Scope

The WFCS workshop is the largest IEEE technical event specially dedicated to industrial communication systems. The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and developers to review current trends in this area and to present and discuss new ideas and new research directions.

Focus on

• Real-time and Dependability in Industrial Communication Systems: message scheduling; task allocation; fault-tolerant communication; performance analysis; safety and security issues; synchronization.
• System Integration in Industrial Automation Systems: vertical and life-cycle aspects, 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; component-based systems, web frameworks; mobile computing; modeling 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.

Conference topics

• Fieldbus networks
• Industrial Ethernet networks
• IP-based networks
• Industrial wireless networks
• Networked embedded systems
• Sensor networks
• Building automation networks
• Automotive and train-control networks
• Factory and Process automation networks
• Real-time communication and applications
• Web-based communication and applications
• Distributed application platforms
• Safety and security in industrial communications
• Fault-tolerance in industrial communications
• Configuration tools and network management
• Internetworking and interoperability
• System aspects
• Case studies