TY - CHAP A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Kraff, O. A1 - Orzada, S. A1 - Maderwald, S. A1 - Brote, I. A1 - Johst, S. A1 - Ladd, E. T1 - Assessment of RF Safety of Transmit Coils at 7 Tesla by Experimental and Numerical Procedures (490.) T2 - 19th annual ISMRM scientific meeting and exhibition 2011 : Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 7 - 13 May 2011 Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-1-61839-284-8 IS - Volume 1 SP - 475 PB - Curran CY - Red Hook, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Kraff, O. A1 - Orzada, S. A1 - Maderwald, S. A1 - Brote, I. A1 - Ladd, M. T1 - Experimental and Numerical Assessment of RF Safety of Transmit Coils at 7 Tesla T2 - ISMRM workshop on MR safety 2010 : RF heating of the human in MRI : workshop series. The Washington County Historic Courthouse, Stillwater, Minnesota, USA, 15 - 17 October 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-62276-088-6 SP - 195 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Scholl, Ingrid A1 - Bartella, Alex A1 - Moluluo, Cem A1 - Ertural, Berat A1 - Laing, Frederic A1 - Suder, Sebastian T1 - MedicVR : Acceleration and Enhancement Techniques for Direct Volume Rendering in Virtual Reality T2 - Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2019 : Algorithmen – Systeme – Anwendungen Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-658-25326-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25326-4_32 SP - 152 EP - 157 PB - Springer Vieweg CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Serror, Martin A1 - Henze, Martin A1 - Hack, Sacha A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Wehrle, Klaus T1 - Towards in-network security for smart homes T2 - 13th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, ARES 2018; Hamburg; Germany; 27 August 2018 through 30 August 2018 Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-145036448-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/3230833.3232802 SP - Article numer 3232802 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dinghofer, Kai A1 - Hartung, Frank T1 - Analysis of Criteria for the Selection of Machine Learning Frameworks T2 - 2020 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC) N2 - With the many achievements of Machine Learning in the past years, it is likely that the sub-area of Deep Learning will continue to deliver major technological breakthroughs [1]. In order to achieve best results, it is important to know the various different Deep Learning frameworks and their respective properties. This paper provides a comparative overview of some of the most popular frameworks. First, the comparison methods and criteria are introduced and described with a focus on computer vision applications: Features and Uses are examined by evaluating papers and articles, Adoption and Popularity is determined by analyzing a data science study. Then, the frameworks TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch and Caffe are compared based on the previously described criteria to highlight properties and differences. Advantages and disadvantages are compared, enabling researchers and developers to choose a framework according to their specific needs. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNC47757.2020.9049650 N1 - 2020 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 17-20 February 2020, Big Island, HI, USA SP - 373 EP - 377 PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hüning, Felix T1 - Sustainable changes beyond covid-19 for a second semester physics course for electrical engineering students T2 - Blended Learning in Engineering Education: challenging, enlightening – and lasting? N2 - The course Physics for Electrical Engineering is part of the curriculum of the bachelor program Electrical Engineering at University of Applied Science Aachen. Before covid-19 the course was conducted in a rather traditional way with all parts (lecture, exercise and lab) face-to-face. This teaching approach changed fundamentally within a week when the covid-19 limitations forced all courses to distance learning. All parts of the course were transformed to pure distance learning including synchronous and asynchronous parts for the lecture, live online-sessions for the exercises and self-paced labs at home. Using these methods, the course was able to impart the required knowledge and competencies. Taking the teacher’s observations of the student’s learning behaviour and engagement, the formal and informal feedback of the students and the results of the exams into account, the new methods are evaluated with respect to effectiveness, sustainability and suitability for competence transfer. Based on this analysis strong and weak points of the concept and countermeasures to solve the weak points were identified. The analysis further leads to a sustainable teaching approach combining synchronous and asynchronous parts with self-paced learning times that can be used in a very flexible manner for different learning scenarios, pure online, hybrid (mixture of online and presence times) and pure presence teaching. Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-2-87352-023-6 N1 - SEFI 49th Annual Conference, Technische Universität Berlin (online), 13 – 16 September 2021 SP - 1424 EP - 1428 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Leise, Philipp A1 - Breuer, Tim A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - Development, validation and assessment of a resilient pumping system T2 - Proceedings of the Joint International Resilience Conference, JIRC2020 N2 - The development of resilient technical systems is a challenging task, as the system should adapt automatically to unknown disturbances and component failures. To evaluate different approaches for deriving resilient technical system designs, we developed a modular test rig that is based on a pumping system. On the basis of this example system, we present metrics to quantify resilience and an algorithmic approach to improve resilience. This approach enables the pumping system to automatically react on unknown disturbances and to reduce the impact of component failures. In this case, the system is able to automatically adapt its topology by activating additional valves. This enables the system to still reach a minimum performance, even in case of failures. Furthermore, timedependent disturbances are evaluated continuously, deviations from the original state are automatically detected and anticipated in the future. This allows to reduce the impact of future disturbances and leads to a more resilient system behaviour. KW - water supply system KW - fault detection KW - anticipation strategy Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-90-365-5095-6 N1 - Joint International Resilience Conference 2020. Interconnected: Resilience Innovations for Sustainable Development Goals. 23 - 27 November, 2020, Singapore SP - 97 EP - 100 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lorenz, Imke-Sophie B. A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - Graph-theoretic resilience analysis of a water distribution system's topology T2 - World Congress on Resilience, Reliability and Asset Management 2019 N2 - Water suppliers are faced with the great challenge of achieving high-quality and, at the same time, low-cost water supply. In practice, the focus is set on the most beneficial maintenance measures and/or capacity adaptations of existing water distribution systems (WDS). Since climatic and demographic influences will pose further challenges in the future, the resilience enhancement of WDS, i.e. the enhancement of their capability to withstand and recover from disturbances, has been in particular focus recently. To assess the resilience of WDS, metrics based on graph theory have been proposed. In this study, a promising approach is applied to assess the resilience of the WDS for a district in a major German City. The conducted analysis provides insight into the process of actively influencing the resilience of WDS KW - Resilience Assessment KW - Graph Theory KW - Water Supply System KW - Case Study Y1 - 2019 N1 - World Congress on Resilience, Reliability and Asset Management, 28-31 July 2019. Furama Riverfront Hotel, Singapore SP - 106 EP - 109 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Leise, Philipp A1 - Altherr, Lena T1 - Optimizing the design and control of decentralized water supply systems – a case-study of a hotel building T2 - EngOpt 2018 Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering Optimization N2 - To increase pressure to supply all floors of high buildings with water, booster stations, normally consisting of several parallel pumps in the basement, are used. In this work, we demonstrate the potential of a decentralized pump topology regarding energy savings in water supply systems of skyscrapers. We present an approach, based on Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming, that allows to choose an optimal network topology and optimal pumps from a predefined construction kit comprising different pump types. Using domain-specific scaling laws and Latin Hypercube Sampling, we generate different input sets of pump types and compare their impact on the efficiency and cost of the total system design. As a realistic application example, we consider a hotel building with 325 rooms, 12 floors and up to four pressure zones. KW - Engineering optimization KW - Energy efficiency KW - Water KW - Pump System KW - Latin Hypercube Sampling Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-319-97773-7 SN - 978-3-319-97772-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97773-7_107 N1 - EngOpt 2018 Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering Optimization. 17-19 September 2018. Lisboa, Portugal SP - 1241 EP - 1252 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Leise, Philipp A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - Technical Operations Research (TOR) - Algorithms, not Engineers, Design Optimal Energy Efficient and Resilient Cooling Systems T2 - FAN2018 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Fan Noise, Aerodynamics, Applications and Systems N2 - The overall energy efficiency of ventilation systems can be improved by considering not only single components, but by considering as well the interplay between every part of the system. With the help of the method "TOR" ("Technical Operations Research"), which was developed at the Chair of Fluid Systems at TU Darmstadt, it is possible to improve the energy efficiency of the whole system by considering all possible design choices programmatically. We show the ability of this systematic design approach with a ventilation system for buildings as a use case example. Based on a Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Program (MINLP) we model the ventilation system. We use binary variables to model the selection of different pipe diameters. Multiple fans are model with the help of scaling laws. The whole system is represented by a graph, where the edges represent the pipes and fans and the nodes represents the source of air for cooling and the sinks, that have to be cooled. At the beginning, the human designer chooses a construction kit of different suitable fans and pipes of different diameters and different load cases. These boundary conditions define a variety of different possible system topologies. It is not possible to consider all topologies by hand. With the help of state of the art solvers, on the other side, it is possible to solve this MINLP. Next to this, we also consider the effects of malfunctions in different components. Therefore, we show a first approach to measure the resilience of the shown example use case. Further, we compare the conventional approach with designs that are more resilient. These more resilient designs are derived by extending the before mentioned model with further constraints, that consider explicitly the resilience of the overall system. We show that it is possible to design resilient systems with this method already in the early design stage and compare the energy efficiency and resilience of these different system designs. Y1 - 2018 N1 - International Conference on Fan Noise, Aerodynamics, Applications and Systems 18-20.04.2018 Darmstadt, Deutschland SP - 1 EP - 12 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rausch, Lea A1 - Friesen, John A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Pelz, Peter F. ED - Kliewer, Natalia ED - Ehmke, Jan Fabian ED - Borndörfer, Ralf T1 - Using mixed-integer programming for the optimal design of water supply networks for slums T2 - Operations Research Proceedings 2017 N2 - The UN sets the goal to ensure access to water and sanitation for all people by 2030. To address this goal, we present a multidisciplinary approach for designing water supply networks for slums in large cities by applying mathematical optimization. The problem is modeled as a mixed-integer linear problem (MILP) aiming to find a network describing the optimal supply infrastructure. To illustrate the approach, we apply it on a small slum cluster in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-319-89919-0 (Print) SN - 978-3-319-89920-6 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89920-6_68 N1 - International Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), Freie Universiät Berlin, Germany, September 6-8, 2017. SP - 509 EP - 516 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rausch, Lea A1 - Leise, Philipp A1 - Ederer, Thorsten A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Pelz, Peter F. ED - Papadrakakis, M. ED - Ppadopoulos, V. ED - Stefanou, G. ED - Plevris, V. T1 - A comparison of MILP and MINLP solver performance on the example of a drinking water supply system design problem T2 - ECCOMAS Congress 2016 VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering N2 - Finding a good system topology with more than a handful of components is a highly non-trivial task. The system needs to be able to fulfil all expected load cases, but at the same