Networked and Embedded Intelligent Control Systems. Making Manufacturing Processes Smarter
Dr. Rodolfo E. Haber-Guerra
Friday, October 5th, 2007
2:00 PM
Harris Engineering Center 101
Abstract:
Recent advances in communications, Artificial Intelligence-based techniques and computing technologies have favoured an increasing trend towards the distribution of function and resources. The manufacturing industry is in the early stages of this transition with ongoing initiatives across the globe. Four main characteristics will distinguish the next generation of manufacturing processes: adaptive, digital, networked and knowledge-based. The link among these characteristics is the network that allows dynamic and value-added cooperation in global production. For example, high-performance machining processes have become an integral part of manufacturing in the last decade. Trends in this area lead to the use of networked and embedded intelligent control for increases in productivity and performance. Theoretical discussion of network-based control and some results in this field are presented in this talk.
Bio:
Rodolfo E. Haber-Guerra received his bachelor's degree with first-class honors in automatic control engineering in 1992. In 1995 he received a Ph.D. grant supported by the Spanish Office for Scientific Cooperation (AECI). He earned a Ph.D. cum laude in industrial engineering from Madrid Polytechnic University (UPM) in 1999. He joined the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) in 1999. The same year, he also joined the Computer Engineering Department at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid as an adjunct professor. In 2005 he was promoted to Associate Researcher of CSIC. He was an IPC member for several IEEE and IFAC conferences from 2000 to 2006. Since 2002 he has belonged to IFAC's Technical Committee 3.1 Computers for Control. Since 2005 he has been member of the ASME Technical Committee for Model Identification and Intelligent Systems. Since 2003 he has served as expert evaluator for the European Commission in the 6th Framework Program for Information and Communication Technologies (FP6-ICT) and the Nanoscience, Materials, and New Production Programme (NMP). He was a guest editor of a special issue of the journal Future Generation of Computer Systems. He has over 60 technical papers, in the areas of the application of intelligent systems for control and supervision of electromechanical processes and has taught several courses and seminars on the same theme. His research interests include embedded and networked control systems, soft-computing techniques and manufacturing processes.
