Marko Ristin

ZHAW School of Engineering
Institute of Mechatronic Systems
Technikumstrasse 5
8400 Winterthur

marko.ristin@zhaw.ch

Projects

From Supply Chain Data to Digital Twins: A GS1–AAS Interoperability Bridge / Co-project leader / ongoing
SmartAssets - Digital Transformation in Industry 4.0 / Deputy project leader / ongoing
Build Smarter. Cleaner. Cheaper. / Team member / completed

Publications

Conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Perez Olaya, Santiago Soler; Cavegn, Dennis; Braunisch, Nico; Ristin, Marko; Sadurski, Marcin; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Wollschlaeger, Martin,

2025.

Digital twin in Industrie 4.0 implementation for embedded systems[paper].

In:

2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE).

21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Los Angeles, USA, 17-21 August 2025.

IEEE.

pp. 1760-1765.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/case58245.2025.11163805
Braunisch, Nico; Schmidt, Uwe; Gneuß, Tom; Ristin, Marko; Sadurski, Marcin; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Wollschlaeger, Martin,

2025.

Leveraging software development of I4.0 digital twins for PLC programming[paper].

In:

2025 IEEE 34th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE).

34th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Toronto, Canada, 20-23 June 2025.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/isie62713.2025.11124616
Gneuß, Tom; Schmidt, Uwe; Braunisch, Nico; Ristin, Marko; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Wollschlaeger, Martin,

2025.

Streamlining AAS data exchange : a novel approach using protocol buffers[paper].

In:

2025 IEEE 34th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE).

34th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Toronto, Canada, 20-23 June 2025.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/isie62713.2025.11124666
Otto, Björn; Burmaganova, Saida; Ristin, Marko; Braunisch, Nico; Wollschlaeger, Martin; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,

2025.

Quick response code-integrated digital twin with asset administration shells[paper].

In:

2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS).

8th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS), Emden, Germany, 12-15 May 2025.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/icps65515.2025.11087888
Heppner, Sebastian; Miny, Torben; Kleinert, Tobias; Zholdybayev, Ayan; Ristin, Marko; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,

2025.

Refining NLP semantic matches through dialogue with large language models[paper].

In:

2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS).

8th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS), Emden, Germany, 12-15 May 2025.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/icps65515.2025.11087870
Otto, Björn; Aidarkhan, Assanali; Ristin, Marko; Braunisch, Nico; Diedrich, Christian; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Wollschlaeger, Martin,

2025.

Code and test generation for I4.0 state machines with LLM-based diagram recognition[paper].

In:

2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS).

21st International IEEE Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), Rostock, Germany, 10-13 June 2025.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/wfcs63373.2025.11077624
Braunisch, Nico; Gneuß, Tom; Schmidt, Uwe; Ristin, Marko; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Wollschlaeger, Martin,

2025.

Service-oriented architecture for I4.0 digital twins[paper].

In:

IECON 2024 - 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.

50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Chicago, USA, 3-6 November 2024.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon55916.2024.10905573
Tinnes, Christof; Ristin, Marko; Hohenstein, Uwe; Fathi, Kiavash; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,

2024.

From unstructured product descriptions to structured data for Industry 4.0 with ChatGPT[paper].

In:

2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS).

7th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS), St. Louis, USA, 12-15 May 2024.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/icps59941.2024.10639992
Braunisch, Nico; Ristin, Marko; Otto, Björn; Schanely, Phillip; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Wollschlaeger, Martin; Kleinert, Tobias,

2024.

Automatic fuzzing of asset administration shells as digital twins for Industry 4.0[paper].

In:

2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE).

20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Bari, Italy, 28 August - 1 September 2024.

IEEE.

pp. 3525-3530.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/case59546.2024.10711585
Miny, Torben; Heppner, Sebastian; Garmaev, Igor; Ristin, Marko; Otto, Björn; Braunisch, Nico; Jacoby, Michael; Kleinert, Tobias; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Wollschlaeger, Martin,

2024.

Towards a test framework for reactive (type 2) asset administration shell implementations[paper].

In:

2024 IEEE 29th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA).

29th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Padova, Italy, 10-13 September 2024.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/etfa61755.2024.10710957
Braunisch, Nico; Ristin, Marko; Schmidt, Uwe; Lehmann, Robert; Wollschlaeger, Martin; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,

2024.

Generation of digital twins for exchanging information via application programming interfaces[paper].

In:

2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS).

7th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS), St. Louis, USA, 12-15 May 2024.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/icps59941.2024.10639996
Braunisch, Nico; Heppner, Sebastian; Garmaev, Igor; Ristin, Marko; Miny, Torben; Kleinert, Tobias; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Wollschlaeger, Martin,

2024.

Software evolution of I4.0 digital twins with semantic patching[paper].

In:

2024 IEEE 33rd International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE).

33rd International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Ulsan, South Korea, 18-21 June 2024.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/isie54533.2024.10595745
Fathi, Kiavash; Ristin, Marko; Sadurski, Marcin; Kleinert, Tobias; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,

2024.

