Research Projects Wolfram Höpken

KIDZ (AI-based Digital Twin)

Dates

01.07.2022 – 30.06.2025

Content

The project aims to conceptualize an AI-based, self-learning digital twin, automatically adapting to the real system behavior and constituting an optimal digital representation of a production process. An expressive, semantic model serves as basis for novel approaches of artificial intelligence. Knowledge, generated by methods of artificial intelligence, is integrated into an overarching model and, thus, placed into an overall context. Such a model increases the interpretability and explainability of AI models and supports complex analysis and forecasts especially by simulation techniques. In doing so, methods of explainable AI enable the automatic description of AI models and generated knowledge as well as building self-explaining models. Wolfram Höpken serves as project leader and is responsible for the topic of explainable AI.

Research program

„Transfer – Scientific breakthroughs by artificial intelligence in the production sector“ by the Carl Zeiss Foundation

Budget

1,138 Mio. Euro

Project partners

Ravensburg-Weingarten University – Institute for Digital Transformation (project leader), University Stuttgart - Institute of Aircraft Design, IILS Ingenieurgesellschaft für Intelligente Lösungen und Systeme mbH, EKS InTec GmbH, FORCAM GmbH, ifm syntron gmbh

Enhancing Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas through Local Food Systems

Dates

01.05.2022 - 30.04.2025

Content

The project explores how entrepreneurial conditions within local food systems can be developed and contribute to greater sustainability in the food industry. Through quantitative and qualitative studies of entrepreneurs, decision-makers, and other stakeholders, the project aims to highlight and analyze the strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and challenges of local food systems. Wolfram Höpken is responsible for big data analysis (especially customer feedback) as well as analyzing the acceptance of different online functionalities to present local food offers in course of a laboratory trial.

Research program

Entrepreneurship for a Vibrant Landscape – Kamprad Family Foundation

Budget

7,002,416 SEK

Project partners

Mid Sweden University, University of Gothenburg, Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, Bocconi University, Jämtland/Härjedalen Region, Östersund Municipality, Åre Municipality, Krokom Municipality, Eldrimner, Torsta

ESKINAT – Development of a strategic concept for improving the availability of reliable information on sustainable offers in tourism

Dates

22.10.2021 - 13.02.2022

Content

Objective of the ESKINAT project is the analysis of design approaches for presenting sustainable offers on tourism online platforms. Within this project, Wolfram Höpken is responsible for analyzing the acceptance of various approaches to present sustainable offers in course of a panel survey and laboratory trial.

Research program

LIFT-Wissen of the Kompetenzzentrum Tourismus of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Budget

15.000 Euro

Project partners

Outdooractive AG (project leader), Compass Tourismus Partner eG, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Ravensburg-Weingarten University (Institute for Digital Transformation)

LAB4DTE (Lab for Digital Transformation and Entrepreneurship)

Dates

01.05.2020 – 31.12.2023

Content

Objective of the LAB4DTE is a continuous support of innovations and start-ups. Core element is a laboratory for validating digital innovations in the field of business intelligence & AI, robotics, IoT and 3D sensorics. The LAB4DTE brings together researchers, students, companies and potential entrepreneurs in an entrepreneurship ecosystem and inspires innovations and scientific start-ups. An accompanying research supports the evaluation of innovative ideas and identifies critical influence factors and barriers for the entrepreneurial success. Wolfram Höpken is leader of the project.

Research program

EXIST Potentials of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)

Budget

1,4 Mio. Euro

Project partners

University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten (project leader), Karlsruher Institute of Technologie (KIT), International Association of Lake Constance Universities (IBH), Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW), Office for Economic Development Ravensburg & Weingarten, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, ifm electronic GmbH, FORCAM GmbH, Amadeus Germany GmbH

Accompanying research and scientific analysis Corona pilot project Welfenfest

Dates

01.07.2021 – 31.08.2021

Content

The project aims to scientifically accompany the conceptualization and implementation of different event concepts of the Corona pilot project Welfenfest and empirically evaluate their success and acceptance by event attendees. Hereby, success factors for executing future and similar events and optimization potential for further strengthening the crisis worthiness of the event management are identified.

