Software plays an increasingly important role in assuring effective and efficient operation of industrial automation engineering systems. However, software engineering methods applied in this field lag behind the conventional software engineering methods, where tremendous progress has been made in the last years.
The workshop series on Software Engineering in Cyber-Physical Production Systems (SECPPS) aims at discussing new approaches and methods for the design of software for use in the production systems domain, which shall incorporate the latest trends from the software engineering domain. The workshop series addresses the challenges in adopting state-of-the-art software engineering tools and techniques in the automation domain and discuss various approaches to tackle the issues. Particularly, we are currently facing a dramatically increasing complexity in the development and operation of systems with the emergence of Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS). This demands for more comprehensive and systematic views on all aspects of systems (e.g., mechanics, electronics, software, and network) not only in the engineering process, but in the operation process as well. Moreover, flexible approaches are needed to adapt the systems’ behavior to ever-changing requirements and tasks, unexpected conditions, as well as structural transformations.
The following publications directly resulted from our workshop series:
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Friederike Bruns, Sven Mehlhop, Bianca Wiesmayr, Alois Zoitl: Enabling Automated Timing Verification: A Unified Approach for Industrial Distributed Control Systems, ICIT 2024.
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Kevin Feichtinger, Kristof Meixner, Felix Rinker, István Koren, Holger Eichelberger, Tonja Heinemann, Jörg Holtmann, Marco Konersmann, Judith Michael, Eva-Maria Neumann, Jérôme Pfeiffer, Rick Rabiser, Matthias Riebisch, Klaus Schmid: Software in Cyberphysikalischen Produktionssystemen: Herausforderungen zur Umsetzung in der Industrie, atp Magazin, Ausgabe 4, 2023, pp. 62-68.
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Friederike Bruns, Bianca Wiesmayr, Alois Zoitl: Supporting Model-Based Network Specification for Time-Critical Distributed Control Systems in IEC 61499, CASE 2023.
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Sandra Greiner, Bianca Wiesmayr, Kevin Feichtinger, Kristof Meixner, Marco Konersmann, Jerôme Pfeiffer, Michael Oberlehner, David Schmalzing, Andreas Wortmann, Bernhard Rumpe, Rick Rabiser, Alois Zoitl: Maturity Evaluation of Domain-Specific Language Ecosystems for Cyber-Physical Production Systems, ETFA 2023.
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István Koren, Felix Rinker, Kristof Meixner, Moritz Kröger, Michael Zeng: Implementing DevOps Practices in CPPS Using Microservices and GitOps. ETFA 2023.
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István Koren, Felix Rinker, Kristof Meixner, Jasminka Matevska, Jörg Walter: Challenges and Opportunities of DevOps in Cyber-Physical Production Systems Engineering. ICPS 2023.
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Kevin Feichtinger, Kristof Meixner, Felix Rinker, István Koren, Holger Eichelberger, Tonja Heinemann, Jörg Holtmann, Marco Konersmann, Judith Michael, Eva-Maria Neumann, Jérôme Pfeiffer, Rick Rabiser, Matthias Riebisch, Klaus Schmid: Industry Voices on Software Engineering Challenges in Cyber-Physical Production Systems Engineering, ETFA 2022.
In the course of the series, we set up a Google Drive Folder in which we collected the results of the workshops (notes, drawings, presentations). We also set up a Github repository to collect material (SECPPS Body of Knowledge). Access to both is restricted. Please join our initiative to get access, e.g., be registering for and participating in one of the next editions of our workshop series (see below) or by contacting the organizers.
- September 2025: 11th SECPPS Workshop (Conference Edition) co-located as Special Session with ETFA 2025 in Porto, PT
- 10th SECPPS Workshop (Community Edition) at ISW Stuttgart, DE
- 9th SECPPS Workshop co-located with SE 2025 at KIT Karlsruhe, Germany
- 8th SECPPS Workshop (Conference Edition) co-located as Special Session with ETFA 2024 in Padova, IT
- 7th SECPPS Workshop (Community Edition) at OFFIS, Oldenburg, DE
- 6th SECPPS Workshop co-located with SE 2024 at JKU Linz, AT
- 5th SECPPS Workshop co-located as Special Session with ETFA 2023 in Sinaia, Romania
- 4th SECPPS Workshop at University of Hildesheim, Germany
- 3rd SECPPS Workshop located at the International Academy Traunkirchen, Austria
- Informal intermediary meetings
- 2nd SECPPS Workshop co-located with SE 2022 (virtual, AoE)
- 1st SECPPS Workshop co-located with SE 2021 (virtual, AoE)
Rick Rabiser is Full Professor for Software Engineering in Cyber-Physical Systems at the Linz Institute of Technology (LIT) at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria and is leading the Christian Doppler Laboratory VaSiCS.
Birgit Vogel-Heuser is Full Professor at the Institute of Automation and Information Systems at Technical University Munich, Germany.
Manuel Wimmer is Full Professor at the Department of Business Informatics - Software Engineering at JKU Linz, Austria and is leading the Christian Doppler Laboratory CDL-MINT.
Andreas Wortmann is Full Professor for Model-Driven Engineering for Manufacturing Automation at the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units at the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Alois Zoitl is Full Professor for Cyber-Physical Systems for Engineering and Production at the Linz Institute of Technology (LIT) at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria and is leading the Christian Doppler Laboratory VaSiCS.