Interview

Professor Oliver Riedel from the University of Stuttgart

Maximum flexibility thanks to software-defined manufacturing

Software is not only playing an increasingly important role in products but is also becoming more and more important for managing manufacturing processes. In this interview, Professor Oliver Riedel from the University of Stuttgart explains the advantages that software-defined manufacturing (SDM) offers compared to conventional control architectures, and the challenges that need to be overcome when implementing SDM.

Roman-Dumitrescu

AI can help establish an end-to-end engineering process

ChatGPT has transformed artificial intelligence (AI) into a topic that is surrounded by a lot of hype. While AI is already being used in production, it is only just starting to be adopted in the product development field. In an interview for the PROSTEP Newsletter, Professor Roman Dumitrescu, one of the directors of the Fraunhofer IEM in Paderborn, explains the potentials that enterprises are letting pass them by.

The automotive industry cannot develop all the software itself

The automotive industry is facing a number of simultaneous challenges, which are usually described by the acronym CASE, which stands for Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric. In an interview with the PROSTEP Newsletter, Jens Poggenburg, a member of the management board at AVL, explains how the global automotive supplier from Graz, Austria is dealing with these challenges.

Prof. Dr. Katharina Hölzle from Fraunhofer IAO

The Industrial Metaverse links the real and virtual Worlds

According to analyses, the metaverse and the industrial metaverse in particular offer incredible potential for growth. In an interview with the PROSTEP Newsletter, Prof. Dr. Katharina Hölzle from Fraunhofer IAO discusses what this means and how German companies can benefit. Hölzle was responsible for the CyberLänd project, which aimed to explore the potential that the metaverse offered the German land of Baden-Württemberg.

Gaia-X has the potential to fundamentally change data management

Gaia-X, the European initiative to create interoperable data spaces, has a reputation for being slow and bureaucratic. Ulrich Ahle, the previous CEO of the FIWARE Foundation, has now taken over the management. It should coordinate the European actors more closely and promote the industrial use of data rooms. In an interview with the PROSTEP newsletter, he explains the goals and potential of Gaia-X.

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