The book presents a representative selection of all publications published between 01/2009 and 06/2010 in various books, journals and conference proceedings by the researchers of the institute cluster: IMA - Institute of Information Management in Mechanical Engineering ZLW - Center for Learning and Knowledge Management IfU - Institute for Management Cybernetics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University The contributions address the cluster's five core research fields: suitable processes for knowledge- and technology-intensive organizations, next-generation teaching and learning concepts for universities and the economy, cognitive IT-supported processes for heterogeneous and cooperative systems, target group-adapted user models for innovation and technology development processes, semantic networks and ontologies for complex value chains and virtual environments Innovative fields of application such as cognitive systems, autonomous truck convoys, telemedicine, ontology engineering, knowledge and information management, learning models and technologies, organizational development and management cybernetics are presented. The contributions show the unique potential of the broad and interdisciplinary research approach of the ZLW/IMA and the IfU.

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Sabina Jeschke ist seit Juni 2009 Direktorin des Institutscluster IMA/ZLW & IfU der RWTH Aachen University, Fakultät für Maschinenwesen. Sie studierte Physik, Informatik und Mathematik an der Technischen Universität Berlin. Nach Forschungsaufenthalten am NASA Ames Research Center/Kalifornien und am Georgia Institute of Technology/Atlanta promovierte sie 2004 über 'Mathematik in Virtuellen Wissensräumen'. Nach einer Juniorprofessur (2005-07) an der TU Berlin, verbunden mit Aufbau und Leitung des Medienzentrums, leitete sie von Mai 2007 bis Mai 2009 den Lehrstuhl für IT Service Technologien (IITS) in der Elektrotechnik der Universität Stuttgart und war gleichzeitig Direktorin des zentralen Rechenzentrums der Universität RUS.