The WFCS'2000 is the only IEEE event dedicated to communication systems in
industrial automation:
This year we are expecting around 100 attendees from all over the world. A large
number from the automation industry. Apart from regular sessions,
work-in-progress sessions and keynote talks addressing state-of-the-art
aspects of factory communication systems, there will be a number of
initiatives directed to industry and to industrialists. A small industrial
exhibition is being set up to take place in parallel with the workshop. There will
also be a "hands-on" workshop in co-operation with leading companies in the
industrial automation area. Special sessions on Industrial Experience and
Practice of Factory Communication Systems are also being
planned. The aim of this session is to provide a forum for discussion
between academics and industrialists who are both working on factory
communication systems.
Aim:
The aim of these sessions is to provide a forum for discussion between academics
and industrialists working on factory communication systems.
Focus:
Real-time issues in factory communications: message scheduling, distributed application support;
Dependability issues in factory communications: safety, security, availability and reliability;
Formal description techniques for the verification, validation and test of factory communication systems;
The integration of the emerging information technologies with the factory communication systems.
Workshop topics:
Real-time communication and applications Fieldbus networks Dependable communication and applications Cell networks Communications and applications modeling High speed networks Multimedia communication support Building automation networks Distributed application platforms (CORBA, Java/Jini, etc.) Wireless networks Internetworking, interoperability Embedded networks Configuration tools and network management Intranet and internet access Factory applications and case studies