Fatima Rani

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Engr. Fatima Rani (M.Sc. SWE)

ecoKI + Data Science + edge-MLOps

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Professur für Prozessleittechnik Arbeitsgruppe Systemverfahrenstechnik

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Barkhausenbau, BAR-E16, Helmholtzstraße 18

01069 Dresden

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Monday to Friday:: 08:00 - 17:00

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Smart Architecture

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Project Description

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Research Interests

Generative & Edge AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Edge AI prototype for Industrial Process
MLOps - Machine Learning in Operations
Data Engineering & Data Science
Model-Based Software Engineering
Smart Architectures
ecoKI - Industry Automation Usecase
Energy & Cost Efficient Solutions for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Curriculum Vitae

Timeline	Activities
Present - Dec. 2021	Research Associate Chair of Process Control Systems and Process Systems Engineering, Prof. Urbas, TU Dresden, Germany
Jan. 2021 -Sep. 2019	Researcher & Analyst UGROUND GLOBAL, S.L, Madrid, Spain
Jan. 2021 -Sep. 2019	Researcher Research Group: Modelling & Software Engineering Research Group Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Award & Honor: European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Aug. 2019 - Feb. 2019	Lecturer (Computer Sciences) Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Aug. 2019 - Feb. 2018	Lecturer (Computer Sciences & Software Engineering) Army Public College of Management & Sciences (APCOMS) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Aug.2016 -Aug. 2012	Master's Degree in Software Engineering University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, Pakistan Dissertation: "Robust Real-Time Video Streaming Analysis Algorithm for Situation Awareness through Hand Gestures" Award & Honor: PEC M.Sc. Merit Scholarship, Laptop & cash prize
Nov.2017 -Dec. 2011	ICT Consultant Asif & Umar Associates. Pvt Limited, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Mar.2010-Jan. 2007	IT Engineer Defense Science and Technology Organization (DESTO), Chaklala Cantt, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Award & Honor: * Best Scientist of the Year (2008-2010) Cash prize *HONORARIUM (2009) Cash prize
Jul.2005-Jun. 2005	Lecturer – “ICS” Community Model Girls Higher Sec. School Rawalpindi, Pakistan Award & Honor: Volunteer work for young female students who want to study Computer Science
Jul.2004-Jun. 2004	Internship Fauji Foundation Head Office Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Jun.2006-Feb. 2002	Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering Fatima Jinnah Women University, The Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Dissertation: "Video-Based Effective Density Measurement for Wireless Traffic Control Application" Award & Honor: * 3rd Prize (Cash Prize & Honorary Plaque) in the Category of Engineering/Interfacing, 5th All Pakistan Inter College/University Software Competition and Exhibition, COMPPEC EME- (NUST). * HEC overseas Ph.D. scholarships for females (Phase-II) in the 2009/2010 scheme. Got admission in Ph.D. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at The University of Western Ontario, Canada" under Dr. L.F. Capret (I didn't pursue it due to family obligations).

Publications

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3753-3778

13 Entries

2024

IIoT Data-Driven Analytics Pipeline for Industrial Process EngineeringRani, F., Vogt, L. & Urbas, L., 11 Nov 2024Research output: Contribution to conferences > Poster
Scalable data pipeline: Ontology-based OPC UA data access for the industrial internet of thingsRani, F., Wang, X., Charania, Z., Vogt, L. & Urbas, L., 2 Jul 2024, Automation 2024 : 25. Leitkongress der Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik (AUTOMATION 2024) ;AI beats Automation?. 1 ed., VDI Verlag, Düsseldorf, p. 419-434, 16 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Steigerung der Energieeffizienz für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Produktion: Die Rolle des maschinellen Lernens im ecoKI-ProjektWang, X., Rani, F., Charania, Z., Vogt, L., Klose, A. & Urbas, L., 2 Jul 2024, Automation 2024: 25. Leitkongress der Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik (AUTOMATION 2024); AI beats Automation?. 1 ed., VDI Verlag, Düsseldorf, p. 825-840Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Industrial Edge MLOps: Overview and ChallengesRani, F., Chollet, N., Vogt, L. & Urbas, L., 2 Jun 2024, ESCAPE34-PSE24: European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering and International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering. Elsevier, Berlin [u.a.], Vol. 53. p. 3019-3024, 6 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2023

