Focus on:
Real-time and Dependability in Industrial Communication Systems:
message scheduling; task allocation; fault-tolerant communication; performance analysis; safety
and security issues.
Vertical Integration in Industrial
Communication Systems: web-based setup, maintenance, and configuration; transparency vs.
security; data-flow management; internetworking; hybrid wired/wireless industrial
infrastructures.
Information and Communication Technology in Automation: system design;
distributed objects, components and web frameworks; mobile computing; network computing;
client/server computing; modelling and specification techniques; formal methods.
Recent advances in research domains with similar technical
requirements: networked control systems; wireless sensor networks; building automation networks;
automotive and train-control networks; distributed real-time embedded systems.
Fieldbus networks | Real-time communication and applications |
Industrial Ethernet networks | Web-based communication and applications |
IP-based networks | Distributed application platforms (CORBA, Java/Jini,etc.) |
Industrial wireless networks | Safety and security in industrial communications |
Automotive and train-control networks | Fault-tolerance in industrial communications |
Embedded systems and networks | Configuration tools and network management |
Building automation networks | Internetworking and interoperability | Wireless sensor networks | Case studies |