Welcome to the CRC 1608 Convide
Modern cyber-physical systems (CPS) such as cars, airplanes, or smart home systems integrate computational processes with physical processes. These CPS comprise of many electronic, mechanical, and software-controlled components, posing difficult challenges for the design of such complex systems. Not only is there a need for modern CPS to be highly dependable, configurable, and flexible. At the same time, these systems can only function if all parts interact seamlessly. As a result, individual developers find it increasingly difficult to control the complexity of modern CPS, even at an abstract architectural level. For this reason, so-called “views” of the system – sub-models that are specific to the developer’s task – are used during development.
Since there exist manifold dependencies between these views, there is urgent need for novel consistency-maintaining methods in Advanced Systems Engineering. To meet these demands, the Collaborative Research Center “Consistency in the View-Based Development of Cyber-Physical Systems” (Convide) brings together researchers with a background in computer science, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Technical University Munich, Technical University Dresden, and the University of Mannheim. Together, they are developing methods that aim to shorten development cycles and update intervals as well as to improve the adaptability, reliability, and security of modern CPS.
On 26 June 2025, Junior Professor Maike Schwammberger was invited to give a talk at this year’s International Symposium on Verification of Autonomous Mobile Systems (VAMS) in Paris. In her talk, Maike gave insight into her Convide research, outlining a roadmap towards dynamic conflict management for autonomous traffic agents.
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On 25/26 June 2025, the yearly Convide Working Group meeting took place at KIT. Over 30 researchers traveled to Campus North to discuss cross-project ideas in a BarCamp setting. As an impressive sign for the project’s advances in recent months, the event illustrated that the Convide team is hard at work tackling highly relevant and timely research problems.
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On 12 June, Convide PI Dr. Erik Burger gave a keynote titled „Consistency in the View-Based Development of Cyber-Physical Systems“ at the 18th International Conference on Graph Transformation (ICGT). In his talk, Burger demonstrated the significance of model-driven technologies for improving the adaptability, reliability, and security of modern CPS.
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On 11 June, Convide PI Professor Anne Koziolek gave a keynote titled "Modeling and LLMs in Continuous Software Engineering" at the 21st European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications (ECMFA). In her talk, Koziolek outlined a vision for the role of models in continuous software engineering, emphasizing their continued and central role in the age of AI.
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On 12 Dec 2024, Convide held its yearly Winter Colloquium. Carried out at the brand new InformatiKOM building at KIT, the meeting provided the whole team ample opportunity for scientific exchange both internally as well as with two distinguished guests who offered fascinating insight into their respective groups' work.
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On 31 Oct and 1 Nov 2024, the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (ICSM) was held in Shanghai. At the conference, Prof. Dr. Albert Albers, Convide PI and head of IPEK - Institute for Product Development, delivered a keynote, showcasing approaches and methods for maintaining consistency in complex product engineering processes.
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