Institute of Information Systems
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior professorship for Information Systems, in particular Data Analytics
- Professorship for Computer Engineering
- Professorship for Information Systems, in particular Artificial Intelligence and Explainability
- Professorship for Information Systems, in particular Data Science
- Professorship for Information Systems, in particular Digital Transformation and Information Management
- Professorship for Information Systems, in particular E-Business and Knowledge Management
- Professorship for Information Systems, in particular Machine Learning
- Professorship for Information Systems, in particular Network Science
Organisation profile
At the Institute of Information Systems (IIS) of the Leuphana University we work on innovative topics in Information Systems and Data Science. The main focus is on digital transformation, e-health, e-commerce, business analytics, sports and e-learning. Methodologically, we focus on the development and use of machine learning and artificial intelligence methods for the modeling and solution of data-driven decision problems. Additional quantitative (e.g. graphs, optimization) and qualitative (e.g. interviews, reference modeling) methods complement this spectrum. Cooperating with other universities, companies, and institutions of the civil society plays an important role in our work.
Main research areas
At the Institute of Information Systems there are currently 6 professors and numerous research assistants. Our main research areas include digital transformation, e-health, e-commerce, business analytics, sports, and e-learning. Details can be found on the websites of the work groups and in the central research database of Leuphana. The Institute of Information Systems organized a number of events and conferences at Leuphana (e.g. ITEE 2013, final round of the German National Computer Science Competition 2014, MKWI 2018).
EVOLVE5G: 5G basierte Prozessoptimierung in KMU
Heger, J. (Project manager, academic), Prüfer, O. C. (Project staff), Drews, P. (Project manager, academic) & Richter, K. (Project staff)
01.01.25 → 31.12.26
Project: Research
ALEE: Adaptive Learning in Economic Education
Brefeld, U. (Project manager, academic) & Neubauer, K. (Project staff)
01.03.21 → 30.04.25
Project: Research
Applying Large Language Models to Enhance Data Extraction for Clinical Research
Usbeck, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.24 → 28.02.26
Project: Research
DigEn: A Regional entrepreneurship in the digital economy
Reihlen, M. (Project manager, academic), Drews, P. (Project manager, academic), Gegenhuber, T. (Project manager, academic), Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Loschelder, D. (Project manager, academic) & Tschoppe, N. J. (Project staff)
09.07.19 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
Ausrichtung der 4. Leuphana Conference on Entrepreneurship
Tegtmeier, S. (Project manager, academic) & Funk, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.13 → 01.01.19
Project: Scientific event
Automated Material Handling System with Cooperative, Autonomous Robots in Warehouses
Xie, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.14 → 01.08.17
Project: Practical Project
RMFS: automated robotic mobile fulfillment systems
Xie, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → …
Project: Practical Project
College Studien in der Praxis- Professionalisierung der Online-Personalsuche bei der SIEB & MEYER AG
Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic), Teigeler, M. (Project manager, academic), Seifert, A. (Project manager, academic) & Blask, T.-B. (Project staff)
01.10.12 → 31.03.13
Project: Practical Project
Data Club Lüneburg-DCL-Verbundsteuerung
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.12.20 → 30.09.24
Project: Other
Data Literacy Education
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic) & Hobuß, S. (Project manager, academic)
15.10.18 → 31.07.22
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Desksharing 2.0 - DB-Projekt
Dimitriadis, S. (Project manager, academic)
18.10.21 → 04.02.22
Project: Practical Project
DIGI-EXIST: Digitale Gesundheitsprävention für Existenzgründungen - Teilvorhaben: Entwicklung und Evaluation verhaltenspräventiver Bausteine zum Online-Gesundheits-Check und Online Gesundheitstrainings für Gründer und Beschäftigte
