Oliver Thomas

Prof. Dr. Oliver Thomas is a faculty member at the University of Osnabrück, leading the Department of Information Management and Business Informatics under the Department of Economics. His work focuses on modern information technologies, with research groups dedicated to Business Process Management, Product Service Systems Engineering, IT Governance, and Mobile & Wearable Information Systems.

• Key Research Areas: Digital transformation, AI applications in SMEs, IT governance, and process optimization.
• Projects: SmartHybrid, Audit Clouds, Green Meeting, Virtual Reality Forestry Training, and Graduate School va-eva.
• Leadership: Organizer of the "Smart Enterprise" conference series, promoting practical AI adoption for SMEs.

Prof. Thomas collaborates closely with DFKI and regional industry partners, emphasizing human-centric approaches to AI and digitalization.