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M-Lab
Type
industry project
Start Date
01 July 2001
End Date
30 June 2007
URI
Status
completed
Keywords
Mobile Computing
Ubiquitous Computing
Pervasive Computing
RFID
Description
The M-Lab is a professionally managed joint project of the HSG (University of St. Gallen) and the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). The core team is comprised of 5-8 companies with 6 PhD students and 2 professors (Elgar Fleisch and Friedemann Mattern) from the fields of computer science and business management who work on specific company-related problems and general issues associated with ubiquitous computing.
The M-Lab is a very cost-efficient means of harnessing the innovative power of ubiquitous computing for business as an "early mover". The M-Lab is rooted in international science and business, has a local presence, cooperates globally with the best institutions in the field of ubiquitous computing and combines the business (HSG) and technical (ETH) points of view.
The M-Lab is a very cost-efficient means of harnessing the innovative power of ubiquitous computing for business as an "early mover". The M-Lab is rooted in international science and business, has a local presence, cooperates globally with the best institutions in the field of ubiquitous computing and combines the business (HSG) and technical (ETH) points of view.
Leader contributor(s)
Thiesse, Frederic
Member contributor(s)
Wiechert, Thomas
Staake, Thorsten
Ippisch, Tobias
Baecker, Oliver
Dada, Ali
Kuerschner, Chris
Partner(s)
Swisscom, Migros, Deutsche Telekom, Bayer, Mobiliar, Basler.
Funder(s)
Topic(s)
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Method(s)
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Range
HSG Internal
Range (De)
HSG Intern
Division(s)
Eprints ID
6600
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PublicationAnti-Counterfeiting Based on Supply Chain Proximity(VDE Verlag, 2008-06-10)
;Dada, Ali ;Magerkurth, Carsten ;Hollstein, ThomasStrueker, JensDespite the availability of several product authentication technologies, anti-counterfeiters still find difficulty in locating the suspicious items among the mostly genuine ones. We propose in this paper an approach that uses previously performed authenticity checks to determine the likelihood that the yet-unchecked items are authentic or fake. The approach is based on proximity of items in the supply chain, which can be deduced from Track and Trace data of RFID-tagged items. The paper discusses the algorithms used to calculate the fakeness probability of yet-unchecked items and gives the results of a simulation study that evaluates the algorithms' performance.Type: conference paperJournal: Informationstechnische Gesellschaft: ITG-FachberichtVolume: 209 -
PublicationAssessing the Impact of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for RFID in the Retail Industry(Association for Information Systems, 2007-08-09)
;Thiesse, Frederic ;Flörkemeier, ChristianSorensen, C.Type: conference paper -
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PublicationAn Analysis of Data-on-Tag Concepts in Manufacturing(Ges. für Informatik, 2008-02-26)
;Kuerschner, Chris ;Thiesse, Frederic ;Breitner, Michael H. ;Breunig, Martin ;Fleisch, E. ;Pousttchi, K.Turowski, KurtType: conference paperJournal: GI-EditionVolume: 123 -
PublicationDisplaying Dynamic Carbon Footprints of Products on Mobile Phones( 2008-05-19)
;Dada, Ali ;Graf von Reischach, Felix ;Staake, Thorsten ;Mayrhofer, R. ;Quigley, A. ;Kay, J. ;Kortuem, G. ;Ardon, S. ;Rukzio, E. ;Vande Moere, A. ;Adowd, G.Suginuma, K.Several brand owners are calculating the carbon footprint of sample products and intend to make the information available to their consumers as a label on the product. A physical label on the items or on the retail shelf will not be flexible enough to show the carbon footprint because of the dynamic nature of carbon emissions and the potential difference in footprint between instances of the same product. In this demonstration, we show an alternative to a static physical label, namely an NFC-enabled mobile phone that displays the carbon footprint of tagged products. In addition to demonstrating the dynamic nature of carbon footprints, our prototype shows how consumers can be empowered with knowledge about the products they buy.Type: conference paper -
PublicationCarbon Footprints from Enterprises to Product Instances: The Potential of the EPC Network( 2008-09-09)
;Dada, Ali ;Staake, ThorstenOhlbach, Hans JuergenA growing number of companies quantify and report the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their activities. Collecting this data on a company-level facilitates the participation in emission trading programs and underlines the corporate social responsibility activities. However, enabling individual consumers to choose products with favorable "carbon footprints" requires data on the level of individual products, or even better, on item-level, also capturing information on transportation, cooling, etc. For providing such dynamic and fine granular measurements, the relevant enterprise information systems should be adapted accordingly. We present in this paper a spectrum of greenhouse gas reporting activities of increasing granularity and propose how companies can use EPC Information Services to reach a high level of reporting granularity.Type: conference paper -
PublicationL'Internet des objets - Le potentiel d‘efficacité de la gestion avec RFID( 2006-06-13)Wiechert, ThomasType: presentation
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PublicationAdoption and Diffusion of RFID Technology in the Automotive Industry( 2007-06-06)
;Schmitt, Patrick ;Thiesse, FredericThe adoption of newer information technologies like Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can improve the transparency and therefore the speed and accuracy of information exchange within supply chains. An increase of process efficiency is one of the advantages of RFID. But after many years of hyping the RFID technology it becomes increasingly evident that the actual adoption and diffusion of RFID lags behind the expectations of its optimistic promoters. In our paper we identify factors which are fostering the adoption and diffusion of RFID in a particular industry such as automotive. With a look at the theory of innovation diffusion, reviews of IS and IT diffusion studies, case reports and our practical experience in the automotive industry we extract factors in three categories: (a) innovation characteristic, (b) organizational characteristics and (c) environmental characteristics. The resulting most important factors compatibility, complexity, costs and performance belong to group (a) while the factor top management support belongs to group (b). With the knowledge of these factors, potential users are able to evaluate if it is reasonable to adopt RFID at a certain point of time and furthermore become able to actively influence these factors to increase the rate of diffusion of RFID.Type: conference paper -
PublicationReduktion von Out-of-Stock Situationen im Einzelhandel durch die Neugestaltung der Filialprozesse(Universität St. Gallen / M-Lab, 2007)
;Wiechert, ThomasSchuermann, Alexander