Lehr, D. (Coordination), Boß, L. (Project staff) & Funk, B. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.04.16 → 31.10.19
Project: Research
Digitaler Vertrieb Generation Z - DB-Projekt
Dimitriadis, S. (Project manager, academic)
17.10.22 → 03.02.23
Project: Practical Project
Digital Knowledge Transfer Model
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Wuppermann, M. (Project staff), Lippelt, C. (Coordination) & Riedel, M. (Project staff)
01.08.16 → 31.12.20
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
DigiTaL - Teilprojekt 07: DATAxtended – Implementierung eines Konzepts zum Ausbau von Data Literacy Kompetenzen im Bachelor-Komplementärstudium
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Wegener, C. (Project staff), Arcila Samalanca, F. (Project staff) & Scharfenberger, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.21 → 31.12.25
Project: Teaching
DigiTaL - Teilprojekt 08: DI-SZENARIO – Verantwortungsvolle Einführung Digitaler Innovationen in Organisationen: Ein Szenario-basierter Ansatz
Drews, P. (Project manager, academic), Trittin-Ulbrich, H. (Project manager, academic) & Tschoppe, N. J. (Project staff)
01.08.21 → 31.12.25
Project: Teaching
DOCYET - EXIST Gründerstipendien
Brefeld, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.17 → 31.05.18
Project: Other
Efficient methods for solving the cyclic and non-cyclic crew rostering problems in public bus transit
Xie, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.10 → 30.06.14
Project: Dissertation project
LivingCare: Ein autonom lernendes Automatisierungssystem für nachhaltiges und altersgerechtes Wohnen
Welge, R. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, S. M. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.03.15 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
DYNAMIK 4.0: Ein dynamisches System zur Erfassung und Prävention psychischer Arbeitsbelastungen in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen der Industrie 4.0; Teilvorhaben Usability engineering und technische Implementierung des Web-Tools zur Erfassung psychischer Arbeitsbelastungen
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Lehr, D. (Coordination) & Bürckner, D. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.16 → 31.12.19
Project: Research
Energieeffizientes Wohnen und Arbeiten
Welge, R. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony
01.08.06 → 22.01.10
Project: Research
Entwicklung einer Handelsplattform für sekundäre Rohstoffe
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic)
19.09.06 → 31.12.21
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Level-Q: Entwicklung eines studienbegleitenden Web-based Trainings (WBT) zur Vermittlung berufsbezogener Schlüsselqualifikationen
Groß, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.01 → 31.12.03
Project: Research
Erlebbares Online-shopping bei Lebensmittel & Produkte des täglichen Bedarfs
Dimitriadis, S. (Project manager, academic)
16.10.23 → 02.02.24
Project: Practical Project
E-COMPARED: European Comparative Effectiveness research on online Depression
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Riper, H. (Project manager, academic) & Berking, M. (Partner)
01.01.14 → 30.06.17
Project: Research
EXIST-Gründerstipenddium: BiotoBio / otx AG
Groß, M. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.04.10 → 31.03.11
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Exist Gründerstipendium: ADDACT
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.14 → 31.03.15
Project: Individual grant
EXIST-Gründerstipendium AILON
Brefeld, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.12.19
Project: Other
EXIST-Gründerstipendium: data math
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.14 → 31.12.14
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
EXIST-Gründerstipendium: YIMB - Echtzeit-Daten getriebenes Yield-Management System für die speisengeprägte Gastronomie
Groß, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.11 → 30.06.12
Project: Other
EXIST 4: EXIST-Gründungskultur - Die Gründerhochschule: Leuphana 2020 - Humboldt plus Schumpeter - Projektphase I
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Schulte, R. (Project manager, academic) & Tegtmeier, S. (Project staff)
01.04.13 → 31.03.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
EXIST-Gründungskultur - Die Gründerhochschule: Leuphana 2020 - Humboldt plus Schumpeter - Projektphase II
