An application cluster brings together PhD students from different core technologies, addresses application specific challenges and catalyzes multi-disciplinary approaches within an application domain. An application cluster can be a larger group of students and senior researchers and with industrial representation. It is also possible to connect application clusters to the research arenas to leverage efforts in arenas with cluster activities.
Initially the following application clusters have been created
- Finance, Business Analytics & eCommerce
- Smart Environments
- Healthcare & Pharmaceutical
- Life Science (also open for participation from Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS))
- Manufacturing & Process Control (incl Logistics and Predictive Maintenance)
- Mobile Communications
- Public Safety
- Transport Systems