The Institute for Applied Computer Science (IAI) of the Faculty of Computer Science in the Technical University of Dresden (TUD) has about 50 researchers working in the areas of manufacturing and control (advanced process control, virtual sensors and control), diagnosis (monitoring, fault detection, test and diagnosis), real time analytics (process modelling, predictive maintenance), remote maintenance (tele-service, troubleshooting), automatic system design, and wireless and wired sensor-actuator-networks in the domains of building automation, semiconductor industry and industrial automation. TUD is well established in related research communities like IEEE Industrial Informatics, VDI, VDE, LonMark Germany and organises lead conferences like IEEE WFCS 2008. It works in national and international standardization groups like VDI 3813 and CEN TC247 WG4.