TC5 – Information Technology
Applications - Aims and Scopes
est. 1970, rev.
2004
AIMS
To promote
research and the development of fundamental concepts, models, and theories to
support applications of Information Technology.
Research: To identify and study advanced issues related
to the application of techniques and information technologies that automate,
integrate, and optimize the processes of innovation, design, production and
management, including environmental issues.
Communication: To provide an international forum for
government, academia, research and industry for the dissemination, publication
and peer review of information, research, education and practices.
Collaboration: To foster interdisciplinary work and to
collaborate with other Technical Committees, Working Groups and global
professional organizations with allied interests.
SCOPES
This Technical
Committee provides a focus for multi-disciplinary research into the application
of information technologies and practices to facilitate information management
- that is, to make it easier for people to have up-to-date knowledge, to be
flexible, and to adapt. Some non-exclusive examples are:
Product Lifecycle Management
Digital Engineering / Digital Modeling and Simulation / Digital
Manufacturing
Computer Aided Product Realization
Integrated Manufacturing / Production Management including Data
Management for Production, Process Planning and Tools
Virtual Product Creation, Visualization and Digital Verification
of Product and Process
Environmental Information and Decision Support Systems for
Environmental Monitoring, Management, Research and Policy, including Risk and
Crisis Management
Virtual collaboration supporting the interaction between product,
production, supply chain management, recycling and end of life disposal
Enterprise integration to facilitate product realization.
WG5.1
–
Information Technology in the Product Realization Process
est.
2006
AIMS
To promote and
encourage the advancement of computer methodologies and information
technologies, by means of research and practice, for the purpose of designing
and developing products, and for the purpose of designing, constructing and
operating the processes that produce those products.
SCOPE
Design theory
Geometric Modeling and Feature-based Design
Design for the Life Cycle
Design Verification and Rapid Prototyping
Digital Design and Manufacturing
Robotics and Assembly
Process and Operations Planning and Optimization
Inspection, Testing and Measurements
Artificial Intelligence Concepts related to Product Realization
Integration Issues related to Product Realization
Standards Issues related to Product Realization
Workers in the Product Realization System
Network-based Issues related to Product Realization
Processes beyond Discrete Manufacturing
WG5.4 - Computer-Aided
Innovation
est. 2005, revised 2008
AIMS
1.
To contribute to identify the
underlying scientific foundation of Computer Aided Innovation and also to
evaluate their effectiveness and efficiency.
2.
To identify the state of the art
and trends of Computer Aided Innovation Software and its tools and methods by
discussing organizational, technological and cognitive aspects of the
application of CAI methods and tools.
3.
To promote the development of
Computer Aided Innovation Software focusing on end-to-end product creation
process with methods and tools to ensure the feasibility and success of
innovations.
4.
To address the main motivations of
the industrial sector, regarding the engineering innovation activity with
computer tools and methods.
5.
To address the main motivations of
the academic community regarding theoretical foundations of computer aided
innovation.
SCOPE
·
The Working Group will promote regular
working conferences, seminars and workshops on Computer Aided Innovation
calling for contributions for clarifying the role of computer aided innovation
tools.
·
The Working Group will focus in
connecting together managers, engineers, scientists and academics interested in
pushing forward the development of this new kind of tools and methods.
·
The Working Group will promote that the
best papers presented at its conferences, seminars and workshops will be
further developed and enhanced for being published in selected journals with
high impact.
WG5.5 – COVE: Cooperation Infrastructure for Virtual
Enterprises and electronic Business
est. 2001
AIMS
To promote and
encourage the research and technological development on many aspects of
business practices, advanced tools and mechanisms, and forthcoming standards,
in the areas of virtual organizations, virtual enterprises, and advanced
electronic business models.
To contribute to the harmonization and knowledge dissemination of world-wide
research results on virtual organizations and collaborative networks, and to
foster needed collaborative developments.
SCOPE
·
Reference architectures for virtual organizations including life
cycle models
·
Collaboration models in networked organizations
·
Interoperability infrastructures in collaborative web-based
environments
·
Safe communications and authentication frameworks
·
Distributed/federated information and knowledge management
·
Assessment of the role of ontology and standards
·
Planning and supervision of distributed business processes
·
New value systems and assessment methods
·
Collaboration coordination and management
·
Supporting functions for the full life cycle of virtual
organizations
·
Novel paradigms and methods to support distributed collaborative
processes.
WG5.7
Integration in Production Management
est. 1978, revised 1986, 1989, 2000, 2008
AIMS
The
aim of WG 5.7 is to promote and encourage the advancement of knowledge and
practice in the field of Integrated Production Management and to maximize
global dissemination of this knowledge.
This broad aim is achieved by:
- Continuous
development and refinement of a research agenda.
