@misc{Waas, author = {Waas, Thomas}, title = {Energy Monitoring and Saving in Medium-Sized Companies}, series = {5th International Congress on Energy Efficiency \& Energy Related Materials (ENEFM 2019), Gebze Technical University, Turkey, Book of Abstracts}, journal = {5th International Congress on Energy Efficiency \& Energy Related Materials (ENEFM 2019), Gebze Technical University, Turkey, Book of Abstracts}, editor = {Ahmet, Yavuz Oral and Zehra, Banu Oral and Mehmet, Sezer and Mehmet, Emre Ak{\"o}z and Seda, Kol and Onur, Alp and Aksan, Vala and Can, A{\c{s}}kan and Gamze, Sekicek}, pages = {21}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{WestnerFuhrmannWaasetal., author = {Westner, Markus and Fuhrmann, Thomas and Waas, Thomas and Skelton, David}, title = {Internationalization of a Computer Science Faculty}, series = {9th Annual International Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation and Technology (CSEIT 2018), 2018, Singapore}, booktitle = {9th Annual International Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation and Technology (CSEIT 2018), 2018, Singapore}, doi = {10.5176/2251-2195_CSEIT18.118}, pages = {33 -- 38}, abstract = {The paper at hand describes how a regional university of applied sciences tried to internationalize its learning and teaching environment. It describes the challenges encountered, the managerial approach taken, illustrates the implemented initiatives, and how effective they turned out. The results might be relevant to faculty staff in managerial positions at regional universities all over the world that face the challenge to internationalize their teaching and learning environment for the benefit of their domestic students.}, subject = {Internationalisierung}, language = {en} } @article{HagerSeitzWaas, author = {Hager, Markus and Seitz, Jochen and Waas, Thomas}, title = {Literature Survey on Recent Progress in Inter-Vehicle Communication Simulations}, series = {Journal of Transportation Technologies}, volume = {Vol. 5}, journal = {Journal of Transportation Technologies}, number = {3}, doi = {10.4236/jtts.2015.53015}, pages = {159 -- 168}, abstract = {The vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) technology based on the approved IEEE 802.11p standard and the appendant inter-vehicle communication (IVC) has the potential to dramatically change the way transportation systems work. The fundamental idea is to change the individual behavior of each vehicle by exchanging information among traffic participants to realize a cooperative and more efficient ransportation system. Certainly, the evaluation of such systems is a comprehensive and challenging task in a real world test bed, therefore, simulation frameworks are a key tool to analyze IVC. Several models are needed to emulate the real behavior of a VANET in all aspects as much realistically as necessary. The intention of this survey is to provide a comprehensive overview of publications concerning IVC simulations of the year 2013 and to see how IVC simulation has changed since 2009. Based on this analysis, we will answer the following questions: What simulation techniques are applied to IVC? Which aspects of IVS have been evaluated? What has changed within five years of IVC simulations? We also take a closer look at commonly used software tools and discuss their functionality and drawbacks. Finally, we present open questions concerning IVC simulations.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BuettnerKuceraWaas, author = {B{\"u}ttner, Johannes and Kucera, Markus and Waas, Thomas}, title = {Opening up New Fail-Safe Layers in Distributed Vehicle Computer Systems}, series = {Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing (PECCS 2018) 2018, Porto, Portugal}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing (PECCS 2018) 2018, Porto, Portugal}, abstract = {The automotive industry currently faces several challenges, including a growing complexity in system architecture. At the same time, the task load as well as the needs for performance increase. To address this problem, the A3Fa research project evaluates scalable distributed concepts for future vehicle system architectures. These can be seen as comparable to cluster-computing systems, which are applied in high-performance or high-availability use-cases. Methods used in such scenarios will also be important features in future vehicle architectures such as horizontal application scalability, application load balancing and reallocation, as well as functionality upgrades triggered by the user. This paper focuses on concepts and methods for the reliability of applications and hardware in future in-vehicle distributed system architectures. It is argued that future automotive computing systems will evolve towards enterprise IT systems similar to today's data centers. Furthermore, it is stated these vehicle systems can benefit greatly from IT systems. In particular, the safety against failure of functions and hardware in such systems is discussed. For this purpose, various of such mechanisms used in information technology are investigated. A layer-based classification is proposed, representing the different fail-safe levels.}, subject = {Kraftfahrzeug}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{ReinhardtGuntnerKuceraetal., author = {Reinhardt, Dominik and Guntner, Maximilian and Kucera, Markus and Waas, Thomas and Kuenhauser, Winfried}, title = {Mapping CAN-to-ethernet communication channels within virtualized embedded environments}, series = {IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES), 10th, 8-10 June 2015, Siegen, Germany}, booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES), 10th, 8-10 June 2015, Siegen, Germany}, publisher = {IEEE}, issn = {2150-3109}, doi = {10.1109/SIES.2015.7185064}, abstract = {Intelligent driver assistance systems and new infotainment innovations cause a rapidly growing demand of computing power. To satisfy that demand, the quantity of electronic control units in cars has increased dramatically. OEMs tackle that trend by consolidating software on powerful multicore hardware platforms. However, current software solutions are mostly static and designed to run on limited platforms. As promising operating system for automotive, Linux comes into consideration, which seems to scale better than already existing solutions. To ease the migration process of older software parts and guarantee freedom from interference according to ISO26262 between single software partitions, embedded hypervisors can achieve that requirements. Up to now, automotive systems are not developed to run within virtualized environments. Within this paper, we present an approach to map communication channels of virtual automotive ECUs and connect them with their already existing CAN interfaces. For our analysis, we use the Xen hypervisor. The focus for interaction between virtual machines is to use SocketCAN and given paravirtualized Ethernet drivers. Our goal is a non-intrusive software integration methodology. We keep the source code within software partitions as unmodified as possible. To benchmark our studies, we evaluate our implementation on the Intel i7 and the.