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IU Research Incubator

A place to incubate ideas

The IU Research Incubators are institutionalised kick-off funds and are aimed at researchers who want to develop and deepen a research idea and need time and resources to do so in order to advance major publications, product developments or third-party funding proposals. 

Read-Aloud Maths

Exploring practical text-to-speech solutions for learning with mathematical content in higher education.

  • Beteiligte Professor:innen:Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paul Libbrecht, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Robert Graf, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Nazli Andjic, Prof. Dr. Tim Schlippe

  • Dauer: 04/2026 – 03/2028

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WarNung

Wahrnehmung rechtsextremer Narrative und Anschlusshandeln: Entwicklung einer innovativen qualitativen Erhebungsmethodik

  • Beteiligte Professor:innen: Dennis Walkenhorst, Jens Ostwaldt

  • Dauer: 12 Monate

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EDIVAX-HPV

Development of a Cost-effective Edible Vaccine Candidate Against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection and Cervical Cancer

  • Beteiligte Professor:innen:
    Dr. Andreas Lössl
    Prof. Dr. Mohammad Tahir Waheed

  • Dauer: 18 Monate: 2026-2027

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TAPAS

Tailored Automated Pain Assessment Systems

  • Beteiligte Professor:innen:
    Prof. Dr. Heinke Hihn

  • Dauer: 01.04.2026 bis 31.05.2027

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PAIK

Interprofessionelle Lehre neu gedacht – Partizipative Analyse und Weiterentwicklung KI-gestützter Bot-Lösungen im Hochschulsetting

  • Beteiligte Professor:innen:
    Prof. Dr. Marion Roddewig
    Prof. Dr. Sandra Pahr-Hosbach
    Prof. Dr. Marian Benner-Wickner

  • Dauer: 24 Monate

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medXQML

XQML in biomedical research: Advancing molecular-phenotypic association studies through the integration of explainable quantum machine learning

  • Professors involved:
    Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Elena Jolkver

  • Duration: 2 years

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AI.CON

Studies on the impact of GenAI on the self-perception and consumer behaviour of Generation Z

  • Professors involved:
    Prof. Dr. Henrik Vogel
    Prof. Dr. Susanne O‘Gorman
    Gabriele Leppelmann

  • Duration: 01.04.2026 – 30.03.2028

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PAL

Personality-based adaptive learning

  • Professors involved:
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kristina Schaaff
    Prof. Dr. Marc-André Heidelmann

  • Duration: 01.07.2025 – 30.06.2027

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MESSCAI

Measuring & Strengthening Students’ Self-Concept of AI

  • Professors involved:
    Prof. Dr. Claudia Heß
    Prof. Dr. Cornelia Heinisch
    Prof. Dr. Sibylle Kunz
    Prof. Dr. Adrienne Steffen

  • Duration: 01.10.2025 – 30.09.2027

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Crypto Expert Survey

Empirical basis for academic research on expectation formation in the crypto sector

  • Professors involved:
    Prof. Dr. David Florysiak

    Prof. Dr. Andrey Afanasiev

    Sven Wagenknecht (Industry Partner)

  • Duration: 01.02.2025 – 31.01.2027

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IMA-XR

A New AI System for Large-Scale Analysis of Attitudes, Sentiments and Consumption Trends in the Sports Sector

  • Professors involved:
    Bertram Taetz
    Gabriele-Bleser Taetz
    Janki Dodiya
    Armin Grasnick

  • Duration: 10/2025 –09/2027

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Fan Trend Tracker

A New AI System for Large-Scale Analysis of Attitudes, Sentiments and Consumption Trends in the Sports Sector

  • Professors involved:
    Prof. Dr. Francisco Tigre Moura
    Prof. Dr. Visieu Lac

  • Duration: 2 years

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UMUKITA

Study on everyday musical behaviour in child day care centres

  • Professors involved:
    Prof. Dr phil. Rebecca Voss
    Prof. Dr Immanuel Ulrich

  • Duration: 01.07.2025 - 30.06.2027

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M·E·T·A·S

Measures for Energy Transition with Artificial Societies

  • Professors involved:
    Prof. Dr. Maik Günther
    Prof. Dr. Guido Bayard

  • Duration: 2025 – 2027

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FiBiSen

Financial education of senior citizens

  • Professors involved:
    Prof. Dr Johannes Treu
    Prof. Dr Stephan Otto
    Prof. Dr Okka Zimmermann

