About
Dr. Sönke Knoch is a researcher affiliated with the Ubiquitous Media Technology Lab (UMTL) at the Saarland Informatics Campus and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH. His work focuses on Human-Computer Interaction, Activity Recognition, Process Mining, and Industry 4.0 technologies.
- Current Affiliation: DFKI GmbH (Saarland Informatics Campus)
- Academic Role: Researcher
Research Interests span digital twins, augmented reality in manufacturing, and safety-critical systems. He leads projects like RZzKI (AI and Digital Transformation) and BaSySafe (risk assessment via management shells). His work addresses zero-defect manufacturing and cognitive support for impaired workers.
Recent Publications focus on digital twins for industrial safety, AR-based task adaptation, and AI quality management in smart factories. Key themes include human-centric AI, real-time process conformance, and context-aware systems.
Leadership includes contributing to the WALL-ET project for autonomous logistics and co-developing the PARTAS system for cognitively impaired workers.
