IFAC 2017 World Congress, Toulouse, France - Open Invited Tracks

Statistics on the over 4000 papers submitted

peaucell — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 10:47:51 +0000

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Submission of IFAC extended abstracts has closed on 7 December, less than a month after the deadline for IFAC-standard papers. All submissions are now under review. The program of the Congress will be announced in February.

Congratulations and thanks to the authors.

Based on the data available on 12 December 2016, the total number of contributions is 4256 which include:

98 Open Invited Tracks (submissions closed on 15 September)
46 Invited Sessions (submissions closed on 15 October)
30 Workshops and Tutorials (submissions closed on 7 December)
4082 papers

The 4082 papers have the following distribution

3869 IFAC-standard papers, 177 Extended Abstracts, and 36 Survey papers
2529 Contributed papers, 1265 Open Invited Track papers, and 288 Invited Session papers
3816 Regular papers, 167 Application papers, 66 Demonstrator papers, and 33 History papers

Over 3900 papers submitted

peaucell — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 11:33:11 +0000

Number of contributions reaches 500

peaucell — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:30:30 +0000

October 16: 15 days before contributed papers deadline

peaucell — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:34:23 +0000

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Submission of Invited Sessions and Open Invited Tracks is now closed. The final consolidated figures are 99 submitted Open Invited Tracks and 51 submitted Invited Sessions. Many thanks to all contributors and looking forward for receiving best research results for all these topics.
Deadline for paper submissions reminder: 31 October 2016
Papers falling in the topics of Open Invited Tracks may be submitted using the OIT codes. See here for the list of all Open Invited Tracks.
Other deadlines:

30 November 2016: Deadline for Extended Abstract contributions
30 November 2016: Deadline for Workshops and Tutorials

Number of contributions reaches 300

peaucell — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:16:36 +0000

Last 23 Open Invited Tracks

peaucell — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:43:34 +0000

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Open Invited Tracks

Submission of open invited tracks closed on September 15. The total number of submitted tracks is exactly 100. The 23 last tracks submitted the week before the deadline are summarized below.

Adaptive User Interfaces for Industrial Applications
Advances in Nonlinear Observers
Advances in Automotive Control
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Controls for Medical and Health Applications
Modeling and Control of Power Generation Systems
Sliding Mode Control Design: Fundamental Concepts and New Challenges
Smart Low voltage DC Microgrid
Process modelling, monitoring, and automation for wastewater treatment
Mini-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Demonstrators
Vibration Control of Complex Structural Systems
Advanced control of comminution processes
Soft Motion Control for Physical Human-System-Interaction
Wide Area Monitoring, Protection and Control
Agro-Automation
Agro-Robotics
Dynamics and control in social networks
Reinforcement Learning for Control
Modern Heuristic Optimization Methods in Smart Grids
Interoperability and Adaptability in Networked Organisations of the Future
Interoperability in Cyber Physical Smart and Sensing Systems
Health Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Complex Systems
Modeling, Estimation, and Control of Lithium ion Batteries
Modelling, Control and Fault Diagnosis for Building Energy Management Systems

