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Special Interest Groups (SIG)


TNO-ESI manages and facilitates a number of Special Interest Groups (SIGs); professional communities defined around specific topics. SIGs are mainly made up of industrial engineers from a broad variety of companies, but also include some academics from relevant areas of expertise.

Sharing know-how and expertise in an open innovation structure is a cornerstone of the TNO-ESI way of working. This approach leads to faster and more efficient build-up of knowledge and capabilities, with benefits to all parties.

System Architect Study Group (SASG)

The System Architecture Study Group (SASG) brings together over 200 system architects who share experiences, best practices, and insights through highly interactive meetings.
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System Performance

In the SIG System Performance, we focus on system performance engineering, with performance measured in production speed of products of a predefined quality.

We aim to have 3 or 4 sessions a year with around 15/20 participants from the different TNO-ESI partners, both from industry and academia. In each session we focus on a specific topic and discuss challenges, solutions, and best practices to learn from each other and identify follow-ups.

System Innovation Circle – human touch in a high-tech setting

Bringing together a group of 8-12 experienced system level architects and managers from different companies in a closed and informal setting. The goal is to learn from each other by focusing on personal challenges and dilemmas related to daily work. The System Innovation Circle is organised on a yearly basis and consists of an individual intake, joint and four 24-hour sessions organised in an inspirational environment.

System Integration & Test

An active group of around 40 senior experts and managers in the field of system integration & test from 10 different companies. The group meets five times a year at one of the participating companies. Participating companies are all OEMs or System Integrators. Trends, developments, challenges and solutions are shared and discussed in a casual manner. By connecting the network and sharing good practices with each other, TNO-ESI strengthens the discipline of system integration and test and creates insight in future needs.

Special Interest Group on maintenance and rejuvenation

The SIG supports the industrial community of maintainers and rejuvenators, by sharing experiences, both failures and successes, to clarify the necessary skills and capabilities, to sharpen their roles and responsibilities, and to strengthen their expertise.