Dr. Lenka Ivantysynova

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[Research Interests] [Recent Activities] [Projects] [Publications] [Students]

[Research Interests]

• ubiquitous computing in generall: developing solutions for the resulting challenges when applying RFID and sensor networks,
• evaluating the use of information technology in industrial production,
• optimizing production and value chain processes by the use of radio-frequency identification (RFID)-technology,
• analyzing quantifiable and non-quantifiable costs and benefits of RFID rollouts.

Today many companies face the question, whether to employ more IT technology in their production for optimizing processes. With the use of ubiquitous computing technologies - like RFID - on the shop floor, detailed information in the production itself and also in the value chain can be collected. An economic use of the retrieved data can lead to a competitive advantage. My work concentrates on the exploration of possible use cases of applying RFID in production processes. Furthermore I analyse data distribution architectures for companies using RFID and sensor technology on their shop floor. This covers the discussion of several architectural options with regards to their applicability in different use cases. I evaluate where to process and store the collected data. This includes finding answers to the questions: which data should when be processed and stored on the RFID tags, on intermediate system levels like MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems), and in the back-end system, e.g., ERP.

[Recent Activities]

Since December 2009 I am postdoc at the Research Group Computer Science at the University of Potsdam. My research focuses on IT strategy; in particular, on the use of information technologies, such as RFID, in industrial production. Between July 2005 and November 2009 I was a research assistant at the Institute of Information Systems at the Humboldt Univeristy, Berlin, Germany. In 2008, I completed my doctoral degree (Dr. rer. pol) with summa cum laude (with highest honor). The topic of my dissertation was "RFID in Manufacturing: Mapping the Shop Floor to IT-Enabled Business Processes". Before that I studied computer science (Diploma) from October 2000 till June 2005 at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. For my diploma thesis I developed a schema matcher for DaimlerChrysler Research in Ulm, Germany. During my studies I worked as a research assistant at the Ferdinand Braun Institute, asis GmbH and at the Institute of Information Systems at the Humboldt University, Berlin. In 2003 I received the first prize of the Microsoft .NET contest where my team developed a distributed calendar tool.

[Projects]

From December 2009: Technical lead of the research project: Multimedia-Retrieval . The aim of the project is to develop tools, which enable us to create functions for content-based navigation in multimedia data.

From July 2007 till December 2008: Technical lead of the research project: Production Data Collection. The aim of this project is to provide an in-depth analysis of the state of the art in manufacturing operations management. Future demands in manufacturing lead more data collection and processing on all IT system levels. One reason for this trend is also the increasing use of RFID and sensor technology on thze shop floor. For an optimal processing of collected production data we need a tighter integration of the different manufacturing IT system (ERP, MES, PDC, SCADA, PLC). In cooperation with SAP Research we analyze the state-of-the-art in manufacturing production data collection (PDC) and we identify manufacturers’ current problems and demands with PDC. Here we also conduct several case studies, develop new PDC solutions, and evaluate how to adopt RFID in manufacturing. This project extends the previous project RFID and sensor data in manufacturing. For more information please visit Production Data Collection in Manufacturing The project is funded by SAP AG.

From July 2005 till July 2007: Technical lead of the research project: RFID and sensor data in manufacturing: Mechanisms and standards for data capturing, data management, and ERP integration. The project was funded by SAP Research and conducted at the Institute of Information Systems, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. In cooperation with the MPDV Microlab GmbH we have conducted in total six case studies from industry. In the case studies we have analysed whether the use of RFID in production can bring competive advantages for the companies. The results of this project will soon be published in the book "RFID in Manufacturing" by Springer. For more information on the project please visit the project website: Case Studies RFID in Manufacturing.

[Publications]

Journal Articles

• Sergei Evdokimov, Ben Fabian, Oliver Günther, Lenka Ivantysynova and Holger Ziekow (in print) RFID and the Internet of Things: Technology, Business Applications and Current Challenges, in Foundations and Trends .
  
• Szymon Jaroszewicz, Lenka Ivantysynova, and Tobias Scheffer (2008) Schema Matching on Streams with Accuracy Guarantees, Intelligent Data Analysis special issue on Knowledge Discovery from Data Streams, 12(3), pp. 253-270.
• Oliver Günther, Lenka Ivantysynova, Maximilian Teltzrow, and H. Ziekow (2006, March) Kooperation in RFID-gestützten Wertschöpfungsnetzen, Industrie Management, (3).
  
  Monographs
• Lenka Ivantysynova (2010) RFID in Manufacturing: Mapping the shop floor to IT-enabled business processes , Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften.
• Lenka Ivantysynova (2008, November) RFID in Manufacturing: Mapping the Shop Floor to IT-enabled Business Processes , PhD Thesis.
  
