The Rieter Group is constantly expanding its technology leadership. The company is therefore supporting a new endowed professorship for Industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the ZHAW School of Engineering together with the Johann Jacob Rieter Foundation. The professorship deals with teaching and research in the field of industrial applications of artificial intelligence and will be advertised later this year.
The new endowed professorship will be established at the Center for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) of the ZHAW in Winterthur. In particular, it will be dedicated to the application of machine learning methods and knowledge-based systems in the context of processes in production and service. "The use of artificial intelligence in industry is becoming increasingly important, especially when it comes to the potential of data for evaluating and controlling complex processes. With the support of the Johann Jacob Rieter Foundation and the Rieter Group, we can further expand AI research in the field of industrial applications," explains Prof. Dr. Dirk Wilhelm, Director of the ZHAW School of Engineering.
For Rieter, the commitment is related to the implementation of its technology leadership strategy. "The use of artificial intelligence will make a significant contribution to automation, process optimization and thus to improving sustainability in the textile industry. It is thus an important element of the leading technology that Rieter offers," emphasizes Dr. Norbert Klapper, CEO Rieter.
The contribution of the Johann Jacob Rieter Foundation to the financing of the professorship is in line with the Winterthur Cluster Initiative. The increasing digitalization of production processes opens up new perspectives for Winterthur as a business location. "The Smart Machines cluster is gaining in importance," says Thomas Anwander, member of the Foundation Board, and adds: "The Endowed Chair for Industrial AI at the ZHAW aims to promote Winterthur as a technology location by pooling locally available strengths in mechanical engineering and Industry 4.0."
The endowed professorship will serve to build expertise in the field of Industrial AI and will preside over a group dedicated to teaching and research around trust-based machine learning. This involves, for example, the use of artificial intelligence with the aim of optimizing production processes in terms of the use of raw materials and energy and making expert knowledge more readily available. In addition to research, the new professorship will also be active in teaching, in the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Data Science, in the Master of Science in Engineering, and in continuing education, in the spirit of knowledge transfer.
The annual contribution of 300 000 CHF over a period of six years is financed in equal parts by the Rieter Group and the Johann Jacob Rieter Foundation.
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