TECoSA Seminar – Transformation of Software Engineering Concepts in Industrial Automation: Towards Openness and Distributed Intelligence

We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar on the first Thursday of each month during term-time.  All are welcome to attend and we look forward to some lively discussions. Members can accept the Outlook invitations, non-members can email tecosa-admin@kth.se to register.

Our December seminar is withValeriy Vyatkin (IEEE Fellow), Professor of Information and Computer Engineering. The seminar will take place at Gladan, KTH. Registration form will be available shortly. It is also possible to attend via Zoom.

ABSTRACT: In this talk, we observe the past 30 years of developments in computational concepts used in Operational Technology (OT) level of industrial automation systems which is traditionally associated with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).

Such trends as modularity, reconfigurability and autonomy counter the complexity of engineering and stipulate industries to look for transformation of OT engineering to more software-centric and vendor neutral approach, same time maintaining compatibility with legacy. We will review the transformation of IEC 61499 standard concept and developments in the adjacent areas of computing and to summarise newly emerging challenges.

BIO: Valeriy Vyatkin (IEEE Fellow) is Professor of Information and Computer Engineering in Automation at Aalto University, Finland on joint appointment as Chaired Professor (Ämnesföreträdare) of Dependable Computation and Communication Systems, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden. He has been leading research projects related to software and systems engineering for cyber-physical automation systems, intelligent energy, logistics and transportation, addressing such aspects as dependability, distributed architectures and multi-agent systems applied in various industry sectors: SmartGrid, material handling, building management systems and reconfigurable manufacturing,  funded by the National Science Foundation (USA), Vettenskap Råd (Sweden), Academy of Finland, various national and private agencies in Japan, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Finland and the EU. Valeriy is an active IEEE volunteer for about 20 years, currently serving as Vice-President for Technical Activities of Industrial Electronics Society.