Title: Adaptive User Interfaces for Industrial Applications
Track proposed by: Valeria Villani, Cesare Fantuzzi
Abstract: Nowadays manufacturing systems are increasing in sophistication and complexity, thus embodying always more complex human-machine interfaces (HMIs). In this scenario, human operators experience many difficulties to interact efficiently with modern automatic machines and robotic cells. In particular, elderly people, although having great experience in the industrial process, feel uncomfortable in the interaction with a complex computerized system. Additionally, a complex HMI creates a barrier to young inexperienced or disabled people preventing an effective anagement of the production lines. These problems can be tackled through the introduction of adaptive human-centredHMIs that complement the cognitive capabilities and emotional condition of users by compensating their limitations. This open invited track aims at bringing together and presenting the last innovative advances in the development of adaptive HMIs, ranging from methods to measure worker’s capability and skills and profile users to solutions for adaptation.
Code for submitting contributions: x412i
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Title: Advances in Nonlinear Observers
Track proposed by: Gildas Besancon, Jaime A. Moreno
Abstract: Observation problems are fundamental for control, diagnosis and systems operation. Despite of important advances in the last 60 years the observability analysis and the design of nonlinear observers for linear or nonlinear systems remain challenging tasks. This open invited track proposal is intended to be an opportunity to share and exchange on the most recent advances in this basic topic.
Code for submitting contributions: 1j654
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Title: Advances in Automotive Control
Track proposed by: Xavier Moreau, Michel Basset
Abstract: Modern society needs made the automotive vehicle the most used transportation mean making a steady growth of the number of vehicle on roads. In the same way, the automotive vehicle has, then, not stopped evolving since the invention of the first automotive at the end of the 19th century to cope with the new mobility needs and to overcome some drawbacks related to the vehicle use. In that way, automotive manufacturers and suppliers as well as academicians made considerable efforts to make the automotive vehicle safer, eco-friendly and more comfortable. For that purpose, continuous innovation has been necessary and developed as well as the numerical tools and methods to reach time and costs constraints. Then, in the last decades, considering the continuous increasing of embedded computing capacities, the automotive vehicle has integrated more and more ECU leading to a more and more automatized vehicle via Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). During the IFAC World Congress’17, within this open track, a focus will be made on the development of new tools and methods dedicated to the conception, the development, the validation, the integration and the monitoring of new embedded functionalities to make the automotive vehicle safer, eco-friendly and more comfortable. More particularly, the following topics will be highlighted: Vehicle dynamics, Powertrain control, Engine control, Hybrid vehicles, Global chassis control, Driver in the loop, Active safety and ADAS, Perception for control, Energy management, Autonomous vehicle, Cars and smarter cities: new services, new applications, for control inducing developments in modeling, identification, observers, control, diagnosis, signal and image processing.
Code for submitting contributions: nk3sy
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Title: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Controls for Medical and Health Applications
Track proposed by: Tsu-Chin Tsao, Kyoungchul Kong, Kaddour Bouazza-Marouf
Abstract: Mechatronics principles enable numerous applications related to health and medicine. This session is intended to be a forum of innovative research, state-of-the-art, and emerging technology for health and medicine. Papers addressing mechatronics approach to solving medical and health related challenges are encouraged to submit to this session. These challenges include but are not limited to the following topics: sensing, actuating, and control for medical devices, processes, medical devices and robots; image guided automatic or remotely controlled interventions; assistive devices, exoskeletons, virtual reality, and augmented reality in rehabilitation and medical intervention.
Code for submitting contributions: gg192
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Title: Modeling and Control of Power Generation Systems
Track proposed by: Joseph Bentsman, Kwang Y. Lee
Abstract: To satisfy the increasing world energy demand, while conserving the fuel consumption and preserving the environment, the relation between renewables, fossils, and nuclear needs to change dramatically and new clean fossil-based energy generation technologies, like chemical looping, need to come on board. Utilization of all of these energy sources relies on active control. Therefore, cutting edge modeling and control research are great enablers of progress in this area. Power generation at present has a number of hot topics. Fusion, wind-turbine, and solar/thermal power generation control are as hot as ever, clean fossil generation technologies, such as chemical looping and fuel cells, are slowly coming to fruition, and even the fossil-fueled power plant control has to cope now with enormous challenges of integration into a smart gridalongside renewables. The objective of this open invited track is to showcase the innovations in power generation modelling and control across the entire spectrum of power generation systems.
Code for submitting contributions: 5f8k1
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Title: Sliding Mode Control Design: Fundamental Concepts and New Challenges
Track proposed by: Vadim I. Utkin, Yury Orlov
Abstract: Sliding mode is long-recognized as a powerful tool to design robust control of nonlinear systems, operating under uncertainty conditions. The tracks of the main concepts,formulated in the "childhood" of sliding mode control (SMC) can readily be observed in any modern research. The current proposal aims to stimulate a discussion on state-of-art of SMC and to share accumulated application experience. One of the main objectives of the forum is to establish bridges between past and current investigations and as a result to prevent misleading statements and exaggerated optimism. Challenging problem statements, involving new analysis tools, design techniques, and significant applications, are encouraged for submission to the present track.
Code for submitting contributions: 4p5ma
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Title: Smart Low voltage DC Microgrid
Track proposed by: Kalapana Chauhan, Rajeev Kumar Chauhan, Josep M. Guerrero
Abstract: With rapid growth of DC loads in the residential as well as in building, the DC nature of most renewable energy resources and energy storage units, DC microgrids arebecoming a viable alternatives. The DC microgrid provides several advantages in terms of redundancy, modularity, fault tolerance, higher efficiency, high reliability, easy maintenance, smaller size and lower design cost. This track provides a platform for researchers and engineers from Academia, Industry and Utility to exchange their knowledge, expertise and experience on DC Microgrid. Topics of the track include, but are not limited to: Economic aspects of microgrids, Topologies of DC distribution systems, Distributed monitoring and control strategy for microgrids, Protection and stability issues in microgrids, DC distribution architectures in buildings, Energy management solutions for microgrids, Power quality issues, Energy storage technologies, Reliability and resiliency of microgrid
Code for submitting contributions: xphf8
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Title: Process modelling, monitoring, and automation for wastewater treatment
Track proposed by: Kris Villez, Giacomo Bellandi, Ilse Smets, Marie-Noelle Pons
Abstract: Process modelling, monitoring, and automation of wastewater treatment systems is challenged by the presence of processes occurring at diverse time-scales, nonlinear phenomena, lack of high-quality data, and the need to handle hard-to-predict variations in the volume and quality of the incoming wastewater. With this session, we solicit for submissions that describe systematic approaches to deal with the severe challenges one confronts when applying computer-based engineering tools in wastewater treatment. Exemplary topics include: Model structure selection and parameter estimation, Methods for data quality evaluation and data reconciliation, Model identification and uncertainty analysis, Process monitoring and control with uncertain models and low-quality data, Advanced control of wastewater treatment systems Preferably, submissions include validation with experimental data, collected in laboratory-scale, pilot-scale, or full-scale processes
