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ICM-Talents on the Road in Boston, Shanghai and Toronto

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The ICM Talents are travelling the world to advance their scientific projects. At the world's most renowned universities, they expand their skills and networks and get to know new cultures. In our series, they talk about their experiences.

With the Short-term Grants for Talents, the ICM enables young researchers from KIT and the University of Stuttgart to spend several weeks abroad at universities around the world. There, the young scientists also get to know new cities, cultures and worlds of mobility. Above all, however, they work at outstanding research institutes and expand their international and interdisciplinary scientific network. In the first part of this series, three of them report today on how their stays in the USA, China and Canada help them to further develop their own projects.

Marvin May - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

"I explore how intelligent data analysis in production planning can improve the sustainability of production from design to planning to manufacturing. To do this, I extend traditional models with clear sustainability goals and use big data analyses, natural language processing and pour this into AI approaches to a sustainable production economy. By staying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I can expand my research to include further sustainability dimensions and the implementation and integration of the most advanced machine learning algorithms."

Name/Institute: Dr. Marvin May - wbk Institute of Production Science, KIT

Research topic: Al4NAPP - Artificial intelligence for sustainable aggregated production planning

Institute USA: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - USA

Marvin May in front of the main entrance to MIT.
Science meets culture: Halloween and Thanksgiving are forthcomming.
MIT was originally located in Boston. In 1916, it moved across the Charles River to Cambridge. The citizens of Boston still have an impressive view of the famous university.

Annika Bastian - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

"I am researching the cultural influences on creativity in product development. To take my own cultural influences out of the foreground, I am conducting a study in China and in a Chinese team. In Shanghai, I am immersing myself in a new everyday life and gaining a new perspective on the results of my research and also on myself personally. My biggest challenge here is that my team has to speak English for my sake, so to speak. Everyone else in the team understands and speaks Chinese well enough to be able to follow meetings in Chinese."

Name/Institute: Annika Bastian - Institut of Product Engineering (IPEK), KIT

Research topic: Development of a support system to strengthen positive and overcome negative influences of cultural differences on creative problem-solving in geographically distributed product development teams.

Institute China: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University - China

Annika Bastian is conducting research as part of the Short-term Grants for Talents programme at Jiao Tong University in Shanghai.
Its skyline makes Shanghai one of the most famous metropolises in Asia.
Annika Bastian is researching the cultural influences on creative processes in product development. That is why it is important for her to familiarise herself with Chinese art and culture during her stay abroad.

Eugen Ernst - University of Toronto, Kanada

"My current research focuses on the use of generative AI in perceptive systems for automotive applications. During my stay so far, I have been able to gain valuable interdisciplinary insights into the application and research of AI and I am currently working at the Toronto Intelligent Systems Lab under the direction of Prof Igor Gilitschenski at the University of Toronto. The lab is part of the renowned Vector Institute, one of the world's leading research centres for artificial intelligence and machine learning. The institute was founded in 2017 by Geoffrey Hinton, among others, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics this week. Toronto also offers a vibrant, multicultural atmosphere that not only expands professional and personal networks, but also provides valuable international experience in a dynamic metropolis."

Name/Institute: Eugen Ernst - Institute of Industrial Automation and Software Engineering (IAS), University of Stuttgart

Research topic: Tracking and shape estimation of objects for driver assistance systems and robotic grasping.

Institute Kanada: Toronto Intelligent Systems Lab (Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence), University of Toronto - Kanada

The building of the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence looks as futuristic as its research topic. It is part of the University of Toronto.
From his workplace at the Vector Institute, Eugen Ernst looks across the campus to the historic main buildings of the University of Toronto.
Toronto at night: The city's landmark stands in the background. From its completion in 1976, the CN Tower was the tallest free-standing structure in the world for more than 30 years.

Future Mobility Grants - Talents on the Road

Want to know more about our Talents? In the coming weeks, they will talk about the new worlds of mobility and the universities they discover during their stays abroad. You can find out more about the ICM Future Mobility Grants on our homepage.

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