© Tiss: Wolfgang Kastner

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Wolfgang Kastner was appointed as University Professor for Industrial Internet of Thingsat TU Wien with effect from November 1, 2021. He is assigned to the Institut of Computer Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E191) in the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Wolfgang Kastner studied Informatics at TU Wien and was awarded his doctorate in 1997 (topic of the dissertation: "Specification and verification of a time-based protocol, opens an external URL in a new window"). In 2001 he obtained the Venia Docendi for the subject Technical Computer Science with a habilitation thesis on "Dynamic internet connectivity of automation systems, opens an external URL in a new window" and was a lecturer / ao. Professor in the Faculty of Informatics until 2021. He is the scientific director of the "Research Lab for Safety and Security in Industry, opens an external URL in a new window" (#SafeSecLab) and a member of the Dean's Team of the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Wolfgang Kastner's scientific home is the Research Unit of Automation Systems, opens an external URL in a new window, that he is also heading since 2010. There he deals with industrial communication systems as well as decentralized automation systems and their integration in Internet-based infrastructures with special consideration of security aspects and the representation of knowledge. Applications of these approaches can be found in industrial automation (Industry 4.0), the energy sector (Smart Energy) and in building technology (Internet of Buildings). He has also been Vice Rector for Digitalisation and Infrastructure since 2023.  

Publications by Wolfgang Kastner the database Scopus, opens an external URL in a new window and in ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window.