Smart Sustainability Simulation Game (S3G)

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Due to technological change and the increasing importance of data analytics and AI, the requirements profile of companies for graduates as specialists and managers is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary.  

S3G focuses on interdisciplinary educational goals between business administration, sustainability, AI and data science. It is an application-oriented and interactive business simulation that offers project-based learning to promote self-directed and active learning within interdisciplinary cross-university teams. Therefore, it is about teamwork, gamification and competition elements. 

The course contains the following aspects: 

  • Work in a cross-university team in competition with other team.
  • Working on case studies along selected steps of a circular economy.
  • Independent technical implementation of machine learning applications to address business challenge.
  • Consideration and analysis of technical, economic, environmental, and social implication.

 

Learning Goals

  • Knowing and understanding the use and evaluation of various machine learning approaches to solving business decision problems.
  • Applying techno-economic skills.
  • Identifying business decision-making situations and analyzing available data.  
  • Evaluating data using machine learning and making business decisions based on that data in a sustainability context.  
  • Implementing machine learning applications technically and evaluating (potential) economic, environmental, and social impacts.  
  • Practicing team and project management skills and presentation techniques.

 

Registration

 

Information session

There will be an information session for all students interested in this course, which will take place remotely. The information session will be held at the beginning of April, with the exact date and the link for the meeting to be confirmed in due course.

 

 

Concepts and Content                                                                                                                                                                                                     

  • Cross-university teams with different study backgrounds work together on four cases and compete against each other in an interactive simulation game
  • The four cases deal with selected steps along a circular economy in the context of e-mobility
  • During the case work, students must analyze the available data through artificial intelligence (e.g., using a machine learning algorithm) and make a business decision based on that data.                  
  • In every business decision, they must consider the various dimensions of sustainability.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Recommended qualifications
  • Knowledge of statistics is required
  • Knowledge of Python or another programming language as well as knowledge of Data Science/Machine Learning is an advantage.

Formal Frame

  • The course is held in English
  • It is a mandatory course
    • M.Sc. Business Informatics
  • It is an elective course
    • M.Sc. Management
    • M.Sc. International Business and Economics
    • Any other courses: Typically, you should be able to take the course as a "free elective" course
  • Detailed information regarding the transferability within the focus area of the study programs can be found on HohCampus and the curriculum.
  • 10% Project report: This is an five-page reflection on the learning process and success in terms of content and methodology, as well as on teamwork, if applicable. The project report is an individual performance.
  • 90% Analysis results and software code for four use cases.
  • Lecturer: Prof.Dr. Henner Gimpel, Prof. Dr. Torsten Eymann (Universität Bayreuth), Prof. Dr. Björn Häckel (Hochschule Augsburg)

Live Sessions

Kick-off23.04.2024, 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr, HS36
Case 1 - Week 130.04.2024, 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr, HS36
Case 1 - Week 207.05.2024, 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr, HS36
Case 2 - Week 114.05.2024, 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr, HS36
Case 2 - Week 228.05.2024, 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr, HS36
Case 3 - Week 104.06.2024, 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr, HS36
Case 3 - Week 211.06.2024, 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr, HS36
Case 4 - Week 118.06.2024, 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr, HS36
Case 4 - Week 225.06.2024, 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr, HS36
Award ceremony02.07.2024, 14:00 - 16:00 Uhr, HS36