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.15 → 31.03.16
Project: Other
EXIST-Projektphase III - „Leuphana 2020 – Humboldt plus Schumpeter“
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.16 → 31.03.18
Project: Other
Forschungs- und Marktstudie XR-Extended Reality (AR/VR etc.) - DB Projekt
Dimitriadis, S. (Project manager, academic)
17.10.22 → 03.02.23
Project: Practical Project
Fortsetzung Marmara-Kooperation
Riebesehl, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.09 → 29.04.10
Project: Teaching
Gesundheits-Trainings online
Berking, M. (Project manager, academic), Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Sieland, B. (Project manager, academic), Bürckner, D. (Project staff), Kleine Stegemann, S. (Project staff), Boß, L. (Project staff), Buntrock, C. (Project staff), Ebenfeld, L. (Project staff), Ebert, D. D. (Project staff), Heber, E. (Project staff), Nobis, S. (Project staff), Reins, J. A. (Project staff), Tarnowski, T. (Project staff), Thiart, H. (Project staff), Cuijpers, P. (Partner) & Riper, H. (Partner)
01.10.11 → 30.09.14
Project: Research
TM 1.1 KT 04 - Get.On GesundheitstTrainings.Online: Get.On GesundheitsTrainings.Online - Innovations-Zentrum für internetbasierte Gesundheitsinterventionen in Deutschland
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Sieland, B. (Project manager, academic), Tarnowski, T. (Project staff), Cuijpers, P. (Partner) & Lehr, D. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
30.09.10 → 31.03.16
Project: Research
Großgerät: Compute-Server
Brefeld, U. (Project manager, academic)
28.03.18 → 31.12.19
Project: Research
AAL@Home: Humanzentriertes Assistenzsystem für Sicherheit und Unabhängigkeit älterer, allein lebender Menschen (Teilprojekt 2)
Welge, R. (Project manager, academic) & Gremmel, R. (Coordination)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.03.10 → 30.09.13
Project: Research
Identifikation und Entwicklung von ERP-Prozessen - ERP Competence Center
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Niemeyer, P. (Project manager, academic), Lehmann, M. (Project staff), Tiburtius, P. (Project staff), Nottorf, F. (Project staff) & Schmaltz, M. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
19.08.09 → 31.12.10
Project: Other
T&E: Information Technology and Education in Support of Digital Citizenship
Quadros dos Reis, V. (Project manager, academic) & Brefeld, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.21 → 01.05.24
Project: Research
InsureCheck - BWL-IT-Projekt
Dimitriadis, S. (Project manager, academic)
10.04.19 → 05.07.19
Project: Practical Project
IT-Support betriebswirtschaftlicher Prozesse im Rahmen der regionalen Wirtschaftsförderung des Innovations-Inkubators
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic) & Niemeyer, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.09 → 31.07.15
Project: Other
ExRePo: KI-basierte Extraktion von Rechnungspositionen
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.24 → 30.06.26
Project: Research
Klimawandel - Lebenswandel: Mediengestützte Lernangebote zu den Themen nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung, nachhaltige Logistik und Naturschutz im Ballungsraum
Niemeyer, P. (Project manager, academic)
20.04.12 → 20.08.19
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Knowledge management in software companies
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Niemeyer, P. (Project manager, academic) & Bachmann, A. (Project staff)
01.06.11 → …
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
EMAD: Konzeption und Realisierung eines elektronischen Marktplatzes für anwaltliche Dienstleistungen
Groß, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.02 → 30.11.04
Project: Research
KISS: Künstliche Intelligenz zum Einfachen und Übertragbaren Schutz Kritischer Infrastrukturen, Teilvorhaben: Entwicklung zentraler und dezentraler KI-basierter Methoden zur Angriffserkennung
Brefeld, U. (Project manager, academic) & Paulsen, T. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.08.20 → 31.08.24
Project: Research
Lückentexte revisited: Vom computerbasierten, adaptiven Testen zum adaptiven, fremdsprachlichen Üben mit automatisiertem, dynamischem Feedback: Entwicklung und Effekt-Messung am Beispiel „L2 Englisch Lückentexte Verbformen im Zeitengefüge“
Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Benitt, N. (Partner), Brefeld, U. (Partner) & Pandarova, I. (Project staff)
