Dr. Martin Ostertag

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Head of Research/Focus Area Communication Network Engineering
• Dep. Director of Institute Institute of Embedded Systems
• Senior Lecturer Communication Networks

Focus

Industrial Communication Networks, Time Sensitive Networking, Precise Time Synchronization

Teaching

• Communication Technology / Digital Communication Systems
• Computer Engineering 1&2
• Communication Networks and Services 2 - English
• Principles and Applications of the IoT (BSc)
• Contributions to various CAS in the area Internet of Things

Experience

• Program und Section Manager R&D Controls
  Schindler Elevator Ltd, CH Ebikon
  09 / 2010 - 01 / 2019
• Head of R&D
  Ruf Telematik AG, CH Schlieren
  10 / 2010 - 08 / 2012
• Head of R&D "Substation Automation Systems"
  ABB Power Systems, CH Baden
  03 / 2003 - 09 / 2010
• Team Lead SCADA Communication
  ABB Network Partner / ABB Power Systems, CH BAden
  11 / 1998 - 03 / 2003
• Scientist
  ABB Corporate Research, CH Baden-Dättwil
  02 / 1996 - 11 / 1998
• Research Assistant
  University of Karlsruhe (TH), today KIT
  01 / 1992 - 12 / 1995

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Electrical Engineering
  University Karlsruhe (TH), today KIT
  01 / 1992 - 01 / 1996
• Master of Science / Electrical Engineering
  University Karlsruhe (TH), today KTI
  10 / 1986 - 12 / 1991

Continuing Education

Certificate of Advanced Studies in Higher Education
PH Zurich
09 / 2020

Network

Membership of networks

• Electrosuisse TK65 (Industrial-process measurement, control and automation)
• IEEE 802.1 TSN Task Group

Projects

• UAV On-Board Kommunikationssystem / Project leader / Project ongoing
• TSN-based distributed precision measurement system / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Demonstrator für IEEE802.3 / APL - Ph2 / Project leader / Project completed
• Precise Time Synchronization for Industrial Time-sensitive Networks (TSN) / Project leader / Project completed
• Demonstrator für IEEE802.3 / APL / Project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Brunner, Kilian; Dominiak, Stephen; Ostertag, Martin,

  2023.

  Application of G.hn broadband powerline communication for industrial control using COTS components.

  Technologies.

  11(6), pp. 160.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies11060160

• Ostertag, Martin; Brunner, Kilian,

  2023.

  Is 10BASE-T1L fit for TSN?.

  In:

  TSN/A Conference, Ludwigsburg, Germany, 27-28 September 2023.

• Redmond, Catherine; Ostertag, Martin,

  2021.

  Experiments on IEEE 802.3cg 10BASE-T1L & preemption in process/industrial automation.

  In:

  TSN/A Conference, online, 29-30 September 2021.

• Brunner, Kilian; Ostertag, Martin,

  2021.

  Industrielle Anwendung von Powerline Carrier Technologie (G.hn).

  In:

  14. Embedded Computing Conference, Winterthur (online), 1. Juni 2021.

  Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaj3eyvq2QM

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Ostertag, M., Common Denominator – Common components have helped ABB adopt the IEC 61850 substation communication standard in record time, ABB Review Special Report IEC 61850, August 2010
• Ostertag, M.; Hilpert, G.; Kern, T., The standard route to Ethernet based substation automation, Industrial Ethernet Book, Issue 15, June 2003
• Brand, K.P.; Ostertag, M.; Wimmer, W., IEC 61850 - Safety related, distributed functions in substations and the standard IEC 61850, Power Tech Conference Proceedings, 2003 IEEE Bologna (Volume:2 ), June 2003
• Ostertag, M.; Imboden, Ch., High data rate, medium voltage powerline communications for hybrid DA/DSM, Transmission and Distribution Conference, 1999 IEEE (Volume:1), pp.240-245, New Orleans LA, Apr 11-16, 1999.
• Ostertag, M., Improved Localisation for Traffic Flow Control, Periodica Polytechnica Ser. Electrical Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 185-200, 1997
• Ostertag, M., Strukturierte Optimierung von Airbag-Auslösesystemen, Fortschr.-Ber. VDI Reihe 12 Nr. 280. Düsseldorf: VDI Verlag 1996 (In German)
• Ostertag, M.; Nock, E.; Kiencke, U., Optimization of Airbag Release Algorithms using Evolutionary Strategies, Proceedings on the 4th IEEE Conference on Control Applications 1995, pp. 275-280, Albany NY, Sep 28-29, 1995
• Nowinski, G.; Gering, H.; Ostertag, M., Lernfähige konnektionistische Strukturen in der Automatisierungstechnik, Teil 7.2. Neuronale Netze zur Airbagauslösung, at Automatisierungstechnik 42, Nr. 7/94, S. A25 – A28, 1994

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