PhD at the Industrial Data Lab: from theory to practice

Corinna’s story: never stop being curious

Corinna started her PhD on data lake architectures in 2018. Back then, companies were aligning their business operations and turning to data-driven initiatives such as Industry 4.0. Data lakes, however, were a new topic and still presented an immature concept with various conflicting definitions and only rough thoughts on how it should be realized. The guiding question of Corinna’s research project was therefore “How can a data lake be set up and realized to support the needs of a company, specifically a global-acting industrial company like Bosch?” During the work on her PhD, Corinna was temporarily integrated into the team at Bosch in Stuttgart. “I published papers, supervised master students, and held lectures at the university. During this time, I learned a lot, both professionally and personally, and matured,” Corinna says. She completed her PhD in December 2022, became a Bosch associate right away and is now putting her research results into practice. “Many findings from my PhD are still beneficial for my daily work today. This not only includes knowledge about data lakes. It also includes self-organization, time management and, above all, self-insights. I can only recommend it to anyone who is interested in academic work to embark on this journey, especially in cooperation with an industry partner like Bosch,” Corinna underlines.