SaferWorldbyDesign: Sustainable and Resilient Materials Development: Digitalizing Manufacturing with Dataspaces and Cloud Computing Technologies

In the context of digital transformation, data-driven tools are increasingly essential for  enhancing safe and sustainable materials design within manufacturing. Advanced digital  technologies for modeling, simulation, and optimization are being developed to improve  material quality and process efficiency throughout the material value chain. Key technologies for  using such tools are dataspace platforms, which streamline data management and data sharing  across diverse manufacturing processes, enabling seamless integration and collaboration  among stakeholders. By leveraging dataspaces, organizations can ensure compliance with FAIR  (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while effectively utilizing data to  drive innovation. Additionally, the integration of dataspaces with cloud computing technologies  facilitates scalable data sharing and processing, enabling real-time analytics and enhancing  decision-making for a more responsive manufacturing ecosystem. The EU project DiMAT and the  Fraunhofer flagship project ORCHESTER exemplify this approach by integrating extensive data  analysis within digital ecosystems to support SMEs in their digital transformation, optimize  material supply chains, and contribute to a circular economy. This webinar highlights the  transformative potential of dataspaces in the digitalization of manufacturing, showcasing  practical applications and benefits through use cases from both DiMAT and ORCHESTER,  ultimately paving the way for smarter, data-driven operations that promote sustainability,  resilience, and efficiency.

Speaker: Matthias Büschelberger

Matthias Büschelberger is a materials informatics researcher with a strong background webplatform development, DevOps and software engineering. Since 2020, he has worked at the  Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM) in Freiburg im Breisgau, contributing to  several national and EU-level projects focused on digital transformation in materials science.  His expertise spans digital twins, semantic technologies, cloud computing, and generative  artificial intelligence. 

He has played a key role in the development of data-driven platforms and decision-support systems, notably within the Fraunhofer flagship project ORCHESTER and the recent European  Project DiMAT. He is also actively involved in the German "Plattform MaterialDigital" initiative,  contributing to projects like StahlDigital and KupferDigital. His contributions extend to multiple  Horizon 2020 projects, including INTERSECT, ONTOTRANS, REAXPRO, FORCE, and MarketPlace, where he has supported the integration of advanced informatics tools to accelerate materials innovation.