Alexander Albers

Alexander Albers is a research associate and doctoral student at the Chair of Production and Operations Management (POM) at ETH Zurich. Alexander holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), where he graduated with distinction with a focus on manufacturing, machine learning, as well as strategy and management. He wrote his Master’s thesis at the Institute of Manufacturing of Cambridge University on the use of Augmented Reality technologies for manual quality inspection.

In addition to internships at Mercedes-Benz and Porsche Consulting, Alexander worked as a student assistant on various research projects at KIT and Cambridge University.

Education

B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Semesters Abroad

2022: University of Cambridge, UK

Selected Publications

A. Albers, & T. Netland (2024), "Lenses on Data: Toward an Application Perspective on Data in Manufacturing," in Advances in Production Management Systems. Production Management Systems for Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Environments, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-71633-1_23

V. Zhang, A. Albers, C. Saeedi-Givi, P. O. Kristensson, T. Bohné and S. Tadeja (2024), "Should I Evaluate My Augmented Reality System in an Industrial Environment? Investigating the Effects of Classroom and Shop Floor Settings on Guided Assembly," in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 7042-7052, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3456208

A. Albers, T. Bohné and S. K. Tadeja, "Augmented Reality for Quality Inspection: A User-Centred Systematic Review of Use Cases, Trends and Technology," 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), Sydney, Australia, 2023, pp. 146-153, doi: 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct60411.2023.00038

Additional Information

In his spare time, Alexander maintains an App for public transport navigation, integrating over 50 transport networks from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He has a passion for sports and enjoys going for runs or visiting the Boulder gym. He also loves exploring Switzerland on his road bike or by foot on one of the many hiking trails.