AI for Digital Transformation with visiting scholar Matthias Melzer

THIS EVENT IS FOR KPU EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS 

The Office of Research Services is pleased to welcome Matthias Melzer, a visiting scholar from Germany. He will share his research topic with the KPU community in a talk titled “AI for Digital Transformation: Enhancing Sustainability, Efficiency, and Innovation”. 

Event details 

***This is a hybrid event which will take place both in-person and streamed on MS Teams. Please indicate in your registration how you prefer to attend*** 

• Date: Friday, November 7th 

• Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM 

• In-person location: KPU Civic Campus, Room 705 

• Online location: MS Teams (link will be sent prior to the event)

• Audience: This event is open to KPU faculty, staff, and students  

About the talk 

The increasing urbanization and demand for efficient resource management in terms of environmental protection and economic efficiency have made sustainability a critical global challenge. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative technology, offering novel solutions for optimizing urban infrastructure, energy consumption, and supply chain efficiency. However, AI systems are often associated with significant energy consumption and associated costs, which raise concerns about their environmental impact and economic efficiency. Matthias' research explores digital transformation and focuses on the sustainable and economic efficiency integration of AI into digital environments. In order to achieve this, he is examining how AI and necessary related technology can be used, especially in combination of technologies such as digital twins for smart city, smart energy meters, smart transportation and supply chain as well as the examination of energy efficiency of high-performance and parallel computing. 

About the speaker 

Matthias Melzer has travelled to KPU as a visiting scholar from Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH) Regensburg in Germany, a research-intensive university. While at KPU during the Fall 2025 term, Matthias will be conducting a literature review as part of his doctoral thesis, with the collaboration of Marcelo Machado from the Melville School of Business.