time the components should interact in an energy-efficient way. An example for a system design problem is the layout of the drinking water supply of a residential building. It may be reasonable to choose a design of spatially distributed pumps which are connected by pipes in at least two dimensions. This leads to a large variety of possible system topologies. To solve such problems in a reasonable time frame, the nonlinear technical characteristics must be modelled as simple as possible, while still achieving a sufficiently good representation of reality. The aim of this paper is to compare the speed and reliability of a selection of leading mathematical programming solvers on a set of varying model formulations. This gives us empirical evidence on what combinations of model formulations and solver packages are the means of choice with the current state of the art. KW - Technical Operations Research KW - Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimisation KW - Solver Per- formance KW - Drinking Water Supply KW - System Design Problem Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-618-82844-0-1 N1 - ECCOMAS Congress 2016 VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, 5–10 June 2016.Crete Island, Greece SP - 8509 EP - 8527 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Müller, Tim M. A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Ahola, Marja A1 - Schabel, Samuel A1 - Pelz, Peter F. ED - Rodrigues, H. C. T1 - Multi-Criteria optimization of pressure screen systems in paper recycling – balancing quality, yield, energy consumption and system complexity T2 - EngOpt 2018 Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering Optimization N2 - The paper industry is the industry with the third highest energy consumption in the European Union. Using recycled paper instead of fresh fibers for papermaking is less energy consuming and saves resources. However, adhesive contaminants in recycled paper are particularly problematic since they reduce the quality of the resulting paper-product. To remove as many contaminants and at the same time obtain as many valuable fibres as possible, fine screening systems, consisting of multiple interconnected pressure screens, are used. Choosing the best configuration is a non-trivial task: The screens can be interconnected in several ways, and suitable screen designs as well as operational parameters have to be selected. Additionally, one has to face conflicting objectives. In this paper, we present an approach for the multi-criteria optimization of pressure screen systems based on Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming. We specifically focus on a clear representation of the trade-off between different objectives. Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-319-97773-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97773-7_105 N1 - EngOpt 2018 Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering Optimization. 17-19 September 2018. Lisboa, Portugal PB - Springer International Publishing CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Ederer, Thorsten A1 - Schänzle, Christian A1 - Lorenz, Ulf A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - Algorithmic system design using scaling and affinity laws T2 - Operations Research Proceedings 2015 N2 - Energy-efficient components do not automatically lead to energy-efficient systems. Technical Operations Research (TOR) shifts the focus from the single component to the system as a whole and finds its optimal topology and operating strategy simultaneously. In previous works, we provided a preselected construction kit of suitable components for the algorithm. This approach may give rise to a combinatorial explosion if the preselection cannot be cut down to a reasonable number by human intuition. To reduce the number of discrete decisions, we integrate laws derived from similarity theory into the optimization model. Since the physical characteristics of a production series are similar, it can be described by affinity and scaling laws. Making use of these laws, our construction kit can be modeled more efficiently: Instead of a preselection of components, it now encompasses whole model ranges. This allows us to significantly increase the number of possible set-ups in our model. In this paper, we present how to embed this new formulation into a mixed-integer program and assess the run time via benchmarks. We present our approach on the example of a ventilation system design problem. KW - Optimal Topology KW - Piecewise Linearization KW - Ventilation System KW - Similarity Theory Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-319-42901-4 SN - 978-3-319-42902-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42902-1 N1 - International Conference of the German, Austrian and Swiss Operations Research Societies (GOR, ÖGOR, SVOR/ASRO), University of Vienna, Austria, September 1-4, 2015 SP - 605 EP - 611 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schänzle, Christian A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Ederer, Thorsten A1 - Lorenz, Ulf A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - As good as it can be: Ventilation system design by a combined scaling and discrete optimization method T2 - Proceedings of FAN 2015 N2 - The understanding that optimized components do not automatically lead to energy-efficient systems sets the attention from the single component on the entire technical system. At TU Darmstadt, a new field of research named Technical Operations Research (TOR) has its origin. It combines mathematical and technical know-how for the optimal design of technical systems. We illustrate our optimization approach in a case study for the design of a ventilation system with the ambition to minimize the energy consumption for a temporal distribution of diverse load demands. By combining scaling laws with our optimization methods we find the optimal combination of fans and show the advantage of the use of multiple fans. Y1 - 2015 N1 - Proceedings of FAN 2015, Lyon (France), 15 – 17 April 2015 SP - 1 EP - 11 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Ederer, Thorsten A1 - Farnetane, Lucas S. A1 - Pöttgen, Philipp A1 - Vergé, Angela A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - Multicriterial design of a hydrostatic transmission system via mixed-integer programming T2 - Operations Research Proceedings 2015 N2 - In times of planned obsolescence the demand for sustainability keeps growing. Ideally, a technical system is highly reliable, without failures and down times due to fast wear of single components. At the same time, maintenance should preferably be limited to pre-defined time intervals. Dispersion of load between multiple components can increase a system’s reliability and thus its availability inbetween maintenance points. However, this also results in higher investment costs and additional efforts due to higher complexity. Given a specific load profile and resulting wear of components, it is often unclear which system structure is the optimal one. Technical Operations Research (TOR) finds an optimal structure balancing availability and effort. We present our approach by designing a hydrostatic transmission system. Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-319-42901-4 SN - 978-3-319-42902-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42902-1_41 N1 - International Conference of the German, Austrian and Swiss Operations Research Societies (GOR, ÖGOR, SVOR/ASRO), University of Vienna, Austria, September 1-4, 2015 SP - 301 EP - 307 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ostkotte, Sebastian A1 - Peters, Constantin A1 - Hüning, Felix A1 - Bragard, Michael T1 - Design, implementation and verification of an rotational incremental position encoder based on the magnetic Wiegand effect T2 - 2022 ELEKTRO (ELEKTRO) N2 - This paper covers the use of the magnetic Wiegand effect to design an innovative incremental encoder. First, a theoretical design is given, followed by an estimation of the achievable accuracy and an optimization in open-loop operation. Finally, a successful experimental verification is presented. For this purpose, a permanent magnet synchronous machine is controlled in a field-oriented manner, using the angle information of the prototype. KW - Position Encoder KW - Rotational Encoder KW - Wiegand Effect KW - Angle Sensor KW - Incremental Encoder Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-1-6654-6726-1 SN - 978-1-6654-6727-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ELEKTRO53996.2022.9803477 SN - 2691-0616 N1 - 2022 ELEKTRO (ELEKTRO), 23-26 Mai 2022, Krakow, Poland. PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lorenz, Imke-Sophie A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - Resilience enhancement of critical infrastructure – graph-theoretical resilience analysis of the water distribution system in the German city of Darmstadt T2 - 14th WCEAM Proceedings N2 - Water suppliers are faced with the great challenge of achieving high-quality and, at the same time, low-cost water supply. Since climatic and demographic influences will pose further challenges in the future, the resilience enhancement of water distribution systems (WDS), i.e. the enhancement of their capability to withstand and recover from disturbances, has been in particular focus recently. To assess the resilience of WDS, graph-theoretical metrics have been proposed. In this study, a promising approach is first physically derived analytically and then applied to assess the resilience of the WDS for a district in a major German City. The topology based resilience index computed for every consumer node takes into consideration the resistance of the best supply path as well as alternative supply paths. This resistance of a supply path is derived to be the dimensionless pressure loss in the pipes making up the path. The conducted analysis of a present WDS provides insight into the process of actively influencing the resilience of WDS locally and globally by adding pipes. The study shows that especially pipes added close to the reservoirs and main branching points in the WDS result in a high resilience enhancement of the overall WDS. KW - Resilient infrastructure KW - Resilience assessment KW - Resilience metric graph theory KW - Water distribution system KW - Case study Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-030-64228-0 SN - 978-3-030-64227-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64228-0_13 N1 - 14th WCEAM Proceedings. World Congress on Engineering Asset Management, 28-31 July 2019, Singapore Part of the Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering book series (LNME) SP - 137 EP - 149 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schänzle, Christian A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Ederer, Thorsten A1 - Pelz, Peter T1 - TOR – Towards the energetically optimal ventilation system KW - Energy KW - Efficiency KW - Ventilation System KW - Discrete Optimisation KW - TGA Y1 - 2015 N1 - EST 2015, Karlsruhe, 19-21 Mai 2015 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Nikolovski, Gjorgji A1 - Reke, Michael A1 - Elsen, Ingo A1 - Schiffer, Stefan T1 - Machine learning based 3D object detection for navigation in unstructured environments T2 - 2021 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium Workshops (IV Workshops) N2 - In this paper we investigate the use of deep neural networks for 3D object detection in uncommon, unstructured environments such as in an open-pit mine. While neural nets are frequently used for object detection in regular autonomous driving applications, more unusual driving scenarios aside street traffic pose additional challenges. For one, the collection of appropriate data sets to train the networks is an issue. For another, testing the performance of trained networks often requires tailored integration with the particular domain as well. While there exist different solutions for these problems in regular autonomous driving, there are only very few approaches that work for special domains just as well. We address both the challenges above in this work. First, we discuss two possible ways of acquiring data for training and evaluation. That is, we evaluate a semi-automated annotation of recorded LIDAR data and we examine synthetic data generation. Using these datasets we train and test different deep neural network for the task of object detection. Second, we propose a possible integration of a ROS2 detector module for an autonomous driving platform. Finally, we present the performance of three state-of-the-art deep neural networks in the domain of 3D object detection on a synthetic dataset and a smaller one containing a characteristic object from an open-pit mine. KW - 3D object detection KW - LiDAR KW - autonomous driving KW - Deep learning KW - Three-dimensional displays Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-1-6654-7921-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/IVWorkshops54471.2021.9669218 N1 - 2021 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium Workshops (IV Workshops), 11-17 July 2021, Nagoya, Japan. SP - 236 EP - 242 PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Amir, Malik A1 - Bauckhage, Christian A1 - Chircu, Alina A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Knopf, Christian A1 - Piatkowski, Nico A1 - Sultanow, Eldar T1 - What can we expect from quantum (digital) twins? T2 - Wirtschaftsinformatik 2022 Proceedings N2 - Digital twins enable the modeling and simulation of real-world entities (objects, processes or systems), resulting in improvements in the associated value chains. The emerging field of quantum computing holds tremendous promise forevolving this virtualization towards Quantum (Digital) Twins (QDT) and ultimately Quantum Twins (QT). The quantum (digital) twin concept is not a contradiction in terms - but instead describes a hybrid approach that can be implemented using the technologies available today by combining classicalcomputing and digital twin concepts with quantum processing. This paperpresents the status quo of research and practice on quantum (digital) twins. It alsodiscuses their potential to create competitive advantage through real-timesimulation of highly complex, interconnected entities that helps companies better address changes in their environment and differentiate their products andservices. KW - Artificial Intelligence KW - Digital Twin Evolution KW - Machine Learning KW - Quantum Computing KW - Quantum Machine Learning Y1 - 2022 N1 - 17. