Networked Embedded and Control Systems

Concertation Meeting on Control of Large-Scale Systems (CLaSS)
2 March 2009, Brussels

Agenda

Opening, purpose and scope

Alkis Konstantellos, dHoU, EC

PART I: Visions, needs and challenges

Keynote and motivating presentations

• "Research Directions in Control", Prof. Richard Vinter, Imperial College
• "The challenges facing the control systems community", Prof. George Turnbull, Open Automation and Control Ltd
• "Hardware/Software for Control Systems design", Dr. Philippe Baufreton, SAGEM
• "Control Systems for future Fusion plants", Dr. Jonathan Farthing, JET/ITER

Industry views and visions

ABB (SE/CH), Metso (FI), Schneider-Electric (FR/DE), Honeywell (CZ/US), Neste (FI), Danfoss (DK), Siemens (DE), SAP (DE)

HYCON NoE Overview

Romeo Ortega (CNRS)

Round table comments and brainstorming on:

Future trends, hot topics for EC programmes and international cooperation (all)

"Funding opportunities in 2009-2010 and scenaria for 2011-2013 and beyond",

A. Konstantellos

Working group announcements

PART II: Concrete R&D activities and funded projects

European Control Labs

• Prof. Yuri Mitrishkin, Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Early results of running ICT Control Projects

AEOLUS, WIDE: Control of large infrastructures (wind energy, water distribution)

CON4CORD, DISC: coordinated systems control foundations (hybrid and discrete)

CHAT, FEEDNETBACK: control incorporating sensor networks

HD-MPC, PRODI: model based control and fault diagnosis/management

MULTIFORM: software design tools and integration

SOCRADES: Integrated architectures for process automation and control

Discussion and Conclusions

Summary - Prof. A. Bemporad, Univ. Siena; A.Konstantellos, EC

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