The business informatics specialist Thomas Farrenkopf from Friedberg completed his doctorate at Edinburgh Napier University. In his doctoral thesis at the School of Computing there, he dealt with the simulation of business processes. He uses elements of artificial intelligence to describe consumer behavior. For example, you can examine how a product is gaining acceptance on the market.

Dr. Farrenkopf was trained by Prof. Dr. Michael Guckert from the THM Department of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Data Processing and Dr. Neil Urquhart, lecturer in Edinburgh, supervised. The 32-year-old had previously completed his master's degree in business informatics at the THM . Farrenkopf is currently working as “Head of Knowledge-Based Methods” at the automotive supplier Kamax in Homberg/Ohm and as a teacher at the THM .

In the field of business informatics, THM has been working with the Scottish university since 2010 on Guckert's initiative. The two universities cooperate in research and student exchange.