WHAT'S NEW inside of O³neida
O3neida and ICTICA are cooperating in a new research project on the Reconfiguration of Embedded Control Systems (RECS).
Please see R&D projects tab on this site for a description of this project and also for a new update on the 4DIAC project.
ETFA 2010
Announcement Related to Special Events at ETFA 2010
There will be a special MEDEIA workshop at the Packology Exhibition in Italy.
IEEE IES Technical Committee on Industrial Agents
Various O3neida members are participating as members of this Technical Committee.
O3neida supports activities inside the IEC TC65B WG15 directly and indirectly throughout its members.
Please see R&D projects tab on this site for a description of this project and also for a new update on the 4DIAC project.
ETFA 2010
Announcement Related to Special Events at ETFA 2010
- MEDEIA Workshop
- 4DIAC Users’ Meeting
- IEC TC 65B WG15 Meeting
There will be a special MEDEIA workshop at the Packology Exhibition in Italy.
IEEE IES Technical Committee on Industrial Agents
Various O3neida members are participating as members of this Technical Committee.
O3neida supports activities inside the IEC TC65B WG15 directly and indirectly throughout its members.
4DIAC Users Meeting
Organizers:
Alois Zoitl, Vienna University of Technology;
Martijn Rooker, Profactor GmbH;
Antonio Valentini, O3neida Europe.
Abstract:
The open source initiative 4DIAC - Framework for Distributed Industrial Automation and Control (www.fordiac.org) is going into its fourth year. In the last three years, new versions, improving features and performances, have been provided. Even more important, 4DIAC, while being used to implement distributed control systems, based on IEC 61499, in many industrial as well as research applications, has provided a stable basis for further research into next generation distributed automation and control systems based also on other open standards.
With this workshop we would like to bring the users of 4DIAC together. The meeting should provide them an opportunity to present their projects, exchange ideas, and discuss the near future planned 4DIAC enhancements, which will let the initiative to become a larger framework for many application domains, based on several standards.
Date: 16th September.
Duration: Half day, morning.
Potential attendees:
- 4DIAC users;
- Potential 4DIAC users who would like to be informed on current and near future developments;
- People interested in IEC 61499;
- People interested in the management of open source projects.
- Welcome,
Speaker: Antonio Valentini (O3neida Europe) - Introduction to 4DIAC,
Speaker: Ingo Hegny (Vienna University of Technology, ACIN) - Implementation of Control Systems and Future Trends at the Martin-Luther-University using 4DIAC,
Speaker: Christian Gerber (Martin-Luther-University) - Using FORTE in Infomechatronics lab, The University of Auckland,
Speaker: William Dai (University of Auckland) - Utilizing Lego Mindstorms nxt(tm) as teaching and training platform for IEC 61499,
Speaker: Alois Zoitl (Vienna University of Technology, ACIN) - SIFB Development Approach to Provide Control and Real Time Communications,
Speaker: Federico Perez (University of the Basque Country) - 4DIAC and wireless sensor networks for factory automation,
Speaker: Robert Brennan (University of Calgary) - 4DIAC Initiative near future plans
Speaker: Alois Zoitl (Vienna University of Technology, ACIN) - Open Discussion
Moderator: Antonio Valentini (O3neida Europe)
IEC-61499 standard status and current activities within the IEC SC65B WG15 ( IEC-61499 Maintenance Team )
Organizers:
Alois Zoitl, Vienna University of Technology;
Martijn Rooker, Profactor GmbH;
Antonio Valentini, O3neida Europe.
Abstract:
The IEC has activated recently a new working group, called WG15, in order to correct, consolidate and complete, where necessary, the standard. Main objectives of the workshop are to:
Duration: half day, afternoon.
Potential attendees: people exploiting the standard in academia and/or industry, people evaluating the use of the standard, people interested in understanding how an IEC WG generally works.
Agenda:
Organizers:
Alois Zoitl, Vienna University of Technology;
Martijn Rooker, Profactor GmbH;
Antonio Valentini, O3neida Europe.
Abstract:
The IEC has activated recently a new working group, called WG15, in order to correct, consolidate and complete, where necessary, the standard. Main objectives of the workshop are to:
- Present to the academic community the work already done and objectives achieved inside the working group,
- Get their feedback as well as proposals and suggestions on the presented achievements,
- Introduce near future plans and objectives,
- Open discussion on future plans.
Duration: half day, afternoon.
Potential attendees: people exploiting the standard in academia and/or industry, people evaluating the use of the standard, people interested in understanding how an IEC WG generally works.
