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Successful participation of inIT at the international IEEE conference ETFA 2023

The Institute Industrial IT (inIT) of Technische Hochschule OWL was successfully represented again this year at the 28th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA). The conference took place from 12 to 15 September 2023 in Sinaia, Romania, and focused on the latest developments and technologies in the field of industrial factory automation.

inIT employees Maxim Friesen and André Bröring presented their contributions at ETFA 2023.

Romanian classical opera as background music at the opening ceremony.

inIT's poster contribution in the hall of mirrors of the Casino Sinaia conference centre.

Here, a broad selection of relevant specialist topics was again presented and discussed, including industrial communication technologies, real-time and networked embedded systems as well as Artificial Intelligence for cyber-physical systems in automation. The topics presented by Prof. Jürgen Jasperneite's working group for computer networks therefore fitted in seamlessly here.

For example, inIT employee Maxim Friesen presented his full paper entitled "Network Digital Twins: A Key-Enabler for Zero-Touch Management in Industrial Communication Systems", while inIT colleague André Bröring presented his work-in-progress paper "Evaluation Concept for Prototypical Implementation towards Automated Security Risk Assessments" including a poster.

Maxim Friesen was enthusiastic about the conference: "For me it was the first ETFA participation and it was impressive to see how many high-quality and for us relevant scientific contributions and discussions were held in such a short time."

The small town of Sinaia in Romania's southern Carpathians served as the conference venue this year. The conference was held in the Casino Sinaia, which was built in 1913 and now serves as an international conference centre. Its elegant design adorns the city centre of Sinaia. The next edition of ETFA will take place in Padua, Italy, in 2024, where inIT is expected to be actively involved again.