Education in the context Industry 4.0 at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg

The industrial development of the economy requires specialists in handling processes and digitization. This applies to both the manufacturing industry and the service sector. Human-machine communication plays a major role in this aspect. The Chair of Industrial Information Technology at the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg is an educational institution. One of the main focuses is teaching in information management and the associated communication strategy with its IT environment. The students are introduced to real processes and trained through experimental exercises by means of practical approaches in research. To this end, the IIT Chair uses current technologies that are state of the art in industry. This is illustrated in this article by the production of floor coverings.