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ZORRO: Engineering for Zero Downtime in Cyber-Physical Systems via Intelligent Diagnostics

Funded by NWO

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Project summary

Malfunctions. We all suffer from them: payment apps that don't work, websites that are down, or software that doesn't cooperate. Often just irritating, but for businesses, downtime is a huge expense whose bill can run into millions. Some malfunctions can spread like an oil slick: we saw this, for example, in the power malfunction in Flevoland where the failure of a fuse led to a short circuit. Then a fire started, trains did not run, and locks were unable to function.

The NWO project ZORRO:  Engineering for Zero Downtime in Cyber-Physical Systems via Intelligent Diagnostics aims to prevent such problems via AI-based diagnostics, to better predict and prevent malfunctions. See ZORRO – Zero Downtime in Cyber Physical Systems (zorro-project.nl)

The project is headed by Twente University professor Marielle Stoelinga, and co-Project Leader Carmen Bratosin of TNO-ESI. Industry participants are ASMLCanon Production PrintingITEC Philips and Thermo Fisher Scientific and employs 5 PhD students and 5 postdocs / researchers.