Code for submitting contributions: r5vh2
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Title: Mini-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Demonstrators
Track proposed by: Isabelle Fantoni, Simon Lacroix, Angela P. Schoellig
Abstract: The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (mini-drones and micro-drones) has known for several years a growing success in a large variety of applications such as infrastructure surveillance, inspection, search and rescue missions, security, mapping, shooting reports. Yet UAVs remain the object of a wide spectrum of research activities, that ranges from innovative designs and flight control to fleets of cooperating systems. The proposed Open Invited Track aims at showcasing scientific contributions on UAVs, in a dedicated flying arena equipped with a motion capture system.
Code for submitting contributions: 4a6p1
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Title: Vibration Control of Complex Structural Systems
Track proposed by: Hamid Reza Karimi, Josep M. Rossell, Michael Z. Q. Chen, Ali Zemouche, Weichao Sun
Abstract: Vibration control, as one of important phenomenons in dynamical systems such as mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems, has been widely studied in control theory and application. It mainly combines a vibrational control mechanism with advanced control algorithms to improve system performance and reduce the influence of vibrations. Especially, due to possible structural nonlinearities and uncertainties in complex structural systems, passive, active or semi-active vibration control echniques are still the challenging problems in the field of engineering control. In particular, this special session is devoted to papers which address the development of mathematical methodologies and mechatronic design issues for vibration analysis and control problems of complex structural systems, including non-linear dynamics, sensors and actuators selection and location, experimental results, for instance.
Code for submitting contributions: 6782b
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Title: Advanced control of comminution processes
Track proposed by: Johan Derik Le Roux, Ian Craig
Abstract: This session focusses on the modelling, control and optimisation of comminution processes in the mineral processing industry. Cost pressures and a competitive economic environment provides a challenge to process engineers to seek operating conditions where the largest economic benefit is achieved. Although plant-wide controland economic optimisation is becoming more prevalent in other process industries, it has yet to be extended to the mineral processing industry. Part of the challenge is to establish reliable models applicable over large ranges of operation, to obtain sufficient real-time information from sensors and soft-sensors to apply control, and subsequently to implement advanced process control strategies in industry. In relation to the aim of economic optimisation, the session aims to discuss the development and application of models and soft-sensors suitable for advanced process control of comminution processes.
Code for submitting contributions: 844v3
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Title: Soft Motion Control for Physical Human-System-Interaction
Track proposed by: Kenta Seki, Tomoyuki Shimono
Abstract: Future mechatronic systems are expected to realize direct support for human activities. Achievement of physical interaction between human and system is an important technical issue. Especially, physical support systems should attain precise control function of contact force. Then, haptics will be a key technology for realization of soft interaction. The scope of this open track is to present the most innovative results to the large audience of IFAC 2017 World Congress. Topics of interest include, but are not limitedto; - Real World Haptics - Force Control and Compliance Control - Force Feedback Control in Teleoperation - Power Assist Control - Medical and Rehabilitation Applications - Acquisition and Recognition of Human Motion - Sensors and Actuators for Physical Support Systems - High Backdrivability in Actuation system.
Code for submitting contributions: x7g3g
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Title: Wide Area Monitoring, Protection and Control
Track proposed by: Harald Weber, Walter Sattinger, Torsten Haase, Salaheddin Alali
Abstract: With the increased installation of mainly uncontrolled renewable energy sources the operation of interconnected electrical networks are becoming a challenge in the future. In smaller networks like the network of Ireland the increase of production of electrical power from wind farms together with the reduction of operating conventional power plants resulted in beginning instability of the frequency because of loss of rotating masses in the system. But also inter-area oscillations, frequency stability, uncontrolled transit load flows, voltage quality and reliable supply of consumers are emerging problems concerning the transition of the energy systems in the future. Therefore this Open Invited Track has to address these well known influences and to describe solutions for these still open problems. So topics like virtual rotating masses, virtual power plants, active and reactive power control from renewable sources, phase shifting transformers and network stabilisation proposals are of interest.
Code for submitting contributions: v146t
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Title: Agro-Automation
Track proposed by: Arto Visala, Hiroshi Shimizu
Abstract: This proposal is for an open invited track (OIT) on the problem of sensing, automation and control in agriculture. For robotics in Agriculture, there is a parallel OIT. The main goals of this OIT are to discuss and analyze system level research on sensing, control and automation indifferent areas of agriculture for increasing agricultural productivity, improving worker health and safety, optimizing resource utilization, and reducing labor requirements. The systems should be tested in real context.
Code for submitting contributions: 262j7
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Title: Agro-Robotics
Track proposed by: Arto Visala, Noboru Noguchi
Abstract: This proposal is for an open invited track (OIT) on the problem of robotics in agriculture. For sensing and automation in Agriculture, there is a parallel OIT. The main goals of this OIT are to discuss and analyze system level research on robotics in different areas of agriculture for increasing agricultural productivity, improving worker health and safety, optimizing resource utilization, and reducing labor requirements. For example for automatic driving of tractors in crop farming and otherwork-machines, there exist a lot of commercial products, which are used widely. Milking robots are widely used, too. The research systems should be tested in real context
Code for submitting contributions: vu9rx
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Title: Dynamics and control in social networks
Track proposed by: Paolo Frasca, Giacomo Como
Abstract: With the diffusion of new technology platforms for online interaction, as well as the proliferation of personalized sensing and tracking devices, huge amounts of data are collected and exchanged every day, detailing our behaviors, preferences, and relationships. These technologies are ransforming the way individuals make decisions and therefore have a critical impact on our societies, ranging from politics (campaigns, elections, social unrests), to consumer choices (adoption of new technologies and products), as well as user behaviors in critical infrastructure networks (transport, energy). This open track seeks to provide a forum to discuss the most recent contributions of the control systems community to understanding and harnessing these phenomena. Topics of interest to the track include: empirically grounded theoretical frameworks for analysis of opinion dynamics, information flows, communication, influence, learning, and cascades in social systems; efficient, local, and scalable algorithms for inference with social data; game-theoretic modeling and design of incentive mechanisms for steering social behaviors towards desired outcomes; architectures for the exchange of information, social interaction, and crowdsourcing.
Code for submitting contributions: a2iqm
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Title: Reinforcement Learning for Control
Track proposed by: Lucian Busoniu, Robert Babuska, Sarangapani Jagannathan
Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) offers a principled way to control nonlinear stochastic systems with partly or even fully unknown dynamics. Recent advances in areas such as deep learning and adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) have led to significant inroads in applications from robotics, automotive systems, smart grids, game playing, traffic control, etc. This open track provides a forum of interaction and an outlet for novel contributions at the cutting edge of RL for control, addressing open issues such as safety and performance guarantees, computational complexity, large-scale systems, multiagent or partially observable problems, etc. We are particularly interested in the -- so far largely unexplored -- interactions between artificial-intelligence and control-theoretic approaches to RL; deep learning and ADP are two typical such areas that have stayed mostly separate on the two respective sides. We seek contributions on methods and analysis of RL for control, as well as on its applications in engineering, artificial intelligence, operations research, economics, medicine, and other relevant fields. We equally welcome surveys by established researchers in the field.
Code for submitting contributions: 53f38
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Title: Modern Heuristic Optimization Methods in Smart Grids
Track proposed by: Kwang Y. Lee, Istvan Erlich
Abstract: Heuristic search and optimization is a new and modern approach for solving complex problems that overcome many shortcomings of traditional optimization techniques. Heuristic optimization techniques are general purpose methods that are very flexible and can be applied to many types of objective functions and constraints. Developing solutions with these tools offers two major advantages: development time is much shorter than when using more traditional approaches, and the systems are very robust, being relatively insensitive to noisy and/or missing data/information known as uncertainty. n competitive electricity market along with increasing penetration of renewable energy sources, heuristicoptimization methods are very useful. As electric utilities are trying to provide smart solutions with economical, technical (secure, stable and good power quality) and environmental goals, there are several challenging issues in the smart grid solutions such as, but not limited to, forecasting of demand, weather, price, ancillary services; penetration of distributed and renewable energy sources; bidding strategies of participants; power system planning and control; operating decisions under missing information and big data; increased distributed generations, energy storage ystems, and demand response in the electric market. The objective of this Open Invited Track is to review the state of the art technologies in the modern heuristic ptimization techniques and present case studies how these techniques have been applied in smart grids.
Code for submitting contributions: y462d
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Title: Interoperability and Adaptability in Networked Organisations of the Future
Track proposed by: Georg Weichhart, Christian Stary, David Romero
Abstract: We are welcoming papers to this open invited track from and Informatics, Complex Adaptive Systems, Enterprise Information Systems and Knowledge management point of view.
Code for submitting contributions: q7gx1
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Title: Interoperability in Cyber Physical Smart and Sensing Systems
Track proposed by: Hervé Panetto, Arturo Molina, Ricardo Jardim-Goncalves, Stadzisz Paulo C., Qing-Shan Jia
Abstract: The sensing enterprise is a digital business innovationconcept making Internet of Things, Service Oriented Architectures and Advanced Human Computer Interactions converge for more agile, flexible and proactive management of unexpected events in the global value networks of today. In essence, it concerns the adoption of Future Internet technologies for the virtual enterprise and its value network. Translating the same concept to production systems in manufacturing enterprises, and moreover to Smart Systems in general (smart manufacturing, smart cities, smart logistics …), the capability by next generation systems sensing, modelling and interpreting the signals from the real world is a pre-requisite for a more flexible and agile reconfiguration of those smart systems. Intuitively, a sensing system requires resources and machineries to be constantly monitored, configured and easily interacted by blue collar workers. All these functions, and much more indeed, are now implemented by so-called Cyber Physical Systems (CPS). With advent of the new paradigms of Industrial Internet-of-Things and Cyber-Physical Systems, the number and the diversity of systems that need to work together in the future enterprises have significantly increased. This trend highlights the need to shift the interoperability aradigm from the classic consideration of interoperating pair of systems, towards the interoperability as a capability to sense and perceive the exchanged messages, as well as to purposefully and socially act upon their perceptions. Such a shift could have important consequences on the future architecture design of these systems. The emergence of cloud based technologies will have a significant impact on the design and implementation of cyber physical systems; using such novel technologies, collaborative engineering practises will increase globally which will enable a new generation of small scale industrial organizations to function in an information centric manner. The potential of such technologies in fostering a leaner and more agile approach towards engineering is also very high. Engineers and engineering organizations no longer have to be restricted to the availability of advanced processing capabilities.
Code for submitting contributions: 4u432
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Title: Health Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Complex Systems
Track proposed by: Hamid Reza Karimi, Peng Shi, Mohammed Chadli
Abstract: Due to the increasing demands on reliability, safety, maintenance as well as economic performance in operation of real physical systems, there is a rapid growth of research development on health monitoring and fault detection and isolation (FDI) with applications to modern complex systems including electrical systems, mechanical systems, structures. The primary objective of this Special Session is to provide up-to-date discussions on technical trends and advanced methodologies in health monitoring and fault diagnosis of such complex systems.
Code for submitting contributions: 37h88
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Title: Modeling, Estimation, and Control of Lithium ion Batteries
Track proposed by: Jason Siegel
Abstract: One of the key challenges for adoption of electric vehicles is the cost of batteries. Battery packs for automotive vehicles are typically oversized, by as much as 30%, to allow for both uncertainty in the usage requirements anddegradation of the cells over time. A better estimation of the cell state in real-time and with optimal placement of sensors in commercial packaging constraints would increase the battery utilization and inform higher level energy- and power-management systems. Consumer concerns such as range anxiety can be alleviated though better estimates of battery states and parameters coupled with predictive models of battery performance over the life of the cell. Expansion of the lithium ion battery active materials during charging (lithiation) and thermal cycling leads to mechanical degradation, particle cracking and de-lamination of the electrodes resulting in capacity loss and growth in internal resistance. Therefore models of the concentrationgradients and resulting expansion as a function of temperature and C-rate are needed. Given these coupled Multiphysics models estimation techniques need to be developed which consider the mechanical response of the electrode, in addition to traditional current, voltage and temperature measurements to improve the accuracy of State of Charge (SOC) and State of Health (SOH) estimation. The objective of this open session is to highlight the state of the art in battery modeling and control for automotive systems.
Code for submitting contributions: ndtgw
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Title: Modelling, Control and Fault Diagnosis for Building Energy Management Systems
Track proposed by: Christophe Aubrun, Dominique D.J. Sauter
Abstract: Recent studies have shown that building represent 40 % of the global energy demand in industrialized countries. Moreover, 90% of the buildings life cycle carbon emissions occur during their operational phase, mainly as consequence of the HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning), lighting and appliances energy use. These studies has also pointed out that 20% of energy loss are due to poorly maintained, degraded, or improperly controlled HVAC equipment. Within this context, energy efficiency could be improved by developing effective control strategies and continuous commissioning for building Energy ManagementSystems (BEMS).
Code for submitting contributions: 816qu
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Remider about deadlines

