Topics ETFA 2008
Track 1:
Information Technology in Automation
Track 2:
Industrial Communication Systems
Track 3:
Real-Time and (Networked) Embedded Systems
Track 4:
Industrial automated Systems and Controls
Track 5:
Computational Intelligence and Modern Heuristics in Automation
Track 6:
Intelligent Robots & Systems
Topics
Track 1
Information Technology in Automation
Track Co-Chairs
Dacfey Dzung, ABB, Switzerland
Juergen Jasperneite, OWL University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Development Platforms and Frameworks: .NET, J2EE; Programming languages: Java, C#, Software System Security, Tool chains for Software Design and Development, Engineering and commissioning tools, etc.; Operating Systems; Databases and Web Interfaces; Realtime Mobile Computing, Network Computing, Distributed Real-time Systems, Industrial Signal Processing, Sensor fusion.
Track 2
Industrial Communication Systems
Track Co-Chairs
Julian Proenza, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
Stefano Vitturi, University of Padua, Italy
Real-Time Communications and Applications; Fieldbus Networks; Real-Time Ethernet Networks; Wireless and Hybrid (wired/wireless) Networks for Industrial Communications; Dependability Aspects and Fault Tolerance; Middleware for Industrial Communication Systems; Vertical Integration Aspects: Web-based Setup, Maintenance and Configuration; Internetworking; Formal Description Techniques; Intranet and Internet Access; Factory Applications and Case Studies. Performance Analysis of Industrial Communication Systems.
Track 3
Real-Time and (Networked) Embedded Systems
Track Co-Chairs
Thomas Nolte, Maelardalen University, Sweden
Roberto Passerone, University of Trento, Italy
Real-Time Computing and Operating Systems; Real-Time Communications; Networked Embedded Systems Technology; Wireless Sensor Networks; Embedded Systems Security; Sensor Technology; Cyber Physical Systems; Design and Implementation; Design Methodologies and Tools; Models of Computation and Formal Methods; Hardware/Software Co-Design; IP Cores and Platforms; System on Chip and Architectures; Languages; Power Supply and Management; Data Integration and Fusion; Communication Modes; Quality of Service control; Case studies (industrial automation, automotive, avionics, communications...)
Track 4
Industrial Automated Systems and Controls
Track Co-Chairs
Javier Campos, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Weng Khuen Ho, National University of Singapore
Formal Modeling of Manufacturing and Process Systems; Simulation, Queueing Systems, Petri Nets; Synthesis and Analysis Techniques, Performance Evaluation and Reliability, Scheduling; Programmable Logic Control; Process Control, Intelligent Control, Supervisory Control; Failure Detection, Diagnosis, and Appropriate Control Strategies; Integration of Automation, Control and Supervision; Recent Developments in Standardization; Test Cases, Benchmarks, Tools; Discrete and Continuous Industrial Automation Systems; Automated Manufacturing Systems and Enterprise Integration; Concurrent Engineering, Rapid Prototyping, Data Base Technologies, Data Mining, Data Warehouses; Multimedia, Virtual Reality and Telesensation; Applications and Experiences in Practice.
Track 5
Computational Intelligence and Modern Heuristics in Automation
Track Co-Chairs
Milos Manic, University of Idaho, USA
Sam Kwong, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Intelligent Systems and Control, Modern Heuristics, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Mining 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 wireless automation protocols such as Bluettoth, WiFi, and ZigBee; Computational Intelligence in security, reliability, and fault-tolerance in automation; Ant colonies optimization and swarm intelligence in automation; Also Petri Nets, Chaos, Markov models, Support Vector Machines, and Expert Systems.
Track 6
Intelligent Robots & Systems
Track Co-Chairs
Antoni Grau, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunia (UPC), Spain
J-H Lee, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Machine Vision and Intelligence, Actuators and Motion Control, Multisensor Fusion and Integration, Intelligent Robots and Systems, Intelligent Space,Intelligent robot assistants, Intelligent embedded systems, Perception, Control and Manipulation for intelligent robots and systems, Reasoning under uncertainty, Planning and failure recovery, Robot learning, Human-robot interaction, Robot vision, Natural language grounding, Integrated intelligence, Cognitive robotics, Usability studies, Cooperative and Collaborative robotics, Network robotics, Distributed robotic architectures, Intelligent environment.
