OMG and the EDM Council: Openness Put to the Test
The OMG was acquired by the EDM Council. This is relevant to systems engineering because of the many OMG standards.
Interoperability in systems engineering: the 4 Prostep ivip project clusters
The Prostep ivip supports customers in the automotive and aviation industries. Here are the 4 project clusters with the results from 2023.
Take charging stations, for example: this is not going to work in Germany...
Anyone involved with e-cars will no doubt be following the discussion about mandatory card readers at charging stations closely. In a nutshell: The government has decided that operators must equip new charging points with card readers. Meanwhile, the charging point ordinance is already late anyway. This is a good example of a complex "system of systems" involving many stakeholders, some of whom...
Interview with Walter Koch for SE-Trends
The personnel structure of the Gesellschaft für Systems Engineering (GfSE) changed last year. Dr. Walter Koch (Schaeffler AG) was elected as the new Chairman of the Gesellschaft für Systems Engineering e.V. (GfSE) on November 8, 2019. Reason enough for SE-Trends to seek an interview with Walter Koch.
SaFAD: Automotive industry says: safety first for autonomous driving
The safety of autonomous vehicles has been the subject of heated debate since Google surprised the world in 2011 with the news that it had already driven a quarter of a million kilometers autonomously. Now several participants in the automotive industry, including many German companies such as VW, Audi, Daimler and Continental, have published a white paper in which they take a clear stance: Safety First!
The 6 problems with standardized interfaces
Standardized interfaces can be a blessing for systems engineers, as they offer many advantages. They allow the purchase of ready-made components, for example a monitor that is connected via an HDMI interface. New technologies can be easily integrated, for example LED technology instead of LCDs. In the event of a problem, the component can be quickly replaced and the defective component...
Why the world needs more standardization: Results of the systems.camp session on openness in SE
I already reported on this year's Systems Barcamp in Berlin last week. At the event, I moderated a session on the topic of "Openness in SE", the results of which I would like to present here. Why openness? I have come into contact with it in many places: I have actively worked on the open ReqIF standard and contributed to its dissemination, among...