peaucell — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 16:54:14 +0000

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Submission of open invited tracks has closed on September 15. The last submitted contributions are validated. All validated contributions appear in the open invited track list. Authors are invited to contribute to these topics or to any other topic that fall in the fields covered by the IFAC Technical Areas. Next deadlines for contributions to the IFAC 2017 program are as follows.

15 October 2016: Invited session submission deadline
31 October 2016: IFAC-standard papers submission deadline, i.e. contributed papers and surveys in regular sessions, in invited sessions and in open invited tracks
30 November 2016: Workshops, tutorials and extended abstracts submission deadline

All details about contributions can be found in the call for papers.

2 New Open Invited Tracks

mmjoldes — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:32:56 +0000

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Open Invited Tracks

Two new Open Invited Tracks are now available: Powertrain systems: modeling, control and optimization and Managing systems lifecycles: projects of systems and services.

Title: Powertrain systems: modeling, control and optimization
Track proposed by: Simona Onori, Lars Eriksson
Abstract: The automotive industry is striving to reduce the engine fuel consumption and emissions in response to the more and more stringent government mandates and customers demand for fuel efficient vehicles. The vehicles in use today are predominantly powered by Internal combustions engines, but more hybrid electric vehicles, extended range and full electric vehicles are being seen on the road. The penetration of these new technologies helps improve energy diversity, which adds security and leads to cleaner utilization of energy. One of the main challenges currently faced by control engineers is the lack of availability of control-oriented models that can be used to carry out the control and/or optimization design making the modeling and simulation an integral part of the control design phase. Therefore, the development of control-oriented models and their use in model-based optimization and control design tools is critical to ensure that the potential of new engine design concepts can be exploited in full, ultimately resulting into improved fuel economy and reduced emissions. The challenge is to economically meet these regulations without compromising on customer satisfaction. These control challenges include optimizing the use of existing hardware by applying advanced model-based control techniques and by taking advantage of new actuation and sensing capabilities. The objective of this open invited track is to gather representatives from academia and industry to share and discuss ideas on the state of the art, novel theoretical approaches, within the area of modeling, control, and optimization of powertrain systems and components. To thisextent, we expect this invited open track to attract contributions in the field of modeling, design, optimization, estimation, diagnostics, with applications toautomotive and transportation systems, such as: Engine/Powertrain Systems, Exhaust Emission Aftertreatment Systems, Alternative Fuels/Advanced Combustion Modes, Energy Conversion, Waste Heat Recovery, Hybrid Propulsion, and Energy Storage Systems.

