Making Industries Pro²Future

Empowering Humans with Cognified and Sustainable Products and Production Systems

As a COMET competence centre, we conduct research into resilient, energy-efficient and human-centered solutions that make everyday industrial life smarter, safer and more sustainable. Through strong partnerships with industry and science and a clear focus on knowledge and technology transfer, we are paving the way for a cognified and sustainable future of production.

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How to partner with us

We provide an ecosystem for applied research and innovation.

From joint research projects and scientific exchange to research stays and supervision of academic work with international universities.

Applied research on industrial topics; collaborative work from idea to practical implementation throughout the entire product life cycle.

We build long-term partnerships that strengthen regional innovation, support international success and help educate and develop future talents.

We offer an ultimate environment for collaborative projects (industry, SMEs, startups, universities, research institutions) and provide application-driven results for mission-oriented initiatives and innovation programs.

Research with Impact - Your Career at Pro²Future

You want your work to make a real impact and not just stay within the lab? At the intersection of science and industry, you’ll work at Pro²Future on forward-looking topics such as Artificial Intelligence, digitalization and sustainable production. Together with leading industrial partners, you’ll develop data-driven solutions, test innovative algorithms and receive direct feedback from real-world applications. Whether it’s human-machine interaction, smart products or process optimization – with us, you drive genuine innovation.
Whether you’re pursuing a PhD, internship or research position – we offer challenging projects, flexible structures and an inspiring research environment where your ideas truly matter.

About Pro2Future GmbH

Pro²Future is working on the goals and results of the digital transformation and conducting research for industrial implementation in the period thereafter. As a non-university COMET research centre with locations in Linz and Graz, we are working on the next generation of cognitive products and production systems.

Our mission is to cognify industries
by developing resilient, energy-efficient and human-centered solutions that directly address everyday challenges.

Further information can be found here:

Projects

SUPCODE

SUPCODE

Supporting Cognitive Decision Making

Industry 4.0 is considered as the “fourth industrial revolution” that either fully automatizes the production in the manufacturing industry or…

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3D-Recon VI

3D-Recon VI

Novel methods for 3D models from camera shoots

The primary focus of this research project is deeply rooted in the domain of Structure from Motion (SfM). SfM is…

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CSG

CSG

Cognitive Smart Grids

Due to the ongoing integration of distributed energy resources such as domestic photovoltaics into the existing distribution grid, conventional –…

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CoSma

CoSma

Cosimulation for Smart Manufacturing

Predicting quality in production systems is an open field of research, especially for discontinuous production like assembly. In manufacturing of…

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CompEAS-BSW II

CompEAS-BSW II

Compositional Embedded Automotive System Basic Software

Embedded systems in vehicles were traditionally implemented in a strictly static manner, where the integration of functions was largely manual…

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EPCOS 1

EPCOS 1

Maintenance 4.0 @EPCOS OHG, Preparation & Ex-Post Analysis

The predictive maintenance systems are built upon is a clear definition of defects and the corresponding approaches to address them.…

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HOP-ON

HOP-ON

Cognitive Shopfloor Monitoring

Production Systems are systems-of-systems and very specific and unique systems. Here Production Systems address machines composed of mechatronic systems and…

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CEPS

CEPS

Cognitive Engineering Process Support

The automotive industry is developing complex, interdisciplinary systems, containing a multitude of software and hardware components that have to work…

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Key Facts*

360+

Publications

45+

Finished & running PhD Theses

167+

Nominations in international Boards

49+ M€

Cumulated project volume

25+

Patents & Patent filings

95+

Scientific & Industry Partners

*as of March 31, 2026

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