NCCR Automation

Home institution: ETH Zurich

Digitalisation and automation are rapidly gaining ground and playing an increasingly important role in our daily lives. The National Centre of Competence in Research "Dependable Ubiquitous Automation" (NCCR Automation) investigates new interdisciplinary approaches to controlling complex automated systems in order to ensure that they function reliably and safely. NCCR Automation combines basic and applied research by focusing on the search for new control methodologies and algorithms and their use in integrated and distributed computer systems. In five research modules, it develops methods and algorithms for implementation in concrete applications, such as the automation of energy networks ("Energy Systems" module), future mobility systems ("Mobility of the Future" module) and various industrial processes ("Industry 4.0" module). In return, these concrete applications will feed basic research ("Theoretical foundations" and "Computational methods" modules).

Further information on the NCCR:

Website NCCR Automation