Advances and Impacts of the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving

Sebastian Koziolek is an Associate Professor at Department of Machine Design and Research at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland. He is the current president of the European TRIZ Association (ETRIA). His research is focused on the development of a new method for building a formal design representation space and new methods for inventive design. Leonid Chechurin is a Professor at Lappenranta University of Technology, Finnland. He combined academic work (St.Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Kumoh National University of Technology, Politechnico di Milano) as Professor/Visiting Professor or department head and employment by leading innovating technology companies (Samsung SDI, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics) as a consultant/principal researcher for engineering design group. He is the editor of many books including 'Research and Practice on the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ)' (Springer, 2016). Dr. Mikael Collan works as a tenured Professor of strategic finance at Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland. His research concentrates on business modeling and application of fuzzy logic in business and industry. Mikael is an ordinary member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters.

Digital Learning Design: From Ideation via TRIZ to Implementation.- Experimental Validation of Quantum-Economic Analysis (QEA) as a Screening Tool for New Product Development.- Can Altshuller's Matrix be Skipped Using CBR and Semantic Similarity Reasoning?.- A Critical Comparison of Two Creativity Methods for Fostering Participatory Innovation: Implications to Improve TRIZ.- Problem Formulation of Screw Feeding System of Fibrous Materials Using TRIZ.- Quantifying and Leading Innovation with TRIZ Within Competitiveness Strategies.- TRIZ to Support Disruptive Innovation of Shared Bikes in China.- From Simulation to Contradictions, Different Ways to Formulate Innovation Directions.- How Problems Are Solved in TRIZ Literature: The Need for Alternative Techniques to Individuate the Most Suitable Inventive Principles.- TRIZ to Support Creation of Innovative Shared Value Business Initiatives.- Mobile Biogas Station Design - the TRIZ Approach.- Cause-Effect Chains Analysis Using Boolean Algebra.- A Praxiological Model of Creative Actions in the Field of Mechanical Engineering.- A Long-Term Strategy to Spread TRIZ in SMEs. Analysis of Bergamo's Experience.- Lessons for TRIZ from Design Thinking & Lean 3P.- TRIZ Potential for IT Projects.- TRIZ/CrePS Approach to the Social Problems of Poverty: 'Liberty vs. Love' Is Found the Principal Contradiction of the Human Culture.- Product Development Using Heuristic-Systematic Approach: A Case Study.- TRIZ Based Problem Solving of Tile Manufacturing System.- TRIZ-Based Approach for Process Intensification and Problem Solving in Process Engineering: Concepts and Research Agenda.- Problem Definition and Identification of Contradictions in the Interdisciplinary Areas of Mechatronic Engineering.