Anomaly Detection in Chemical Processes with Semantic Knowledge Graphs: An Approach to Reduce Cause-Effect DiagramsHamedi, N., Mutlu, I., Rani, F. & Urbas, L., Jan 2023, 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. 6 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
A Centralized MongoDB Based Repository Design for IIoT Data : The ecoKI ProjectRani, F., Wang, X., Mutlu, I. & Urbas, L., 2023, 22nd IFAC World CongressElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Advancing with digitalization and AI for energy and cost efficiency for SMEs: ecoKI perspectiveRani, F., Khaydarov, V. & Urbas, L., 2023Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Poster
ecoKI: A Path Towards Sustainable Energy Efficiency OptimizationRani, F., Wang, X., Charania, Z., Khaydarov, V., Hasan, I. H. & Urbas, L., 2023Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Poster
ecoKI - a research and technology platform to improve the energetic efficiency of industrial process via digitalization and artificial intelligenceKrujatz, F., Khaydarov, V., Wang, X., Rani, F., Charania, Z. & Urbas, L., 2023Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Poster
MLOps Practice: Overcoming the Energy Efficiency Gap, Empirical Support Through ecoKI Platform in the Case of German SMEsRani, F., Khaydarov, V., Bode, D., Hasan, I. H. & Urbas, L., 2023, PAC- Protection, Automation Control, World Global Conference 2023. Protection, Automation and Control community (PAC World)Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

Presentations

Xinyu Wang, Fatima Rani, Zohra Charania, Lucas Vogt, and Prof. Leon Urbas. "Increasing energy efficiency for sustainable Development in production: The role of machine learning in the ecoKI project". 25. VDI-Kongress AUTOMATION 2024 AI beats Automation?, July 02-03, 2024, Baden Baden, Germany.

Fatima Rani, Xinyu Wang, Zohra Charania, Lucas Vogt, and Prof. Leon Urbas. "Scalable data pipeline: Ontology-based OPC UA data access for the industrial internet of things". 25. VDI-Kongress AUTOMATION 2024 AI beats Automation?, July 02-03, 2024, Baden Baden, Germany.

Fatima Rani, Dr. Valentin Khaydarov, and Prof. Leon Urbas. "Advancing with digitalization and AI for energy and cost efficiency for SMEs: ecoKI perspective". In the Annual Meeting of the ProcessNet specialist group “Process, Apparatus and Plant Technology” (PAAT), November 20-21, 2023, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Fatima Rani, Xinyu Wang, Ilhan Mutlu and Prof. Leon Urbas. "A Centralized MongoDB-Based Repository Design for IIoT Data: The ecoKI Project." The 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC World Congress 2023), July 8-14, 2023, Yokohama, Japan.

Fatima Rani, Dr. Valentin Khaydarov, Dennis Bode, Dr. Ilhan Mutlu and Prof. Leon Urbas. "MLOps practice: Overcoming the energy efficiency gap, empirical support through
ecoKI platform in the case of German SMEs." In Protection, Automation & Control, World Global Conference (PAC), June 26-29, 2023, Glasgow, Scotland.

Xinyu Wang, İlhan Mutlu, Fatima Rani, Lucas Drowatzky, and Prof. Leon Urbas. "A Comparative Study to Evaluate the Performance of Communication Protocols for Process Industry." In 32nd International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC), Nov 30- Dec 02, 2022, Wellington, New Zealand.

Fatima Rani, Pablo Diez, Enrique Chavarriaga, Esther Guerra, and Juan de Lara. "Automated migration of eugenia graphical editors to the web." In Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: Companion Proceedings (MODELS), October 16-23, 2020, Virtual Event, Montreal, Canada.

Invited Talks

Demonstration of ecoKI Platform at VDI-Congress AUTOMATION , Congress House Baden-Baden (Germany), 02 - 03 July 2024.
Industrial Edge MLOps: Overview and Challenges at ESCAPE34 - PSE24, Villa Vittoria Firenze (Italy), 05 - 06 June 2024.
ecoKI: A Path Towards Sustainable Energy Efficiency Optimization
at ABB Energy Efficiency Symposium for Academia, Alte Schildkroetfabrik, Mannheim (Germany), 10 Oct 2023.
Introduction of ecoKI at EDGE ML series event, Munich Marriott Hotel (Germany), 05 - 06 July 2022.

Teaching

PLT1: Prozessleittechnik 1 Summersemester 2024 (Assist)
HS AMR: Hauptseminar Automatisierungs-, Mess- und Regelungstechnik Wintersemester 2023 (Lead HMI part)
CAE-PA: Computer Aided Engineering & Process Analysis Summersemester 2023 (Project 2 Lead)
HS AMR: Hauptseminar Automatisierungs-, Mess- und Regelungstechnik Wintersemester 2022 (Assist HMI)
Mikrorechentechnik 1 & 2 Summersemester 2022 (Assist)