@incollection{CzarneckiAuth2018,
  author    = {Czarnecki, Christian and Auth, Gunnar},
  title     = {Prozessdigitalisierung durch Robotic 7 Process Automation},
  series = {Digitalisierung in Unternehmen: von den theoretischen Ans{\"a}tzen zur praktischen Umsetzung},
  booktitle = {Digitalisierung in Unternehmen: von den theoretischen Ans{\"a}tzen zur praktischen Umsetzung},
  editor    = {Barton, Thomas and M{\"u}ller, Christian and Seel, Christian},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  isbn      = {9783658227739},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-658-22773-9_7},
  pages     = {113 -- 131},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Im Rahmen der digitalen Transformation werden innovative Technologiekonzepte, wie z. B. das Internet der Dinge und Cloud Computing als Treiber f{\"u}r weitreichende Ver{\"a}nderungen von Organisationen und Gesch{\"a}ftsmodellen angesehen. In diesem Kontext ist Robotic Process Automation (RPA) ein neuartiger Ansatz zur Prozessautomatisierung, bei dem manuelle T{\"a}tigkeiten durch sogenannte Softwareroboter erlernt und automatisiert ausgef{\"u}hrt werden. Dabei emulieren Softwareroboter die Eingaben auf der bestehenden Pr{\"a}sentationsschicht, so dass keine {\"A}nderungen an vorhandenen Anwendungssystemen notwendig sind. Die innovative Idee ist die Transformation der bestehenden Prozessausf{\"u}hrung von manuell zu digital, was RPA von traditionellen Ans{\"a}tzen des Business Process Managements (BPM) unterscheidet, bei denen z. B. prozessgetriebene Anpassungen auf Ebene der Gesch{\"a}ftslogik notwendig sind. Am Markt werden bereits unterschiedliche RPA-L{\"o}sungen als Softwareprodukte angeboten. Gerade bei operativen Prozessen mit sich wiederholenden Verarbeitungsschritten in unterschiedlichen Anwendungssystemen sind gute Ergebnisse durch RPA dokumentiert, wie z. B. die Automatisierung von 35 \% der Backoffice-Prozesse bei Telefonica. Durch den vergleichsweise niedrigen Implementierungsaufwand verbunden mit einem hohen Automatisierungspotenzial ist in der Praxis (z. B. Banken, Telekommunikation, Energieversorgung) ein hohes Interesse an RPA vorhanden. Der Beitrag diskutiert RPA als innovativen Ansatz zur Prozessdigitalisierung und gibt konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen f{\"u}r die Praxis. Dazu wird zwischen modellgetriebenen und selbstlernenden Ans{\"a}tzen unterschieden. Anhand von generellen Architekturen von RPA-Systemen werden Anwendungsszenarien sowie deren Automatisierungspotenziale, aber auch Einschr{\"a}nkungen, diskutiert. Es folgt ein strukturierter Markt{\"u}berblick ausgew{\"a}hlter RPA-Produkte. Anhand von drei konkreten Anwendungsbeispielen wird die Nutzung von RPA in der Praxis verdeutlicht.},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{SchneiderWisselinkCzarnecki2018,
  author    = {Schneider, Dominik and Wisselink, Frank and Czarnecki, Christian},
  title     = {Nutzen und Rahmenbedingungen 5 informationsgetriebener Gesch{\"a}ftsmodelle des Internets der Dinge},
  series = {Digitalisierung in Unternehmen: von den theoretischen Ans{\"a}tzen zur praktischen Umsetzung},
  booktitle = {Digitalisierung in Unternehmen: von den theoretischen Ans{\"a}tzen zur praktischen Umsetzung},
  editor    = {Barton, Thomas and M{\"u}ller, Christian and Seel, Christian},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  isbn      = {9783658227739},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-658-22773-9_5},
  pages     = {67 -- 85},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Im Kontext der zunehmenden Digitalisierung wird das Internet der Dinge (englisch: Internet of Things, IoT) als ein technologischer Treiber angesehen, durch den komplett neue Gesch{\"a}ftsmodelle im Zusammenspiel unterschiedlicher Akteure entstehen k{\"o}nnen. Identifizierte Schl{\"u}sselakteure sind unter anderem traditionelle Industrieunternehmen, Kommunen und Telekommunikationsunternehmen. Letztere sorgen mit der Bereitstellung von Konnektivit{\"a}t daf{\"u}r, dass kleine Ger{\"a}te mit winzigen Batterien nahezu {\"u}berall und direkt an das Internet angebunden werden k{\"o}nnen. Es sind schon viele IoT-Anwendungsf{\"a}lle auf dem Markt, die eine Vereinfachung f{\"u}r Endkunden darstellen, wie beispielsweise Philips Hue Tap. Neben Gesch{\"a}ftsmodellen basierend auf Konnektivit{\"a}t besteht ein großes Potenzial f{\"u}r informationsgetriebene Gesch{\"a}ftsmodelle, die bestehende Gesch{\"a}ftsmodelle unterst{\"u}tzen sowie