  • Duration: 10/2025 – 09/2027

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Project VR Sono

Boost your ultrasound-skills using Virtual Reality

  • Professors involved:
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Armin Grasnick
    Prof. Dr. Christian Erker
    Dr. Sheikh Radiah Rahim Rivu
    Dr.-Ing. Ali Mehmood Khan

  • Duration: 10/2025 – 10/2027

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Value attitudes and payment behaviour

Creation of a database for the integration of international economic and economic-psychological factors

  • Professors involved:
    Prof. Dr Julia Pitters
    Prof. Dr Max Pumperla
    Prof. Dr Franz Seitz

  • Duration: 2 years

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DIGITASA

Pulse survey on digitalisation (in) social work from the perspective of practice

  • Professors involved:

    Prof. Dr Jakob Tetens

    Prof. Dr Juliane Wahren

    Prof.in Dr Annemarie Matthies

    Prof. Dr Jan Sailer

  • Duration: 04/2025 - 03/2027

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AI-Buddy Luna

Determining the needs and requirements of children and adolescents for an AI chatbot in health prevention - using the example of the Healthyfy platform

  • Professors involved:
    Laura-Maria Altendorfer
    Olaf Langhardt

  • Duration: 01.01.2025 to 31.12.2026

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ESSTAI

Strengthening sales and service teams: AI training in times of skills shortages

  • Professors involved:
    Philipp Diebold
    Cecile Kornmann

  • Duration: 2 years

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UMASC 4 BioMed

Universal Multimodal Actuator Sensor Chip (UMASC) for biomedical applications

  • Involved Professors:
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Moustafa Nawito
    Prof. Dr. med. Amani Mahmoud Nawito

  • Duration: 01.10.2024 - 30.09.2026

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AFMoS

Adaptive Radio Channel Modelling of Wireless Condition Monitoring Systems

  • Involved Professors:
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olaf C. Haenssler, PhD
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kamel Haddadi

  • Duration: 2 years

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AFMoS

Adaptive Radio Channel Modelling of Wireless Condition Monitoring Systems

  • Involved Professors:
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olaf C. Haenssler, PhD
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kamel Haddadi

  • Duration: 2 years

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RRiL

Representation of Law in Logic for the Automation of Legal Norms

  • Involved Professors: Prof. Dr. Ralf Kneuper ralf.kneuper@iu.org Prof. Dr. Petra Beenken petra.beenken@iu.org Prof. Dr. Ulrich John ulrich.john@iu.org Prof. Dr. TianXiang Lu tianxiang.lu@iu.org

  • Duration: 07/2024 – 06/2026

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AStra

At home on the street: Investigating the lives and worlds of homeless young people in Germany

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Impression Management through Synthetic and Digital Human Avatars

Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes in Online Education

  • Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Andreas Hellmann, Prof. Dr. Jessica Hastenteufel, Dr. Lawrence Ang, Dr. Suresh Sood, Prof. Dr. Bernd Joers, Dr. Polina Khrennikova

  • Duration: 2024

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KiBiScH

Childhood educators in all-day education and care - studies on the pedagogical support of children aged 6-12 in schools and after-school care centres

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AMO

Automatic Music Orchestration with Machine Learning/AI

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KIDZ

AI-supported detection of cyber attacks (especially zero-day exploits) on IT infrastructures

  • Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Alexander Lawall, alexander.lawall@iu.org, Prof. Dr. Thomas Zöller, thomas.zoeller@iu.org

  • Duration: 01.09.2024 – 31.08.2026

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Digital Legislation

Artificial intelligence and other innovative technologies for planning laws

  • Contact person: Prof. Dr. Heiko Krüger

  • Duration: 01.09.2023 until 31.11.2024

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The sustainable transformation

Examining sustainability and ESG as drivers for business success

  • Contact person: Prof. Dr. Christian Kroll

  • Duration: 01.10.2023 until 30.09.2025

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Vision

Virtual Interactive Simulation vw. Online and non-tech coaching

  • Contact person: Prof. Dr. Ellena Werning

  • Duration: 01.03.2024 -28.02.2026

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DigiLearn

DigiLearn: How students learn in distance learning programmes

  • Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Immanuel Ulrich, Prof. Dr. Christina Buschle, Prof. Dr. Mario Herrmann

  • Duration: 01.03.2024 - 28.02.2026

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Beendete Projekte

Awards, accreditations and certifications