Simon Kranzer

Simon Kranzer is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Research Group at the Department of Information Technologies and Digitalisation, FH Salzburg. His work bridges academic research and practical application in digital transformation.

• Location: Campus Urstein, Room 425
• Contact: simon.kranzer@fh-salzburg.ac.at | +43-50-2211-1316

Research Focus:

• Digital Twins for industrial systems
• Collaborative Robotics (Co-Bots) in retail
• Knowledge Transfer between academia and industry
• Operational Technology (OT) Security
• Data Acquisition and Visualization
• Programming Language Applications in industrial contexts

Research Trends: Recent publications show expertise in retail automation (service robots, customer behavior analysis), industrial digital twins, and OT security. Earlier work spans GIS-SCADA integration, medical software implementation, and 3D microstructure analysis.

Collaborative Projects: Active in interdisciplinary living labs, smart factory bootcamps, and 5G-based robotics exploration.