Iisys and Bavarian State Tax Office: Cooperation to be continued

Tax evasion should become more difficult - this has been the goal of the cooperation between Hof University of Applied Sciences and the Bavarian State Tax Office (BayLfSt) for two years. Due to the great satisfaction with the work of the Institute for Information Systems (iisys) at Hof University of Applied Sciences, the authority is now continuing the cooperation. [more]

published: 14.11.2022

More attention for bioplastics – The K trade fair makes it possible!

For three years it did not take place due to corona, but now the Institute for Applied Biopolymer Research of Hof University of Applied Sciences (ibp) was finally able to participate as an exhibitor at the K trade fair in Düsseldorf. With more than 3000 exhibitors, it is one of the leading trade fairs in the field of plastics and rubber industry [more]

published: 09.11.2022

Applied research at iisys: Hofer speech recognition software is used worldwide

As part of the project "Digital Transformation of Medium-Sized Businesses with Artificial Intelligence (DAMMIT)", members of the System Integration research group at iisys led by Prof. Dr. René Peinl are also conducting research on the topics of speech recognition and speech synthesis. The data set for speech synthesis developed by the research group is now being used by Nvidia, one of the five most important players worldwide in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). [more]

published: 08.11.2022

High energy costs: “Study in presence, save on heating costs in private!”

In the recent past, Hof University of Applied Sciences has already clearly positioned itself in favor of classroom teaching in the current winter semester. In the wake of the energy crisis, the university now sees this view confirmed and calls on its students to come to campus in as large numbers as possible during the winter months. This would enable them to save energy in the private sector and relieve the strain on their budgets [more]

published: 07.11.2022

Bavarian space travel gains momentum – ifm and 2x “Astro-Alex” are part of it!

Last week the Institute of Materials Science (ifm) participated in two important space events in Bavaria: Firstly, at the international trade fair Airtec in Munich, which focused in particular on the future direction in aerospace. The second was the Bavarian Space Summit in Weßling/Oberpfaffenhofen, where the Bavarian space community met [more]

published: 03.11.2022

Students get a taste of entrepreneurship at the Entrepreneurship Summit

On the weekend of October 22-23, this year's Entrepreneurship Summit of the Entrepreneurship Foundation, a meeting of people interested in founding companies and startups, took place at Freie Universität Berlin. The Summit is one of the most important startup conventions in Germany. This year, a group of 15 students from Hof University of Applied Sciences took part for the first time. [more]

published: 27.10.2022

Indian students celebrate their traditions: The “Garba Night 2022” inspires

India is a country with a huge cultural heritage. So it's no wonder that the approximately 800 Indian students at Hof University of Applied Sciences also cultivate their traditions. Now, with the "Garba Night 2022", a very colorful celebration took place, reminiscent of the traditional Navratri celebrations, where, among other things, the folk dance "Garba" is shown. [more]

published: 27.10.2022

Practical project: Students develop solutions to problems for digital megatrends

With the start of the winter semester 2022/2023, lecturers Prof. Dr. Günter Hilmer, Prof. Dr. Christine Brautsch and Tina Wiegand welcomed a total of 45 students and eight companies to the digital startup center Einstein1 as part of a practical project for the Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Digital Business Management degree programs. [more]

published: 27.10.2022

SAP Academic Community Conference: Supply Chain Models

This year's SAP Academic Community Conference DACH in Magdeburg was themed 'Enterprise Cloud'. Under the motto 'Smart Supply Chain Models', Prof. Dr.-Ing. Brigitte Bärnreuther had the opportunity to report on her experiences with SAP's new supply chain software in the classroom. [more]

published: 25.10.2022