Greetings from Technische Universität Dresden!
Today and tomorrow I am attending a conference regarding Control Command and Signalling (CCS) systems.
We discuss the most recent technological, political and strategical developments, such as:
– Digitalisation of railway
– Advanced Protection System (APS)
– European Train Control System (ETCS)
– Automatic train operation (ATO)
– …
and many more topics.
Part 1: Understanding the role of friction In the world of trains, speed is often the star of the show. The rush of the landscape whizzing by is the sensation that captures our imagination. Yet, as any experienced engineer will tell you, the real hero of the railway isn’t the power to go, but the…
Tomorrow is the final of the “Deutscher Startup-Pokal” for the security and AI sector, organised by GFFT e.V.. 🧔I have been asked to be part of the jury for the security startups that will be pitching tomorrow: 💡 sematicon AG💡 Cybervize💡 ONEKEY Together with the other expert jury members, I will be asking questions about…
The German freight trains of DB Cargo are running nearly climate-neutral now even if powered by a diesel locomotive. They are fueled by HVO generated from waste material instead of fossil diesel.
How does digitalization and robotics change the maintenance of trains at Deutsche Bahn? See the interesting post of Dr. Daniela Gerd tom Markotten: 🌐 LinkedIn
The Polish Press Agency (PAP) reports a cyber attack on the Polish rail network in the north-west of the country in Szczecin. A BBC article reports: “Hackers broke into railway frequencies to disrupt traffic in the north-west of the country overnight, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported on Saturday.The signals were interspersed with recording of…
Frank Karlitschek, the founder and CEO of Nextcloud, gave an inspiring talk at 2025 re:publica conference in Berlin about how to establish a sustainable, enterprise-ready open-source project. 🌐 Link [DE]: re:publica 25: Frank Karlitschek – So baut man ein nachhaltiges Open Source Unternehmen In his talk he highlights the factors making an open-source project successful….