Sonja Straßer

Sonja Straßer is a Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Steyr, affiliated with the Research Center Steyr Center of Excellence for Smart Production and the Department of Production and Operations Management. Her work focuses on AI-driven manufacturing processes, production planning, and discrete event simulation. With an h-index of 10 and over 50 citations, her research emphasizes optimizing production systems through advanced analytics.

Research Interests:

• Artificial Intelligence applications in manufacturing
• Production system optimization
• Discrete event simulation techniques
• Steel demand forecasting
• Energy efficiency in foundries

Recent publications explore AI-based keyword analysis for manufacturing trends, community detection algorithms for production diversity reduction, and steel demand predictability across regions. She has presented invited talks on steel demand forecasting and holds a patent for a hybrid model determining rolled material properties.

Advising & Grants: Supervised 5 works (details not publicly listed). No specific grants mentioned.

Labs/Teams: Active within the Research Center Steyr, focusing on smart production technologies and collaborative international research networks.