Industry Voices on Software Engineering Challenges in Cyber-Physical Production Systems Engineering
Paper i proceeding, 2022
Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPSs) are envisioned as next-generation adaptive production systems combining modern production techniques with the latest information technology. A CPPS creates a complex environment between different domains (mechanical, electrical, software engineering), requiring multidisciplinary solutions to tackle growing complexity issues and reduce (maintenance) effort. Software plays an increasingly important role in assuring an effective and efficient operation of CPPSs. However, software engineering methods applied for CPPSs seem to lag behind modern software engineering methods, where tremendous progress has been made in the last years. We initiated the Software Engineering in Cyber-Physical Production Systems Workshop (SECPPS-WS) to analyze and overcome this gap. After two instances with mostly academic participants, we conducted a full-day workshop with nine industry representatives from eight companies that develop and maintain CPPSs. Each industry representative presented their current work and challenges. We collected these challenges and condensed a categorized list of challenges backed by industry statements and literature. This paper presents the resulting list and pointers to (partial) solutions to offer guidance for academia and identify promising research opportunities in this area.
Research Challenges
Digital Transformation
CPPS Engineering
Författare
Kevin Feichtinger
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU)
Kristof Meixner
Technische Universität Wien
Felix Rinker
Technische Universität Wien
Istvan Koren
RWTH Aachen University
Holger Eichelberger
Universität Hildesheim
Tonja Heinemann
Universität Stuttgart
Jörg Holtmann
Göteborgs universitet
Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Interaktionsdesign och Software Engineering
Marco Konersmann
Universität Koblenz-Landau
Judith Michael
RWTH Aachen University
Eva Maria Neumann
Technische Universität München
Jerome Pfeiffer
Universität Stuttgart
Rick Rabiser
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU)
Matthias Riebisch
Universität Hamburg
Klaus Schmid
Universität Hildesheim
IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA
19460740 (ISSN) 19460759 (eISSN)
Vol. 2022-September9781665499965 (ISBN)
27th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2022
Stuttgart, Germany,
Stuttgart, Germany,
Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2025)
Programvaruteknik
DOI
10.1109/ETFA52439.2022.9921568