Research program

Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit und Integration Baden-Württemberg

Budget

6.000 Euro

Project partners

Steinbeis-Transferzentrum Gesundheits- und Sozial-System-Forschung der Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten

Accompanying research and scientific analysis NKI – Upgrading of bikeway infrastructure and establishment of attractive and environment-friendly mobility services

Dates

01.01.2020 – 31.03.2021

Content

The project NKI aims to implement a bike priority lane between Ravensburg and Weingarten as well as to establish a network of e-bike rental stations. The scientific analysis of the bikeway infrastructure investigates the achieved emission reduction, i.e. the transition of traffic to bicycles, as well as insights into concrete usage patterns or the load factor of specific track segments and rental stations (by frequent pattern und association rule mining), as input to a continuous improvement of the provided infrastructure. Wolfram Höpken is leader of the project.

Research program

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Budget

10.000 Euro

Project partners

Technische Werke Schussental, University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten

LAB4DTE (Lab for Digital Transformation and Entrepreneurship) Concept Phase

Dates

01.03.2019 – 31.08.2019

Content

EXIST Potentials is a funding measure in course of the funding framework Exist Entrepreneurship Culture (Exist Gründungskultur) for the improvement of the entrepreneurship network at universities and support of innovative and high-growth start-ups. During the concept phase, a concept for the LAB4DTE (Lab for Digital Transformation and Entrepreneurship) has been developed, facilitating the entrepreneurship culture and entrepreneurial independence at the university. Core element of the LAB4DTE is a laboratory for prototypically implementing and validating digital innovations. Wolfram Höpken is leader of the project.

Research program

EXIST Potentials of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)

Budget

92.685 Euro

Project partners

Modelling cultural tourism on the base of User Generated Content

Dates

01.08.2018 – 31.03.2021

Content

The project aims to model the behaviour and preferences of visitors in the area of cultural tourism based on analysing user generated content (UGC). Exemplarily, POI visitations and corresponding comments are extracted from Google Places and analysed by text mining techniques to identify cultural activities and visitor preferences. Association Rules and Sequential Pattern Mining are applied to analyse the POI visitation behaviour of cultural tourists and model behavioural patterns and trends in the area of cultural tourism.

Research program

Fri-Del

Budget

220.000 SEK

Project partners

Mid-Sweden University, University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten

eBusiness Competence Centre Sigmaringen

Dates

01.01.2016 – 31.12.2016

Content

Objective of the competence centre is the analysis and improvement of the ICT usage in the area of electronic commerce in the context of small and medium enterprises specifically in the region of Sigmaringen. In the course of field studies and investigations the ICT usage is analyzed, optimal usage scenarios are conceptualized and the improvement of the ICT usage by small and medium enterprises is facilitated. Main topics are online marketing & social media, mobile services, business intelligence and eTourism. Wolfram Höpken is leader of the competence centre.

Research program

“Land(auf)Schwung” of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Budget

87.513 Euro

Project partners

University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten (project leader), WIS GmbH Region Sigmaringen

DestinationHalland2020

Dates

01.01.2016 – 31.12.2017

Content

The project aims to create sustainable tools and models for collaboration within the Halland tourism industry to enhance business profitability and competitiveness in Halland. One main focus of the project is the area of business intelligence and knowledge creation by conceptualizing and implementing a destination management information system. Information from heterogeneous data sources is extracted by techniques from the area of text mining and stored into a central data warehouse by defining a homogeneous data structure. By using methods of data mining interesting patterns and relationships in the data are detected and especially cross-process analysis drilling across data stemming from different business processes like web navigation, booking or customer feedback are introduced and evaluated.

Research program

European Regional Development Fund

Budget

5.000.000 SEK

Project partners

European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR), Mid-Sweden University, Östersund, Schweden; Region Halland, Sweden

eBusiness Competence Centre Oberschwaben-Ulm

Dates

01.10.2012 – 30.09.2015

Content

Objective of the competence centre is the analysis and improvement of the ICT usage in the area of electronic commerce in the context of small and medium enterprises. In the course of field studies and investigations the ICT usage is analyzed, optimal usage scenarios are conceptualized and the improvement of the ICT usage by small and medium enterprises is facilitated. Main topics are online marketing & social media, mobile services, business intelligence and eTourism. Wolfram Höpken is leader of the competence centre.

