AI-based Early Stage Planning for the AEC Industry

This course is designed to introduce participants to the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in early stage planning for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. The course will cover various AI tools and techniques that can be used to leverage the design process and improve project outcomes.

Participants will learn about the use of AI in site analysis, building information modelling (BIM), energy modelling, and cost estimation. They will also explore how AI can be used in planning to predict project risks and identify potential issues before they arise.

Throughout the course, participants will work on real-world case studies and projects to gain hands-on experience with AI-based planning tools. They will learn how to integrate these tools into their workflow and use them to for collaboration with stakeholders.

By the end of this course, participants will have a solid understanding of how AI can be used to enhance early stage planning in the AEC industry, and they will be equipped with practical skills that they can apply in their professional practice.

Course is designed for: bachelor's students, master's students, and graduates 

Fields of study: architecture, civil engineering, industrial engineering and management

Academic Coordinator

Dr. Manuel Mühlbauer

manuel.muehlbaueratth-nuernbergPunktde

Confident and Effective Communication

In today's globally networked world, appearance, presentation, perceptive ability, the objective assessment of approaching conflict situations,
and de-escalative rhetorical skills are helpful when it comes to leading teams, efficiently achieving verbal goals in meetings and generally to message effectively.

This summer school course will train the following skills:

• Rhetorical and vocal techniques
• Confidence in presentations using practical exercises
• Recognising and defusing conflict situations using the archetypes of communication and by applying the principle of emotional intelligence
• Self-awareness and external impact by developing abilities to give and receive feedback effectively

Course is designed for:bachelor’s students in their third year, master’s students, and graduates from different fields.

Requirements: Curiosity and willingness to engage in practical exercises

Electronic Music Production

In this summer school course you will learn about

• History of electronic music genres
• Electronic sound synthesis (subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis, FM-synthesis) 
• Structure and functionality of digital audio 
• Workstations (DAWs)
• Digital effects (chorus, phaser, flanger, distortion, tremolo)
• Dynamic processor (compressor, limiter) 
• Equalizer
• Beatmaking
• Song arrangement

In week 1 of this summer school programme we will lay the fundamentals in sound synthesis and sound design which will be applied by all participants in week 2 to work on a production of their own electronic music song project. The quality of this song will be basis for assessment in the course. During the summer school course participants will visit Thomann, Europe’s largest music shop, in Treppendorf (near Bamberg).

The summer school course is taught by Alexander von Hoffmann and Garri Steba.

Applied Software: Reaktor and Maschine from Native Instruments (Berlin). Every participant will get access to a computer with the required software installations. Please bring your own headphones with a jack cable connection.

Course is designed for: students and graduates from different fields of study. No prior knowledge necessary!

In the video below participants of Ohm-ISS 2023 share about their experience this course. Don't forget to check it out!

New Forms of Sustainable Management - Due Diligence and Digitalization in Sustainable Supply Chains

With the growing global integration of companies, their area of responsibility for the ecological, social, and human rights impacts associated with their activities are part of discussions in societies and politics. Transparency, traceability, and compliance with sustainability standards are requirements that investors, consumers, supervisory authorities, and environmental and human rights groups demand in the form of corporate due diligence reporting. For example, consumers and consumer associations are increasingly demanding information about the conditions under which goods are manufactured. Production conditions thus become part of the product quality.

This summer school course will address the following topics:

• Sustainable management in the new era of transparency
•  Legislation on supply chain due diligence
• Sustainable reporting and the requirements of different standards
• Technological solutions to support dur diligence processes (blockchain, platforms etc.)

Course is designed for:bachelor’s students in their third year, master’s students, and graduates.

Fields of study: business, computer science, sustainable science

In the video below participants of Ohm-ISS 2023 share about their experience this course. Don't forget to check it out!