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In 2025, the University of Rostock has the great honor of hosting the 21st International IEEE Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2025). The WFCS is the only IEEE conference dedicated specifically to communication for industrial automation systems. It will take place in Rostock for the first time.
The conference will be hosted by Institute of Applied Microelectronics and Computer Engineering (IMD) of the University of Rostock (Germany) and organized in collaboration with Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering CNR-IEIIT (Italy). The WFCS is supported by IEEE and IES and coordinated by the IEEE TC on Factory Automation. The local organizers University of Rostock, Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and IMD invite all interested parties to participate in this exciting event and exchange ideas with international experts.

The conference will take place between June 11 and 13, 2025 in the main building of the university in the heart of the city of Rostock, Universitätsplatz 1

The tutorial day will take place on June 10, 2025 in Rostock at the Institute of Applied Microelectronics, Albert-Einstein-Str. 26.

General Co-Chairs
Frank Golatowski
Frank GOLATOWSKI
University of Rostock, Germany
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Stefano SCANZIO
Stefano SCANZIO
CNR-IEIIT, Italy
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Technical Program Co-Chairs
Mohammad ASHJAEI
Mohammad ASHJAEI
Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden
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Ramez DAOUD
Ramez DAOUD
American University in Cairo, Egypt
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WIP Co-Chair

Jetmir HAXHIBEQIRI
imec - IDLab, Ghent University, Belgium
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Manuel BARRANCO
Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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Publication Co-Chair

Hassanein AMER
SEAD group, Electronics and Communications Eng. Dept., American University in Cairo, EGYPT
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Pedro M SANTOS
CISTER Research Center, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
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Publicity Co-Chair

Zenepe SATKA
Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden
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Oana HOTESCU
ISAE-SUPAERO
Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Toulouse, France
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Industry Co-Chair

Hans-Peter BERNHARD
Silicon Austria Labs GmbH, Linz, Austria
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Rick CANDELL
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Dave Cavalcanti
Intel, USA

Special Session Co-Chair
Gianluca Cena
Gianluca CENA
CNR-IEIIT, Italy
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Maria Rita PALATTELLA
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
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Tutorials and Demonstrations Co-chairs

Axel SIKORA
Institute Reliable Embedded Systems and Communication Electronics (ivESK), Offenburg University, Germany
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Dr.-Ing. Helge Parzyjegla
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Helge Parzyjegla
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Institut für Informatik
Lehrstuhl Architektur von Anwendungssystemen (AVA)

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Peter Danielis
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Institut für Informatik
Wissenschaftsgebiet Parallele Systeme

Finance Chair
Tullio Facchinetti
Tullio FACCHINETTI
University of Pavia, Italy
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Website Chair
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Thomas Wegner
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Local/Technical Support
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Ina Krüger
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Technical Program Committee
Omer Ali, Walton Institute, Ireland
Gehad AlKady, AUC, Egypt
Luis Almeida, University of Porto, Portogal
Ines Alvarez, ABB Corporate Research, Sweden
Hassanein Amer, AUC, Egypt
Abbas Arghavani, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Moris Behnam, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Hans-Peter Bernhard, Silicon Austria Labs/Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Alessandro Biondi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Konstantinos Bletsas, CISTER Research Centre, ISEP/IPP, Portugal
Gianluca Cena, CNR-IEIIT, Italy
Manuel Cheminod, CNR-IEIIT, Italy
Silviu Craciunas, TTTech, Austria
Patrick Denzler, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Joaquim Ferreira, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Luis Ferreira , ISEP, Porto, Portugal
Chiara Foglietta, University of Roma Tre, Italy
Valerio Frascolla, Intel, Germany
Piotr Gaj, Silesian University of Technology, Joaquim
Svetlana Girs, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Florian Gruetzmacher, University of Rostock, Germany
David Hästbacka, Tampere University, Finland
Jürgen Jasperneite, TH OWL/ Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Germany
Wolfgang Kastner, TU Wien, Austria
Luca Leonardi, University of Catania, Italy
Lucia Lo Bello , University of Catania, Italy
Dina Mahmoud, AUC, Egypt
Yosof Maklad, ERICSSON Sweden, Sweden
Saad Mubeen, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Nicolas Navet, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Roman Obermaisser, University of Siegen, Germany
Gaetano Patti, University of Catania, Italy
Paulo Pedreiras, UA/DETI/IT, Portugal
Luis Miguel Pinho, ISEP Porto, Portugal
Marco Porta, University of Pavia, Italy
Paulo Portugal, University of Porto, Portugal
Julian Proenza, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
Tarek Refaat, Fortra Canada, Canada
Markus Rentschler, ARENA2036 e.V., Germany
Stefano Rinaldi, University of Brescia, Italy
Jean-Luc Scharbarg, IRIT, France
Ramon Serna Oliver, TTTech Labs, Austria
Dimitrios Serpanos, CTI/University of Patras, Greece
Michael Short, Teesside University, UK
Axel Sikora, Hochschule Offenburg, Germany
Javier Silvestre-Blanes, University Politècnica de València, Spain
Frank Singhoff, University of Brest, France
Ye-Qiong Song, University of Lorraine, France
Jacek Stoj, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Abhilash Thekkilakkattil, Scania CV, Sweden
Henning Trsek, Institute Industrial IT inIT/TH-OWL, Germany
Lisa Underberg, Institute for Automation and Communication (ifak), Germany
Lukasz Wisniewski, Institute Industrial IT inIT/TH-OWL, Germany
Tao Zheng, Beijing Jiatong University, China
Alois Zoitl, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Claudio Zunino, CNR-IEIIT, Italy