Research program

Mittelstand Digital of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

Budget

583.310 Euro

Project partners

University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten (project leader), Chamber of Commerce Bodensee-Oberschwaben, Chamber of Commerce Ulm, Chamber of Crafts Ulm

HarmoSearch - Harmonised Semantic Meta-Search in Distributed Heterogeneous Databases

Dates

01.12.2010 – 30.11.2012

Content

Objective of the project HarmoSearch is the analysis and development of a platform-independent search mechanism for tourism services in heterogeneous data bases, based on techniques of the areas semantic web and schema matching. Main research activities are the development of a (semi-) automatic mapping tool, which allows users to generate mappings without any technological knowledge or mapping skills, and a semantic meta-search component, based on a semantic registry, to address scientific issues like mapping of search queries and intelligent routing to appropriate data sources. Wolfram Höpken is responsible for enhancing the HarmoNET ontology in the areas of the semantic registry and representation of search queries.

Research program

FP7-SME-2010-1

Budget

1.2 Million Euro

Project partners

x+o Business Solutions GmbH, Austria; ECTRL SOLUTIONS SRL, Italy; EC3 Networks GmbH, Austria Lehmann & Werder Museumsmedien GbR, Germany; Afidium Sarl, France; Technical University Vienna, Austria; Consorzia Pisa Ricerche SCARL, Italy; HarmoNET, Austria; Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Germany

KECoS – Competence Centre eCommerce Swabia

Dates

01.09.2009 – 30.09.2012

Content

Objective of KECoS is the analysis and improvement of the ICT usage in the area of electronic commerce in the context of small and medium enterprises. In the course of field studies and investigations the ICT usage is analyzed, optimal usage scenarios are conceptualized and the improvement of the ICT usage by small and medium enterprises is facilitated. Main topics are web engineering and online marketing (web 2.0), innovative eBusiness platforms, business process optimization and eTourism. Wolfram Höpken is leader of the competence centre KECoS.

Research program

Electronic Commerce Network (NEG) of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

Budget

655.872 Euro

Project partners

University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten (project leader), Chamber of Commerce Bodensee-Oberschwaben, Chamber of Commerce Ulm, Chamber of Crafts Ulm

Electronic Tourism Destination Tyrol

Dates

01.04.2008 – 31.03.2011

Content

Objective of this project is to prototypically develop and test new ICT-systems and related service components which support the building up of an ‘Electronic tourism knowledge destination’. Following the knowledge-based view of the firm, through generation, management and intelligent access of information relevant knowledge assets for tourism stakeholders will be increased and information asymmetries will be abolished. The project goals are encircling four research and development areas, namely mobile information services, electronic customer relationship management, multi-channel management as well as technology acceptance and usability. Wolfram Höpken is scientific supervisor of the project.

Research program

K-Regio program of the province Tyrol

Budget

1.5 Mill. Euro

Project partners

ECCA, Innsbruck (project leader); University Innsbruck; Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration; University Klagenfurt; Management Center Innsbruck; Tiscover AG, Innsbruck, Olympiaworld Innsbruck; Wintersport Tirol AG, Innsbruck; Glooo mobile Communities, Innsbruck; TransIT GmbH, Innsbruck; Dolomiti Superski, Wolkenstein, Italy; Sengaro GmbH, Innsbruck; Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe

CEN/ISSS workshop eTOUR: Harmonisation of data interchange in tourism

Dates

06.02.2008 – 30.04.2009

Content

The CEN/ISSS workshop on harmonisation of data interchange in tourism aims at producing guidelines for reaching global interoperability i.e. enabling seamless data interchange and execution of eBusiness processes in the tourism sector. The workshop will especially deal with the following topics: identification of needs of B2B and B2C partners for harmonised data interchange; analysis of existing initiatives and approaches for flexible harmonisation and global interoperability; analysis of gaps in the design of current interoperability approaches; recommendations concerning a general framework for eTourism related information interchange and interoperability. Wolfram Höpken in chairing the CEN/ISSS workshop eTOUR.

