Springer Automation, Communication and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering 2015/2016

Foreword.- List of Contributors.- Part 1: Agile and Turbulence-Suitable Processes for Knowledge and Technology Intensive Organizations.- Part 2: Next-Generation Teaching and Learning Concepts for Universities and the Economy.- Part 3: Cognitive IT-Supported Processes for Heterogeneous and Cooperative Systems.- Part 4: Target Group-Adapted User Models for Innovation and Technology Development Processes.- Part 5: Semantic Networks and Ontologies for Complex Value Chains and Virtual Environments. From the Back Cover This book continues the tradition of its predecessors Automation, Communication and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering 2009/2010 and 2011/2012 and includes a representative selection of scientific publications from researchers at the institute cluster IMA/ZLW & IfU. IMA - Institute of Information Management in Mechanical Engineering ZLW - Center for Learning and Knowledge Management IfU - Associated Institute for Management Cybernetics e.V. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University The book presents a range of innovative fields of application, including: cognitive systems, cyber-physical production systems, robotics, automation technology, machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, predictive data analytics, visual analytics, innovation and diversity management, demographic models, virtual and remote laboratories, virtual and augmented realities, multimedia learning environments, organizational development and management cybernetics. The contributions selected reflect the fundamental paradigm shift toward an increasingly interdisciplinary research world which has always been both the basis and spirit of the institute cluster IMA/ZLW & IfU. " About the Author Sabina Jeschke is Head of the ZLW/IMA&IfU Institute Cluster of the RWTH Aachen University.  Ingrid Isenhardt is director deputy head of the IMA/ZLW & IfU Institute Cluster of the RWTH Aachen University. Frank Hees is vice deputy head of the IMA/ZLW & IfU Institute Cluster and managing partner and consultant of the Nets ’n’ Clouds Consulting für Technologieentwicklung und Organisationsoptimierung GmbH.  Klaus Henning is senior advisor of the IMA/ZLW & IfU Institute Cluster of the RWTH Aachen University and senior consultant at the Osto Systemberatung GmbH.