AI-based Early Stage Planning for the AEC Industry

This course is designed to introduce participants to the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in site analysis and feasibility studies within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. The course will cover various AI tools and techniques that can be employed to optimise site evaluations and assess project viability.

Participants will learn about the use of digital twins, including evaluating environmental conditions, topography, and infrastructure. They will dive into the use of AI-driven feasibility studies to improve design quality and building functionality using evidence-based workflows.

Throughout the course, participants will engage with real-world case studies and projects to gain practical experience with AI-based analysis tools. They will learn how to incorporate these tools into their workflows and utilise them for effective communication with stakeholders.

By the end of this course, participants will have a solid understanding of how AI can be used to enhance site analysis and feasibility studies in the AEC industry, equipping them with practical skills applicable 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 conferences and generally to messsage 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

The course includes an excursion to a cultural or public institution.

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

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 course 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) where they will gain insights behind the scenes.

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 partcipants of Ohm-ISS 2023 share their experience about this course. Don't forget to check it out!

Intelligence-driven Incident Response - How to keep track of a cyber attack

The course teaches a modern approach to incidence response based on information provided by intelligence. The content covers both the response to IT security incidents and their prevention through early intervention. The investigation of IT security incidents is determined by the steps that an attacker is likely to have taken or will take. The focus is on the active defense against IT security incidents. Common models of intelligence-based incident response, such as the Diamond Model, the Kill Chain, and TTPs used by adversaries are introduced and used to structure responses. After completing the course, students should be able to understand and mitigate procedures of attackers. The course includes one or two excursions.

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

Fields of study: any field covering fundamental knowledge of computer science, such as network technology and operating systems

New Forms of Sustainable Management - Due Diligence and Digitalization & AI Solutions

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 due diligence processes (blockchain, platforms etc.)

The course includes one or two excursions.

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 partcipants of Ohm-ISS 2023 share their experience about this course. Don't forget to check it out!