  Book Chapters
• Holger Ziekow, Lenka Ivantysynova and Oliver Günther (2010) RFID-Data Cleaning for Shop-Floor Applications, In Damith Ranasinghe, Michael Sheng and Sherali Zeadally (Eds.), Unique Radio Innovation for the 21st Century: Building Scalable and Global RFID Networks, (1st ed.).
• Oliver Günther, Wolfhard Kletti, Uwe Kubach, Lenka Ivantysynova, and Holger Ziekow, (2008, April) RFID in Manufacturing: From Shop Floor to Top Floor, In O. Günther, W. Kletti, and U. Kubach (Eds.), RFID in Manufacturing (1st ed.), Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 1-23. Springer.
• Lenka Ivantysynova, Holger Ziekow, Oliver Günther, Wolfhard Kletti, and Uwe Kubach (2008, April) Case Studies, In O. Günther, W. Kletti, and U. Kubach (Eds.), RFID in Manufacturing (1st ed.), Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 61-111. Springer.
• Lenka Ivantysynova, Holger Ziekow, Oliver Günther, Wolfhard Kletti, and Uwe Kubach (2008, April) Lessons Learned, In O. Günther, W. Kletti, and U. Kubach (Eds.), RFID in Manufacturing (1st ed.), Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 113-151.Springer.
• Benjamin Fabian, Oliver Günther, Lenka Ivantysynova, Sarah Spiekermann, and Holger Ziekow (2007) Sicherer Informationsaustausch im Internet der Dinge In ten Hompel (Eds.), Internet der Dinge, (1st ed.), Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 179-190. Springer.
  
  Conference Papers
• Holger Ziekow, Lenka Ivantysynova and Oliver Günther (2010) Architecural Patterns for RFID Applications in Manufacturing, In Proceedings of the ECIS - European Conference on Information Systems , South Africa.
• Lenka Ivantysynova, Michael Klafft, Holger Ziekow, Oliver Günther, and Sekin Kara (2009, July) RFID in Manufacturing: the Investment Decision, In Proceedings of the PACIS - Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, India.
• Oliver Günther, Lenka Ivantysynova, Jochen Rode, and Holger Ziekow (2009, August) IT Infarstructures in Manufacturing: Insights from Seven Case Studies, In Proceedings of the AMCIS - American Conference on Information Systems , San Franciso, USA.
• Hanna Krasnova, Lorenz Weser, and Lenka Ivantysynova (2008, August) Drivers of RFID Adoption in the Automotive Industry, In Proceedings of the AMCIS - American Conference on Information Systems , Toronto, Canada.
• Lenka Ivantysynova and Holger Ziekow (2008, June) Design Guidlines for RFID-Based Applications in Manufacturing, In Proceedings of the ECIS - European Conference on Informations Systems, Galway, Irland.
• Holger Ziekow and Lenka Ivantysynova (2008, April) A Probabilistic Approach for Cleaning RFID Data, In Proceedings of the International Workshop on RFID Data Management in conjunction with the ICDE - International Conference on Data Engineering, Cancun, Mexico.
• Lenka Ivantysynova, Holger Ziekow, and Oliver Günther (2007, December) A Guide to Assess Costs and Benefits for RFID Investments in Manufacturing, In Proceedings of the Workshop on E-Business in conjuction with the ICIS- International conference on inforamtion system , Montreal, Canada, pp. 420-432.
• Lenka Ivantysynova and Holger Ziekow (2007, September) RFID in der Produktion: Eine Fallstudie aus der Airbagindustrie, In Proceedings of the GI Workshop RFID-Einsatz in kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen, Bremen, Germany.
• Szymon Jaroszewicz, Lenka Ivantysynova, and Tobias Scheffer (2006, September) Accurate Schema Matching on Streams, In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Knowledge Discovery from Data Streams in conjuction with ECML/PKDD - Europeen Conference on Machine Learning, Berlin, Germany.
• Holger Ziekow and Lenka Ivantysynova (2006) Stream Processing in Networks of Smart Devices, In Proceedings of ICPS - IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services, Lyon, France.

[Students]

Open Master's Theses
Students interested in doing a Master's thesis are always welcome to contact me.

Supervised Master's Theses

• Arvid Terzibaschian - Evaluation of Face Detection and Recognition Libraries, Studienarbeit (June 2010)
• Felix Maximilian Möller - Bilder unter der elektronischen Lupe: Bestimmung von Bildei-genschaften zur qualitativen Unterscheidung von Bilden, Studienarbeit (June 2010)
• Seckin Kara - A Strategic Decision Model for RFID Investments in Manufacturing Industry (January 2008)
• Martin Lehmann - Identification of functional Components and technical Services for RFID Applications (January 2007)
• Matthias Schmidt- Nutzungsmöglichkeiten ubiquitärer Daten zur Überwachung von Produktionsprozessen, Studienarbeit (November 2006)
• Siddharth Mudgal - Profitability of an RFID Adoption in Production (September 2006)
• Mert Sengüner - RFID in Production: A Case Study from the Connector Industry (September 2006)
• Derya Saki - RFID in Production: A Case Study from the Airbag Industry (September 2006)

Finished Seminar Works

• Tobias Kalledat - Implementation Concept for an RFID Calculator in Manufacturing (February 2008)
• Helio Pereira - Production Data Collection Systems: A Marketsurvey (February 2008)
• Tuomo Sertti - Production Data Collection Systems: A Domain Analysis (February 2008)

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