On 12th February 2025, Ulrike Engeln presented her talk ‘Executable Explanations of Control Software’ at the Trustworthy Systems Lab Seminar series at the University of Bristol. In her presentation, Engeln introduced the CAUSE approach, which enables cyber-physical system controllers to explain their behavior. The talk motivated the abstract explanation pattern introduced by CAUSE, illustrated the concept of explanations for control software (where explanations are executable networks of timed automata), and presented the first research results on online piecewise approximation of control outputs.
We’re thrilled to announce that our three-day CAUSE Retreat has just wrapped up successfully! Researchers, collaborators, and invited experts gathered to share insights, attend workshops, and set new goals for joint publications. From hands-on demonstrator sessions to engaging group discussions and a memorable social event, everyone left inspired and ready to move forward. We look forward to building on these outcomes and seeing our collective ideas flourish in the coming months.
We’re having our first retreat of 3 days. The program is packed with updating each other on the current state and next steps of each project. We are also starting to work on our demonstrator and identify topics for joint research work on subtopics. Moreover, we are creating our data management plan.
We are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the first CAUSE meeting, held on November 21st, 2024, at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH). The event brought together CAUSE fellows and principal investigators from across Oldenburg, Bremen, and Hamburg.
The International Workshop on Boolean Problems (IWSBP) held in Bremen from September 19 to September 20 hosts a special session about CAUSE. The three CAUSE supervisors Prof. Martin Fränzle, Prof. Rainer Koschke, Prof. Verena Klös provide an overview of the fundamental approach to self-explanation followed by CAUSE.
We are excited to share that Prof. Sibylle Schupp recently participated in the Dagstuhl Seminar “Power, Energy, and Carbon-Aware Computing on Heterogeneous Systems” (PEACHES). During this seminar, she presented her work on “Executable Explanations of Control Software for Wind Turbines,” a topic closely aligned with the themes explored within CAUSE.
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