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Rene Simon

Rene Simon is a professor of control systems at the Department of Automation and Computer Sciences at Harz University of Applied Sciences in Wernigerode, Germany. His major research areas include the engineering of automation systems with a particular focus on industrial controllers. Dr. Simon earned his doctor of engineering degree from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany.

He began his career developing industrial communication interfaces for field devices and contributed to the creation and implementation of electronic device descriptions. Throughout his career, he has held several management roles and cofounded a successful startup in this field, which continues to operate independently today. Simon is one of the founding members of PLCopen, where he has served on various committees over the years and currently holds the position of Chairman. Additionally, he serves as Convenor of IEC TC65/SC65B/WG7 and Deputy Chairman of German DKE K962, focusing on programmable control systems.

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