Title: Managing systems lifecycles: projects of systems and services re-design and upgrade
Track proposed by: Marc Zolghadri, Emmanuel Caillaud, Claude Baron
Abstract: Throughout the systems lifecycle, designers have to deal with redesigning or upgrading existing systems in order to cope with new structural or functional requirements (integration of new technologies, rules or constraints e.g. environmental legislations) or customers’ needs and expectations. This means that the system performance had been below the acceptance levels. The re-design or upgrade design activities must therefore take account of the target performance. The redesign and upgrade of systems can be studied from a management point of view. The total or partial redesign or upgrade of systems and services they offer need to follow rigorous approaches to minimize non-value modifications. This means that designers must be able to set performance targets on both the system and the project to lead efficiently redesign or upgrade of the system to minimize time-to-market. The redesign and upgrade project should also be controlled thoroughly during its run. From a more technical perspective, the redesign or upgrading activities deal with existing system’s sub-systems (i.e. modules or components) mapped to functions with measurable performances. This leads to the definition of hard and soft constraints that englobe the run of the frozen subsystems while allowing improvements of modifiable subsystems. The interfaces between frozen and modifiable parts should also be designed and implemented without alteration of performance of the global system. Nevertheless, even though various systems do have similarities, they have profound differences too. Improving or upgrading a train, an airplane or a workshop of a plant is different from computer or car redesign because it deals with every single operational instances in the first cases (with their own specificities) while in the second case, a new generation of systems is redesigned. Redesign and upgrading activities concern then on system’s instance, family or versions. This session would cover:

theoretical studies about re-design, upgrading
case studies of re-design upgrading,
data/knowledge management throughout the lifecycles
design for upgradability
lifecycles management
decision support system
systems engineering and project management practices alignment

5 new Tracks!

mmjoldes — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 12:05:40 +0000

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Open Invited Tracks

The newly updated Open Invited Tracks are: Control and data-driven modelling in biomedicine, Supply Network Engineering, Dynamics, and Control, Multi-agent distributed learning and optimization of dynamical systems, Cooperative control and navigation for UAVs, Optimal control of bioprocesses.

Title: Control and data-driven modelling in biomedicine
Track proposed by: Clara Ionescu, Levente Kovacs
Abstract: This proposal is for an open invited track (OIT) on the problem of control and data-driven modelling in biomedicine. The main goals of this OIT are:

To address corner issues in control and modelling of biological and medical data, such as: missing data, intermittent feedback information, triggered response data, event based control, time and dose based treatment, etc.
To enable emerging modelling tools such as fractional calculus, e.g.for characterizing anomalous drug diffusion, LPV-based control, TP transformation, etc.
To tackle the problem of integrating patient response and medical assist devices within cyber medical systems paradigm, addressing modularity, compatibility, flexibility, emergency response and patient safety. The topic of this OIT falls within the IFAC TC 8.2 Biological and Medical Systems, and the IEEE TCs on Signal Processing and Adaptive Control, on Medical Healthcare Technologies and on CyberMedical Systems.

Title: Supply Network Engineering, Dynamics, and Control
Track proposed by: Dmitry Ivanov, Alexandre Dolgui
Abstract: Current research in supply chain management and engineering has been increasingly focused on the issues of resilience, dynamics and decision-making under uncertainty. It has been accepted by research community that the effects of various sources of uncertainty should be considered during both supply chain design, planning and execution control. In addition, the issues of behaviour prediction and adaptation become more and more important. The research focus is now shifting to a paradigm that the performance of supply networks is to interrelate to dynamics, adaptability, stability, resilience, and crisis-resistance. This special Session aims to summarize recent developments in the field of supply chain resilience, dynamics, control and disruption management from a multi-disciplinary operational perspective that includes different quantitative methods and information technology. The aim of this session is to attract high-quality papers detailing the most recent developments in the field of tackling uncertainties, dynamics, and disruptions in the supply chain. We welcome quantitative analysis contributions from different disciplines of operational research, control theory, system dynamics, and artificial intelligence that provide new insights into the theory and practice of supply chain dynamics, control and disruption management.
Track topics: Following the successful tradition of INCOM 2009, 2012, 2015, MIM 2013 and MIM 2016, the session chairs invite scientists, engineers and decision makers from government, industry and academia to contribute theoretical and applied research papers in areas including but not limited to the following topics: Supply chain design with resilience and business continuity considerations, Trade-off “resilience vs. efficiency” in supply chain optimization, Ripple effect in the supply chain, Quantification of supply chain risk management, Supply chain robustness and stability analysis, Planningsupply chain performance under uncertainty, Creating flexibility and adaptability in the supply chain, Mitigating risks and disruptions in supply chain design, planning and scheduling, Disruption prediction and preparedness, Post-disruption supply chain recovery, Supply chain (re)scheduling

Title: Multi-agent distributed learning and optimization of dynamical systems
Track proposed by: Ruggero Carli, Luca Schenato, Jongeun Choi, Hideaki Ishii, Jerome Le Ny
Abstract: The proliferation of relatively inexpensive devices capable of communicating, computing, sensing, interacting with the environment and storing information is promising an unprecedented number of novel applications through the cooperation of these devices toward a common goal. These applications include swarm robotics, wireless sensor networks, smart energy grids, smart traffic networks, smart camera networks. These applications also pose new challenges, of which distributed learning and optimization is one of the major ones. The objective of this open track is to collect contributions that will provide the most up-to-date state-of-the- art in the growing body of literature in distributed optimization from a dynamical systems perspective. In fact, although a large literature is available in the realms of distributed learning and optimization for large scale static systems, fewer results are available for dynamical systems, i.e. systems that change over time, thus requiring the development of novel tools that are theoretically rigorous while being still practical.