Agenda:
- Introduction to the IEC 61499, speaker: Antonio Valentini, O3neida Europe- Belgium;
- WG15 current activities and achieved results, speaker: James Christiansen, Holobloc Inc. – USA, WG15 Convenor;
- ICS-Triplex (part of Rockwell Automation) vision, speaker: Julien Chouinard, ISaGRAF - Canada;
- nxtControl vision, speaker: Horst Mayer, nxtControl - Austria;
- End-user perspective, speaker: Pierantonio Ragazzini, IMA SpA – Italia;
- Standardization activities in the domain of Smart Grids and its relation to IEC 61499, speaker: Thomas Strasser, Austrian Institute of Technology – Austria.
- MT15 near future plan, speaker: Alois Zoitl, TUW - Austria;
- Open discussion.
Official meeting of IEC SC 65B WG15 ( IEC-61499 Maintenance Team )
Organizers:
Alois Zoitl, Vienna University of Technology;
Martijn Rooker, Profactor GmbH;
Antonio Valentini, O3neida Europe;
James Christiansen, Holobloc Inc. – USA, WG15 Convenor.
Date: 14th September.
Duration: full day.
Potential attendees: experts who are members or guests of the WG15.
Agenda:
Head of Research - Agile Control Group
Automation and Control Institute
Vienna University of Technology
Gusshausstrasse 27-29 / E376
1040 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 (1)58801 - 37683
Fax: +43(1)58801 - 37698
EMail: Zoitl@acin.tuwien.ac.at
Short Biography
Alois Zoitl holds a PhD degree in electrical engineering with the focus on dynamic reconfiguration of real-time constrained control applications and a Master degree in Electrical Engineering with the focus on distributed industrial automation systems from Vienna University of Technology.
Currently he is the head of the Agile Control Group at Automation and Control Institute (ACIN), Vienna University of Technology. There he is responsible for a group of 9 researchers. He is co-author of 79 publications and the co-inventor of 4 patents in the mentioned areas.
Alois Zoitl conducted and led several industry-funded projects and participated in the national FIT-IT embedded systems projects µCrons and ?CEDAC. Furthermore he is currently the coordinator of the FIT-IT semantic systems project OntoReA and works in the FP7 embedded systems project MEDEIA, in the national FIT-IT embedded systems project FRONTICS as well as in the FFG bridge project logi.diag. Alois Zoitl is a founding member of the O3neida automation network, a member of the IEEE, the PLCopen user organization as well as the IEC SC65B/WG15 for the distributed automation standard IEC 61499.
Curriculum Vitea of Martijn Rooker, Ph.D.
PROFACTOR GmbH
Im Stadtgut A2
4407 Steyr-Gleink, Austria
Phone: +43 (0)7252 885-313
Fax: +43 (0)7252 885-101
Email: martijn.rooker@Profactor.at
Short Biography
Martijn Rooker received his PhD in Computer Science at the Jacobs University Bremen, with the focus on mobile robotics.
At PROFACTOR, he is responsible for distributed communication control concepts and distributed control automation in flexible assembly lines. He holds about 20 publications in the above mentioned areas.
Dr. Rooker participated in the European FP6 IST IP “DECOS” and the national FIT-IT embedded systems project ?CEDAC. Currently, he is the coordinator of the European FP7 ICT CP “MEDEIA” project, is active in the national FIT-IT embedded systems project FRONTICS and is the sub-project coordinator for training and dissemination in the FP6 NMP IP “PISA”. Furthermore, he represents PROFACTOR in the EU FP7 ICT “SRS” and EU FP7 ICT “RADHAR” projects.
Curriculum vitae of Antonio Valentini
President
O3neida Europe
Rue de l’Eglise, 42
B-1150 Bruxelles
Belgium
Personal address:
Via Rudena, 39
35123 Padova
Italy
e-mail:antoniovalentini@oooneida.org
cell: +393479761992
cell: +32472994918
Short Biography
Antonio Valentini has been O3NEIDA Chief Executive Officer since its establishment, in 2004, as a non-profit organization. More than 20 years of experience in the manufacturing industry. Expertise in packaging machine design, control system technology, smart packaging materials, micro assembling, sensors, pro-active computing, health monitoring, international collaboration and research, project management. 7 patents have been co-invented by him and 3 of them have been extended to other countries. He developed his communication skills through supporting clients and suppliers worldwide. Active memberships at international institutions.
As member of IEC technical working groups, he has contributed to the development of two standards: IEC 61499 and IEC 61804. He is currently involved in the activities of the IEC SC65B WG15.
As registered EU Framework Program Expert since 2004, he has been performing in the evaluation of project proposals and in the review of funded projects.
He has been IEEE-IES (Industrial Electronic Society) member and co-chair of the IEEE-IES Technical Committee on Industrial Agents.
As member of the project proposer consortium, he works in the project MEDEIA, an FP7 Embedded System funded project.
His assignments at international conferences include:
Organizers:
Alois Zoitl, Vienna University of Technology;
Martijn Rooker, Profactor GmbH;
Antonio Valentini, O3neida Europe;
James Christiansen, Holobloc Inc. – USA, WG15 Convenor.