weiterentwickeln k{\"o}nnen. Ein Beispiel daf{\"u}r ist der IoT-Anwendungsfall Park and Joy der Deutschen Telekom AG, bei dem Parkpl{\"a}tze mithilfe von Sensoren vernetzt und Autofahrer in Echtzeit {\"u}ber verf{\"u}gbare Parkpl{\"a}tze informiert werden. Informationsgetriebene Gesch{\"a}ftsmodelle k{\"o}nnen auf Daten aufsetzen, die in IoT-Anwendungsf{\"a}llen erzeugt werden. Zum Beispiel kann ein Telekommunikationsunternehmen Mehrwert sch{\"o}pfen, indem es aus Daten entscheidungsrelevantere Informationen - sogenannte Insights - ableitet, die zur Steigerung der Entscheidungsagilit{\"a}t genutzt werden. Außerdem k{\"o}nnen Insights monetarisiert werden. Die Monetarisierung von Insights kann nur nachhaltig stattfinden, wenn sorgf{\"a}ltig gehandelt wird und Rahmenbedingungen ber{\"u}cksichtigt werden. In diesem Kapitel wird das Konzept informationsgetriebener Gesch{\"a}ftsmodelle erl{\"a}utert und anhand des konkreten Anwendungsfalls Park and Joy verdeutlicht. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus werden Nutzen, Risiken und Rahmenbedingungen diskutiert.},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{CzarneckiHongSchmitzetal.2021,
  author    = {Czarnecki, Christian and Hong, Chin-Gi and Schmitz, Manfred and Dietze, Christian},
  title     = {Enabling digital transformation through cognitive robotic process automation at Deutsche Telekom Services Europe},
  series = {Digitalization Cases Vol. 2 : Mastering digital transformation for global business},
  booktitle = {Digitalization Cases Vol. 2 : Mastering digital transformation for global business},
  editor    = {Urbach, Nils and R{\"o}glinger, Maximilian and Kautz, Karlheinz and Alias, Rose Alinda and Saunders, Carol and Wiener, Martin},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-030-80002-4 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-030-80003-1},
  pages     = {123 -- 138},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Subject of this case is Deutsche Telekom Services Europe (DTSE), a service center for administrative processes. Due to the high volume of repetitive tasks (e.g., 100k manual uploads of offer documents into SAP per year), automation was identified as an important strategic target with a high management attention and commitment. DTSE has to work with various backend application systems without any possibility to change those systems. Furthermore, the complexity of administrative processes differed. When it comes to the transfer of unstructured data (e.g., offer documents) to structured data (e.g., MS Excel files), further cognitive technologies were needed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{BensbergBuscherCzarnecki2019,
  author    = {Bensberg, Frank and Buscher, Gandalf and Czarnecki, Christian},
  title     = {Digital transformation and IT topics in the consulting industry: a labor market perspective},
  series = {Advances in consulting research : recent findings and practical cases},
  booktitle = {Advances in consulting research : recent findings and practical cases},
  editor    = {Nissen, Volker},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-319-95998-6},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-319-95999-3_16},
  pages     = {341 -- 357},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Information technologies, such as big data analytics, cloud computing, cyber physical systems, robotic process automation, and the internet of things, provide a sustainable impetus for the structural development of business sectors as well as the digitalization of markets, enterprises, and processes. Within the consulting industry, the proliferation of these technologies opened up the new segment of digital transformation, which focuses on setting up, controlling, and implementing projects for enterprises from a broad range of sectors. These recent developments raise the question, which requirements evolve for IT consultants as important success factors of those digital transformation projects. Therefore, this empirical contribution provides indications regarding the qualifications and competences necessary for IT consultants in the era of digital transformation from a labor market perspective. On the one hand, this knowledge base is interesting for the academic education of consultants, since it supports a market-oriented design of adequate training measures. On the other hand, insights into the competence requirements for consultants are considered relevant for skill and talent management processes in consulting practice. Assuming that consulting companies pursue a strategic human resource management approach, labor market information may also be useful to discover strategic behavioral patterns.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{SchmitzDietzeCzarnecki2019,
