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Reliability, Safety and Security

Reliability, Safety and Security

Analysing, evaluating and shaping the interaction of people, technology and organisation for reliable and secure working processes

The use of technology and digitalisation are rapidly increasing in many workplaces, resulting in human work being changed too. Sometimes it is made easier, but often working processes also become highly complex. Ensuring their reliability, safety and security is becoming more and more challenging as a result. It does not just require specialist staff. Rather, it is dependent on a smart combination of humans, technology and organisations that can interact together to continuously promote the reliability, safety and security of working processes.

In our projects, we devise methods and solutions for analysing, evaluating and designing smart interaction between humans, technology and organisations. The objective is to combine humans, technology and organisations in such a way that human strengths (such as practical knowledge or flexibility) are encouraged and human weaknesses (such as tiredness and difficulty concentrating) are counteracted. In doing so, we attach great importance to interdisciplinary collaborations in practice and with other universities.

Selected projects

  • AI for REAL-world NETwork operation (AI4REALNET)

  • Human-AI Teaming in Manufacturing Parts Management

  • Safety management platform

  • Safety through the use of the employee's swarm intelligence (sWafety)

Contact

  • Dr. Oliver Christ

  • Prof. Dr. Katrin Fischer

  • Prof. Dr. Frank Ritz

  • Prof. Dr. Adrian Schwaninger

  • Prof. Dr. Toni Wäfler

Further information

Extensive information about the research activities and projects in this area can be found on the German website.

To the German site

To the Institute

  • Institute Humans in Complex Systems

    Automation, digitalisation and technical networking present great opportunities but also challenges for the complex interplay between humans, technology and organisations.

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Applied Psychology
Adrian Schwaninger

Prof. Dr. Adrian Schwaninger

Head of Institute Humans in Complex Systems

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+41 62 957 24 26

E-mail

adrian.schwaninger@fhnw.ch

Address

FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland School of Applied Psychology Riggenbachstrasse 16 CH – 4600 Olten

Availability

T +41 62 957 24 26 (Direkt) T +41 848 821 011 (Zentrale) adrian.schwaninger@fhnw.ch

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