Kolloquiumsvortrag
13:00 am Mi. 7.2.2018 im IZ161
Prof. Christian Renner (TU Hamburg-Harburg)
Smart Ports and Beyond --- Facets and Research Challenges
Recent advances in sensing, actuating and communication technology have
led to the development of cyber-physical systems, subsequently enabling
a smarter world. Smart cities and smart production lanes are examples of
this new technological process. This development has already triggered
worldwide demands in port areas, where the right balance between
economy, available resources and ecology is a key issue. The underlying
benefits of a smart port range from more efficient traffic management
over monitoring and controlling of goods, supply chains and work flows
towards easier inspections and operations in the port basin.
Research challenges involved are, e.g., the (regenerative) energy supply
of sensors and actuators,
medium access and network traffic control in densely colocated wireless
networks and underwater vehicles, as well as control of autonomous
transportation and inspection vessels.
This talk will first sketch the facets and challenges of smart ports and
their realization before it will turn to relevant research projects
already in progress and those planned for the near future at the
research group smartPORT.
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Christian Renner is a Juniorprofessor (assistant professor) and head of
the research group smartPORT at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
since April 2016.
He was born in Winsen/Luhe and grew up in the village Ramelsloh near
Hamburg.
He studied Computer Science and Engineering from 2003 to 2008 at TUHH,
spending one semester at ETH Zürich. He received his Diploma degree
(Dipl.-Ing.) in 2008 from TUHH.
Christian pursued his doctoral studies at the Institute of Telematics at
TUHH from 2008 until 2012. He received his Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in 2013.
>From 2012 to 2016, he worked as a lecturer and post doctoral researcher
at the Institute of Computer Engineering of the University of Lübeck.
His research interests include applications of networked sensing and
embedded systems, particularly aiming at energy harvesting and
networking aspects, and mobile underwater swarm robotics with a special
focus on underwater acoustic communication. He is covering both
algorithmic and electronic aspects. Christian has been a coach and
organizer for programming competitions related to the ACM ICPC from 2009
to 2012. He has been a reviewer for International journals and
conferences and has organized several workshops. He has published over
40 scientific papers.
Christian is an alumnus of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes. He
was awarded the Diploma Prize by the Stiftung zur Förderung der TU
Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH Foundation). His dissertation thesis was nominated
for the disseration award of the GI (Gesellschaft für Informatik) and
awarded the Karl-Heinz-Ditze Prize of TUHH. He received the Walter Dosch
Teaching Award from the University of Lübeck.
