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Dr. Kirsten Matheus is engineer and economist. Since 2003, she worked in the automotive industry; since 2009 at BMW. At BMW she is responsible for the strategy for the in-vehicle networking technologies. This entails ensuring the availability of suitable in-vehicle networking technologies well before application engineers want to use them. In this context she successfully introduced Ethernet as a networking technology into the automotive industry. In her opinion, only open standards provide the basis for long term sustainability of networking technologies. She and her former colleague Thomas Königseder describe their experiences, background and technical concepts behind the use of Ethernet in the automotive industry in a book titled “Automotive Ethernet”. Her new book, co-authored by her colleague Michael Kaindl, “Automotive High Speed Communication Technologies, SerDes and Ethernet for Sensor and Display Applications”, appeared in Autumn 2022.

Abstract:

In factories as well as in cars, the communication infrastructure has grown, diversified and changed with the EE-architectures. In both cases harmonization has been strived for, in both cases Ethernet has been adopted as a communication technology. This presentation explores the communalities and difference between the two industries in respect to the communication infrastructure and investigates the synergy potentials. 

Short bio:

Luis Almeida graduated in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering in 1988 and received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1999, both from the University of Aveiro in Portugal. He is currently Full Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Porto (UP), Portugal, and Vice-Director of the CISTER research unit at UP where he coordinates the Distributed and Real-Time Embedded Systems (DaRTES) laboratory. Among several appointments, he was Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems (2020-2021) and Trustee of the RoboCup Federation (2008–2016) including Vice-President (2011-2013). We was also Program and General Chair of the IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (2011–2012 respectively), General Co-Chair of CPS week 2018, WFCS 2020 and 2024, and currently of ETFA 2025. His research interests revolve around real-time communications for distributed industrial/embedded systems and for systems-of-systems.

Abstract:

Recent growing frameworks such as the IoT, IIot, Cloud/Fog/Edge computing, CPS, etc, have enabled new real-time applications, creating new challenges. From smart cities to health monitoring, intelligent transportation, autonomous vehicles, Industry 4.0, etc, all rely on complex services provided by complex distributed platforms. However, as opposed to classical real-time appications that were statically deployed at system boot time on known platforms, contemporary applications demand dynamic service management over dynamic platforms, while meeting all timing requirements. This is a significant challenge that requires appropriate solutions from the node level to the network and system-wide levels.

In this talk we will revisit some of our contributions to open and adaptive real-time network protocols that are fundamental to support dynamic management of real-time services. Starting from earlier work with the Flexible Time-Triggered paradigm, we will then analyze the provision of dynamic real-time communication and network reservations using existing standards, particularly Software-Defined Networking and Time-Sensitive Networking. Finally, we will address the timing behaviour of the management mechanisms, a commonly overlooked dimension of dynamic real-time systems, ending with an overview of related open challenges.

Contact:

Luis Almeida
Distributed and Real-Time Embedded Systems Lab (DaRTES)
CISTER - Research Center on Real-Time and Embedded Computing Systems
IT - Instituto de Telecomunicações (Porto)
University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering
Portugal
http://www.fe.up.pt/~lda

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João Lopes is a Principal Engineer, acting as Technical Project Manager 6G System Innovation, at NXP Semiconductors CTO office, with focus on Industrial IoT. In that sense, he contributed to TSN - Time Sensitive Networking - 802.1 WG as Voting Member, former OPC Foundation UAFX Prototyping WG Chair and now Networking WG Vice-chair and contributed to several technical documents from the 5G-ACIA. The focus of interest are industrial automation and real-time communication, both wired and wireless.

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The trend to use a layered architecture and standardized interfaces is nothing new: already in the early 2000’s, the industrial automation world standardized several ethernet-based industrial fieldbus protocols, which are incompatible with each other. Today there is a new standardization effort that has the potential to unite the industrial automation world around one technology – TSN (Time Sensitive Networking). Moreover, this technology aims to go beyond the industrial automation vertical, as well as beyond the underlying physical layer.

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Michael Bahr is a Senior Key Expert Research Scientist in Wireless Networks at Siemens Foundational Technologies in Garching near Munich (Germany). He received a German Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Rostock (Germany) and a Master of Science in Symbolic Computation from the University of Bath (UK). Michael has been working on network simulations and traffic engineering and was active in IEEE 802.11/15.4 standardization. Michael’s interests include amongst others Wireless LAN, mesh networking, sensor networks, industrial wireless communication, 5G and 6G. Michael is a 3GPP SA1 delegate and Chair of the 5G-ACIA Working Group on use cases and requirements and has been involved in several European and German funded projects.

