Embedded World 2018
Embedded Award 2018 - and the nominees are ...
"The jury is impressed by the unbridled innovative power of embedded system developers," says Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Sturm, member of the jury and Chairman of the Trade Fair Advisory Board. The Embedded Award is presented for particularly innovative products and developments in the categories of hardware, software and tools. For the 14th time in a row, a jury of industry experts will reward outstanding development achievements on February 27, 2018, the first day of the trade fair. The awards will be presented during the international press tour.
The countdown is on: Only a few more days and hours until this year's winners with the most forward-looking ideas and developments are announced. A total of nine companies have been nominated in the hardware, software and tools categories. The specialist jury, consisting of embedded industry experts and researchers, has carefully reviewed the numerous submissions and finally reached an independent verdict. "Once again this year, we are thrilled with how many innovative ideas were submitted from the embedded community. The participants did not make it easy for us to decide on just nine nominees. We are now delighted to be able to announce these companies," explains Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Sturm, member of the jury and chairman of the trade fair advisory board.
The nominees in the Hardware, Software and Tools categories are
Hardware
Antenova Ltd: Antenova's Robusta Antenna - Part No SR4G031
Infineon Technologies AG: OPTIGA™ Trust X
NeoCortec: NeoMesh
Software
embedded trend GmbH & Co. KG: byET-Engine
Wibu-Systems: Blurry Box Encryption Method
XJTAG: XJTAG DFT Assistant
Tools
Data I/O Corporation: SentriX
emmtrix Technologies GmbH: emmtrix Parallel Studio
iniNet Solutions GmbH: SpiderPLC
On February 27 at 11:00 a.m. in the Exhibitor Forum in Hall 3A-610, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Sturm will announce the winners of each category and what the special innovation of the award-winning product is.
The expert jury 2018
This year's expert jury consists of Prof. Dr. Roberto Oboe, Department of Technology and Management of Industrial Systems, University of Padova, Prof. Dr. Albert Heuberger, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Dr. Erich Biermann, Bosch Automotive Electronics, Robert Bosch, as well as Prof. Dr.-Matthias Sturm, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, Chairman of the Embedded World Advisory Board, Joachim Kroll, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Electronics, WEKA Fachmedien and Bertold Brackemeier, Senior Manager Public Relations, NürnbergMesse.
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