  author    = {Schmitz, Manfred and Dietze, Christian and Czarnecki, Christian},
  title     = {Enabling digital transformation through robotic process automation at Deutsche Telekom},
  series = {Enabling digital transformation through robotic process automation at Deutsche Telekom},
  booktitle = {Enabling digital transformation through robotic process automation at Deutsche Telekom},
  editor    = {Urbach, Nils and R{\"o}glinger, Maximilian},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-319-95272-7},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-319-95273-4_2},
  pages     = {15 -- 33},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Due to the high number of customer contacts, fault clearances, installations, and product provisioning per year, the automation level of operational processes has a significant impact on financial results, quality, and customer experience. Therefore, the telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom (DT) has defined a digital strategy with the objectives of zero complexity and zero complaint, one touch, agility in service, and disruptive thinking. In this context, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) was identified as an enabling technology to formulate and realize DT's digital strategy through automation of rule-based, routine, and predictable tasks in combination with structured and stable data.},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{CzarneckiDietze2017,
  author    = {Czarnecki, Christian and Dietze, Christian},
  title     = {Reference architecture for the telecommunications industry: Transformation of strategy, organization, processes, data, and applications},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-319-46755-9 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-319-46757-3},
  pages     = {XXII, 253 Seiten},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {This book reflects the tremendous changes in the telecommunications industry in the course of the past few decades - shorter innovation cycles, stiffer competition and new communication products. It analyzes the transformation of processes, applications and network technologies that are now expected to take place under enormous time pressure. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the TM Forum have provided reference solutions that are broadly recognized and used throughout the value chain of the telecommunications industry, and which can be considered the de facto standard. The book describes how these reference solutions can be used in a practical context: it presents the latest insights into their development, highlights lessons learned from numerous international projects and combines them with well-founded research results in enterprise architecture management and reference modeling. The complete architectural transformation is explained, from the planning and set-up stage to the implementation. Featuring a wealth of examples and illustrations, the book offers a valuable resource for telecommunication professionals, enterprise architects and project managers alike.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{Czarnecki2018,
  author    = {Czarnecki, Christian},
  title     = {Establishment of a central process governance organization combined with operational process improvements : Insights from a BPM Project at a leading telecommunications operator in the Middle East},
  series = {Business process management cases : digital innovation and business transformation in practice},
  booktitle = {Business process management cases : digital innovation and business transformation in practice},
  editor    = {vom Brocke, Jan and Mendling, Jan},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-319-58306-8},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-319-58307-5},
  pages     = {57 -- 76},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Because of customer churn, strong competition, and operational inefficiencies, the telecommunications operator ME Telco (fictitious name due to confidentiality) launched a strategic transformation program that included a Business Process Management (BPM) project. Major problems were silo-oriented process management and missing cross-functional transparency. Process improvements were not consistently planned and aligned with corporate targets. Measurable inefficiencies were observed on an operational level, e.g., high lead times and reassignment rates of the incident management process.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ScheidweilerTriesch2016,