Detection of novel asset failures in predictive maintenance using classifier certainty[paper].

In:

2024 32nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED).

32nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), Chania, Greece, 11-14 June 2024.

IEEE.

pp. 50-56.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/med61351.2024.10566204
Fathi, Kiavash; Corradini, Fabio; Sadurski, Marcin; Silvestri, Marco; Ristin, Marko; Laghaei, Afrooz; Valtorta, Davide; Kleinert, Tobias; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,

2024.

Domain adaptation via simulation parameter and data perturbation for predictive maintenance[paper].

In:

Do, Phuc; Ezhilarasu, Cordelia, eds.,

Proceedings of the PHM Society European Conference 2024.

8th European Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society (PHME), Prague, Czech Republic, 3-5 July 2024.

PHM Society.

pp. 389-399.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.36001/phme.2024.v8i1.3985
Braunisch, Nico; Perez Olaya, Santiago Soler; Schmidt, Uwe; Ristin, Marko; Sadurski, Marcin; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Wollschlaeger, Martin,

2024.

Digital twin in Industrie 4.0 for embedded systems[paper].

In:

2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS).

20th International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), Toulouse, France, 17-19 April 2024.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/wfcs60972.2024.10540968
Fathi, Kiavash; Stramaglia, Maria; Ristin, Marko; Sadurski, Marcin; Kleinert, Tobias; Schönfelder, Robert; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,

2024.

Sustainability in semiconductor production via interpretable and reliable predictions[paper].

In:

12th IFAC Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes (ADCHEM), Toronto, Canada, 14-17 July 2024.

Elsevier.

pp. 174-179.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2024.07.213
Braunisch, Nico; Ristin, Marko; Lehmann, Robert; Wollschlaeger, Martin; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,

2023.

Empowering Industry 4.0 with generative and model-driven SDK development[paper].

In:

IECON 2023- 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.

49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Singapore, 16-19 October 2023.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon51785.2023.10312302
Braunisch, Nico; Lehmann, Robert; Wollschlaeger, Martin; Ristin, Marko; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Otto, Björn; Kleinert, Tobias,

2023.

Maturity evaluation of SDKs for I4.0 digital twins[paper].

In:

2023 IEEE 28th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA).

28th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Sinaia, Romania, 12-15 September 2023.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/etfa54631.2023.10275719
Braunisch, Nico; Ristin, Marko; Lehmann, Robert; Wollschlaeger, Martin; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,

2023.

Generation of digital twins for information exchange between partners in the Industrie 4.0 value chain[paper].

In:

2023 IEEE 21st International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN).

21st International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), Lemgo, Germany, 18-20 July 2023.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/indin51400.2023.10218306
Zhang, Jiyang; Ristin, Marko; Schanely, Phillip; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Gligoric, Milos,

2022.

Python-by-contract dataset[paper].

In:

Proceedings of the 30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering.

30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE), Singapore, 14-18 November 2022.

Association for Computing Machinery.

pp. 1652-1656.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3540250.3558917
Miny, Torben; Heppner, Sebastian; Garmaev, Igor; Kleinert, Tobias; Ristin, Marko; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Otto, Bjorn; Meinecke, Karsten; Diedrich, Christian; Braunisch, Nico; Wollschlaeger, Martin,

2022.

Semi-automatic testing of data-focused software development kits for Industrie 4.0[paper].

In:

2022 IEEE 20th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN).

20th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), Perth, Australia, 25-28 July 2022.

IEEE.

pp. 269-274.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/INDIN51773.2022.9976069
Braunisch, Nico; Ristin, Marko; Lehmann, Robert; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,

2021.

Generative and model-driven SDK development for the industrie 4.0 digital twin[paper].

In:

2021 26th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA ).

26th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), Västerås, Sweden, 7-10 September 2021.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA45728.2021.9613164
Ristin, Marko; Edvardsen, Dag Fjeld; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,

2021.

RASAECO : Requirements Analysis of Software for the AECO industry[paper].

In:

2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE).

29th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), Notre Dame, South Bend, USA, 20-24 September 2021.

IEEE.

pp. 280-290.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/RE51729.2021.00032

Other publications

Bader, Sebastian; Barnstedt, Erich; Bedenbender, Heinz; Berres, Bernd; Billmann, Meik; Ristin, Marko; et al.,

2022.

Details of the Asset Administration Shell - part 1 : the exchange of information between partners in the value chain of Industrie 4.0 (Version 3.0RC02).

Berlin:

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27075
Bader, Sebastian; Berres, Bernd; Boss, Birgit; Graf Gatterburg, Andreas; Hoffmeister, Michael; Ristin, Marko; et al.,

2021.

Details of the Asset Administration Shell - part 2 : interoperability at runtime - exchanging information via Application Programming Interfaces (1.0RC02).

Berlin:

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27076

Research data

Ristin, Marko, 2026. Code for mapping building information modeling to Industrie 4.0 digital twins. Zenodo. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18166929
Ristin, Marko, 2026. Automatic generation of JSON schemas for Industry 4.0 digital twin templates. Zenodo. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18384537

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