Title: Cooperative control and navigation for UAVs
Track proposed by: Antonios Tsourdos, Helene Piet-Lahanier
Abstract: The use of multiple UAVs for performing a global task is potentially beneficial because of the reduction of embedded equipments required for each vehicle, increased ability and robustness to failure. Management of fleet makes it necessary to develop sense and avoid techniques to insure safety, dynamical task allocation and procedure for exchange of information. These methods must be designed in order to limit the complexity (in terms of communication, relative estimation and distributed control design) and to increase the ability of the fleet to execute complex missions. Over the last few years, increased interest in these topics has led to rapid progress both in theory and practice in various fields such as communication, networks, guidance design or multi-agent modelling. The purpose of this session is present state of the art and recent developments in these research fields and illustration of feasibility through experiment results.

Title: Optimal control of bioprocesses

Track proposed by: Jérome Harmand, Alain Rapaport, Terence Bayen

Abstract: Control of bioprocesses has attracted lots of attention these last years. In a number of situations, stabilizing controllers (such as feedbacks that do not minimize any objective function) is sufficient to propose new management strategies and closed loop controls able to increase significantly process productivity or product quality. However, in a world submitted to globalchanges where environmental constraints are more and more stringent, the necessity of further optimizing processes functioning become a priority. In biotechnology, more than ever, new algorithms are needed to maximize product quality while minimizing energy requirements and environmental impacts. Optimal control theory can then be used to propose specific strategies to be evaluated and confronted to classical control approaches. In a number of situations, optimal techniques present many advantages and, as long as their application is possible with respect to technical requirements (presence of appropriate sensors/actuators), allow a significance improvement of processes functioning when compared to ``classical'' industrial practices. Nevertheless, positivity constraints and non-linearity in the dynamics, that are inherent and typical to biological systems, make the application of optimal control techniques not traightforward at all (for instance: presence of singular arcs, pre-saturation phenomena...). Moreover, previous literature has shown that these particularities make the optimal paths far to be intuitive, reinforcing the interests of optimal control theory for practitioners. In this framework, this invited session entitled "Optimal Control of Bioprocesses" will report on the latest developments of optimal control for bioprocesses.

6 new open invited tracks

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Open Invited Tracks

Six new open invited tracks: Intelligent Maintenance Systems; Intelligent Systems supporting Supply Chains Decision Making; Marine and Maritime Robotics ; Statistical detection/isolation of cyber-physical attacks on SCADA systems; Operator data-driven framework towards estimation and control; Open issues and Trends for Model Based Systems -and System of Systems- Engineering.