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik, 21. – 23. Februar 2022, Nürnberg (online) SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ritschel, Konstantin A1 - Stenzel, Adina A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Hong, Chin-Gi ED - Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), T1 - Realizing robotic process automation potentials: an architectural perspective on a real-life implementation case T2 - GI Edition Proceedings Band 314 "INFORMATIK 2021" Computer Science & Sustainability N2 - The initial idea of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the automation of business processes through a simple emulation of user input and output by software robots. Hence, it can be assumed that no changes of the used software systems and existing Enterprise Architecture (EA) is required. In this short, practical paper we discuss this assumption based on a real-life implementation project. We show that a successful RPA implementation might require architectural work during analysis, implementation, and migration. As practical paper we focus on exemplary lessons-learned and new questions related to RPA and EA. KW - Robotic Process Automation KW - Enterprise Architecture KW - Implementation Case Y1 - 2021 SN - 9783885797081 U6 - https://doi.org/10.18420/informatik2021-108 SN - 1617-5468 N1 - INFORMATIK 2021 – 51. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik, 27. September – 01. Oktober 2021 / Virtuell SP - 1303 EP - 1311 PB - Köllen CY - Bonn ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Auth, Gunnar A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Bensberg, Frank ED - Draude, Claude ED - Lange, Martin ED - Sick, Bernhard ED - Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), T1 - Impact of robotic process automation on enterprise architectures T2 - GI Edition Proceedings Band 295 INFORMATIK 2019, Workshop-Beiträge N2 - The initial idea of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the automation of business processes through the presentation layer of existing application systems. For this simple emulation of user input and output by software robots, no changes of the systems and architecture is required. However, considering strategic aspects of aligning business and technology on an enterprise level as well as the growing capabilities of RPA driven by artificial intelligence, interrelations between RPA and Enterprise Architecture (EA) become visible and pose new questions. In this paper we discuss the relationship between RPA and EA in terms of perspectives and implications. As workin- progress we focus on identifying new questions and research opportunities related to RPA and EA. KW - Robotic Process Automation KW - Enterprise Architecture KW - Software Robots Y1 - 2019 SN - 9783885796893 U6 - https://doi.org/10.18420/inf2019_ws05 SN - 1617-5468 N1 - 50 Jahre Gesellschaft für Informatik – Informatik für Gesellschaft. 16. September, Kassel SP - 59 EP - 65 PB - Köllen CY - Bonn ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Brockmann, Carsten A1 - Sultanow, Eldar A1 - Czarnecki, Christian ED - Draude, Claude ED - Lange, Martin ED - Sick, Bernhard T1 - Is enterprise architecture still relevant in the digital age? T2 - GI Edition Proceedings Band 295 INFORMATIK 2019, Workshop-Beiträge KW - Preface KW - Enterprise Architecture KW - Digital Age Y1 - 2019 SN - 9783885796893 U6 - https://doi.org/10.18420/inf2019_ws01 SN - 1617-5468 N1 - 50 Jahre Gesellschaft für Informatik – Informatik für Gesellschaft. 16. September, Kassel SP - 21 EP - 21 PB - Köllen CY - Bonn ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bensberg, Frank A1 - Auth, Gunnar A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Wörndle, Christopher ED - Kemal İlter, H. T1 - Transforming literature-intensive research processes through text analytics – design, implementation and lessons learned N2 - The continuing growth of scientific publications raises the question how research processes can be digitalized and thus realized more productively. Especially in information technology fields, research practice is characterized by a rapidly growing volume of publications. For the search process various information systems exist. However, the analysis of the published content is still a highly manual task. Therefore, we propose a text analytics system that allows a fully digitalized analysis of literature sources. We have realized a prototype by using EBSCO Discovery Service in combination with IBM Watson Explorer and demonstrated the results in real-life research projects. Potential addressees are research institutions, consulting firms, and decision-makers in politics and business practice. KW - Text analytics KW - Text mining KW - Literature review KW - Research process Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7582073.v1 N1 - 5th International Management Information Systems Conference. October 24-26 2018, Ankara ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Brockmann, Carsten A1 - Sultanow, Eldar A1 - Czarnecki, Christian ED - Czarnecki, Christian ED - Brockmann, Carsten ED - Sultanow, Eldar ED - Koschmider, Agnes ED - Selzer, Annika ED - Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V., T1 - Enterprise architectures between agility and traditional methodologies T2 - GI Edition Proceedings Band 285 Workshops der INFORMATIK 2018 N2 - For this year’s workshop on Enterpirse Architecture in Research and Practice we have received eight submissions from which four have passed the rigorous peer-review. The acceptance quote of 50% assures that only advancements in the field are included in our workshop. KW - Agility KW - agile KW - Enterprise Architecture Y1 - 2018 SN - 9783885796794 SN - 1617-5468 N1 - 26.-27. September 2018 Berlin PB - Köllen CY - Bonn ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Dietze, Christian ED - Maedche, Alexander ED - vom Brocke, Jan ED - Hevner, Alan T1 - Domain-Specific reference modeling in the telecommunications industry T2 - DESRIST 2017: Designing the Digital Transformation N2 - The telecommunications industry is currently going through a major transformation. In this context, the enhanced Telecom Operations Map (eTOM) is a domain-specific process reference model that is offered by the industry organization TM Forum. In practice, eTOM is well accepted and confirmed as de facto standard. It provides process definitions and process flows on different levels of detail. This article discusses the reference modeling of eTOM, i.e., the design, the resulting artifact, and its evaluation based on three project cases. The application of eTOM in three projects illustrates the design approach and concrete models on strategic and operational levels. The article follows the Design Science Research (DSR) paradigm. It contributes with concrete design artifacts to the transformational needs of the telecommunications industry and offers lessons-learned from a general DSR perspective. KW - enhanced Telecom Operations Map (eTOM) KW - Process reference model KW - Process design KW - Map (eTOM) Process reference model Process design Telecommunications industry Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-319-59144-5 SN - 978-3-319-59143-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59144-5_19 N1 - Designing the Digital Transformation 12th International Conference, DESRIST 2017, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 30 - June 1, 2017. SP - 313 EP - 329 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Nursinski-Stolberg, André A1 - Gangatharan, Kiritharan A1 - Czarnecki, Christian ED - Mayr, Heinrich C. ED - Pinzger, Martin T1 - Development of a subject-oriented reference process model for the telecommunications industry T2 - GI Edition Proceedings Band 259 INFORMATIK 2016 N2 - Generally the usage of reference models can be structured top-down or bottom-up. The practical need of agile change and flexible organizational implementation requires a consistent mapping to an operational level. In this context, well-established reference process models are typically structured top-down. The subject-oriented Business Process Management (sBPM) offers a modeling concept that is structured bottom-up and concentrates on the process actors on an operational level. This paper applies sBPM to the enhanced Telecom Operations Map (eTOM), a well-accepted reference process model in the telecommunications industry. The resulting design artifact is a concrete example for a combination of a bottom-up and top-down developed reference model. The results are evaluated and confirmed in practical context through the involvement of the industry body TMForum. KW - Subject-oriented Business Process Management KW - Reference Process Model KW - eTOM KW - Telecommunications Industry. Y1 - 2016 SN - 9783885796534 SN - 1617-5468 N1 - 26.-30. September 2016, Klagenfurt. SP - 699 EP - 712 PB - Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. CY - Bonn ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Winkelmann, Axel A1 - Spiliopoulou, Myra ED - Pokorny, Jaroslav ED - Repa, Vaclav ED - Richta, Karel ED - Wojtkowski, Wita ED - Linger, Henry ED - Barry, Chris ED - Lang, Michael T1 - Making business systems in the telecommunication industry more customer-oriented T2 - Information Systems Development : Business Systems and Services: Modeling and Development N2 - Market changes have forced telecommunication companies to transform their business. Increased competition, short innovation cycles, changed usage patterns, increased customer expectations and cost reduction are the main drivers. Our objective is to analyze to what extend transformation projects have improved the orientation towards the end-customers. Therefore, we selected 38 real-life case studies that are dealing with customer orientation. Our analysis is based on a telecommunication-specific framework that aligns strategy, business processes and information systems. The result of our analysis shows the following: transformation projects that aim to improve the customer orientation are combined with clear goals on costs and revenue of the enterprise. These projects are usually directly linked to the customer touch points, but also to the development and provisioning of products. Furthermore, the analysis shows that customer orientation is not the sole trigger for transformation. There is no one-fits-all solution; rather, improved customer orientation needs aligned changes of business processes as well as information systems related to different parts of the company. KW - Business Process KW - Customer Orientation KW - Enterprise Architecture KW - Transformation Project KW - Telecommunication Industry Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-4419-9645-9 (Print) SN - 978-1-4419-9790-6 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9790-6_14 N1 - 19th International Conference on Information Systems Development held in Prague, Czech Republic, August 25 - 27, 2010. SP - 169 EP - 180 PB - Springer CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Heuser, Marcus A1 - Spiliopoulou, Myra ED - Irani, Zahir T1 - How does the implementation of a next generation network influence a telecommunication company? T2 - European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems N2 - As the potential of a Next Generation Network (NGN) is recognized, telecommunication companies consider switching to it. Although the implementation of an NGN seems to be merely a modification of the network infrastructure, it may trigger or require changes in the whole company and even influence the company strategy. To capture the effects of NGN we propose a framework based on concepts of business engineering and technical recommendations for the introduction of NGN technology. The specific design of solutions for the layers "Strategy", "Processes" and "Information Systems" as well as their interdependencies are an essential characteristic of the developed framework. We have per-formed a case study on NGN implementation and observed that all layers captured by our framework are influenced by the introduction of an NGN. KW - Next Generation Network KW - Business Engineering KW - Telecommunication Y1 - 2009 SN - 9781902316697 N1 - European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems 2009 (EMCIS2009), July 13-14, 2009, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Izmir SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Brunel University CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Endress, Tim A1 - Bragard, Michael T1 - Recording of efficiency-maps of low-power electric drive systems using a flexible matlab-based test bench T2 - 2017 IEEE 58th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON) N2 - This paper introduces a hardware setup to measure efficiency maps of low-power electric motors and their associated inverters. Here, the power of the device under test (DUT) ranges from some Watts to a few hundred Watts. The torque and speed of the DUT are measured independent of voltage and current in multiple load points. A Matlab-based software approach in combination with an open Texas-Instruments (TI) hardware setup ensures flexibility. Exemplarily, the efficiency field of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM) is measured to proof the concept. Brushless-DC (BLDC) motors can be tested as well. The nomenclature in this paper is based on the new European standard DIN EN 50598. Special attention is paid to the calculation of the measurement error. Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-1-5386-3846-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/RTUCON.2017.8124775 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Cordes, Sven A1 - Gligorevic, Snjezana A1 - Blicharski, Peter T1 - Analysis of sine precision influence on DOA estimation using the MUSIC algorithm T2 - 2019 20th International Radar Symposium (IRS) Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-7369-9860-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.23919/IRS.2019.8768162 SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Galdi, Chiara A1 - Hartung, Frank A1 - Dugelay, Jean-Luc T1 - Socrates: A database of realistic data for source camera recognition on smartphones T2 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods - Volume 1: ICPRAM Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-989-758-351-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5220/0007403706480655 SP - 648 EP - 655 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schiffer, Fabian A1 - Bragard, Michael T1 - Cascaded LQ and Field-Oriented Control of a Mobile Inverse Pendulum (Segway) with Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines T2 - 2019 20th International Conference on Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM) Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-1-5386-9257-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/REM.2019.8744101 SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Sube, Maike A1 - Schneider, Maike A1 - Jungemann, Christoph T1 - Introducing a Cross-University Bachelor’s Programme with Orientation Semester - Enabling a Permeable Academic Education System T2 - 2019 20th International Conference on Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM) Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-1-5386-9257-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/REM.2019.8744132 SP - 1 EP - 6 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wiegner, Jonas A1 - Volker, Hanno A1 - Mainz, Fabian A1 - Backes, Andreas A1 - Löken, Michael A1 - Hüning, Felix T1 - Wiegand-effect-powered wireless IoT sensor node T2 - ITG-Fb. 303: Sensoren und Messsysteme N2 - In this article we describe an Internet-of-Things sensing device with a wireless interface which is powered by the oftenoverlooked harvesting method of the Wiegand effect. The sensor can determine position, temperature or other resistively measurable quantities and can transmit the data via an ultra-low power ultra-wideband (UWB) data transmitter. With this approach we can energy-self-sufficiently acquire, process, and wirelessly transmit data in a pulsed operation. A proof-of-concept system was built up to prove the feasibility of the approach. The energy consumption of the system is analyzed and traced back in detail to the individual components, compared to the generated energy and processed to identify further optimization options. Based on the proof-of-concept, an application demonstrator was developed. Finally, we point out possible use cases. Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-8007-5835-7 N1 - Sensoren und Messsysteme - 21. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung, 10.05.2022 - 11.05.2022 in Nürnberg SP - 255 EP - 260 PB - VDE Verlag GmbH CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lorenz, Imke-Sophie A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Pelz, Peter F. ED - Neufeld, Janis S. ED - Buscher, Udo ED - Lasch, Rainer ED - Möst, Dominik ED - Schönberger, Jörn T1 - Assessing and Optimizing the Resilience of Water Distribution Systems Using Graph-Theoretical Metrics T2 - Operations Research Proceedings 2019 N2 - Water distribution systems are an essential supply infrastructure for cities. Given that climatic and demographic influences will pose further challenges for these infrastructures in the future, the resilience of water supply systems, i.e. their ability to withstand and recover from disruptions, has recently become a subject of research. To assess the resilience of a WDS, different graph-theoretical approaches exist. Next to general metrics characterizing the network topology, also hydraulic and technical restrictions have to be taken into account. In this work, the resilience of an exemplary water distribution network of a major German city is assessed, and a Mixed-Integer Program is presented which allows to assess the impact of capacity adaptations on its resilience. KW - OR 2019 KW - business analytics KW - decision analytics KW - digital economy KW - mathematical optimization Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-030-48439-2 SN - 978-3-030-48438-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48439-2_63 N1 - Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), Dresden, Germany, September 4-6, 2019 SP - 521 EP - 527 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Leise, Philipp A1 - Simon, Nicolai A1 - Altherr, Lena T1 - Comparison of Piecewise Linearization Techniques to Model Electric Motor Efficiency Maps: A Computational Study T2 - Operations Research Proceedings 2019 N2 - To maximize the travel distances of battery electric vehicles such as cars or buses for a given amount of stored energy, their powertrains are optimized energetically. One key part within optimization models for electric powertrains is the efficiency map of the electric motor. The underlying function is usually highly nonlinear and nonconvex and leads to major challenges within a global optimization process. To enable faster solution times, one possibility is the usage of piecewise linearization techniques to approximate the nonlinear efficiency map with linear constraints. Therefore, we evaluate the influence of different piecewise linearization modeling techniques on the overall solution process and compare the solution time and accuracy for methods with and without explicitly used binary variables. KW - MINLP KW - Powertrain KW - Piecewise linearization KW - Efficiency optimization Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-030-48439-2 SN - 978-3-030-48438-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48439-2_55 N1 - Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), Dresden, Germany, September 4-6, 2019 SP - 457 EP - 463 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Müller, Tim M. A1 - Schmitt, Andreas A1 - Leise, Philipp A1 - Meck, Tobias A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Pelz, Peter F. A1 - Pfetsch, Marc E. T1 - Validation of an optimized resilient water supply system T2 - Uncertainty in Mechanical Engineering N2 - Component failures within water supply systems can lead to significant performance losses. One way to address these losses is the explicit anticipation of failures within the design process. We consider a water supply system for high-rise buildings, where pump failures are the most likely failure scenarios. We explicitly consider these failures within an early design stage which leads to a more resilient system, i.e., a system which is able to operate under a predefined number of arbitrary pump failures. We use a mathematical optimization approach to compute such a resilient design. This is based on a multi-stage model for topology optimization, which can be described by a system of nonlinear inequalities and integrality constraints. Such a model has to be both computationally tractable and to represent the real-world system accurately. We therefore validate the algorithmic solutions using experiments on a scaled test rig for high-rise buildings. The test rig allows for an arbitrary connection of pumps to reproduce scaled versions of booster station designs for high-rise buildings. We experimentally verify the applicability of the presented optimization model and that the proposed resilience properties are also fulfilled in real systems. KW - Optimization KW - Mixed-integer nonlinear programming KW - Water distribution system KW - Resilience KW - Validation Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-030-77255-0 SN - 978-3-030-77256-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77256-7_7 N1 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Uncertainty in Mechanical Engineering (ICUME 2021), June 7–8, 2021 SP - 70 EP - 80 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hüning, Felix A1 - Wache, Franz-Josef A1 - Magiera, David T1 - Redundant bus systems using dual-mode radio T2 - Proceedings of Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology N2 - Communication via serial bus systems, like CAN, plays an important role for all kinds of embedded electronic and mechatronic systems. To cope up with the requirements for functional safety of safety-critical applications, there is a need to enhance the safety features of the communication systems. One measure to achieve a more robust communication is to add redundant data transmission path to the applications. In general, the communication of real-time embedded systems like automotive applications is tethered, and the redundant data transmission lines are also tethered, increasing the size of the wiring harness and the weight of the system. A radio link is preferred as a redundant transmission line as it uses a complementary transmission medium compared to the wired solution and in addition reduces wiring harness size and weight. Standard wireless links like Wi-Fi or Bluetooth cannot meet the requirements for real-time capability with regard to bus communication. Using the new dual-mode radio enables a redundant transmission line meeting all requirements with regard to real-time capability, robustness and transparency for the data bus. In addition, it provides a complementary transmission medium with regard to commonly used tethered links. A CAN bus system is used to demonstrate the redundant data transfer via tethered and wireless CAN. Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-981-16-2379-0 SN - 978-981-16-2380-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2380-6_73 N1 - Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, ICICT 2021, Brunel University, London, February 25–26, 2021 SP - 835 EP - 842 PB - Springer CY - Singapore ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Meck, Marvin M. A1 - Müller, Tim M. A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - Improving an industrial cooling system using MINLP, considering capital and operating costs T2 - Operations Research Proceedings 2019 N2 - The chemical industry is one of the most important industrial sectors in Germany in terms of manufacturing revenue. While thermodynamic boundary conditions often restrict the scope for reducing the energy consumption of core processes, secondary processes such as cooling offer scope for energy optimisation. In this contribution, we therefore model and optimise an existing cooling system. The technical boundary conditions of the model are provided by the operators, the German chemical company BASF SE. In order to systematically evaluate different degrees of freedom in topology and operation, we formulate and solve a Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Program (MINLP), and compare our optimisation results with the existing system. KW - Engineering optimisation KW - Mixed-integer programming KW - Industrial optimisation KW - Cooling system KW - Process engineering Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-030-48438-5 (Print) SN - 978-3-030-48439-2 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48439-2_61 N1 - Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), Dresden, Germany, September 4-6, 2019. SP - 505 EP - 512 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Müller, Tim M. A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Leise, Philipp A1 - Pelz, Peter F. T1 - Optimization of pumping systems for buildings: Experimental validation of different degrees of model detail on a modular test rig T2 - Operations Research Proceedings 2019 N2 - Successful optimization requires an appropriate model of the system under consideration. When selecting a suitable level of detail, one has to consider solution quality as well as the computational and implementation effort. In this paper, we present a MINLP for a pumping system for the drinking water supply of high-rise buildings. We investigate the influence of the granularity of the underlying physical models on the solution quality. Therefore, we model the system with a varying level of detail regarding the friction losses, and conduct an experimental validation of our model on a modular test rig. Furthermore, we investigate the computational effort and show that it can be reduced by the integration of domain-specific knowledge. KW - Experimental validation KW - MINLP KW - Engineering optimization KW - Water supply system KW - Network design Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-030-48438-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48439-2_58 N1 - Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), Dresden, Germany, September 4-6, 2019 SP - 481 EP - 488 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Essingholt, Felix A1 - Meyer, Frederic A1 - Kuhn, Peter A1 - Schmidt, Philip A1 - Benkner, Thorsten A1 - Grabmaier, Anton T1 - Non-invasive heart beat measurement using microwave resonators T2 - Proceedings, Vol. 2, Eurosensors 2018 Conference, Graz, Austria, 9–12 September 2018 Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2131002 SN - 2504-3900 SP - 1002 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hoegen, Anne von A1 - Doncker, Rik W. De A1 - Rütters, René T1 - Teaching Digital Control of Operational Amplifier Processes with a LabVIEW Interface and Embedded Hardware T2 - 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) N2 - Control engineering theory is hard to grasp for undergraduates during the first semesters, as it deals with the dynamical behavior of systems also in combination with control strategies on an abstract level. Therefore, operational amplifier (OpAmp) processes are reasonable and very effective systems to connect mathematical description with actual system’s behavior. In this paper, we present an experiment for a laboratory session in which an embedded system, driven by a LabVIEW human machine interface (HMI) via USB, controls the analog circuits.With this setup we want to show the possibility of firstly, analyzing a first order process and secondly, designing a P-and PI-controller. Thereby, the theory of control engineering is always applied to the empirical results in order to break down the abstract level for the students. