The main features of a programming language for on-line-control of industrial processes and scientific experiments are described. Mainly discussed are the connections between the program and the process environment, the management of storage space and parallel activities, the synchronization of tasks, and the non-standard ...

Es wird eine Programmiersprache der mittleren Ebene beschrieben, die es erlaubt, Struktur, Algorithmen, Zeitverhalten und Ein-/Ausgabe von Echt­zeitprogrammen zu formulieren. Sie wurde von einer Gruppe deutscher Industriefirmen und Forschungsinstitute entwickelt und ist für den Automatisierungsingenieur oder Experimentator ...

Competency-based learning and e-portfolios are integral parts of modern teaching repertoires. Media and computer technology play an important role in supporting such scenarios. This paper presents a generic competence database that implements a competence portfolio by using techniques from knowledge management and ...

Many universities take measures to reduce the number of students dropping out. To support students’ advisors better becomes crucial. Besides their knowledge that they acquire through experience, which is a very important human factor in that process, advisors usually know very little about how students get along in their ...

Im Zentrum dieses Workshops stehen Erkenntnisse zur Mensch-Computer-Interaktion in sicherheitskritischen Anwen-dungsgebieten. Da in solchen Feldern – etwa Katastrophenma-nagement, Verkehr, Produktion oder Medizin – immer häufiger MCI stattfindet, sind viele wissenschaftliche Gebiete, unter an-derem die Informatik, zunehmend ...

We report the results of a group concept mapping study on the topic of digital transformation in German higher education. Students, teachers and administrative employees participated in the study where they first gathered statements which were then clustered and ranked according to importance and feasibility. The results ...

In the recent years, a number of data-management and data-analytics applications and technologies under the label “big data” has found much interest among academics and practitioners. From our point of view, the respective researchers and commercial pro-viders, up to now, neglected to a large extent both the spatial ...

Requirements on the quality of drinking water – based on the Drinking Water Ordinance (Trinkwasserverordnung) – are quite high in Germany. The given standards issue big challenges to the majority of the estimated 6.200 water suppliers. One part of that statutory requirements demands the publication of the ...