University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
June 26-27, 2000
| MONDAY, JUNE 26 | |
| 7:30-8:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00-8:15 |
Introduction and Welcome, Pramod Khargonekar, University of
Michigan
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Industrial Challenges in Logic Control
| 8:15-9:00 |
What Level of Control is Required for Machine
Tools?
|
| 9:00-9:45 |
General Motors Powertrain
Future Controls Software Requirements Sushil Birla and Jerry Yen, General Motors |
| 9:45-10:00 | Break |
| 10:00-10:45 |
International Standards
for Open, Distributed Automation James Christensen, Rockwell Automation |
| 10:45-11:30 |
VALID Tool Set:
Validation of Software Applications Bertil Brandin, Siemens Corporate Research |
Discussion
| 11:30-12:15 | Breakout Session I: Articulation of Industry Needs and State-of-the Art |
| 12:15-1:00 | Working Lunch, continued discussions |
| 1:00-2:00 | Reports from Breakout Session I |
DES Formalism: Finite State Machines
| 2:00-2:45 |
From Programmable Logic Control (PLC) to Discrete Event Systems (DES) Christos Cassandras, Boston University |
| 2:45-3:30 |
Implementation Of A Hybrid PC/PLC
Architecture For Manufacturing System Control Beno Benhabib, University of Toronto |
| 3:30-4:15 |
Logic Control for
Flexible Manufacturing Systems Placid Ferriera, University of Illinois |
Discussion
| 4:15-4:30 | Break |
| 4:30-5:30 | Poster and demonstration session |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| TUESDAY, JUNE 27 | |
| 7:30-8:00 | Continental Breakfast |
DES Formalism: Petri Nets
| 8:00-8:45 |
Modeling, Control, and Performance Analysis of Manufacturing
Systems using Petri Nets Alan Desrochers, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 8:45-9:30 |
Petri Nets and Discrete-event
Control Methods for Logic Controller Design MengChu Zhou, New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| 9:30-10:15 |
Modular Logic Controllers for Reconfigurable
Machining Systems Dawn Tilbury, University of Michigan |
Discussion
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-11:30 | Breakout session II: State-of-the-art in Academic Research; Future Research Directions |
| 11:30-12:15 | Working lunch, continued discussions |
| 12:15-1:15 | Reports from Breakout session II |
| 1:15-2:00 | Wrap-up session |
| Dawn Tilbury Assistant Professor Mechanical Eng. and Applied Mechanics University of Michigan 2250 G. G. Brown, 2350 Hayward St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125 tilbury@umich.edu | Pramod Khargonekar Professor and Chair Electrical Eng. and Computer Science University of Michigan 3033 EECS, 1301 Beal Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 pramod@umich.edu |