Katharina Polanec

Katharina Polanec serves as a Researcher at the Centre for Dependable Systems Engineering, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, and is an active co-investigator in the Josef Ressel Centre for Dependable System-of-Systems Engineering (DeSoS) project (2020-2025), focusing on critical infrastructure systems development.

Her research expertise spans:

• System of Systems Engineering
• Smart Grid Architecture
• Model-Based Systems Engineering
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Automotive Systems
• Reference Architectures

With particular emphasis on interoperability frameworks, regulatory compliance mechanisms, and dependable systems modeling for energy and transportation infrastructure.

Recent publications (2024) demonstrate concentrated activity in cross-domain architectural integration, EU AI Act compliance engineering, and co-simulation taxonomies, reflecting evolving research trajectories toward legally compliant cyber-physical systems and automotive-smart grid interoperability solutions.

As part of the DeSoS project team, she contributes to advancing dependable system-of-systems engineering methodologies through collaborative research with principal investigator Christian Neureiter and colleagues across multiple engineering disciplines.