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.23919/ICEMS50442.2020.9290928 N1 - 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), 24-27 November 2020, Hamamatsu, Japan SP - 1117 EP - 1122 PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Höfken, Hans-Wilhelm A1 - Linzbach, Sophie T1 - An ICS Honeynet for Detecting and Analyzing Cyberattacks in Industrial Plants T2 - 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET) N2 - Cybersecurity of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) is an important issue, as ICS incidents may have a direct impact on safety of people or the environment. At the same time the awareness and knowledge about cybersecurity, particularly in the context of ICS, is alarmingly low. Industrial honeypots offer a cheap and easy to implement way to raise cybersecurity awareness and to educate ICS staff about typical attack patterns. When integrated in a productive network, industrial honeypots may not only reveal attackers early but may also distract them from the actual important systems of the network. Implementing multiple honeypots as a honeynet, the systems can be used to emulate or simulate a whole Industrial Control System. This paper describes a network of honeypots emulating HTTP, SNMP, S7communication and the Modbus protocol using Conpot, IMUNES and SNAP7. The nodes mimic SIMATIC S7 programmable logic controllers (PLCs) which are widely used across the globe. The deployed honeypots' features will be compared with the features of real SIMATIC S7 PLCs. Furthermore, the honeynet has been made publicly available for ten days and occurring cyberattacks have been analyzed KW - Conpot KW - honeypot KW - honeynet KW - ICS KW - cybersecurity Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-1-6654-4231-2 SN - 978-1-6654-4232-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECET52533.2021.9698746 N1 - 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET). 09-10 December 2021. Cape Town, South Africa. PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Christian, Esser A1 - Montag, Tim A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Allhof, Manuel T1 - Future critical infrastructure and security - cyberattacks on charging stations T2 - 31st International Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition and International Electric Vehicle Technology Conference (EVS31 & EVTeC 2018) Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-1-5108-9157-9 SP - 665 EP - 671 PB - Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE) CY - Tokyo ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Alhaskir, Mohamed A1 - Tschesche, Matteo A1 - Linke, Florian A1 - Schriewer, Elisabeth A1 - Weber, Yvonne A1 - Wolking, Stefan A1 - Röhrig, Rainer A1 - Koch, Henner A1 - Kutafina, Ekaterina ED - Röhrig, Rainer ED - Grabe, Niels ED - Haag, Martin ED - Hübner, Ursula ED - Sax, Ulrich ED - Schmidt, Carsten Oliver ED - Sedlmayr, Martin ED - Zapf, Antonia T1 - ECG matching: an approach to synchronize ECG datasets for data quality comparisons T2 - Proceedings of the 68th Annual Meeting of the German Association of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology e.V. (gmds) 2023 N2 - Clinical assessment of newly developed sensors is important for ensuring their validity. Comparing recordings of emerging electrocardiography (ECG) systems to a reference ECG system requires accurate synchronization of data from both devices. Current methods can be inefficient and prone to errors. To address this issue, three algorithms are presented to synchronize two ECG time series from different recording systems: Binned R-peak Correlation, R-R Interval Correlation, and Average R-peak Distance. These algorithms reduce ECG data to their cyclic features, mitigating inefficiencies and minimizing discrepancies between different recording systems. We evaluate the performance of these algorithms using high-quality data and then assess their robustness after manipulating the R-peaks. Our results show that R-R Interval Correlation was the most efficient, whereas the Average R-peak Distance and Binned R-peak Correlation were more robust against noisy data. KW - Electrocardiography KW - Wearable electronic device KW - Sensors comparison KW - Time-series synchronization Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-1-64368-428-4 (Print) SN - 978-1-64368-429-1 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI230718 N1 - Proceedings of the 68th Annual Meeting of the German Association of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology e.V. (gmds) 2023, 17. - 21.9.23, Heilbronn, Germany Part of the series: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics VL - 307 SP - 225 EP - 232 PB - IOS Press ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tischbein, Franziska A1 - Kean, Kilian A1 - Vertgewall, Chris Martin A1 - Ulbig, Andreas A1 - Altherr, Lena T1 - Determination of the topology of low-voltage distribution grids using cluster methods T2 - 27th International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2023) N2 - Due to the decarbonization of the energy sector, the electric distribution grids are undergoing a major transformation, which is expected to increase the load on the operating resources due to new electrical loads and distributed energy resources. Therefore, grid operators need to gradually move to active grid management in order to ensure safe and reliable grid operation. However, this requires knowledge of key grid variables, such as node voltages, which is why the mass integration of measurement technology (smart meters) is necessary. Another problem is the fact that a large part of the topology of the distribution grids is not sufficiently digitized and models are partly faulty, which means that active grid operation management today has to be carried out largely blindly. It is therefore part of current research to develop methods for determining unknown grid topologies based on measurement data. In this paper, different clustering algorithms are presented and their performance of topology detection of low voltage grids is compared. Furthermore, the influence of measurement uncertainties is investigated in the form of a sensitivity analysis. Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-1-83953-855-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2023.0478 N1 - 27th International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2023), 12-15 June 2023, Rome, Italy. SP - 1 EP - 5 PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schulte-Tigges, Joschua A1 - Matheis, Dominik A1 - Reke, Michael A1 - Walter, Thomas A1 - Kaszner, Daniel ED - Krömker, Heidi T1 - Demonstrating a V2X enabled system for transition of control and minimum risk manoeuvre when leaving the operational design domain T2 - HCII 2023: HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems N2 - Modern implementations of driver assistance systems are evolving from a pure driver assistance to a independently acting automation system. Still these systems are not covering the full vehicle usage range, also called operational design domain, which require the human driver as fall-back mechanism. Transition of control and potential minimum risk manoeuvres are currently research topics and will bridge the gap until full autonomous vehicles are available. The authors showed in a demonstration that the transition of control mechanisms can be further improved by usage of communication technology. Receiving the incident type and position information by usage of standardised vehicle to everything (V2X) messages can improve the driver safety and comfort level. The connected and automated vehicle’s software framework can take this information to plan areas where the driver should take back control by initiating a transition of control which can be followed by a minimum risk manoeuvre in case of an unresponsive driver. This transition of control has been implemented in a test vehicle and was presented to the public during the IEEE IV2022 (IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium) in Aachen, Germany. KW - V2X KW - Transiton of Control KW - Minimum Risk Manoeuvre KW - Operational Design Domain KW - Connected Automated Vehicle Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-031-35677-3 (Print) SN - 978-3-031-35678-0 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35678-0_12 N1 - 5th International Conference, MobiTAS 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023. SP - 200 EP - 210 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Galdi, Chiara A1 - Hartung, Frank A1 - Dugelay, Jean-Luc T1 - Videos versus still images: Asymmetric sensor pattern noise comparison on mobile phones T2 - Electronic Imaging N2 - Nowadays, the most employed devices for recoding videos or capturing images are undoubtedly the smartphones. Our work investigates the application of source camera identification on mobile phones. We present a dataset entirely collected by mobile phones. The dataset contains both still images and videos collected by 67 different smartphones. Part of the images consists in photos of uniform backgrounds, especially collected for the computation of the RSPN. Identifying the source camera given a video is particularly challenging due to the strong video compression. The experiments reported in this paper, show the large variation in performance when testing an highly accurate technique on still images and videos. KW - Image Forensics KW - Mobile Phones KW - Image Database Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2017.7.MWSF-331 SN - 2470-1173 N1 - IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging 2017 Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics 2017 SP - 100 EP - 103 PB - Society for Imaging Science and Technology CY - Springfield, Virginia ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Walter, Peter A1 - Elsen, Ingo A1 - Müller, Holger A1 - Kraiss, Karl-Friedrich T1 - 3D object recognition with a specialized mixtures of experts architecture T2 - IJCNN'99. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. Proceedings N2 - Aim of the AXON2 project (Adaptive Expert System for Object Recogniton using Neuml Networks) is the development of an object recognition system (ORS) capable of recognizing isolated 3d objects from arbitrary views. Commonly, classification is based on a single feature extracted from the original image. Here we present an architecture adapted from the Mixtures of Eaqerts algorithm which uses multiple neuml networks to integmte different features. During tmining each neural network specializes in a subset of objects or object views appropriate to the properties of the corresponding feature space. In recognition mode the system dynamically chooses the most relevant features and combines them with maximum eficiency. The remaining less relevant features arz not computed and do therefore not decelerate the-recognition process. Thus, the algorithm is well suited for ml-time applications. Y1 - 1999 SN - 0-7803-5529-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.1999.836243 SN - 1098-7576 N1 - Washington, DC 10-16.07.1999 SP - 3563 EP - 3568 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Elsen, Ingo T1 - A pixel based approach to view based object recognition with self-organizing neural networks T2 - IECON'98. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society N2 - This paper addresses the pixel based classification of three dimensional objects from arbitrary views. To perform this task a coding strategy, inspired by the biological model of human vision, for pixel data is described. The coding strategy ensures that the input data is invariant against shift, scale and rotation of the object in the input domain. The image data is used as input to a class of self organizing neural networks, the Kohonen-maps or self-organizing feature maps (SOFM). To verify this approach two test sets have been generated: the first set, consisting of artificially generated images, is used to examine the classification properties of the SOFMs; the second test set examines the clustering capabilities of the SOFM when real world image data is applied to the network after it has been preprocessed to be invariant against shift, scale and rotation. It is shown that the clustering capability of the SOFM is strongly dependant on the invariance coding of the images. Y1 - 1998 SN - 0-7803-4503-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.1998.724032 N1 - Aachen, 31 August 1998 - 04 September 1998 SP - 2040 EP - 2044 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Elsen, Ingo A1 - Kraiss, Karl-Friedrich A1 - Krumbiegel, Dirk T1 - Pixel based 3D object recognition with bidirectional associative memories T2 - International Conference on Neural Networks 1997 N2 - This paper addresses the pixel based recognition of 3D objects with bidirectional associative memories. Computational power and memory requirements for this approach are identified and compared to the performance of current computer architectures by benchmarking different processors. It is shown, that the performance of special purpose hardware, like neurocomputers, is between one and two orders of magnitude higher than the performance of mainstream hardware. On the other hand, the calculation of small neural networks is performed more efficiently on mainstream processors. Based on these results a novel concept is developed, which is tailored for the efficient calculation of bidirectional associative memories. The computational efficiency is further enhanced by the application of algorithms and storage techniques which are matched