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12th IFAC Symposium
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Information control:
a complex challenge for the 21st century |
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The organization of this 12th
edition of INCOM is hosted by the Division for Industrial
Engineering and Computer Sciences (G2I) of Ecole des Mines
de Saint-Etienne (ENSM.SE) for the IFAC Technical Committee
5.1 on Manufacturing Plant Control.
 About
the conference
ENSM.SE
and its G2I Division
Partnership
for the organization
Financial
supports
INCOM is a triennial symposium
organized by IFAC and mainly sponsored by the IFAC Technical
Committee 5.1 on Manufacturing Plant Control and co-sponsored
by 11 other IFAC Technical Committees, and by IFIP, IFORS, IEEE, IMS, etc.
Recent editions of the
symposium were held in Salvador de Bahia (2004), Vienna (2001), Nancy
(1998), Beijing (1995) and Toronto (1992).
The purpose of the 12th IFAC Symposium on INFORMATION CONTROL
PROBLEMS IN MANUFACTURING (INCOM'06) was to offer a forum
to present the progress in international research and development
work in this field of Industrial Engineering and Computer
Sciences. With a final program which consists of 24 Tracks,
each comprised of 3 to 6 thematic sessions, INCOM'2006 has
been one of the greatest events in manufacturing sciences
and information technologies of 2006.
Special emphasis has been given to the applications of optimization
methods as well as automation, information and communication
technologies in the control of the manufacturing plant and
the entire supply chain within the e-enterprise. The symposium
has stressed the scientific challenges and issues raised by
the Intelligent Manufacturing System and Supply Chain paradigms
for optimization and agile digital control of the production
systems. The whole product and processes life cycle has been
covered, from the design, through the manufacturing and maintenance,
to the distribution and service.
Scientific topics:
- e-Solutions to Plan and to Design Manufacturing Systems
- Facilities Planning and Materials Handling
- Inventory Control, Production Planning and Scheduling
- Monitoring, Diagnosis and Maintenance of Manufacturing Systems
- Web-enabled Manufacturing Control and Wireless Automation
- Process Modeling and Information Systems within the Extended Enterprise
- Information Management for the Net-entreprise
- Socio-technical and Cognitive Aspects of Automation
- Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Modeling and Applications
- Distributed Systems and Multi-agents Technologies
- Discrete Event Systems Simulation in Manufacturing
- Operational Research Applications in CAD/CAM/CAE
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 ENSM.SE and its G2I Division |
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- Brief introduction of Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne.
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The
Ecole
Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne
(ENSM.SE) is is an elite School
(Grand Ecole: a sort of Ivy League School). Since
1816, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines
de Saint-Etienne (ENSM.SE) has been producing outstanding
industrial managers. Based on close links with leading
French and international firms, the School is reputed
to be one of the major scientific centers and a crucial
hub of industrial research in France and in Europe.
The school is structured around six research divisions:
the Industrial Engineering and Computer Science, Process
Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Materials Science,
Microelectronics Engineering, and Engineering and Health.
Because research is fundamentally linked to the raison
d'être of the school, it is at the heart of the
School activities. Publications, industrial contracts
as well as the recognition of our expertise created
the school's reputation. |
Education and research are the two pillars of the success
of ENSM.SE. Mission statement: respond to needs of enterprises
by developing high level specialists ready to work effectively
in the framework of globalization. Spirit of innovation,
entrepreneurial, interdisciplinary, a high level of
technical competences, flexibility and courage are the
ingredients which make up our students. Living in heart
of Europe, allied with best universities and institutions
in the Americas and Asia, ENSM.SE finds itself poised
to taken on new experiences, domains and challenges.
Under the auspices of the Ministry
of Industry, the ENSM.SE is entering the 21st century with
a dynamic and innovative approach.
The Microelectronics Division in the new site of Gardanne
(2003), and the Engineering and Health Division of Saint-Etienne
(2004), recently founded, demonstrate the school's leadership in the forefront
of high technology.
- 190 anniversary of the host organization: ENSM.SE!
Ecole Nationale Supérieure
des Mines de Saint-Etienne (ENSM.SE) was created by Royal
decree on the 2nd of August 1816. Thus, in 2006 ENSM.SE celebrates
its 190 anniversary.
- Brief introduction
of G2I Division.
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The Industrial
Engineering and Computer Sciences Division (G2I Division)
is the former Division of Computer Sciences created in
1970. The G2I Division develops advanced methods for analysis
and optimization of complex systems, in particular manufacturing.
There are five main research departments in G2I: Scientific
Methods for Industrial Management (MSGI), Organization
and Modeling of Industrials Systems (OMSI), Networks,
Information, Multi-media (RIM), Multi-Agent Systems (SMA), and Mathematical Methods and Models for Industry (3MI).
Common threads running through all of these departments
are complex interactions within organizations or networks,
sophisticated approaches for management and control of
systems, and utilization of state of the art computer
science and operational research techniques. The Division
is composed of 26 professors, 29 Ph.D. candidates and
5 full time employees. G2I is both research and teaching
institution, with graduate and post graduate students. |
G2I is known in both French and
international scientific communities, the Division has numerous
world wide projects. For example, participation in European
Virtual Institute on Cooperative Demand and Supply Networks
(CODESNET),
Scheduling in Production Systems and Supply Chain (INTAS),
Inter-Organizational Workflow Management (E-ALLIANCE), Cooperation
and Information Sharing in Supply Chain (COPILOTE), Collaborative
Design in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (COSMOCE),
Internet-Based Intelligent Tool to Support Collaborative Argumentation-Based
Learning (SCALE)
projects, etc. In addition, G2I has privileged
relationships with the likes of ST Microelectronics, France
Telecom/R&D, Schneider Electric, CEA, EDF, Elf, Total, Péchiney, Comhurex and Eurocopter.
About 40 articles in prestigious scientific journals, 75 conferences,
400000 euros of industrial contracts, 10000 teaching hours
constitute "steady state" our annual quota.
We invite you to visit our
site and please consider the possibility of some type
of cooperative endeavor with us. Feel free to contact us for
any collaborative projects you have in mind.
A short presentation of the Ecole des Mines and G2I Division...
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