Project Details
Description
Funding period 1: 01.04.2017-31.03.2021
Funding period 2: 01.04.2021-31.03.2025; The Pro2Future initiative builds on top of the consortiums
expertise in mechatronic systems, networked embedded systems, cyber-physical systems, smart/pervasive/ubiquitous
systems, systems of systems, big data analytics and data-driven predictive models, semantic and intelligent systems,
and will explore innovative ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) for production systems and future products.
The main emphasis is on cognitive systems.
Pro2Future attempts for next generation products and manufacturing machinery (holistically combining batch and
continuous process industries), with embedded cognitive capabilities so as to perceive, understand, interpret, learn,
reason and deduce, and act in an autonomous, self-organized way together with humans. This includes three major
scientific areas, each taken from foundational and goal-oriented research disciplines related to cognitive systems,
namely (i) Perception and Aware Systems, (ii) Cognitive Robotics and Shop Floors and (iii) Cognitive Decision Making,
ultimately delivering the technological underpinning of (iv) Cognitive Products and (v) Cognitive Production Systems.
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 01.04.2017 → 31.03.2025 |
Collaborative partners
- Johannes Kepler University Linz (lead)
- Fronius International GmbH (Project partner)
- Andritz AG (Project partner)
- Trumpf Maschinen Austria (Project partner)
- voestalpine Stahl GmbH (Project partner)
- Leistritz Extrusionstechnik GmbH (Project partner)
- Tiger Coatings (Project partner)
- Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH (Project partner)
- KNAPP AG (Project partner)
- Graz University of Technology (Project partner)
- PROFACTOR GmbH (Project partner)
- Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) (Project partner)
- Université de Lorraine (Project partner)
- University of Maribor (Project partner)
- University of Stuttgart (Project partner)
- Uppsala University (Project partner)
- AMAG Austria Metall GmbH (Project partner)
- ams AG (Project partner)
- AZO GmbH + Co. KG (Project partner)
- FISCHER SPORTS GMBH (Project partner)
- GAW GROUP Pildner-Steinburg Holding GmbH (Project partner)
- Magna Steyr AG & Co KG (Project partner)
- SFL technologies GmbH (Project partner)
- Siemens AG Österreich (Project partner)
- TCM International Tool Consulting & Management GmbH (Project partner)
- Wacker Neuson (Project partner)
- KEBA AG (Project partner)
- Technical University of Munich (Project partner)
- AVL List GmbH (Project partner)
- Epcos OHG (Project partner)
Fields of science
- 102006 Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW)
- 502007 E-commerce
- 202027 Mechatronics
- 205 Materials Engineering
- 102008 Computer graphics
- 202003 Automation
- 102009 Computer simulation
- 202 Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering
- 102 Computer Sciences
- 102033 Data mining
- 104018 Polymer chemistry
- 102010 Database systems
- 104019 Polymer sciences
- 102013 Human-computer interaction
- 102015 Information systems
- 102014 Information design
- 102016 IT security
- 102019 Machine learning
- 202035 Robotics
- 202034 Control engineering
- 509018 Knowledge management
- 505002 Data protection
- 205012 Polymer processing
- 205011 Polymer engineering
- 203013 Mechanical engineering
- 203015 Mechatronics
- 102022 Software development
- 102021 Pervasive computing
- 102001 Artificial intelligence
- 202007 Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
- 102003 Image processing
- 102025 Distributed systems
- 202017 Embedded systems
- 211912 Product design
- 101028 Mathematical modelling
- 502059 Circular economy
- 211902 Assistive technologies
- 102035 Data science
- 502058 Digital transformation
- 506002 E-government
- 203022 Technical mechanics
- 102020 Medical informatics
- 103021 Optics
- 102028 Knowledge engineering
JKU Focus areas
- Sustainable Development: Responsible Technologies and Management
- Digital Transformation
Projects
- 1 Active
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Pro²Future II: Pro²Future II - Cognitive and Sustainable Products and Production Systems of the Future
Ferscha, A. (PI)
01.04.2025 → 31.03.2029
Project: Funded research › FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency
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Visual saliency distribution maps for explaining time-series AI models used in continuous production of textile fibers
Haslgrübler, M., Azadi, B. & Ferscha, A., Mar 2026, In: Information Fusion. 127, C, 12 p., 103897.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Evaluating User Safety Aspects of AI-Based Systems in Industrial Occupational Safety: A Critical Review of Research Literature
Huber, J., Anzengruber-Tanase, B., Schobesberger, M., Haslgrübler-Huemer, M., Fischer-Schwarz, R. & Ferscha, A., 29 Apr 2025, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22, 5, 25 p., 705.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access -
Federated Few-Shot Learning for Epileptic Seizure Detection Under Privacy Constraints
Sysoykova, E., Anzengruber-Tanase, B., Haslgrubler, M., Seidl, P. & Ferscha, A., 09 Dec 2025, 12 p. (arXiv.org; no. 2512.13717).Research output: Working paper and reports › Preprint
Open Access
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AI for Industry: Federated, Sustainable and Human-centered
Ferscha, A. (Speaker)
24 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › science-to-science
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Federated Neuromorphic Thinking
Ferscha, A. (Speaker)
05 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › science-to-science
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Pro²Future II
Ferscha, A. (Speaker)
06 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Other talk or presentation › science-to-science
Prizes
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Best Technical Paper Award
Anzengruber-Tanase, B. (Recipient), Haslgrübler-Huemer, M. (Recipient), Sopidis, G. (Recipient) & Ferscha, A. (Recipient), Jun 2022
Prize: Prize, award or honor