Date: 14th September.
Duration: full day.
Potential attendees: experts who are members or guests of the WG15.
Agenda:
- Review Working Drafts (WDs) and collated change logs for 2nd Editions of IEC 61499-1 and -2, and agree on any changes needed to produce Committee Drafts (CDs) for review and comment by National Committees.
- Determine whether IEC 61499-4 shall be reaffirmed "as is", or whether a 2nd Edition shall be produced, and a preliminary collation of recommended changes if a 2nd Edition is to be produced.
- Agree on a title and preliminary outline for a new IEC TS 61499-5 to be submitted to IEC SC65B as a NWI (New Work Item).
- Establish a schedule and responsibilities for future work and next meeting.
Head of Research - Agile Control Group
Automation and Control Institute
Vienna University of Technology
Gusshausstrasse 27-29 / E376
1040 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 (1)58801 - 37683
Fax: +43(1)58801 - 37698
EMail: Zoitl@acin.tuwien.ac.at
Short Biography
Alois Zoitl holds a PhD degree in electrical engineering with the focus on dynamic reconfiguration of real-time constrained control applications and a Master degree in Electrical Engineering with the focus on distributed industrial automation systems from Vienna University of Technology.
Currently he is the head of the Agile Control Group at Automation and Control Institute (ACIN), Vienna University of Technology. There he is responsible for a group of 9 researchers. He is co-author of 79 publications and the co-inventor of 4 patents in the mentioned areas.
Alois Zoitl conducted and led several industry-funded projects and participated in the national FIT-IT embedded systems projects µCrons and ?CEDAC. Furthermore he is currently the coordinator of the FIT-IT semantic systems project OntoReA and works in the FP7 embedded systems project MEDEIA, in the national FIT-IT embedded systems project FRONTICS as well as in the FFG bridge project logi.diag. Alois Zoitl is a founding member of the O3neida automation network, a member of the IEEE, the PLCopen user organization as well as the IEC SC65B/WG15 for the distributed automation standard IEC 61499.
Curriculum Vitea of Martijn Rooker, Ph.D.
PROFACTOR GmbH
Im Stadtgut A2
4407 Steyr-Gleink, Austria
Phone: +43 (0)7252 885-313
Fax: +43 (0)7252 885-101
Email: martijn.rooker@Profactor.at
Short Biography
Martijn Rooker received his PhD in Computer Science at the Jacobs University Bremen, with the focus on mobile robotics.
At PROFACTOR, he is responsible for distributed communication control concepts and distributed control automation in flexible assembly lines. He holds about 20 publications in the above mentioned areas.
Dr. Rooker participated in the European FP6 IST IP “DECOS” and the national FIT-IT embedded systems project ?CEDAC. Currently, he is the coordinator of the European FP7 ICT CP “MEDEIA” project, is active in the national FIT-IT embedded systems project FRONTICS and is the sub-project coordinator for training and dissemination in the FP6 NMP IP “PISA”. Furthermore, he represents PROFACTOR in the EU FP7 ICT “SRS” and EU FP7 ICT “RADHAR” projects.
Curriculum vitae of Antonio Valentini
President
O3neida Europe
Rue de l’Eglise, 42
B-1150 Bruxelles
Belgium
Personal address:
Via Rudena, 39
35123 Padova
Italy
e-mail:antoniovalentini@oooneida.org
cell: +393479761992
cell: +32472994918
Short Biography
Antonio Valentini has been O3NEIDA Chief Executive Officer since its establishment, in 2004, as a non-profit organization. More than 20 years of experience in the manufacturing industry. Expertise in packaging machine design, control system technology, smart packaging materials, micro assembling, sensors, pro-active computing, health monitoring, international collaboration and research, project management. 7 patents have been co-invented by him and 3 of them have been extended to other countries. He developed his communication skills through supporting clients and suppliers worldwide. Active memberships at international institutions.
As member of IEC technical working groups, he has contributed to the development of two standards: IEC 61499 and IEC 61804. He is currently involved in the activities of the IEC SC65B WG15.
As registered EU Framework Program Expert since 2004, he has been performing in the evaluation of project proposals and in the review of funded projects.
He has been IEEE-IES (Industrial Electronic Society) member and co-chair of the IEEE-IES Technical Committee on Industrial Agents.
As member of the project proposer consortium, he works in the project MEDEIA, an FP7 Embedded System funded project.
His assignments at international conferences include:
- keynote speaker at the first ICOA’06 Conference in Shanghai, China;
- advisory board member at the IEEE-IES INDIN Conferences, since 2006;
- co-chair for the Industrial Day of the INDIN’07and INDIN’08 Conferences;
- co-chair for the Industrial Day of the IEEE-IES ETFA’08 Conference in Hamburg, Germany;
- Industry Track co-chair at the IEEE-IES ISIE’10 Conference in Bari, Italy.