Research program

CEN/ISSS workshop program

Budget

80.000 Euro

Project partners

ECCA, Innsbruck (project leader); Standards Norway, Lysaker, Norway; x+o, Vienna; CICtourGUNE, San Sebastian, Spain; Afidium, Massy, France; University of Applied Sciences Worms, BRD

Intelligent Location-Based Information (ILBI)

Dates

01.01.2008 – 31.12.2010

Content

The project ILBI deals with intelligent location-based and user-specific information provision. Main foci of the project are using RFID technology for user localisation as well as adaptive, rule-based push technology for context-aware, active provision of relevant information. Within the project, Wolfram Höpken is responsible for analysing and providing intelligent push technology as well as integrating the project results into the mobile tourist guide Innsbruck.mobile.

Research program

INTERREG IV A framework of the European Union

Budget

480.000 Euro

Project partners

University of Innsbruck, Austria (project leader); ECCA, Innsbruck, Austria; University of Rosenheim, BRD; City of Rosenheim, BRD

EuroMuse

Dates

01.01.2008 – 31.12.2010

Content

Objective of the EuroMuse project is the Europe-wide harmonisation of museum and exhibition information and their global availability. The EuroMuse project will make use of a mechanism for automatically integrating heterogeneous data developed within the Harmonise project. Within the EuroMuse project, Wolfram Höpken is responsible for integrating the Harmonise interoperability mechanism and coordinating the process of defining and committing a uniform ontology for the domain museums & exhibitions.

Research program

eTEN framework of the European Union (project no. 46229)

Budget

3 Mill. Euro

Project partners

Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), Berlin, BRD (project leader); Ibacn, Bologna, Italy; Museum of History of Art Vienna, Austria; ECCA, Innsbruck, Austria; Comune di Rimini, Italy; Provincia di Rimini, Italy; Amitie, Bologna, Italy

etPackaging

Dates

01.04.2006 – 31.03.2008

Content

Objective of the project etPackaging was the analysis and design of a process for dynamically bundling tourism services taking into consideration all stakeholders requirements (i.e. tourists, suppliers, intermediaries). Main foci of the project were the integration of supplier- and customer-initiated service bundles into one single bundling process as well as the personalisation of the bundling process and customer relationship management. Wolfram Höpken was responsible for the organisational and scientific lead of the project.

Research program

Competence Center Program Kind of the Austrian Research Funding Institution (FFG)

Budget

830.000 Euro

Project partners

ECCA, Innsbruck (project leader); InfoTerm, Vienna; Europäische Reiseversicherung, Vienna; Invent GmbH, Vienna; Österreich Werbung, Vienna; Raiffeisen Informatik, Vienna; Xploration, Vienna; ITC-irst, Trento, Italy; Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration; Donau University Krems

etPlanner

Dates

01.04.2004 – 31.03.2008

Content

The project etPlanner dealt with the design and development of a mobile tourist guide. Main foci of the etPlanner project were the areas: Adaptation & personalisation, i.e. the dynamic adaptation of content, presentation and behaviour of the application to the user, the usage context and the used device; intelligent recommender systems for avoiding information overload by filtering information or tourism services based on customer profiles or preferences; intelligent push services actively providing the user with especially location-based information. Wolfram Höpken was responsible for the organisational and scientific lead of the project.

Research program

Competence Center Program Kind of the Austrian Research Funding Institution (FFG)

Budget

2,3 Mill. Euro

Project partners

ECCA, Innsbruck (project leader); Tiscover, Innsbruck; Eurotours / Österreichisches Verkehrsbüro, Vienna; mobilkom austria, Vienna; City of Innsbruck; Glooo mobile Communities, Innsbruck; ConfigWorks, Klagenfurt; TransIT, Innsbruck; XQueue, Offenbach am Main, BRD; University of Innsbruck; University of Klagenfurt

etNewProduct

Dates

01.04.2004 – 31.03.2008

Content

Objective of the project etNewProduct was the optimisation of online distribution channels in tourism. Appropriate analysis methods and decision support components were developed enabling new and trend setting possibilities of intelligent product development in tourism. Main aspects of the project were website performance analysis as well as analysis of online auction platforms as new, increasingly important distribution channel in tourism. Wolfram Höpken was responsible for the organisational and scientific lead of the project.

