About the authors
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Fay (born 1970) is Director of the Institute of Automation Technology at Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg. His main research interests are models, methods, and tools for the efficient engineering of distributed automation systems. Prof. Fay also heads the division “Methods of automation” and the Technical Committee “Engineering and operation of automated systems” in the German association for Measurement and Automation (VDI-/VDE-GMA) and is member of acatech National Academy of Science and Engineering and of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Platform “Industrie 4.0”.
Dr.-Ing. Jörg Neidig (born 1975) is the head of the Department “Automation goes IT” at Siemens Digital Industries, Factory Automation. This department focusses on predevelopment in the areas of real-time runtime systems, industrial communications, automation engineering, and distributed systems. Additionally, Dr. Neidig is active in the development and standardization of Industrie 4.0 technologies as a member in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA) and the German Electro and Digital Industry Association (ZVEI).
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Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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