The Chair of Business Informatics at Saarland University and the research department Smart Service Engineering at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Maaß, investigate how artificial intelligence can be used for adaptive service designs and innovative business solutions.
In collaboration with research and industrial partners, results are applied in domains such as industrial manufacturing, crisis management, healthcare, wellness, and sports, among others.
Anti-doping analysis and athlete performance optimization
Smart production systems and Industry 4.0 solutions
AI-driven crisis response and decision support systems
Health monitoring and wellness applications
In a feature on growing local resistance to new data centers, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung quotes Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Maaß on why the burdens of data centers are local while their benefits are global, and on how grid capacity and gr ...
On 30 July 2026, more than 50 guests from research, industry and public administration came to DFKI Saarbrücken for the closing event of the ESCADE project. After three years, the consortium coordinated by Prof. Wolfgang Maaß presented how the energy ...
Ahead of the closing event of the ESCADE project, Saarland University issued a press release on the results of the research consortium led by Prof. Wolfgang Maaß: how the electricity demand of AI can be cut by up to 90 percent through smaller models, ...
