INCOM’12: a World Wide Symposium

47 countries 436 participants 93 IPC members from 30 countries 64 sessions grouped in 15 tracks in the final program 6 plenary presentations & 6 keynote speeches 1 industry innovation meeting, 2 tracks, 6 sessions 1 IFAC TC5.1 Benchmarking workshop on MES

…in Numbers

INCOM’12: Highly Selective Scientific Event

492 received papers 3 reviews minimum per paper 1650 reviews received 550 reviewers 344 accepted papers after the peer review process

…in Numbers

Three main principles

Focus topics on real problems in Manufacturing systems Assure scientific expertise of quality Obtain substantial academic and industrial participation

for a large discussion and dissemination of results

…Objectives and Principles

Scientific Challenges The Symposium emphasized the challenges arising from new paradigms of Distributed Intelligence in Manufacturing, Manufacturing Integration Framework, Metaheuristics for production line design and optimization, Service Oriented Enterprise Architectures, Intelligent integrated maintenance and quality strategies, Cognitive and collaborative IT for robot integration in manufacturing and services.

Highlights of event with respect to technical and scientific contributions INCOM’12 has gathered leading scientists from academia, developers and integrators of automation and information systems and manufacturing solutions as well as innovators in the field of Manufacturing and Logistics Systems and Mechatronics, Robotics and Components.

INCOM’12 bridges the gaps between theory, design, implementing and deployment in an interdisciplinary approach One of the goals of INCOM’12 was to create an effective bridge between research and industry. Well-known industrial leaders, solutions providers and integrators of automation and information systems were present on site, for best practice presentations and exchange of ideas. The Industry Innovation Meeting (IICS) and industry exhibition offered a wonderful opportunity to explore and compare the latest innovations.

…Objectives and Principles

Prof. Stephen C. Graves, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Prof. Andrew Kusiak, The University of Iowa, USA

Prof. Ronald G. Askin, Arizona State University, USA

Prof. Duncan McFarlane, University of Cambridge, UK

Prof. George Chryssolouris, University of Patras, Greece

Dr. Pavel Vrba, Czech Technical University in Prague, Rockwell Automation Research Center, Czech Republic

…Keynote Speakers

Cristina Morariu, IBM Romania, Bucharest

Prof. Benoit Montreuil , Laval University, Québec, Canada

Prof. Marco Ceccarelli, University of Cassino, Italy

Prof. Alexandre Dolgui, Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France

Dr. Hector Puyosa, SABIC, Cartagena, Spain

Christoph Legat, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

…Keynote Speakers

An exceptional International Program Committee (IPC) worked hard to insure that the process was highly selective and professional

93 IPC members from 30 countries Pertinent principles of IPC formation:

All INCOM’s topics were supervised by leading specialists �Important interna onal journals were represented �Major regions of the World were represented �Principal scien fic sponsors contributed financially

…Organizers and Committees

International Program Committee (IPC) IPC Chair: Alexandre Dolgui Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne, France General Scientific Chair: Laszlo Monostori Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary IPC Scientific Vice-Chair: Ioan Dumitrache President of National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education, Romania Carlos Eduardo Pereira Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil IPC Vice-Chair from Industry: Pavel Vrba Rockwell Automation, Czech Republic Editors: Theodor Borangiu University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania Alexandre Dolgui Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne, France Ioan Dumitrache President of National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education, Romania Florin Filip Vice-President of the Romanian Academy

…Organizers and Committees

Pedro Albertos, Spain Hassane Alla, France Sven Arne Andreasson, Sweden Ronald Askin, USA R. F. Babiceanu, USA Zbigniew Banaszak, Poland José António Barata, Portugal Jonathan F. Bard, USA John J. Bartholdi, USA Claudio R. Boër, Italy Theodor Borangiu, Romania Robert Brennan, Canada Glen Bright, South Africa Luis M.Camarinha-Matos, Portugal Simona Caramihai, Romania

Sergio Cavalieri, Italy Marco Ceccarelli, Italy Daniela Cernega, Romania F. Frank Chen, USA Joshua Dayan, Israel Christian Diedrich, Germany Ioan Dumitrache, Romania Luminita Duta, Romania Erdal Erel, Turkey Yushun Fan, P.R. China Jean-Marc Faure, France Luca Ferrarini, Italy Florin Gh. Filip, Romania Peter Fleming, UK Adina Magda Florea, Romania

