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The Institute for Automation Engineering - IFAT is part of the Faculty for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. The Institute combines research with teaching in the fields of modelling, synthesis and control of complex systems, systems and control theory as well as the implementation of systems technology and devices.

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Die Automatisierungstechnik ist eine Querschnittswissenschaft im Spannungsfeld der Systemwissenschaften, Naturwissenschaften und Ingenieurwissenschaften. Sie ist Innovationsträger und Schlüsseltechnologie für wesentliche Veränderungen in verschiedensten Bereichen des täglichen Lebens. Kernidee der Automatisierungstechnik ist die enge Verzahnung von Analyse, Synthese und Realisierung zur Lösung einer technisch-mathematischen Fragestellung - Kompetenzen aus diesen Bereichen sind am IFAT deutschlandweit einzigartig vereint. Die betrachteten Fragestellungen reichen von verfahrenstechnischen Prozessen, Fertigungsanlagen zum Beispiel für die Automobil- oder Solarzellenproduktion, dem Kommunikations- und Transportbereich, bis hin zu biologischen und medizinischen Problemen.

Chair for Systems Theory and Automatic Control - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Findeisen

Development of Theoretical Sound Methods for the Analysis and Control of Complex, Nonlinear Dynamical Systems are in the Focus of Prof. Findeisens research group. Emphasising in:

• Optimisation Based Techniques for Control, State Estimation and Identification
• Methods for Analysis and Control of Complex, Connected Nonlinear Systems
• Control of Fast Systems and Constraints
• Systems Biology
• Applications in: Mechatronics, Process Eengineering, Medicine, Control over Communication Networks

Chair for Automation Engineering / Modeling - Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Achim Kienle

The Research Group of Prof. Achim Kienle at the University and the Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Magdeburg works in the Field of Process Modelling and Process Analysis:

• Mathematical Modeling and Model Reduction
• Process Design
• Process Control
• Analysis of Biological Systems

Chair for Integrated Automation - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Diedrich

The Ensemble is more then the total of its components.
Prof. Christian Diedrichs Group Works at the Development of Automation Engineering Systems. Focusing on:

• Device- and Process Control Engineering
• Industriel Communication
• Structur- and Characterisation Description
• Engineering of Automation Systems

Group Theory of Complex Networks - Jun. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Waldherr

The research group of Jun.-Prof. Waldherr works on the mathematical modeling of dynamic networks as well as mathematical methods for the analysis of these models, focusing on problems of systems biology and biomedicine. Research fields are:

• Robustness analysis of non-linear dynamical networks
• Modeling and analysis of biological switches
• Analysis and synthesis of heterogeneous population systems