Research program

Competence Center Program Kind of the Austrian Research Funding Institution (FFG)

Budget

840.000 Euro

Project partners

ECCA, Innsbruck (project leader); Tiscover, Innsbruck; Tourismus Technologie GmbH Niederösterreich; Tourismus Technologie GmbH Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich Werbung; Europäische Reiseversicherung, Vienna; University of Innsbruck; Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration; TRC Krems; Donau University Krems

etAcceptance & Website Evaluation

Dates

01.04.2004 – 31.03.2008

Content

The project etAcceptance analysed acceptance barriers of ICT applications in tourism and developed tools for optimising usage rates of selected applications. Main areas of research within this project were the intention and willingness to use mobile information services and the acceptance of tourism websites. Based on a comprehensive criteria catalogue for evaluating websites, the biggest Austrian web award for websites from different tourism sectors is executed annually since 2005 under the management of Wolfram Höpken (www.webaward2008.at).

Research program

Competence Center Program Kind of the Austrian Research Funding Institution (FFG)

Budget

460.000 Euro

Project partners

ECCA, Innsbruck (project leader); University of Innsbruck; Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

etCurriculum

Dates

01.04.2004 – 31.03.2008

Content

Objective of the project etCurriculum was to support the tourism industry in qualifying its human resources and adopt as well as extend tourism curricula content in the area of eTourism. The tourism curricula content was prepared based on new information technologies (eLearning) and provided to tourism education institutions for prototypical evaluation within the tourism education and training practice. Within this project, Wolfram Höpken was responsible for defining ICT-oriented curricula content.

Research program

Competence Center Program Kind of the Austrian Research Funding Institution (FFG)

Budget

380.000 Euro

Project partners

ECCA, Innsbruck (project leader); Management Center Innsbruck (MCI); University of Applied Science Krems; University of Applied Science Riedlingen; Xploration, Vienna; Siemens, Vienna

Harmo-TEN

Dates

01.06.2004 – 31.01.2006

Content

Objective of the Harmo-TEN project was the preparation and validation of the market entrance phase of the tourism harmonisation solution developed during the Harmonise project. Within this project, Wolfram Höpken was responsible for managing a work package for refining and validating the ontology definition and maintenance process. Analogue to the Harmonise project, he organised the international ontology task force and a series of ontology workshops.

Research program

eTEN framework of the European Union (project no. C510828)

Budget

1,7 Mill. Euro

Project partners

Electronic Commerce Competence Centre (project leader), Vienna, Austria; IFITT; Regione dell’Umbria, Italy; CPR, Pisa, Italy; ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy; The Travel Technology Initiative (TTI), London, UK; World Tourism Organisation (WTO); European Travel Commission (ETC); Eurotours, Kitzbühel, Austria; Tiscover, Innsbruck, Austria; Instituto de Turismo de España; Tirol Werbung, Innsbruck, Austria

Harmonise

Dates

01.07.2001 – 31.07.2003

Content

Within the Harmonise project for harmonising the electronic data interchange in the tourism domain, Wolfram Höpken was responsible for managing two work packages, the analysis of existing standardisation initiatives in tourism as well as the definition and commitment of a comprehensive ontology for the tourism sector as point of reference for a mapping between heterogeneous data formats. As ontology manager he was responsible for organising the international ontology task force comprised of the organisations ICEP, Tiscover, Maison de la France, Finnish Tourist Board, Swedish Travel and Tourism Council (ST&TC), CEN/ISSS, World Tourism Organisation (WTO), What’s on When, The Travel Technology Initiative (TTI), Tourspain und EnglandNet.

Research program

IST framework of the European Union (project no. IST-2000-29329)

Budget

2 Mill. Euro

Project partners

ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy (project leader); T6, Rom, Italy; International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT); ICEP, Lissabon, Portugal; CNR IASI, Rom, Italy; Electronic Commerce Competence Centre (EC3), Vienna, Austria; national tourism organisations (NTOs)

IFITT RMSIG

Dates

01.11.1999 – 17.08.2004

Content

Objective of the IFITT Reference Model Special Interest Group (IFITT RMSIG, www.rmsig.de) was the harmonisation of electronic tourism markets. The reference model is intended to enable the description of specific models for specific standards or data exchange formats in a form understandable by other communication partners. The IFITT RMSIG was founded by Wolfram Höpken in 1999 within IFITT (International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism) and has been comprised of over 80 members (e.g. Air 2000, University of Athens, FAW Linz, Siemens AG Austria, Start Amadeus, University of Tilburg, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, World Association of Travel Agencies, etc.). The work of the IFITT RMSIG is now continued within the HarmoNET initiative (www.harmonet.org).