Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. Jivka Ovtcharova stands out for her expertise in research and development of cutting-edge technologies such as AI and VR for industrial practice. She is head of the Institute for Information Management in Engineering (IMI), director at the Karlsruhe Research Center for Informatics (FZI), and founder of several centers, such as the Lifecycle Engineering Solutions Center (LESC) and the Center for Artificial Intelligence Talents (CAIT). Her current research focus is AI application in the areas of Virtual Engineering and Digital Twins.

Dr.-Ing. Matthes Elstermann, is long time expert in teaching programming and providing insights into and understanding complex concepts and processes for aspiring students.

Prof. Marco Huber, born on 12 January 1980 in Kehl, received his doctorate in computer science from the University of Karlsruhe (TH) in 2009. From 2009 to 2011, he headed the research group "Variable Image Acquisition and Processing" at the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB in Karlsruhe. He then worked as a senior researcher at AGT International in Darmstadt until 2015. From April 2015 until September 2018, Prof. Huber was responsible for product development and data science services in the Katana division at USU Software AG in Karlsruhe. At the same time, he taught as a private lecturer in computer science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Since October 2018, he has held the professorship for cognitive production systems at the University of Stuttgart and is also head of the Centre for Cyber-Cognitive Intelligence (CCI) at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA. His research focuses on the topics of machine learning, sensor data analysis and robotics in the production engineering environment.