Prof. Dr. Günter Radons, Complex Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics, Department of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany Prof. Dr. Raimund Neugebauer, Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, Chemnitz

- Non-linear dynamics, data analysis, and control of manufacturing processes and complex production systems in general
- acoustic emission and surface analysis of turning, milling, and grinding processes, non-linear dynamics of chip formation
- non-linear dynamics and stochastic properties of laser welding, laser jet cutting, and abrasive waterjet cutting
- structure formation in electrochemical manufacturing processes, utilization of hydrodynamic instabilities
- self-excited and chaotic vibrations of machine tools
- non-linear aspects of complex production systems and networks, self-organized dynamics of production lines
- non-linear dynamics and fault diagnosis in industrial robotics and machine elements
- methods of non-linear dynamics for the design in process engineering