to characteristics of the application at hand. Y1 - 1997 SN - 0-7803-4122-8 N1 - June 9 - 12, 1997, Westin Galleria Hotel Houston, Texas, USA. SP - 1679 EP - 1684 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - König, Johannes Alexander A1 - Wolf, Martin R. T1 - Cybersecurity awareness training provided by the competence developing game GHOST T2 - ACHI 2018 : The Eleventh International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions N2 - This paper introduces a Competence Developing Game (CDG) for the purpose of a cybersecurity awareness training for businesses. The target audience will be discussed in detail to understand their requirements. It will be explained why and how a mix of business simulation and serious game meets these stakeholder requirements. It will be shown that a tablet and touchscreen based approach is the most suitable solution. In addition, an empirical study will be briefly presented. The study was carried out to examine how an interaction system for a 3D-tablet based CDG has to be designed, to be manageable for non-game experienced employees. Furthermore, it will be explained which serious content is necessary for a Cybersecurity awareness training CDG and how this content is wrapped in the game KW - Awareness KW - CDG KW - Serious Game KW - tablet game KW - business simulation Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-1-61208-616-3 N1 - Proceeding of the Eleventh International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI 2018), Rome, Italy. SP - 81 EP - 87 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - König, Johannes Alexander A1 - Völker, Veronika A1 - Wolf, Martin R. T1 - The user-focused storybuilding framework for competence developing games - a design-framework considering the basics of an educational game’s story T2 - ACHI 2018 : The Eleventh International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions N2 - During the development of a Competence Developing Game’s (CDG) story it is indispensable to understand the target audience. Thereby, CDGs stories represent more than just the plot. The Story is about the Setting, the Characters and the Plot. As a toolkit to support the development of such a story, this paper introduces the UserFocused Storybuilding (short UFoS) Framework for CDGs. The Framework and its utilization will be explained, followed by a description of its development and derivation, including an empirical study. In addition, to simplify the Framework use regarding the CDG’s target audience, a new concept of Nine Psychographic Player Types will be explained. This concept of Player Types provides an approach to handle the differences in between players during the UFoS Framework use. Thereby, this article presents a unique approach to the development of target group-differentiated CDGs stories. KW - Competence Developing Game KW - Serious Game KW - Video Game KW - Story KW - Player Types Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-1-61208-616-3 N1 - Proceeding of the Eleventh International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI 2018), Rome, Italy. SP - 98 EP - 106 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Zähl, Philipp M. A1 - Biewendt, Marcel A1 - Wolf, Martin R. A1 - Eggert, Mathias T1 - Requirements for competence developing games in the environment of SE Competence Development T2 - AKWI-Tagungsband zur 35. AKWI-Jahrestagung N2 - Many of today’s factors make software development more and more complex, such as time pressure, new technologies, IT security risks, et cetera. Thus, a good preparation of current as well as future software developers in terms of a good software engineering education becomes progressively important. As current research shows, Competence Developing Games (CDGs) and Serious Games can offer a potential solution. This paper identifies the necessary requirements for CDGs to be conducive in principle, but especially in software engineering (SE) education. For this purpose, the current state of research was summarized in the context of a literature review. Afterwards, some of the identified requirements as well as some additional requirements were evaluated by a survey in terms of subjective relevance. KW - software engineering KW - requirements KW - competence developing games KW - systematic literature review Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-95545-409-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.30844/AKWI_2022_05 N1 - Tagungsband zur 35. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Wirtschaftsinformatik an Hochschulen für Angewandte Wissenschaften im deutschsprachigen Raum (AKWI), 11.09. bis 13.09.2022, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW Berlin) und Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR Berlin) SP - 73 EP - 88 PB - GITO CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Zähl, Philipp M. A1 - Theis, Sabine A1 - Wolf, Martin R. A1 - Köhler, Klemens ED - Chen, Jessie Y. C. ED - Fragomeni, Gino T1 - Teamwork in software development and what personality has to do with it - an overview T2 - Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality N2 - Due to the increasing complexity of software projects, software development is becoming more and more dependent on teams. The quality of this teamwork can vary depending on the team composition, as teams are always a combination of different skills and personality types. This paper aims to answer the question of how to describe a software development team and what influence the personality of the team members has on the team dynamics. For this purpose, a systematic literature review (n=48) and a literature search with the AI research assistant Elicit (n=20) were conducted. Result: A person’s personality significantly shapes his or her thinking and actions, which in turn influences his or her behavior in software development teams. It has been shown that team performance and satisfaction can be strongly influenced by personality. The quality of communication and the likelihood of conflict can also be attributed to personality. KW - Teamwork KW - Software KW - Personality KW - Performance KW - Elicit Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-031-35633-9 (Print) SN - 978-3-031-35634-6 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35634-6_10 N1 - Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: 15th International Conference. VAMR 2023. Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference. HCII 2023. Copenhagen, Denmark. July 23–28, 2023. SP - 130 EP - 153 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Maier, Christopher A1 - Mühlbacher, Clemens A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald A1 - Vassos, Stravros T1 - Controlling logistics robots with the action-based language YAGI T2 - Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 9th International Conference, ICIRA 2016, Tokyo, Japan, August 22-24, 2016, Proceedings, Part I Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-3-319-43505-3 (Print) SN - 978-3-319-43506-0 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43506-0_46 N1 - Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) VL - 9834 SP - 525 EP - 537 PB - Springer ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Eichenbaum, Julian A1 - Nikolovski, Gjorgji A1 - Mülhens, Leon A1 - Reke, Michael A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Scholl, Ingrid T1 - Towards a lifelong mapping approach using Lanelet 2 for autonomous open-pit mine operations T2 - 2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) N2 - Autonomous agents require rich environment models for fulfilling their missions. High-definition maps are a well-established map format which allows for representing semantic information besides the usual geometric information of the environment. These are, for instance, road shapes, road markings, traffic signs or barriers. The geometric resolution of HD maps can be as precise as of centimetre level. In this paper, we report on our approach of using HD maps as a map representation for autonomous load-haul-dump vehicles in open-pit mining operations. As the mine undergoes constant change, we also need to constantly update the map. Therefore, we follow a lifelong mapping approach for updating the HD maps based on camera-based object detection and GPS data. We show our mapping algorithm based on the Lanelet 2 map format and show our integration with the navigation stack of the Robot Operating System. We present experimental results on our lifelong mapping approach from a real open-pit mine. Y1 - 2023 SN - 979-8-3503-2069-5 (Online) SN - 979-8-3503-2070-1 (Print) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/CASE56687.2023.10260526 N1 - 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 26-30 August 2023, Auckland, New Zealand. PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Niemueller, Tim A1 - Reuter, Sebastian A1 - Ewert, Daniel A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Jeschke, Sabina A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard ED - Almeida, Luis T1 - The Carologistics Approach to Cope with the Increased Complexity and New Challenges of the RoboCup Logistics League 2015 T2 - RoboCup 2015: Robot World Cup XIX Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-3-319-29339-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29339-4_4 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 9513 SP - 47 EP - 59 PB - Springer International Publishing CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dey, Thomas A1 - Elsen, Ingo A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Frauenrath, Tobias A1 - Reke, Michael A1 - Schiffer, Stefan ED - Makedon, Fillia T1 - CO2 Meter: a do-it-yourself carbon dioxide measuring device for the classroom T2 - PETRA '21: Proceedings of the 14th Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference N2 - In this paper we report on CO2 Meter, a do-it-yourself carbon dioxide measuring device for the classroom. Part of the current measures for dealing with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is proper ventilation in indoor settings. This is especially important in schools with students coming back to the classroom even with high incidents rates. Static ventilation patterns do not consider the individual situation for a particular class. Influencing factors like the type of activity, the physical structure or the room occupancy are not incorporated. Also, existing devices are rather expensive and often provide only limited information and only locally without any networking. This leaves the potential of analysing the situation across different settings untapped. Carbon dioxide level can be used as an indicator of air quality, in general, and of aerosol load in particular. Since, according to the latest findings, SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted primarily in the form of aerosols, carbon dioxide may be used as a proxy for the risk of a virus infection. Hence, schools could improve the indoor air quality and potentially reduce the infection risk if they actually had measuring devices available in the classroom. Our device supports schools in ventilation and it allows for collecting data over the Internet to enable a detailed data analysis and model generation. First deployments in schools at different levels were received very positively. A pilot installation with a larger data collection and analysis is underway. KW - embedded hardware KW - sensor networks KW - information systems KW - education KW - do-it-yourself Y1 - 2021 SN - 9781450387927 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/3453892.3462697 N1 - PETRA '21: The 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference Corfu Greece 29 June 2021- 2 July 2021 SP - 292 EP - 299 PB - Association for Computing Machinery CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Chajan, Eduard A1 - Schulte-Tigges, Joschua A1 - Reke, Michael A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Matheis, Dominik A1 - Walter, Thomas T1 - GPU based model-predictive path control for self-driving vehicles T2 - IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) N2 - One central challenge for self-driving cars is a proper path-planning. Once a trajectory has been found, the next challenge is to accurately and safely follow the precalculated path. The model-predictive controller (MPC) is a common approach for the lateral control of autonomous vehicles. The MPC uses a vehicle dynamics model to predict the future states of the vehicle for a given prediction horizon. However, in order to achieve real-time path control, the computational load is usually large, which leads to short prediction horizons. To deal with the computational load, the control algorithm can be parallelized on the graphics processing unit (GPU). In contrast to the widely used stochastic methods, in this paper we propose a deterministic approach based on grid search. Our approach focuses on systematically discovering the search area with different levels of granularity. To achieve this, we split the optimization algorithm into multiple iterations. The best sequence of each iteration is then used as an initial solution to the next iteration. The granularity increases, resulting in smooth and predictable steering angle sequences. We present a novel GPU-based algorithm and show its accuracy and realtime abilities with a number of real-world experiments. KW - Heuristic algorithms KW - Computational modeling KW - model-predictive control KW - GPU KW - autonomous driving Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-1-7281-5394-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/IV48863.2021.9575619 N1 - 2021 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), July 11-17, 2021. Nagoya, Japan SP - 1243 EP - 1248 PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Viehmann, Tarik A1 - Limpert, Nicolas A1 - Hofmann, Till A1 - Henning, Mike A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard ED - Eguchi, Amy ED - Lau, Nuno ED - Paetzel-Prüsmann, Maike ED - Wanichanon, Thanapat T1 - Winning the RoboCup logistics league with visual servoing and centralized goal reasoning T2 - RoboCup 2022: Robot World Cup XXV N2 - The RoboCup Logistics League (RCLL) is a robotics competition in a production logistics scenario in the context of a Smart Factory. In the competition, a team of three robots needs to assemble products to fulfill various orders that are requested online during the game. This year, the Carologistics team was able to win the competition with a new approach to multi-agent coordination as well as significant changes to the robot’s perception unit and a pragmatic network setup using the cellular network instead of WiFi. In this paper, we describe the major components of our approach with a focus on the changes compared to the last physical competition in 2019. Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-031-28468-7 (Print) SN - 978-3-031-28469-4 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28469-4_25 N1 - Robot World Cup, RoboCup 2022. 17. July 2023. Bangkok, Thailand. Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNAI,volume 13561) SP - 300 EP - 312 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Nikolovski, Gjorgji A1 - Limpert, Nicolas A1 - Nessau, Hendrik A1 - Reke, Michael A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - Model-predictive control with parallelised optimisation for the navigation of autonomous mining vehicles T2 - 2023 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) N2 - The work in modern open-pit and underground mines requires the transportation of large amounts of resources between fixed points. The navigation to these fixed points is a repetitive task that can be automated. The challenge in automating the navigation of vehicles commonly used in mines is the systemic properties of such vehicles. Many mining vehicles, such as the one we have used in the research for this paper, use steering systems with an articulated joint bending the vehicle’s drive axis to change its course and a hydraulic drive system to actuate axial drive components or the movements of tippers if available. To address the difficulties of controlling such a vehicle, we present a model-predictive approach for controlling the vehicle. While the control optimisation based on a parallel error minimisation of the predicted state has already been established in the past, we provide insight into the design and implementation of an MPC for an articulated mining vehicle and show the results of real-world experiments in an open-pit mine environment. KW - Mpc KW - Control KW - Path-following KW - Navigation KW - Automation Y1 - 2023 SN - 979-8-3503-4691-6 (Online) SN - 979-8-3503-4692-3 (Print) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/IV55152.2023.10186806 N1 - IEEE Symposium on Intelligent Vehicle, 4.-7. June 2023, Anchorage, AK, USA. PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Maier, Christopher A1 - Mühlbacher, Clemens A1 - Niemueller, Tim A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald A1 - Vassos, Stravros T1 - Controlling Logistics Robots with the Action-based Language YAGI T2 - Proceedings of the 2015 IROS Workshop on Workshop on Task Planning for Intelligent Robots in Service and Manufacturing Y1 - 2015 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Meeßen, Marcus A1 - Limpert, Nicolas A1 - Schiffer, Stefan ED - Lepuschitz, Wilfried T1 - Compiling ROS schooling curricula via contentual taxonomies T2 - Robotics in Education N2 - The Robot Operating System (ROS) is the current de-facto standard in robot middlewares. The steadily increasing size of the user base results in a greater demand for training as well. User groups range from students in academia to industry professionals with a broad spectrum of developers in between. To deliver high quality training and education to any of these audiences, educators need to tailor individual curricula for any such training. In this paper, we present an approach to ease compiling curricula for ROS trainings based on a taxonomy of the teaching contents. The instructor can select a set of dedicated learning units and the system will automatically compile the teaching material based on the dependencies of the units selected and a set of parameters for a particular training. We walk through an example training to illustrate our work. Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-030-67411-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67411-3_5 N1 - RiE: International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE); Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing book series (AISC, volume 1316) SP - 49 EP - 60 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hofmann, Till A1 - Mataré, Victor A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Constraint-based online transformation of abstract plans into executable robot actions T2 - Proceedings of the 2018 AAAI Spring Symposium on Integrating Representation, Reasoning, Learning, and Execution for Goal Directed Autonomy Y1 - 2018 SP - 549 EP - 553 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Stopforth, Riaan A1 - Davrajh, Shaniel A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - Design considerations of the duo fugam dual rotor UAV T2 - 2017 Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics (PRASA-RobMech) Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-1-5386-2314-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/RoboMech.2017.8261115 SP - 7 EP - 13 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Niemueller, Tim A1 - Reuter, Sebastian A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Jeschke, Sabina A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard ED - Almeida, Luis T1 - Evaluation of the RoboCup Logistics League and Derived Criteria for Future Competitions T2 - RoboCup 2015: Robot World Cup XIX Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-3-319-29339-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29339-4_3 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 9513 SP - 31 EP - 43 PB - Springer International Publishing CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Niemueller, Tim A1 - Neumann, Tobias A1 - Henke, Christoph A1 - Schönitz, Sebastian A1 - Reuter, Sebastian A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Jeschke, Sabina A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Improvements for a robust production in the RoboCup logistics league 2016 T2 - RoboCup 2016: Robot World Cup XX. RoboCup 2016. Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-319-68792-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68792-6_49 SP - 589 EP - 600 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hofmann, Till A1 - Limpert, Nicolas A1 - Mataré, Victor A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Winning the RoboCup Logistics League with Fast Navigation, Precise Manipulation, and Robust Goal Reasoning T2 - RoboCup 2019: Robot World Cup XXIII. RoboCup Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-030-35699-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35699-6_41 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11531 SP - 504 EP - 516 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Finger, Felix A1 - Khalsa, R. A1 - Kreyer, Jörg A1 - Mayntz, Joscha A1 - Braun, Carsten A1 - Dahmann, Peter A1 - Esch, Thomas A1 - Kemper, Hans A1 - Schmitz, O. A1 - Bragard, Michael T1 - An approach to propulsion system modelling for the conceptual design of hybrid-electric general aviation aircraft T2 - Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2019, 30.9.-2.10.2019, Darmstadt N2 - In this paper, an approach to propulsion system modelling for hybrid-electric general aviation aircraft is presented. Because the focus is on general aviation aircraft, only combinations of electric motors and reciprocating combustion engines are explored. Gas turbine hybrids will not be considered. The level of the component's models is appropriate for the conceptual design stage. They are simple and adaptable, so that a wide range of designs with morphologically different propulsive system architectures can be quickly compared. Modelling strategies for both mass and efficiency of each part of the propulsion system (engine, motor, battery and propeller) will be presented. Y1 - 2019 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard ED - Boots, Byron T1 - Lessons learnt from developing the embodied AI platform CAESAR for domestic service robotics T2 - Designing intelligent robots : reintegrating AI II ; papers from the AAAI spring symposium ; [held March 25 - 27, 2013 in Palo Alto, California, USA, on the campus of Stanford University]. (Technical Report / Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence ; 2013,4) Y1 - 2013 SN - 9781577356011 SP - 21 EP - 26 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Leingartner, Max A1 - Maurer, Johannes A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - Evaluation of sensors and mapping approaches for disasters in tunnels T2 - IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics : SSRR : 21-26 Oct. 2013, Linkoping, Sweden Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-1-4799-0879-0 SP - 1 EP - 7 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Ewert, Daniel A1 - Reuter, Sebastian A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Jeschke, Sabina A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - The Carologistics RoboCup Logistics Team 2013 T2 - RoboCup 2013 : Eindhoven Y1 - 2013 SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard A1 - Schiffer, Stefan T1 - AllemaniACs@ home 2006 team description Y1 - 2006 SP - 1 EP - 6 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Sadeghfam, Arash A1 - Finger, Torsten T1 - Alternative ignition system based on microwave plasma T2 - Advanced ignition systems for gasoline engines : [Vorträge der 1st International Conference Advanced Ignition Systems for Gasoline Engines - 1. Internationale Tagung Zündsysteme für Ottomotoren, 12.-13. November 2012, Berlin] Y1 - 2013 SN - 9783816931904 SP - 95 EP - 103 PB - Expert-Verl. CY - Renningen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Elgamal, Abdelrahman A1 - Heuermann, Holger T1 - Design and Development of a Hot S-Parameter Measurement System for Plasma and Magnetron Applications T2 - Proceedings of the 2020 German Microwave Conference N2 - This paper presents the design, development and calibration procedures of a novel hot S-parameter measurement system for plasma and magnetron applications with power level up to 6 kW. Based on a vector network analyzer, a power amplifier and two directional couplers, the input matching hotS 11 and transmission hotS 21 of the device under test are measured at 2.45 GHz center frequency and 300MHz bandwidth, while the device is driven by the magnetron. This measurement system opens a new horizon to develop many new industrial applications such as microwave plasma jets, dryer systems, dryers and so forth. Furthermore, the developing, controlling and monitoring a 2kW 2.45GHz plasma jet and a dryer system using the measurement system are presented and explained. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-9820397-1-8 N1 - 13th German Microwave Conference 2020, March 09–11, Cottbus SP - 124 EP - 127 PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Kallweit, Stephan T1 - The ROSIN Education Concept - Fostering ROS Industrial-Related Robotics Education in Europe T2 - ROBOT 2017: Third Iberian Robotics Conference Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-319-70836-2 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70836-2_31 N1 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 694; (AISC, volume 694) SP - 370 EP - 381 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Reke, Michael A1 - Peter, Daniel A1 - Schulte-Tigges, Joschua A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Walter, Thomas A1 - Matheis, Dominik T1 - A Self-Driving Car Architecture in ROS2 T2 - 2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference, Cape Town, South Africa N2 - In this paper we report on an architecture for a self-driving car that is based on ROS2. Self-driving cars have to take decisions based on their sensory input in real-time, providing high reliability with a strong demand in functional safety. In principle, self-driving cars are robots. However, typical robot software, in general, and the previous version of the Robot Operating System (ROS), in particular, does not always meet these requirements. With the successor ROS2 the situation has changed and it might be considered as a solution for automated and autonomous driving. Existing robotic software based on ROS was not ready for safety critical applications like self-driving cars. We propose an architecture for using ROS2 for a self-driving car that enables safe and reliable real-time behaviour, but keeping the advantages of ROS such as a distributed architecture and standardised message types. First experiments with an automated real passenger car at lower and higher speed-levels show that our approach seems feasible for autonomous driving under the necessary real-time conditions. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-1-7281-4162-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA48453.2020.9041020 N1 - 2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference, 29-31 Jan. 2020, Cape Town, South Africa SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Altherr, Lena A1 - Conzen, Max A1 - Elsen, Ingo A1 - Frauenrath, Tobias A1 - Lyrmann, Andreas ED - Reiff-Stephan, Jörg ED - Jäkel, Jens ED - Schwarz, André T1 - Sensor retrofitting of existing buildings in an interdisciplinary teaching project at university level T2 - Tagungsband AALE 2023 : mit Automatisierung gegen den Klimawandel N2 - Existing residential buildings have an average lifetime of 100 years. Many of these buildings will exist for at least another 50 years. To increase the efficiency of these buildings while keeping costs at reasonable rates, they can be retrofitted with sensors that deliver information to central control units for heating, ventilation and electricity. This retrofitting process should happen with minimal intervention into existing infrastructure and requires new approaches for sensor design and data transmission. At FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, students of different disciplines work together to learn how to design, build, deploy and operate such sensors. The presented teaching project already created a low power design for a combined CO2, temperature and humidity measurement device that can be easily integrated into most home automation systems KW - Building Automation KW - Smart Building KW - CO2 KW - Carbon Dioxide KW - Education Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-910103-01-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.33968/2023.04 N1 - 19. AALE-Konferenz. Luxemburg, 08.03.