Members of the International Program Committee:

Georg Frey, Germany Susumu Fujii, Japan Rémi Glardon, Switzerland Bernard Grabot, France Robert Grubbström, Sweden William A. Gruver, Canada Jan Holmstrom, Finland Sheue-Ling Hwang, Taiwan Mircea Ivanescu, Romania Zhibin Jiang, P.R. China Toshiya Kaihara, Japan Andrzej J. Kasinski, Poland Shigeyasu Kawaji, Japan Peter Kopacek, Austria George L. Kovacs, Hungary

Hervé Panetto, France Anatoly Pashkevich, France Erwin Pesch, Germany Jean-François Pétin, France Jean-Marie Proth, France Nicolae Robu, Romania Imre Rudas, Hungary Arturo Sánchez, Mexico Kurt Sandkuhl, Sweden José Reinaldo Silva, Brasil Alexander Smirnov, Russia Aurelian M. Stanescu, Romania Janusz Szpytko, Poland Alexander Tarasyev, Russia André Thomas, France

Fernando Torres, Spain Damien Trentesaux, France Marcos de Sales Guerra Tsuzuki, Brazil Paul Valckenaers, Belgium Francois Vernadat, France Agostino Villa, Italy Valeriy Vyatkin, New Zealand Frank Werner, Germany Hans Wortmann, Netherlands Farouk Yalaoui, France Oleg Zaikin, Poland Marek B. Zaremba, Canada Janan Zaytoon, France Detlef Zuehlke, Germany

Members of the International Program Committee:

Vladimir Kulba, Russia Andrew Kusiak, USA Paulo Jorge Pinto Leitão, Portugal Genrikh Levin, Belarus Robi Malik, New Zealand Duncan McFarlane, UK Liviu Miclea, Romania Arturo Molina, Mexico Gérard Morel, France Gabriel Neagu, Romania Y. C. Andrew Nee, Singapore Shimon Y. Nof, USA Marek Obitko, Czech Republic Doru Panescu, Romania

National Organizing Committee (NOC)

NOC Chair: Theodor Borangiu University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania

NOC Vice-Chair from Industry: Iuliu Stocklosa EAST ELECTRIC, Romania

Members of the National Organizing Committee:

Florin ANTON, Silvia ANTON, Costin BADICA, Simona CARAMIHAI, Alexandra CERNIAN, Radu DOBRESCU, Iulia DUMITRU, Monica DRAGOICEA, Luminita DUTA, Nick IVANESCU, Stefan MOCANU, Mihnea MOISESCU, Gabriel NEAGU, Ecaterina OLTEAN, Doru PANESCU, Octavian PASTRAVANU, Silviu RAILEANU, Aurel Mihai STANESCU, Gabriela VARVARA

The 14th IFAC symposium INCOM’12 was co-sponsored by prestigious international scientific associations: IFIP, IFORS, IEEE, etc.

…Sponsors and Partners

International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP )

International Federation of Operational Research Societies

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Romania Section

Major Scientific Sponsors

IFAC Technical Committees

TC 1.3 on Discrete Event Dynamic Systems TC 2.4 on Optimal Control TC 4.2 on Mechatronic Systems TC 4.3 on Robotics TC 4.5 on Human Machine Systems TC 5.2 on Manufacturing Modelling for Management and Control TC 5.3 on Enterprise Integration and Networking TC 5.4 on Large Scale Complex Systems TC 9.2 on Social Impact of Automation

IFIP Technical Committees

TC 5 on Information Technology Applications TC 7 on System Modelling and Optimization

IFAC MAIN SPONSOR Technical Committee 5.1 on Manufacturing Plant Control

Partnership for the organization

National Authority for Scientific Research

General Confederation of The Romanian Industrial

Employers

Romanian Society of Automation and Tehnical

Informatics

General Association of the Engineers in Romania

Robotics Society of Romania

Romanian Academy

We profoundly thank our organizing partners. The quality of the program we offered was also due to their

investment and support.

Financial Sponsor We wish to express our gratitude to our financial partners.

