Objective
The objective of the NoE HYCON is establishing a durable community of leading researchers and practitioners who develop and apply the hybrid systems approach to the design of networked embedded control systems as found, e.g., in industrial production, transportation systems, generation and distribution of energy, communication systems. Hybrid systems provide a scientific paradigm to systematically address the analysis, modelling, simulation, synthesis, and optimisation of digital controllers for physical plants that communicate directly or via networks with other computerized systems and with human users and supervisors.
Malfunction of the control system can lead to drastic performance degradation, severe damage to humans and the environment and cause significant economic losses. The interaction of digital controllers, communication systems and physical plants originates complex dynamic behaviours that cannot be understood intuitively. At present, the development of such systems is based on extensive testing and frequent iterations without guarantee of performance or even safety.
HYCON aims at a major advancement of the methodology for the design of such systems and their application in power management, industrial controls, automotive control and communication networks. The long-lasting result will be a European Institute of Hybrid Systems (EIHS), designed to become a worldwide focal point for hybrid systems research. The partners of the network span a broad range of expertise, from applied mathematics and computer science to advanced control applications. They share an integrating approach based on the concept of a dynamical system, which provides the basis for understanding and mastering the complexity and heterogeneity issues arising in the design of large distributed networked embedded control systems. The network will contribute significantly to bridge the gap between traditional control engineering and embedded system design.
Field of science
- /engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/control engineering
- /engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/automation and control systems
- /natural sciences/mathematics/applied mathematics/dynamical systems
- /natural sciences/computer and information sciences
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Funding Scheme
NoE - Network of ExcellenceCoordinator
75016 Paris
France
Participants (26)
75794 Paris Cedex 16
51147 Koeln
91192 Gif Sur Yvette Cedex
8092 Zuerich
91192 Gif-sur-yvette
78153 Le Chesnay
100 44 Stockholm
581 83 Linkoeping
221 00 Lund
20145 Milano
44780 Bochum
Berlin
2628 CN Delft
513 Eindhoven
CB2 1TS Cambridge
41004 Sevilla
47002 Valladolid
67100 L'aquila
Siena
56126 Pisa
44227 Dortmund
1348 Louvain-la-neuve
7522 NB Enschede
26500 Patras