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{ZengerKennerVolbertetal., author = {Zenger, Gerhard and Kenner, Susanne and Volbert, Klaus and Waas, Thomas and Kucera, Markus}, title = {Acquiring energy data from a medium-voltage grid for future smart grid solutions: A practical smart grid application example realized by use of cellular communication networks of the 2nd and 3rd generation}, series = {Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES), 10-11 Sept. 2013, Pilsen, Czech Republic}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES), 10-11 Sept. 2013, Pilsen, Czech Republic}, publisher = {IEEE}, isbn = {978-3-00-042899-9}, pages = {1 -- 8}, abstract = {In this paper we present a practical example of the use of Cellular Communication standards like GPRS and UMTS in a Smart Grid Application. For a more detailed view we demonstrate a possible implementation of Cellular Communication Technologies in a data acquisition application for the collection of energy indicators in a medium-voltage grid. Furthermore, we show a technical overview of relevant and common mobile communication standards available in Germany. The included theoretical examples, Smart Grid scenarios, presented data and results are based on a research project for intelligent power regulation in medium-voltage grids performed in Regensburg (Germany). It is a joint project' of the University of Applied Sciences Regensburg together with a local energy provider and a manufacturer for distribution network systems.}, language = {en} } @article{KennerThalerKuceraetal., author = {Kenner, Susanne and Thaler, Raphael and Kucera, Markus and Volbert, Klaus and Waas, Thomas}, title = {Comparison of Smart Grid architectures for monitoring and analyzing power grid data via Modbus and REST}, series = {EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems}, volume = {2017}, journal = {EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems}, doi = {10.1186/s13639-016-0045-7}, abstract = {Smart grid, smart metering, electromobility, and the regulation of the power network are keywords of the transition in energy politics. In the future, the power grid will be smart. Based on different works, this article presents a data collection, analyzing, and monitoring software for a reference smart grid. We discuss two possible architectures for collecting data from energy analyzers and analyze their performance with respect to real-time monitoring, load peak analysis, and automated regulation of the power grid. In the first architecture, we analyze the latency, needed bandwidth, and scalability for collecting data over the Modbus TCP/IP protocol and in the second one over a RESTful web service. The analysis results show that the solution with Modbus is more scalable as the one with RESTful web service. However, the performance and scalability of both architectures are sufficient for our reference smart grid and use cases.}, subject = {Intelligentes Stromnetz}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KennerThalerKuceraetal., author = {Kenner, Susanne and Thaler, Raphael and Kucera, Markus and Volbert, Klaus and Waas, Thomas}, title = {Smart Grid architecture for monitoring and analyzing, including modbus and REST performance comparison}, series = {International Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES), 12th, 29.-30. Oct. 2015, Ancona, Italy}, booktitle = {International Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES), 12th, 29.-30. Oct. 2015, Ancona, Italy}, isbn = {978-8-8875-4808-2}, pages = {96}, abstract = {Smart Grid, Smart Metering, Electromobility and the regulation of the power network are keywords of the transition in energy policies. In the future, the power grid will be smart. Due to this the OTH Regensburg does research in this area based on different projects. This paper presents a data collection, analyzing and monitoring software for a reference Smart Grid. We discuss two possible architectures for collecting data from energy analyzers. The performance is analyzed with respect to real-time monitoring, analyzing load peaks and automated regulation of the power grid.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BrunnerRoederKuceraetal., author = {Brunner, Stefan and R{\"o}der, J{\"u}rgen and Kucera, Markus and Waas, Thomas}, title = {Automotive E/E-architecture enhancements by usage of ethernet TSN}, series = {13th Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES), 12-13 June 2017, Hamburg, Germany}, booktitle = {13th Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES), 12-13 June 2017, Hamburg, Germany}, publisher = {IEEE}, doi = {10.1109/WISES.2017.7986925}, pages = {9 -- 13}, abstract = {A huge upheaval emerges from the transition to autonomous vehicles in the domain of road vehicles, ongoing with a change in the vehicle architecture. Many sensors and Electronic Control Units are added to the current vehicle architecture and further safety requirements like reliability become even more necessary. In this paper we present a potential evolution of the Electrical/Electronic-Architecture, including a Zone Architecture, to enable future functionality. We reveal the impact on the communication network concerning these architectures and present a potential communication technology to facilitate such architectures.}, subject = {Kraftfahrzeug}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BrunnerKuceraWaas, author = {Brunner, Stefan and Kucera, Markus and Waas, Thomas}, title = {Ontologies used in robotics}, series = {IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety (ICVES), 2017, Vienna, Austria}, booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety (ICVES), 2017, Vienna, Austria}, publisher = {IEEE}, doi = {10.1109/ICVES.2017.7991905}, abstract = {Full autonomy of road vehicles is a major goal of the automotive industry. To reach such high autonomy it is necessary to provide an accurate and comprehensible situation description for the environment and the vehicle itself. A consistent depiction is essential to facilitate data exchange and communication between internal modules, e.g. collision check and environment model, as well as communication with further information sources like traffic participants vehicle to vehicle (V2V) or the infrastructure, e.g. smart traffic lights, road signs or radio traffic service (V2I). One necessary tool to create such a model could be an ontology which represents the given information and its dependencies. Initially this work provides a summary of given approaches in the literature for use of ontologies in robotics in general. Therefore approaches are stated sorted by application and task. Further approaches with focus on autonomous robots and in particular on autonomous vehicles are listed and described. Finally we give an outlook for further research topics in the domain of ontologies.}, language = {en} }