First, because they believed in our mission. Later, their subvention has made it all possible.

Main Sponsor

Co-Sponsors

European projects

European FP7 Project ERRIC “Empowering Romanian Research on Intelligent Information Technologies ”

European FP7 Project amePLM “advanced Platform for manufacturing engineering and Product Lifecycle Management”

Other scientific partners

Idea of INCOM in Bucharest April 2009 Approval by IFAC TC 5.1 June 2009 Demand to IFAC National Committee September 2009 IPC and NOC constituted November 2009 Approval by IFAC Board December 2009 Search for sponsors January 2010 Web site February 2010 Call for Special Sessions & Tracks March 2010 Call for papers July 2010 Flyer sent (5,000 copies) December 2010 Posters (200 copies) February 2011 Tracks and track chairs January 2012

…Pre-Symposium Agenda

492 Papers received December 2011 Establish on-line review December 2011 Peer review process with 550 referees Dec 2011 – Feb 2012 Call for industrial participation February 2012 Preliminary program March 2012 Session chairs nomination March 2012 Preprints (2186 pages) April 2012 Final program April 2012 Press releases April- May 2012 Press conferences May 23, 2012 Logistics Jan - May 2012

…Pre-Symposium Agenda

Web Services and Wireless Automation for Manufacturing Supply Chains and Logistics Facilities Planning and Materials Flow Handling Resource Allocation, Production Planning and Scheduling Monitoring, Diagnosis and Maintenance of Manufacturing Systems Process Modelling and Information System Design Service Oriented Architectures in Manufacturing Socio-technical and Cognitive Aspects of Automation Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Modelling and Applications Distributed and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing Discrete Event Systems in Manufacturing Bio-Inspired and Holonic Manufacturing Dynamic and Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Manufacturing Operational Research Applications in CAD/CAM/CAE

… Topics

Track A: New Developments in Scheduling and Manufacturing Track B: Discrete Event Systems and Hybrid Systems: Modelling and Supervisory Control Track C: Intelligent Transportation and Logistics Systems: Modelling, Simulation, Control and Communication Track D: Design of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Track E: Supply Network Engineering Track F: Holonic and Multi-Agent Technologies for Industrial Systems Track G: Robotics for Manufacturing and Services Track H: Intelligent Integrated Maintenance and Quality Strategies Track I: Manufacturing Engineering and Product Lifecycle Management Track J: Models for Competence and Knowledge Management in Industrial Enterprises Track K: Enterprise Integration, Interoperability and Networking Solutions Track M: Metaheuristics and Soft Computing in Production Management Track N: Production Planning and Inventory Control SS O: From Decision Support Systems and Geographical Information Systems to Buildings and Urban Systems Track P: Model Based System Engineering: Works in Progress, New Trends, Usages and Opportunities SS Q: Service Supply Systems and Networks Management and Design Track R: Design of Advanced Production Systems IICS: Integrated Information and Control Systems for Smarter Enterprise

… Structure 15 main Scientific Tracks with 64 Special Sessions &

1 Industry Track with 6 Innovation Sessions

IFAC TC 5.1 Manufacturing Execution Systems Benchmarking Workshop, May 22, 2012 Organized by IFAC TC 5.1 and CIMR The workshop emphasized hands-on MES experiment development and execution. Participants developed their own test case and at the end presented/discussed their results

Associated workshops

The Industry Innovation Meeting IICS, May 24-25, 2012 Organized by CIMR "Instrumented, Interconnected and Intelligent Manufacturing for Smarter Enterprise"

SOHOMA’12

2nd ERRIC Workshop on Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing and Robotics, May 23-24, 2012 Organized by University Politehnica of Bucharest, the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science in collaboration with the French research network GDR MACS “Intelligent Information Technologies for service-oriented, sustainable manufacturing and robotics”

Uncertainty and Supply Chain Planning Professor Stephen C. Graves, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Process Modelling, Control, and Condition Monitoring: A Data Mining Perspective Professor Andrew Kusiak, The University of Iowa, USA

Contributions and Challenges in the Design of Production Systems Professor Ronald G. Askin, Arizona State University, USA

Product Intelligence: Theory and Practice Professor Duncan McFarlane, University of Cambridge, UK

