fields and in cooperation with a variety of departments and institutions.