Title: Intelligent Maintenance Systems
Track proposed by: Marco Macchi, Christos Emmanouilidis, Benoît Iung, Carlos Eduardo Pereira, Marcos de Sales Guerra Tsuzuki
Abstract: This session covers all theoretical and applications oriented aspects of reliability, maintainability, logistic support, PHM, diagnosis, prognostics, life cycle management and sustainability. The list of topics includes but is not limited to: Maintenance strategies, maintenance services, PHM, event detection, diagnosis, prognosis, decision support, dependability, asset and maintenance management, e-maintenance and emerging technologies, reliability and statistical approaches in maintenance, maintenance within production, condition monitoring and sensors and life cycle management and sustainability.
Code for submitting contributions: 1by6h
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Title: Intelligent Systems supporting Supply Chains Decision Making
Track proposed by: Enzo Morosini Frazzon, Michael Freitag, Carlos Eduardo Pereira, Bernd Hellingrath, Shimon Y. Nof
Abstract: The integration of supply chains leads to increasing complexity, so that operational planning need to be supported by proper decision making models along with intelligent systems. Decision making models can apply optimization, simulation, or hybrid methods and approaches. At the same time, intelligent systems are composed by data acquisition, transformation, as well as communication systems embedded in technological devices. The proper exchange of data between the operational planning and intelligent systems allows for the emergence of adaptive, agile and resilient supply chains. The session will cover the technology-based integration of different supply chain tasks, such as: production planning and scheduling, transportation and logistics planning and scheduling, inventory planning, manufacturing systems as well as coupled services and technologies which can lead to improved supply chains. Track topics: The track chairs invite scientists, engineers and decision makers from government, industry and academia to contribute with theoretical and applied research papers. The aim of this session is to attract high-quality papers in areas including but not limited to the following topics: Inventory control, production planning and scheduling; Supply chains and networks; Simulation technologies inmanufacturing; Operations Research in manufacturing; Modeling, simulation, control and monitoring of manufacturing processes; Monitoring, diagnosis and maintenance of manufacturing systems; Smart manufacturing systems; Maintainability, reliability, safety and dependability of production systems. Special attention willbe directed towards practical relevance and approaches that can foster innovation in manufacturing supply chains.
Code for submitting contributions: 3rycn
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Title: Marine and Maritime Robotics: Innovation and Challenges
Track proposed by: Enrica Zereik, Marco Bibuli, Antonio M. Pascoal, Pere Ridao, Nikola Miskovic
Abstract: Marine and maritime robotics are extremely actual and interesting research fields that pose formidable challenges both from a theoretical and practical standpoint. Many core problems in these areas are still open, and considerable research work is required to address and solve them. The complexity of the problems at hand requires a multifaceted approach to system analysis and design to exploit the use of methods and tools from dynamical systems theory, automatic control, networked systems, identification and estimation, computer vision, communications, sensing and measurements to yield practical systems capable of executing complex scientific and commercial missions at sea in an efficient and reliable manner. For these reasons, there is considerable interest in bringing together the marine robotics community and specialists on a number of complementary areas (includingautomatic control and related topics) to foster new synergies and promote joint research activities aimed at solving practical problems with far reaching implications on scientific, commercial, and societal marine-related issues. It is against this backdrop of ideas that we submit an invited open track proposal entitled Marine and Maritime Robotics: Innovation and Challenges, aimed atbringing attention to this exciting field of research and promoting the cross fertilization of ideas required to bring new theoretical and practical advances to bear on the development of innovative systems.
Code for submitting contributions: r5i7s
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Title: Statistical detection/isolation of cyber-physical attacks on SCADA systems
Track proposed by: Igor V. Nikiforov, Michele Basseville
Abstract: Undoubtedly, the security of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems against cyber (-physical) attacks is extremely important. Recent incidents with essential large-scale services like electric power grids, transportation systems, communication networks, oil and gas pipelines, water distribution systems show that the negative economic and humanitarian impact of such attacks can be considerable. Modern SCADA systems can be attacked externally and internally at different levels: communication network, supervisory control level, and also technical (physical) processes by using physical breach. The cyber-physical attacks, i.e. the simultaneous attacks on the cyber and technical facilities are considered as the most dangerous. This emerging area of research covers different methods of on-line (sequential) detection/isolation of cyber-physical attacks. The goal of the attack detection/isolation system is to detect as soon as possible such attacks in order toavoid grave consequences but also to satisfy a given level of false alarms. In the framework of this track, a special attention will be paid to statistical detection methods and machine learning methods for attack detection. The goal of this track is to bring together the theoreticians and practitioners of cyber-physical attack detection/isolation and the specialist in SCADA systems security in order to define the most useful models and scenarios of such attacks and the best methods for theirdetection/isolation.
Web site: none
Code for submitting contributions: 33ppy
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Title: Operator data-driven framework towards estimation and control
Track proposed by: Mouhacine Benosman, Hassan mansour
Abstract: Recently, there has been considerable progress in data-driven methods for systems’ estimation and control. These efforts are motivated by the availability of vast data sets, emerging from large networks of sensors and data collection. In this special session, we focus on data-driven methods that exploit tools from automatic control and multivariate data modelling in order to discover systematic structures in the spatial domain, and temporal domain. The discovered structures are then used to estimate and control the system. More specifically we want to invite submissions which study operator data-driven framework for system’s modeling estimation, control, and their applications to real-world examples.
Web site: none
Code for submitting contributions: mm26s
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Title: Open issues and Trends for Model Based Systems -and System of Systems- Engineering
Track proposed by: Eric Bonjour, Vincent Chapurlat, Carlo Leardi, Alfredo Garro, Frédérique Mayer, Jean-Claude Roussel
Abstract: Systems Engineering (SE) is an engineering discipline whose responsibility is creating and executing an interdisciplinary process to ensure that the customer and stakeholder's needs are satisfied in a high quality, trustworthy, cost efficient and schedule compliant manner throughout a system's entire life cycle (INCOSE 2015). Key characteristics of Systems Engineering processes are that they are collaborative, iterative, model-based. These processes may concern (or be adapted to) the design of systems with various levels of complexity including Systems of Systems (SoS). It is then called SoSE. SE and SoSE rocesses, methods and tools are either overlapped or interfaced with other domains such as project management or dependability. A current trend in SE is to develop Model-Based approaches representing and highlighting how requested stakeholders’ expectations and requested systems’ values are taken into consideration, by means of operational, functional, logical, physical… “views”. Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) enables designers to define and to manipulate various kinds of system models e.g. for analyzing system architecture or simulating the system behavior with interrelated models in order to verify that the requirements are met (INCOSE 2007). The aim of this open invited track is to gather international state-of-the-art research results and case studies, and to explore new Systems Engineering and System of Systems Engineering directions and emerging trends. We invite authors to submit high quality contributions describing significant, original, and unpublished results. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Model-Based Systems Engineering and System of Systems Engineering
Requirements authoring and Verification
Architecting Systems to Address Multiple Stakeholder Values Model-Based Safety Assessment for SE
Non Functional properties in Architecting and Design processes: issues on native Resilient, Robust, Interoperable, Safe and Maintainable Systems
Product lines engineering based on SE principles
Early verification and validation considering value notion
Effective Decision Making for SE
Integration of human factors in SE...

Code for submitting contributions: g5b94
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