Production Systems Flexibility: Theory and Practice Professor George Chryssolouris, University of Patras, Greece

Past, Present and Future of Distributed Intellient Control in Industrial Applications Dr. Pavel Vrba, Czech Technical University in Prague, Rockwell Automation Research Center, Czech Republic

6 plenary presentation

The Physical Internet: Enabling Efficient and Sustainable Logistics Professor Benoit Montreuil, Laval University, Québec, Canada

Towards loose coupled manufacturing systems Cristina Morariu, IBM Romania, Bucharest, Romania

Radio Frequency IDentification in Supply Chain: Technology, Applications and Trends Professor Alexandre Dolgui, Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France

Trends and Challenges in Research for Service Robots Professor Marco Ceccarelli, University of Cassino, Italy

Service innovation to drive chemical operation efficiency Dr. Hector Puyosa, SABIC, Cartagena, Spain

Knowledge-based Technologies for Future Factory Engineering and Control Christoph Legat, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

6 keynote speeches

354 presentations were scheduled: 344 papers accepted after the peer review process 68 invited industrial presentations 6 plenary talks, 6 keynote talks

342 presentations made (only 12 non-shows)

Presentations

… Participation

436 participants at INCOM’12 from 42 countries

36%

48%

6%

5% 3% 2% 1%

Distribution of INCOM'12 Participants

Romania

EU (excluding Romania)

South and North America

Asia

Europe (excluding EU)

Africa

Australia & Oceania

42%

31%

6%

5%

Distribution of European participants RomaniaFranceGermanyItalyBelgiumSpainPolandTurkeyUnited KingdomPortugalSwedenAustriaHungaryBelarusCzech RepublicNetherlandsSwitzerlandBulgariaEstoniaFinlandGreeceLuxembourgSerbiaSlovakiaSlovenia

… Publications and Awards Sixteen international journals are associated with the symposium for post-conference publication of special issues or regular papers

(expanded versions of the best papers presented at INCOM’12)

IFAC Journals • Automatica • Control Engineering Practice • Robust and Nonlinear Control • Journal of Process Control • Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

IFAC affiliated journals • Real-Time Systems • Mechatronics

Additional Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Journals • Annual Review in Control • International Journal of Production Research • Computers & Operations Research • International Journal of Production Economics • International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing • Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing • Computers & Industrial Engineering • Production Planning and Control • Robotica

… Publications and Awards

Preprints • 2186 pages • available only in CD-ROM

Proceedings • published in the post-symposium Proceedings Volumes by Elsevier Ltd on IFAC-PapersOnLine.net • from 492 papers submitted, only the articles selected after the peer review process and duly presented at INCOM’12 are included, i.e. 299 papers (61% final selection rate) • 9 keynote articles complete the Proceedings See http://incom12.ro/publication.html

Awards 16 track prizes 3 prizes for the best industrial papers See http://incom12.ro/awards.html

… in the Press

Romanian National Television - News on TVR 2 the 23th of May, there was a report on INCOM’2012

Romanian National Radio - Radio Romania aired two reports on INCOM’2012 on May 24 and May 25

… Conclusion

The main objective for the organizers of INCOM’12 was to put in evidence industrial problems and major needs and invite all representative actors in Automatic Control, Computer Science, Management Science, Operational Research and Industrial Engineering applied to manufacturing processes and enterprises to propose approaches, methods, solutions and tools. This collaborative philosophy, which bridges the gaps between theory, design, implementing and deployment in an interdisciplinary approach, makes INCOM’12 the major scientific and industrial event in manufacturing sciences in 2012.

INCOM 2012 focused both on strategic R&D lines in manufacturing control and logistics, and on real problems of design, deployment and operations management in manufacturing systems. The IPC assured high-quality scientific expertise during the stages of tracks and sessions proposal, paper evaluation, definition of the Symposium structure and awarding the best papers. The participation was very good (436 attendees including 61 industrial representatives). The organization and logistics were excellent, the large industrial participation and exhibitions offered wonderful opportunity to explore and compare the latest innovations.

The INCOM’12 event was exceptional from all points of views and reinforces the reputation of IFAC as a leading scientific association worldwide.