Welcome to the course "Information Technology in Industrial Automation"

Participants of this course will learn about modern Information Technologies used in Industrial Automaton.

The course will cover topics such as:

- Goals and Key technologies for modern production
- Basics of Industrie 4.0, IoT and Digital transformation
- Product identification systems
- Data acquisition and exchange, e.g. OPC UA
- Engineering using digital twins
- Product lifecycle management and product data management (PLM / PDM)
- Remote control
- Security and safety in industrial automation
- Manufacturing execution systems (MES)
- Enterprise resource planning systems (ERP)
- Assistance systems, e.g. using mixed reality
- Cloud computing including e.g. IoT hubs, cloud services