We want to congratulate our research group member Bernhard Werth for finishing his Master of Science in Informatics at the Johannes Kepler University with distinction!

His Master Thesis topic was "Identifikation von Datenqualitätsproblem in integrierten Informationssystemen​".

Leading companies, international experts and politicians presented the strategies for success in the Industry 4.0 sector and discussed current and future prospects of digitalization. Michael Affenzeller presented the HOPL - Heuristic Optimization in Production and Logistics - Project.

An extended two pages abstract, including references in English with indication of the workshop of the intended contribution must be sent via webpage (http://www.iuctc.ulpgc.es) from May, 1, 2016 until October, 31, 2016. For the extended abstract please follow the instructions for LNCS Authors given at the Springer Online web site. Workshop chairs are Michael Affenzeller, Witold Jacak (University of Appl. Sciences of Upper Austria, Campus Hagenberg) and Günther Raidl (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)