-10.03.2023. BTS Connected Buildings & Cities Luxemburg (Tagungsband unter https://doi.org/10.33968/2023.01) SP - 31 EP - 40 PB - le-tex publishing services GmbH CY - Leipzig ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Niemueller, Tim A1 - Neumann, Tobias A1 - Henke, Christoph A1 - Schönitz, Sebastian A1 - Reuter, Sebastian A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Jeschke, Sabina A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - International Harting Open Source Award 2016: Fawkes for the RoboCup Logistics League T2 - RoboCup 2016: RoboCup 2016: Robot World Cup XX. RoboCup 2016 Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-319-68792-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68792-6_53 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS, Vol 9776 SP - 634 EP - 642 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schopp, Christoph A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Marso, Michel T1 - Multiphysical Study of an Atmospheric Microwave Argon Plasma Jet T2 - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2017.2692735 SN - 1939-9375 VL - 45 IS - 6 SP - 932 EP - 937 PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Krückel, Kai A1 - Nolden, Florian A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Scholl, Ingrid T1 - Intuitive visual teleoperation for UGVs using free-look augmented reality displays T2 - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Seattle, WA Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139809 SP - 4412 EP - 4417 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Neumann, Tobias A1 - Dülberg, Enno A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - A rotating platform for swift acquisition of dense 3D point clouds T2 - Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 9th International Conference, ICIRA 2016, Tokyo, Japan, August 22-24, 2016, Proceedings, Part I Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-3-319-43505-3 (Print) SN - 978-3-319-43506-0 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43506-0_22 N1 - Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) VL - 9834 SP - 257 EP - 268 PB - Springer ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Finger, Torsten T1 - 2.45 GHz Plasma Powered Spark Plug by Thermal and EM-Optimization Y1 - 2014 N1 - Ansys High Frequency Simulation Conference - AHFSC 2014, Munich; 02/2014 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schopp, Christoph A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Holtrup, S. T1 - Investigation on efficacy optimization of RF-driven automotive D-lamps T2 - 44th European Microwave Conference (EuMC),2014, Rome Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986645 SP - 1154 EP - 1157 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Neumann, Tobias A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Kallweit, Stephan A1 - Scholl, Ingrid T1 - Towards a mobile mapping robot for underground mines T2 - 7th Conference of Robotics and Mechatronics : RobMech 2014 : 27th and 28th Nov. 2014, Cape Town Y1 - 2014 SP - 1 EP - 6 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Neth, Jannik A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Brodkorb, Karsten A1 - Neugebauer, Georg A1 - Höner, Tim A1 - Hack, Sacha T1 - Digital forensics triage app for android T2 - ARES '23: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security N2 - Digital forensics of smartphones is of utmost importance in many criminal cases. As modern smartphones store chats, photos, videos etc. that can be relevant for investigations and as they can have storage capacities of hundreds of gigabytes, they are a primary target for forensic investigators. However, it is exactly this large amount of data that is causing problems: extracting and examining the data from multiple phones seized in the context of a case is taking more and more time. This bears the risk of wasting a lot of time with irrelevant phones while there is not enough time left to analyze a phone which is worth examination. Forensic triage can help in this case: Such a triage is a preselection step based on a subset of data and is performed before fully extracting all the data from the smartphone. Triage can accelerate subsequent investigations and is especially useful in cases where time is essential. The aim of this paper is to determine which and how much data from an Android smartphone can be made directly accessible to the forensic investigator – without tedious investigations. For this purpose, an app has been developed that can be used with extremely limited storage of data in the handset and which outputs the extracted data immediately to the forensic workstation in a human- and machine-readable format. KW - Android KW - Digital triage KW - Triage-app Y1 - 2023 SN - 9798400707728 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/3600160.3605017 N1 - ARES 2023: The 18th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security. August 29 - September 1, 2023. Benevento, Italy. PB - ACM ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Neugebauer, Georg A1 - Brutschy, Lucas A1 - Meyer, Ulrike A1 - Wetzel, Susanne ED - Garcia-Alfaro, Joaquin ED - Lioudakis, Georgios ED - Cuppens-Boulahia, Nora ED - Foley, Simon ED - Fitzgerald, William M. T1 - Privacy-preserving multi-party reconciliation secure in the malicious model T2 - DPM 2013, SETOP 2013: Data Privacy Management and Autonomous Spontaneous Security N2 - The problem of fair and privacy-preserving ordered set reconciliation arises in a variety of applications like auctions, e-voting, and appointment reconciliation. While several multi-party protocols have been proposed that solve this problem in the semi-honest model, there are no multi-party protocols that are secure in the malicious model so far. In this paper, we close this gap. Our newly proposed protocols are shown to be secure in the malicious model based on a variety of novel non-interactive zero-knowledge-proofs. We describe the implementation of our protocols and evaluate their performance in comparison to protocols solving the problem in the semi-honest case. KW - Privacy-enhancing technologies KW - Secure multi-party computation KW - Cryptographic protocols KW - Zero-knowledge proofs KW - Malicious model Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-642-54567-2 (Print) SN - 978-3-642-54568-9 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54568-9_12 N1 - 8th International Workshop, DPM 2013, and 6th International Workshop, SETOP 2013, Egham, UK, September 12-13, 2013. Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNSC,volume 8247) SP - 178 EP - 193 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Chircu, Alina A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Friedmann, Daniel A1 - Pomaskow, Johanna A1 - Sultanow, Eldar T1 - Towards a Digital Twin of Society T2 - Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2023 N2 - This paper describes the potential for developing a digital twin of society- a dynamic model that can be used to observe, analyze, and predict the evolution of various societal aspects. Such a digital twin can help governmental agencies and policy makers in interpreting trends, understanding challenges, and making decisions regarding investments or policies necessary to support societal development and ensure future prosperity. The paper reviews related work regarding the digital twin paradigm and its applications. The paper presents a motivating case study- an analysis of opportunities and challenges faced by the German federal employment agency, Bundesagentur f¨ur Arbeit (BA), proposes solutions using digital twins, and describes initial proofs of concept for such solutions. KW - Digital twin KW - Digital transformation KW - Prototype KW - Society KW - Stress testing Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-0-9981331-6-4 N1 - 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023, Maui, Hawaii, USA, January 3-6, 2023 SP - 6748 EP - 6757 PB - University of Hawai'i CY - Honolulu ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Stender, Michael A1 - Ritz, Thomas T1 - Modeling of business-to-business mobile commerce processes T2 - Electronic proceedings / ICPR 17, 17th International Conference on Production Research [Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, August 3 - 7, 2003] Y1 - 2003 SN - 0-9721257-3-6 CY - Blacksburg, Va. ET - CD-ROM-Ausg. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Buxbaum, Bernd A1 - Schwarte, Rudolf A1 - Ringbeck, Thorsten ED - Korevaar, Eric John T1 - PMD-PLL: receiver structure for incoherent communication and ranging systems T2 - Optical wireless communications II / [SPIE Conference on Optical Wireless Communications II], 22 September 1999, Boston, Massachusetts. - (SPIE proceedings series ; 3850) Y1 - 1999 SN - 0-8194-3443-4 SN - 0038-7355 SN - 0277-786X N1 - Conference on Optical Wireless Communications <2, 1999, Boston, Mass.> SP - 116 EP - 130 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, Wash. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Köllensperger, P. A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Plum, T. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - The dual GCT : a new high-power device using optimized GCT technology T2 - Conference record of the 2007 IEEE Industry Applications Conference : 42. IAS annual meeting ; September 23 - 27, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Y1 - 2007 SN - 978-1-4244-1260-0 (Online) SN - 978-1-4244-1259-4 (Print) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/07IAS.2007.76 SP - 358 EP - 365 PB - IEEE Operations Center CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Ronge, C. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - Sandwich design of high-power thyristor based devices with integrated MOSFET structure T2 - Proceedings of the 2011 - 14th - European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2011) : Aug. 30, 2011 - Sept. 1, 2011, Birmingham, United Kingdom Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-61284-167-0 (Print) SN - 978-90-75815-15-3 (Online) PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wolf, Martin R. A1 - Lenz, Laura L. T1 - The economic effectiveness of serious games in the healthcare environment : application and evaluation of the Comparative Transformation Model (CTM) T2 - IEEE 3rd International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health : SeGAH 2014 ; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 14 - 16 Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-1-4799-4823-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/SeGAH.2014.7067089 SP - 135 EP - 142 PB - IEEE [u.a.] CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ringbeck, Thorsten A1 - Schwarte, Rudolf A1 - Buxbaum, Bernd ED - Korevaar, Eric John T1 - Introduction of a new opto-electrical phase-locked loop in CMOS technology: the PMD-PLL T2 - Optical wireless communications II / [SPIE Conference on Optical Wireless Communications II], 22 September 1999, Boston, Massachusetts. - (SPIE proceedings series ; 3850) Y1 - 1999 SN - 0-8194-3443-4 SN - 0038-7355 SN - 0361-0748 SN - 0277-786X N1 - Conference on Optical Wireless Communications <2, 1999, Boston, Mass. SP - 108 EP - 116 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, Wash. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Gottschlich, J. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - Design and realization of a credit card size driver stage for high power thyristor based devices with integrated MOS structure T2 - 2011 IEEE 8th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE & ECCE 2011) : Jeju, South Korea, 30 May 2011 - 3 June 2011 / [co-sponsored by the Korean Institute of Power Electronics ...] Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-61284-958-4 (Print) SN - 978-1-61284-956-0 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPE.2011.5944661 SP - 1182 EP - 1189 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Penne, Jochen A1 - Profittlich, Martin A1 - Ringbeck, Thorsten A1 - Buxbaum, Bernd ED - D, Nicola D'Apuzzo T1 - Touchless detailed 3D scan of human hand anatomy using time-of-flight cameras T2 - Proceedings of the International Conference on 3D Body Scanning Technologies : Lugano, Switzerland, 19-20 October 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-033-02714-5 SP - 361 EP - 369 PB - Hometrica Consulting CY - Zürich ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schwarte, Rudolf A1 - Buxbaum, Bernd A1 - Heinol, Horst-Guenther A1 - Xu, Zhanping A1 - Ringbeck, Thorsten A1 - Zang, Zhigang T1 - Novel 3D-vision systems based on layout optimized PMD-structures T2 - Proceedings / OPTO 98, Internationaler Kongress und Fachausstellung für Optische Sensorik, Messtechnik und Elektronik, 18. - 20. Mai 1998, Kongreßzentrum Erfurt Y1 - 1998 N1 - Internationaler Kongress und Fachausstellung für Optische Sensorik, Messtechnik & Elektronik <3, 1998, Erfurt> ; International Congress and Exhibition on Optoelectronics, Optical Sensors and Measuring Techniques <3, 1998, Erfurt> ; OPTO <3, 1998, Erfurt> SP - 197 EP - 202 PB - ACS Organisations GmbH CY - Wunsdorf ER -