ESI TNO - ESI

Managing complexity
in cyber-physical systems

TNO-ESI

TNO-ESI is an open and diverse innovation research center with strong partnerships with industry-leading high-tech companies.

Through the development of new methods and techniques for system design and engineering, TNO-ESI addresses the ever-increasing complexity facing the high-tech industry in the systems it creates. Its extensive research program aims to advance the high-tech industry by improving the lead times and effectiveness of their product innovation processes, as well as the functionality, quality and societal impact of their products.

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TNO-ESI Tools

One of the outcomes of TNO-ESI's research activities are methodologies that are supported by tools for high-tech systems design. These tools have a sound academic basis and proven industrial value. Check the current tool-portfolio here.

ESI academy

Share, learn, accelerate
If you are interested in learning about state-of-the art approaches, methods and tools, you’ve come to the right place. In order to improve the competences of yourself, your team or your organization, TNO-ESI offers multiple learning concepts such as courses, webinars, micro-learnings, workshops, and customized in-house programs.

ESI demo factory

The ESI demo factory is the basis for demonstrators of ESI tools and methodologies. It consists of a physical factory, the FischerTechnik platform, and a digital factory, a corresponding 3D virtual model.

ESI is an excellent source of knowledge – their results on model-based engineering are particularly applicable and provide value to Canon Production Printing in terms of achieving efficiency in our engineering processes

Paul Hilkens, Vice President Research and Development, Canon Production Printing Netherlands BV

research programme

Strategic shared research programme

addresses latest technologies for design and engineering of hightech embedded systems.

System architecting

helping customers to translate market, product, and technology choices into system concepts

System dependability

focuses on design for system availability, reliability, maintainability, and maintenance support performance.

System evolvability

anticipates future developments with the aim of minimizing any possible negative consequences to prolong the useful economical life of products and systems.

System performance

quantitative design criteria for embedded applications and their resource utilisation in trade-off with costs.

Exploiting systems context

focuses on how to enable systems to be aware of their context, to be open and to react to changes.

ESI contributes to society by driving advances in high-tech systems technology through a strong shared research program, dedicated innovation support, a focused competence development program and various knowledge- and experience-sharing activities

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Managing complexity in cyber-physical systems