WFCS 2017

13th IEEE International Workshop - Factory Communication Systems

Sponsors: IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (requested), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, and SINTEF, Norway

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

• 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; M2M communication, Plug-and-Work and self- mechanisms.
• Information and Communication Technology in Automation: system design; component-based systems, web frameworks; cloud computing, service-oriented architectures (SoA); mobile computing; modeling and specification techniques; formal methods; Internet of Things (IoT)/Internet of Services.
• Recent advances in research domains with similar technical requirements: networked control systems; wireless sensor networks; smart grid communications and 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
• Industrial Applications of Internet of Things (IoT)
• 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
• M2M communication
• Fault tolerance in industrial communications
• Configuration tools & network management
• Internetworking & interoperability
• System aspects
• Case studies

Further information:

tel: +47-93-00-3112
email: contact@wfcs2017.org

COMMITTEE

General Co-Chairs:

Stig Petersen, SINTEF ICT, Norway
Richard Zurawski, ISA Group, USA

Program Committee Chairs:

Luca Durante, CNR - IEIIT, Italy
Luis Lino Ferreira, ISEP, Porto, Portugal

Work-in-Progress Chair:

Zoubir Mammieri, Ubiversity of Toulouse, France
Amunund Skavhaug, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway

Special Sessions Chair:

Max Felser, Berner Fachhochschule, Switzerland
Marek Miskowicz, AGH University of Science & Technology, Poland

WFCS Series Steering Committee:

J. Jasperneite, Fraunhofer, Germany
Z. Mammeri, Toulouse University, France
P. Pedreiras, Univ. of Aveiro, Portugal
J. Proenza, Univ. of the Balearic Islands, Spain
T Sauter, Danube Univ. Krems, Austria
A. Valenzano, IEIIT-CNR, Italy
M. Wollschlaeger, TU Dresden, Germany
R. Zurawski, ISA Group, USA (Chair)

International Advisory Committee:

J-D Decotignie, CSEM, Switzerland
D Dietrich, TU Wien, Austria
J Fuertes, UPC, Spain
G Juanole, LAAS-CNRS, France
C. Norstrom, Malardalen Univ., Sweden
F Simonot-Lion, LORIA-INPL, France
F Vasques, University of Porto, Portugal