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Read more about how the Connected Systems Institute is facilitating collaboration between industry and academia below.

Rockwell Automation and Cisco partner on New Manufacturing Training Program

With skilled labor shortages on the horizon for many manufacturers, Rockwell Automation and Cisco are collaborating with the University of Wisconsin to nurture a more automation-savvy workforce. The University of Wisconsin’s Connected Systems Institute (CSI) is just one example of a collaboration between academia and industry designed in this mold.... Read More

Jennifer Abele – Strategic Partnerships and the Workforce of the Future

In this week's Industrial Talk Podcast we're talking to Jennifer Abele, Senior Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee about “Strategic Partnerships to Engage and Innovate the Workforce of the Future!”. Get the answers to your “Digital Transformation Education” questions along with Jennifer's unique insight on the... Read More

Michael Cook discusses Rockwell Automations commitment to CSI, OT, & IT connection

In this week's Industrial Talk Podcast we're talking to Michael Cook, Director of Global Academic Partnership at Rockwell Automation about “Rockwell's commitment to CSI and the Full Convergence of People and Culture by Connecting OT with IT”! Get the answers to your “Automation” questions along with Michael's unique insight on... Read More

Mary Bunzel – Educating the Workforce of the Future

In this week's Industrial Talk Podcast we're talking to Mary Bunzel, Executive Director of the Connected Systems Institute (“CSI”) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee about “The need to educate the Workforce of the Future”. Mary and her team at CSI are leading the way with “hands-on” solutions and training to... Read More

CSI In Action: An Update from Our Executive Director

It is almost Thanksgiving and, as always, I ask myself where did the time go? The last six months here at Connected Systems Institute (CSI) has been a whirlwind of activity, each action moving us closer and closer to our official opening. And what is that? What does “official opening”... Read More