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Re: [openMobility] Proposal to conclude the openMobility Interest Group
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Hi Robert,
I think your mail perfectly summarizes the situation. I personally was
mostly a "simple attendee", meaning that I was not really making
contributions from my side mainly for the ever-shifting research topic
typical of academia. I was however always interested in what was going
on within the SUMO community, and I got to learn a lot from our meetings.
It is clearly a pity to have to shutdown such a community, but I
perfectly understand the motivations. This said, I personally want to
thank you Robert for organizing these meetings, the whole DLR team, and
all the participants. I guess there will be other opportunities to meet
and talk, like at the SUMO conference :)
Best!
Michele
On 30/07/26 12:52, Protzmann, Robert via openmobility wrote:
Dear Robert,
thank you for your thoughtful summary. I think you captured the
situation very well, and from our side at Fraunhofer FOKUS we fully
understand and support the proposal.
The openMobility Group has been a valuable platform for exchange and
collaboration over the years, and we are grateful to have been part of
it with Eclipse MOSAIC.
On a personal note, I would like to thank you and the DLR team for all
the work you put into organizing and sustaining the group over the
years. We truly appreciated the community and the interesting discussions.
Best regards,
Robert
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Dr. Robert Protzmann
Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS
Business Unit Smart Mobility
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, 10589 Berlin, Germany
Phone +49 30 3463 7289
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*Von:*openmobility <openmobility-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> *Im Auftrag von
*Robert Hilbrich via openmobility
*Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 29. Juli 2026 10:48
*An:* openmobility-sc@xxxxxxxxxxx; openmobility@xxxxxxxxxxx
*Cc:* Robert.Hilbrich@xxxxxx
*Betreff:* [openMobility] Proposal to conclude the openMobility Interest
Group
Dear openMobility community,
Over the past year, we have had several discussions about the future of
the openMobility Interest Group, both in bilateral conversations and
most recently during the SUMO User Conference 2026 in June.
When we look back at the past few years, we believe that the Interest
Group, which originally started as a Working Group, has successfully
served its purpose. It brought together people from different projects
in the mobility domain, established valuable connections, and created
opportunities for technical exchange. We would like to sincerely thank
everyone who contributed to the group, participated in our meetings, and
shared ideas and experiences.
At the same time, it has become clear that some of the initiatives we
hoped to realize together, such as a joint publication on demand
modelling or a collaborative publicly funded research project, have
unfortunately not materialized. This is also reflected in the decreasing
activity on the mailing list. In addition, several key contacts who
connected the group to projects beyond the SUMO ecosystem have since
moved on to other organizations.
The current economic climate also requires organizations to focus their
efforts more carefully. This is true for us at DLR as well, and –
unfortunately – we also need to concentrate our community activities
where they have the greatest impact.
For these reasons, we would like to propose formally concluding the
openMobility Interest Group. In practice, this transition has already
been happening since the beginning of this year, with discussions that
have a strong SUMO focus taking place during the bi-weekly SUMO
Developer Meetings listed on the SUMO website.
This proposal is not new. It has been discussed on several occasions in
the past and was also part of the discussions during the SUMO User
Conference 2026.
Of course, if someone in the community has a different vision for the
future of openMobility and is willing to take over the role of Chair and
drive the group forward, we would be very happy to support such an
initiative. At the present time, however, we do not see a sustainable
alternative ourselves.
Thank you once again for your engagement, the many interesting
discussions, and your contributions over the years. We hope to continue
meeting many of you in the SUMO community and at future conferences.
Best regards,
Robert Hilbrich
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*Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- **und Raumfah**rt*e. V. (DLR)
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Transportation Systems | Technologies for Transport- and
Mobility Management | Rutherfordstr. 2 | 12489 Berlin | Germany
Dr. *Robert Hilbrich*| Team lead
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Michele Segata, PhD
Associate Professor
Department delegate for ICT services
Department delegate for inclusion, disability, specific learning
disabilities and special needs
MANTA Research Lab
https://manta.disi.unitn.it/
Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science
University of Trento, Italy
http://michele-segata.it
