Franz Kraatz, M.Sc., MBA

Qualification:

• Master of Business Administration in Economic Science (course of studies: Industrial Engineering Management, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück)
• Master of Science in Computer Science (course of studies: Mobile and Distributed Computing, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück)
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science (course of studies: Electrical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück)

Research activities:

OPeRAte (07/2016 - 06/2019)

• Dynamic orchestration of process chains by combination of services for a fleet management
• Efficient and privacy-guaranteeing data analysis of large, heterogeneous data sources for real-time optimisation of distributed agricultural processes
• Autonomous discovery, authentication and network integration of physical resources

NeGIS (01/2015 - 06/2016)

• Conception of Next Generation ISOBUS for agricultural machinery based on Ethernet technology
• Integration of Audio-Video Bridging (AVB) / Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) for guaranteed transfer rates and latency values
• Evaluation of data transfers using 100BASE-T1 (BroadR-Reach)

KOMOBAR (03/2014 - 11/2014):

Design of communication architectures for the KOMOBAR-Development-Platform:

• Cooperation of Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs) / WiFi Networks / Cellular Networks
• Autonomous routing in ad-hoc and DTN systems
• CAN-bus interface for machine data

ISOCom (01/2012 - 03/2014):

• Software-Architectures for the area of Precision Farming
• Knowledge-based Expert System for Precision-Farming-Algorithms
• Communication using cellular-based Mobile Communications

Fields of interest:

precision farming, ISOBUS, farmmanagement, manufacture independent agricultural vehicle communication

Publications:

• F. Kraatz, F. Nordemann, R. Tönjes: Herausforderungen und Potenziale bei der Weiterentwicklung des etablierten ISOBUS zu einem High-Speed ISOBUS, 74. Internationale VDI-Tagung Land-Technik, Köln, November 2016.
• F. Nordemann, F. Kraatz, H. Tapken, R. Tönjes: Ein modulares Framework zur Modellierung, Konfiguration und Regelung von kooperativen Agrarprozessen, 74. Internationale VDI-Tagung Land-Technik, Köln, November 2016.
• F. Kraatz, F. Nordemann, R. Tönjes: Protection and privacy of data in cooperative agricultural processes - the challenges of the future, International Conference on Agricultural Engineering (CIGR AGEng), Aarhus, Denmark, June 2016.
• F. Kraatz, F. Nordemann, R. Tönjes: Datensicherheit: Die nächste große Herausforderung in der modernen Landtechnik?, 36. GIL-Jahrestagung, Gesellschaft für Informatik in der Land-, Forst-, und Ernährungswirtschaft, Osnabrück, February 2016.
• F. Kraatz, F. Nordemann, R. Tönjes: Anbindung von ISOBUS-Geräten an ein online Precision Farming System, 35. GIL-Jahrestagung, Gesellschaft für Informatik in der Land-, Forst-, und Ernährungswirtschaft, Geisenheim, February 2015.
• F. Kraatz, F. Nordemann, R. Tönjes: Unterbrechungstolerante Kommunikationsmechanismen für die dynamische Komposition von mobilen Precision-Farming-Anwendungen, 18. ITG Fachtagung Mobilkommunikation, Osnabrück, May 2013.
• F. Nordemann, F. Kraatz, R. Tönjes: Kooperierende mobile Ad-Hoc-Netzwerke (MANETs) und drahtlose Sensornetzwerke (WSNs) im Umfeld der Agrarwirtschaft, Workshop Drahtlose Sensor-Aktor-Netzwerke, 22. Internationale Wissenschaftliche Konferenz Mittweida, Mittweida, October 2012.