1. your doctorate is complete - what does that mean for you personally?
I am very happy and satisfied that I have successfully completed my research on this topic in the automotive industry.
2 What is your dissertation about?
In the absence of a standardised, generic API description template for vehicle services, one problem is that third-party service providers must always check whether the clients or service users on the other side of the communication link are compatible with the API of a particular service before providing the service. To enable comprehensive and efficient data exchange between different heterogeneous API models of vehicle services in the vehicle domain, a novel design approach was proposed in this research study to specify the semantic data of the API of heterogeneous cross-organisational platform frameworks for vehicle services in the form of a uniform, platform-independent, domain-specific, generic ontology template.
3. what was a highlight or special experience in connection with your doctorate?
With regard to the semantic interoperability of the service APIs of cross-company vehicle application frameworks, a semi-automatic OWLAPI-based vehicle service choreography plug-in tool was developed and implemented as a prototype in this research work. Through this prototype, this research implements a unified, platform-independent API ontology modelling template for vehicle service end-users, namely Vehicle Service Interface Modelling Template (VSIMT), using ontology technology as the back-end and Eclipse user interface as the front-end.
4. what plans do you have for your professional future?
Implementation of the semi-automated OWLAPI-based vehicle service choreography plugin tool prototype for unified, cross-company modelling of vehicle service APIs in the automotive industry as a real standard plugin tool (for Eclipse-based IDEs).
5. what tips can you give future doctoral students?
In-depth technical/literature overview of the state of research, perseverance, diligence and publication of your own contributions.
6. why did you choose OTH Regensburg for your doctorate?
I did my doctorate at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic, in cooperation with OTH Regensburg, Germany.