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Deterministic wireless communication - Industrial automation has been looking for this already for a long time. The well-known low latency of 1 ms with high reliability of more than 5 nines is just one aspect, but important is dependability covering more and different KPIs than traditional communication networks. Although current wireless communication technologies such as Wi-Fi and 5G show promising developments, this kind of deterministic ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) has not been broadly available yet. Starting from industrial use cases, deterministic communication and its characteristics is briefly explained, before looking into several achievements on deterministic wireless from previous times, 5G, and our work on deterministic Wi-Fi.

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Filippo Dell’Agnello received B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering and M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pisa, Pisa, PI, IT in 2012 and in 2015 respectively. In 2015 and 2016, he worked as an Affiliate Engineer for Sensor Integration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (CSAIL), Cambridge, MA, USA. From 2016 to 2023, he was a Research Fellow at The BioRobotics Institute (Wearable Robotics Laboratory) of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, PI, IT. Since 2023, he has been an Electronic Research and Development Senior Engineer at IUVO Srl, Pontedera, PI, IT. His research interests are in the field of biomechatronics with a focus on the design of electronic embedded solutions to sense, control and power robotic platforms and wearable devices.

Abstract:

Exoskeleton technologies are increasingly being adopted in industrial environments to reduce the physical strain on workers performing demanding tasks. From passive to active occupational exoskeleton, each architecture involves trade-offs in usability, control complexity, and operational performance. This presentation showcases recent IUVO industrial deployments, highlighting the benefits and current limitations of exoskeleton technologies in real-world applications. Unlike static use cases, modern industrial scenarios demand scalable, real-time, and responsive systems. The DETERMINISTIC6G project addresses these challenges by exploring dependable communication and simplified embedded off-load control, enabling enhanced responsiveness and smoother integration of exoskeletons into increasingly connected industrial ecosystems.

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Dr. Kirsten Matheus is engineer and economist. Since 2003, she worked in the automotive industry; since 2009 at BMW. At BMW she is responsible for the strategy for the in-vehicle networking technologies. This entails ensuring the availability of suitable in-vehicle networking technologies well before application engineers want to use them. In this context she successfully introduced Ethernet as a networking technology into the automotive industry. In her opinion, only open standards provide the basis for long term sustainability of networking technologies. She and her former colleague Thomas Königseder describe their experiences, background and technical concepts behind the use of Ethernet in the automotive industry in a book titled “Automotive Ethernet”. Her new book, co-authored by her colleague Michael Kaindl, “Automotive High Speed Communication Technologies, SerDes and Ethernet for Sensor and Display Applications”, appeared in Autumn 2022.

Abstract:

Communication technologies represent an essential part of the in-vehicle infrastructure, without which neither modern cars nor any automotive innovations would be possible. The variety and diversity of in-vehicle communication technologies that have been developed as a result, however, cause complexity in terms of qualification, maintenance, and network design.

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Hans-Peter Bernhard is a Principal Scientist, the Head of the Research Unit Wireless Communications and 6G Research at Silicon Austria Labs, and a Senior Scientist at the Institute of Communications and RF Systems at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. Hans-Peter holds an MSc and a PhD from the Vienna University of Technology. He was an Assistant Professor at the Vienna University of Technology until 1998, and then he joined the Johannes Kepler University Linz as Lecturer in 1999. From 1992 to 2018, he owned and operated an IT company focused on health topics. In 2014, Hans-Peter joined Johannes Kepler University Linz as a Senior Scientist, and in 2018, he joined the Silicon Austria Labs. He was a Guest Researcher at the Prague Academy of Science and the University of Cambridge. He has organized/co-organized several special sessions at ETFA, WFCS, IEEE-IM, and WF-IoT and served as Conference General Chair for WFCS2021, Organizing Chair for EWSN2022 and Guest Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics and IEEE Access.

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Valerio Frascolla (MSc & PhD in Electronic Engineering) works as Director of Research & Innovation at Intel and has 25+ years of experience in international environments covering diverse roles at Marconi Research Center, Ancona University, Comneon, and Infineon. He works as proposal evaluator for the EC and several national research agencies and EU-funded project Open Calls. He has expertise in technology scouting, edge-cloud continuum, connectivity, wireless system protocols and HW/SW architectures design, requirements management, standards bodies, as project and program manager, coach and mentor. Valerio is advisory board member in 11 EU research programs and contributed to 23 research projects. He authored 100+ peer-reviewed publications, his research domains being 5G/6G system design (with focus on AI/ML, spectrum management, IoT, edge and green technologies) and business and sustainability aspects in diverse market verticals. Valerio supports the research ecosystem having a track record as organizer/invited speaker in SS, WS and industrial panels, serving as reviewer for 90+ journals, as Vice President of BDVA, and representing Intel in 6G-IA, AIOTI, and NetworldEurope.