01.10.16 → 30.09.17
Project: Research
LÜFINS: Lüneburg Forum for Computer Science in Schools (LÜFINS)
Niemeyer, P. (Project manager, academic)
23.04.09 → …
Project: Teaching
NFDI4DS - NFDI for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Usbeck, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.24 → 30.09.26
Project: Research
Promotion Doctoral Scholaship
Brefeld, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.20 → 31.10.23
Project: Research
Promotionsstipendium "Big Data&Auditing"
Drews, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.17 → 20.04.22
Project: Other
Resilience, Perseverance and Paths in Academia for Early Career Researchers
Zimmer, M. P. (Project manager, academic), Lanzl, J. (Project manager, academic), Gierlich-Joas, M. (Project manager, academic) & Schoch, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.24 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Responsible University - soziale und gesellschaftliche Wertschöpfung sicht- und messbar machen
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic) & Japsen, A. (Coordination)
05.11.14 → 16.09.19
Project: Other
Risikomanagement im E-Business
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.10 → 31.12.13
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Robust integrated vehicle-, crew scheduling and crew rostering in public bus transit
Xie, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.19 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
TM 1.3 C FuE-Projekt 07 - SEM-A2: SEM Account Aggregation - ein Verfahren zur Optimierung der Suchmaschinenwerbung in KMU
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Blask, T.-B. (Project staff) & Japsen, A. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.10.11 → 31.10.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
SensoMot: Sensorische Erfassung von Motivationsindikatoren zur Steuerung von adaptiven Lerninhalten; Teilvorhaben: Mustererkennung
Brefeld, U. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.04.16 → 31.03.19
Project: Research
ZIL-Kontakt: Sustainable information logistics for digital contact tracing of infectious diseases
Drews, P. (Project manager, academic), Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Heger, J. (Project manager, academic), Lehr, D. (Project manager, academic), Zimmer, M. P. (Coordination), Kortmann, F. (Project staff), Fassmeyer, P. (Project staff) & Usko, N. (Project manager, academic)
21.05.21 → 31.03.23
Project: Research
Themenkosmos „Audio / Voice“ - DB-Projekt
Dimitriadis, S. (Project manager, academic)
18.10.21 → 04.02.22
Project: Practical Project
Understanding External and Internal Activities for Digital-Sustainable Co-Transformation
Zimmer, M. P. (Project manager, academic) & Drews, P. (Project manager, academic)
03.04.23 → 02.10.24
Project: Research
WAALTer: Unterstützung der Curriculumsentwicklung für Teilnehmer mit starker technischer Ausrichtung - Teilvorhaben im Verbundprojekt Weiterbildungsangebote für AAL-Technologien - WAALTer
Welge, R. (Project manager, academic) & Gerlach, A. (Coordination)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.08.11 → 31.07.14
Project: Research
USIN5G: Usage Scenarios for Innovation Networks in 5G im TIP Innovationspark Nordheide - 5G als Treiber von Innovationskooperationen in smarten Gewerbegebieten
Drews, P. (Project manager, academic), Heger, J. (Project manager, academic), Xie, L. (Project manager, academic), Luttmann, L. (Project staff), Prüfer, O. C. (Project staff), Richter, K. (Project staff) & Tschoppe, N. J. (Project staff)
Federal Institute for Administrative Services
01.01.22 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
SynthiClick: Verbundprojekt: Anonymisierung und Synthese von Clickpfaden und Verhalten im Web
Brefeld, U. (Project manager, academic) & Wohlstein, M. H. (Project staff)
15.12.22 → 14.12.25
Project: Research
Website des Caligo Cafés - Konzeption von Webportalen
Dimitriadis, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.20 → 03.07.20
Project: Practical Project
Website www.bleib-treu-brautkleider.de im Rahmen der Veranstaltung Konzeption von Webportalen
Dimitriadis, S. (Project manager, academic)
10.04.19 → 05.07.19
Project: Practical Project
Zusammenarbeit mit der Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungswissenschaften der Marmara Universität
Riebesehl, D. (Coordination)
01.01.08 → 28.02.09
Project: Teaching