  author    = {Scheidweiler, Robert and Triesch, Eberhard},
  title     = {A note on the duality between matchings and vertex covers in balanced hypergraphs},
  series = {Journal of Combinatorial Optimization},
  volume    = {32},
  journal   = {Journal of Combinatorial Optimization},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1573-2886},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10878-015-9887-5},
  pages     = {639 -- 644},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {We present a new Min-Max theorem for an optimization problem closely connected to matchings and vertex covers in balanced hypergraphs. The result generalizes Kőnig's Theorem (Berge and Las Vergnas in Ann N Y Acad Sci 175:32-40, 1970; Fulkerson et al. in Math Progr Study 1:120-132, 1974) and Hall's Theorem (Conforti et al. in Combinatorica 16:325-329, 1996) for balanced hypergraphs.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MoraisGomesSilvaetal.2017,
  author    = {Morais, Paulo V. and Gomes, Vanderley F., Jr. and Silva, Anielle C. A. and Dantas, Noelio O. and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef and Siqueira, Jos{\´e} R., Jr.},
  title     = {Nanofilm of ZnO nanocrystals/carbon nanotubes as biocompatible layer for enzymatic biosensors in capacitive field-effect devices},
  series = {Journal of Materials Science},
  volume    = {52},
  journal   = {Journal of Materials Science},
  number    = {20},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1573-4803},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10853-017-1369-y},
  pages     = {12314 -- 12325},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {The incorporation of nanomaterials that are biocompatible with different types of biological compounds has allowed the development of a new generation of biosensors applied especially in the biomedical field. In particular, the integration of film-based nanomaterials employed in field-effect devices can be interesting to develop biosensors with enhanced properties. In this paper, we studied the fabrication of sensitive nanofilms combining ZnO nanocrystals and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), prepared by means of the layer-by-layer (LbL) technique, in a capacitive electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) structure for detecting glucose and urea. The ZnO nanocrystals were incorporated in a polymeric matrix of poly(allylamine) hydrochloride (PAH), and arranged with multi-walled CNTs in a LbL PAH-ZnO/CNTs film architecture onto EIS chips. The electrochemical characterizations were performed by capacitance-voltage and constant capacitance measurements, while the morphology of the films was characterized by atomic force microscopy. The enzymes glucose oxidase and urease were immobilized on film's surface for detection of glucose and urea, respectively. In order to obtain glucose and urea biosensors with optimized amount of sensitive films, we investigated the ideal number of bilayers for each detection system. The glucose biosensor showed better sensitivity and output signal for an LbL PAH-ZnO/CNTs nanofilm with 10 bilayers. On the other hand, the urea biosensor presented enhanced properties even for the first bilayer, exhibiting high sensitivity and output signal. The presence of the LbL PAH-ZnO/CNTs films led to biosensors with better sensitivity and enhanced response signal, demonstrating that the adequate use of nanostructured films is feasible for proof-of-concept biosensors with improved properties that may be employed for biomedical applications.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{EngemannWiesenKallweitetal.2018,
  author    = {Engemann, Heiko and Wiesen, Patrick and Kallweit, Stephan and Deshpande, Harshavardhan and Schleupen, Josef},
  title     = {Autonomous mobile manipulation using ROS},
  series = {Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics},
  booktitle = {Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-319-61276-8},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-319-61276-8_43},
  pages     = {389 -- 401},
  year      = {2018},
  language  = {en}
}