With the Automotive specialist group, we would like to promote a lively exchange in the Rhine-Main region on the holistic design and realization of test and test environments, the sustainable treatment of variants in development and the implementation of functional safety requirements. Topics relating to the implementation of Automotive SPICE in liveable process worlds and in connection with agile procedures in practice, as well as the design of certain requirements of the standards are gaining in importance in all companies.

This Mobile Devices & Apps specialist group in the Rhine-Main region serves the professional and technical exchange of know-how relating to mobile devices (mobile devices, mobile app development, mobile app testing).

Mobile devices and apps have become a multi-billion market in just a few years. This opens up new opportunities for manufacturers, but also poses challenges and risks. For example, the (commercial) success of a mobile app is directly linked to its quality. Good apps are rated positively by users and therefore rise in the app store ranking. Apps of poorer quality, on the other hand, have little chance of being noticed due to the high level of competition.

The Rhine-Main Safety specialist group was founded in 2009 and has been managed by Marco Schuster and Vera Gebhardt ever since.

Functional safety and IT security influence each other and must be treated at least according to the state of the art and on the basis of current legal regulations. The often competing protection goals must be achieved and maintained across different disciplines, in different industries, for different products and their variants.

Our new Safety & Security specialist group offers a professional platform for openly addressing and discussing topics, problems, ideas and solutions. In addition, there are valuable network contacts and the creation and provision of specialist contributions at our specialist group meetings.

We are happy to accept requests for topics and dates for events and respond to inquiries with concrete ideas for implementation.

In the Software Test specialist group, we deal with a wide range of topics in the field of testing, which have expanded considerably with digitalization. Our main event is the annual Rhine-Main Testing Day, where we promote direct exchange between our members in an open space.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly shaping software development and is a central topic in the ASQF e. V. community. In order to promote the exchange and transfer of knowledge, the supra-regional Artificial Intelligence specialist group was launched. Members of the ASQF e. V. from various areas are involved here – from research and regulated environments to software testing.