Subcommittee on Information Technology in Industrial and Factory Automation

Chairs:
Georg Frey,
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Juergen Jasperneite,  OWL University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Scope: The Committee is focused on the adoption and application of information technology for automation systems. Topics of specific interest are : Development Platforms and Frameworks, Specific Programming languages, Tool chains for Software Design and Development, Engineering and commissioning tools, Operating Systems, Software System Security, Databases and Web Interfaces, Realtime Mobile Computing, Network Computing, Distributed Realtime Systems, Industrial Signal Processing



Georg Frey is leading a research group at the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany.

His research interests include analysis of networked automation systems using formal techniques, modeling and simulation of distributed and embedded systems using Modelica as well as discrete event formalisms, design processes for distributed automation systems using UML and IEC 61499, formal design and analysis of PLC programs based on Petri nets and model checking, and formal techniques to evaluate the dependability of automation systems.

Dr. Frey has co-authored more than 100 papers in reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He has supervised 4 PhD students and more than 30 Diploma/Master students.

He is Senior Member of IEEE, further memberships in organizations include Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik (VDE), Gesellschaft für Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik (GMA), Deutscher Hochschulverband.

Dr. Frey received his Dipl.-Ing. Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Universität Karlsruhe (TH) in 1996 and his PhD degree (Dr.-Ing.) from Technische Universität Kaiserslautern in 2002, respectively.

Contact email address: g.frey@iestcfa.org
 

Juergen Jasperneite studied electrical engineering at the Lippe University of Applied Sciences (Dipl.-Ing. 1988) and at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg/Germany as a doctoral student from 1999- 2002. He received his doctorate degree (Dr.-Ing.) in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg/Germany in 2002.

From 1988 – 1989 he was with Bosch Telecom, Berlin, as a R&D-Engineer in the field of GSM technology. From 1989 to 2005 he was with Phoenix Contact in different positions, starting as an ASIC-Engineer for industrial communication systems and finally as the Head of the R&D-Department of the Business Unit Automation Systems.

Since 2005 he is a full professor for Computer Networks at the
OWL University of Applied Sciences in Lemgo/Germany. From the end of 2006 he is the speaker of the Excellence platform Industrial IT of the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia. Since the beginning of 2007 he becomes the director of the Institute for Industrial Information Technologies (inIT –Institute Industrial IT).

Juergen Jasperneite is an IEEE Senior Member since 2006 and Author/Co-Author of more than 70 technical papers. He served as a member or reviewer for a lot of scientific conferences and journals. Recently he served as a Track Co-Chair at the ETFA2008 and as an Industry Day and Panel Discussion Co-Chairmen at the WFCS2008.

His current research interests are modelling, testing and evaluating of Realtime Communication Systems, especially in the field of industrial automation.


Contact email address: j.jasperneite@iestcfa.org