Andreas Schwung received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Technische University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, in 2011. From 2011 to 2015, he was a Technical Project Manager of Automation and Control with MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, Oberhausen, Germany. Since 2015, he has been a Professor of Automation Technology with the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Soest, Germany. His research interests include networked automation systems, self-learning control and optimization and intelligent data analytics with applications in manufacturing, process industry, and electromobility.