Topics
Information Technology in Automation
Co-Chairs:
Georg Frey, Saarland University, Germany
Marga Marcos, University of Basque Country, Spain
- IT Modeling Techniques (e.g., Object-Orientation, Components, Agents, Services) for Automation Systems
- Model Driven Development in Automation (e.g., UML, SysML)
- Data Modeling (e.g., CAEX, AutomationML, OPC UA)
- Domain Specific Modeling and Programming Languages (e.g., IEC 61131, IEC 61499)
- Vertical Integration, Integration with MES and ERP Systems (Databases, Semantic Web Services)
- Security and Safety in Factory, Home and Building Automation
- Dynamically Reconfigurable, Adaptive, and Emergent Automation Software/Systems
- Energy Management in and by Automated Systems
- Case Studies and Application Reports especially from:
- Digital Factory, Smart Manufacturing, Web-of-Things in the Factory Line
- Home and Building Automation
- Renewable Energy Systems (Production and Integration)
Industrial Communication Systems
Co-Chairs:
- Fieldbus Networks and Industrial Ethernet Networks
- Automotive and Avionic Networks
- Industrial Control Networks
- Home and Building Automation Networks
- Industrial Wireless Networks
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Hybrid Wired/Wireless Networks
- Middleware for Industrial Communications
- System Design, Architecture and Implementation
- IP-based and Web-based Communication and Applications
- Self-configurable Systems
- Networked Control Systems
- Adaptive Middleware for Decentralized Control
- Real-time Issues
- QoS and Performance Issues
- Synchronization Protocols
- Dependability and Fault Tolerance Aspects
- Safety Buses and Protocols
- Integration of Automation Networks
- Interoperability
- Security in Industrial Communications
- Industrial Case Studies
Real-Time and (Networked) Embedded Systems (RTNES)
Co-Chairs:
- Theory and Technology in RTNES:
- Real-Time Computing
- Real-Time Operating Systems
- Real-Time Communications
- Networked Embedded Systems Technology
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Cyber Physical Systems
- Design and Methods in RTNES:
- Design and Implementation
- Design Methodologies and Tools
- Components and Platforms
- Models of Computation and Formal Methods
- Hardware/Software Co-Design
- Verification and Validation Methods
- Algorithms and Control in RTNES:
- Energy Management
- Data Integration and Fusion
- Communication Modes
- Quality of Service Control
- Case Studies in RTNES Including:
- Industrial Automation,
- Automotive,
- Avionics,
- Communications and Building Automation
Automated Manufacturing Systems
Co-Chairs:
- Formal Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems
- Scheduling, Simulation, Queuing Systems and Petri Nets in Manufacturing Systems
- Synthesis and Analysis Techniques, Performance Evaluation and Reliability
- Discrete and Continuous Industrial Automation Systems
- Automated Manufacturing Systems and Enterprise Integration
- Application of Service-Oriented Technologies
- Test Cases, Benchmarks and Tools
- Applications and Experiences in Practice
- Recent Developments in Standardization
- Resource Allocation Systems in Manufacturing
- Fault Diagnosis, State-Estimation and Identification
Industrial Control
Co-Chairs:
- Process Monitoring and Control
- Equipment Monitoring and Control
- Supervisory Control
- Fault Detection and Management
- Process Modeling and Optimization
- Control Performance Assessment
- Industrial Control Applications
- Large-Scale Systems
- Computer Implementation of Control Systems
- Co-Design of Control, Computing and Communication
- Co-Design of Diagnosis and Dependability
- Safety Issues in Industrial Control
Computational Intelligence and Modern Heuristics
in Automation
in Automation
Co-Chairs:
- Intelligent Systems and Control, and Modern Heuristics in Automation and Industrial Applications
- Neural/Fuzzy/Evolutionary Approaches in Automation
- Modern Heuristics Methods in Factory Automation Based on Predictive, Adaptive Control, Recognition, Navigation, Motion Control, Competitive, Self-Organizing Learning, and Clustering
- Computational Intelligence in Security, Reliability, and Fault-
- Tolerance in Automation
- Ant Colonies Optimization and Swarm Intelligence in Automation
- Intelligence Computation in Automation
- Machine Learning Methods in Automation
- Optimization and Multi-Objective Optimization Methods
- Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining in Automation
- Expert Systems in Automation
- Intelligent Hybrid Systems
- Intelligent Systems in Signal Processing (DSP)
- Hardware Optimization Based on Computational Intelligence Techniques
Intelligent Robots & Systems
Co-Chairs:
- Cognitive Robotics
- Cooperative and Collaborative Robotics
- Multi-Agent Systems and Distributed Robotics Architectures
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Integrated Intelligence
- Intelligent Robot Assistants
- Intelligent Embedded Systems
- Robot Programming
- Natural Language Grounding
- Path Planning and Collision Avoidance
- Navigation, Control and Manipulation for Intelligent Robots andSystems
- Perception, Environment Description and Map Building
- Mobile Manipulation
- Planning and Failure Recovery
- Network Robotics
- Reasoning under Uncertainty
- Robot Learning
- Advanced Sensors and Vision Systems in Robotics
- Usability Studies
