From 22 to 24 June 2026, the International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2026) took place in Reykjavik, Iceland. inIT staff member Niels Hendrik Fliedner from the working group "Interconnected Automation Systems", led by Prof. Dr. Henning Trsek, attended this prestigious conference and presented a paper at the REFRESH 2026 workshop.
Expert conference DCOSS-IoT 2026
DCOSS-IoT 2026 was organised by the University of Iceland. It is a prestigious international conference covering a broad range of topics. Here, leading international experts discuss cutting-edge topics such as distributed and edge computing, IoT systems, wireless communication, distributed AI and security.
REFRESH 2026 workshop
The conference featured numerous workshops where participants were able to engage in in-depth discussions. The focus of the sixth international workshop, “REFRESH 2026 (Real-life Modelling in 5G/6G networks and beyond)”, was on realistic modelling of 5G/6G networks, non-orthogonal modulation, 3D communication, 5G/6G architectures and platforms, as well as 6G testbeds. inIT staff member Niels Hendrik Fliedner presented his paper “5GAutoConf: A Rapid Data-Driven Autoconfiguration Tool for 5G Base Stations”, which he co-authored with inIT Director Prof. Dr. Henning Trsek and Prof. Dr. Florian Klingler from the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg. In it, he explains his approach to achieving the automatic, data-driven generation of 5G RAN configurations from just a few basic parameters, with the aim of simplifying and accelerating experimental 5G/6G research for real-world systems and testbeds.
Wide-ranging topics, in-depth discussion
As the conference focused on topics such as digital twins and cognitive twins in distributed systems, foundation models in the IoT context, 6G, edge computing and heterogeneous infrastructures, Niels Hendrik Fliedner, who conducts research into wireless industrial communication at inIT, benefited greatly from attending DCOSS-IoT 2026 in terms of content. He emphasises: “In addition to the highly interesting keynote speeches, I particularly enjoyed the in-depth technical exchange in the workshops, the discussion panels and also the one-to-one conversations.”