- Developing a
research culture that nurtures research that addresses industrial need
whilst maintaining academic excellence.
- Disseminating
R&D results and best practices globally to both academics and practitioners
through the groups annual conference and the activities of its special
interest groups.
SCOPE
design and implementation of new production planning and control
systems taking into account new technology and management philosophy;
CAPM in a CIM environment
including interfaces to CAD and
project management and cost engineering;
knowledge-engineering in CAPM;
CAPM for Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) and Flexible
Assembly Systems (FAS);
methods and concepts in CAPM;
economic and social implications of CAPM.
Supply Chain Management
Operations and manufacturing strategy
Simulation
Business Process Management
Performance Measurement and Benchmarking
Knowledge Management
Information systems design, modeling and management
Implications of e-Manufacturing, e-Business, e-Commerce
Production management in virtual and extended enterprises and
production networks
WG5.8 Enterprise
Interoperability
est. 2006, revised 2008
AIMS
The purpose of this Working Group is to progress and to
disseminate research and development results in the area of Enterprise
Interoperability.
The goal of this group is to bring together experts of multiple disciplines
that contribute to this field.
The result of this research is to enable enterprises(networked enterprise,
extended enterprise, administration, virtual organizations) or organizational
units, applications to interoperate seamlessly with each other either inside
and enterprise or among independent enterprises.
Specifically, the goals of the WG are:
G1: to identify the
scientific foundation of enterprise interoperability and promote its acceptance
by the scientific community and all stakeholders;
G2: to identify and to classify the key
problems of interoperability to contribute to the elaboration of roadmaps
through identifying new research challenges and to facilitate the creation of
research projects;
G3: to identify practical tools,
methods, architectures and solutions and promote their usage;
G4: to promote the activities and to
disseminate the vision of the WG through organizing conferences, workshops and
other related activities;
G5: to promote education and to
promote the development of the discipline interoperability;
G6: to contribute to the
standardization.
SCOPE
Activities
Activity1: to define and characterize “Enterprise
Interoperability”
1.1 describe/define enterprise interoperability
1.2 define glossary of terms used in enterprise interoperability
1.3 Review periodically
Activity 2: to identify and characterize
key interoperability problems and research issues, deriving them from case
studies and practical solution tools and architectures
2.1 to analyze existing project results to identify key interoperability
problems, Kai Mertins
2.2 to collect industrial experience scenarios (use cases) using the defined
template
2.3 to collect and classify practical tools, methods, architectures and
solutions to be used in
the framework
Activity 3: to contribute to the
scientific foundation of Enterprise Interoperability
3.1 Use a defined framework for classification of the issues
3.2 to create, maintain and use a conceptual structure of enterprise
interoperability issues
3.3 to classify previous research results using the framework to identify open
research problems
3.4 to use the template to structure the key interoperability problems
3.5 to identify new theoretical contribution to enterprise interoperability
area by other research disciplines
3.6 to develop metrics and maturity model for enterprise interoperability
Activity 4: Provide a roadmap for
Enterprise Interoperability
4.1 to identify and
analyze the existing roadmaps and other strategic programs on the field of
enterprise interoperability
4.2 to provide recommendations on the definition of a new roadmap based on the
results of the analysis and the outcome of activities related to goal 1. The
roadmap should identify barriers, opportunities and challenges related to the
field of enterprise interoperability and a time plan to address topics related
to these challenges
4.3 to facilitate the creation of research projects
Activity 5: to identify subjects for
standardization and the standardization bodies that (could) cover these
subjects
5.1 to propose certain subjects for the standardization to standardization
bodies and offer support
Activity 6: Education
6.1 to identify and
collect existing courses at Bachelor and Master level, Academic and
professional
6.2 to define reference curricula for enterprise interoperability education
6.3 organize and sponsor summer schools for master and doctoral students and
for professionals
Activity 7: Dissemination of the results
of the WG
7.1 to publish and disseminate all the results of our activities in order to
promote the work performed,
7.2 to organize and sponsor conferences, workshops and seminars in the field of
enterprise interoperability
7.3 Dissemination of definition and terms
WG5.10 - Computer Graphics and Virtual Worlds
est. 1987, revised 1994
AIMS
To promote and
encourage the advancement of the field of computer graphics and virtual worlds
and their applications in technology.
SCOPE
Graphics Systems: Architectures and Workstations, User Interfaces,
Graphics Interfaces, VLSI for Graphics.
Graphics and CAD for Engineering and Scientific Applications:
Electric, Electronic, Mechanical, Civil and Architectural Engineering,
Robotics, Virtual Factories, Cartography, Transportation Systems, etc.
Graphics Modelling and Rendering: Techniques of Data Capture,
Curves and Surfaces Modelling, Surface and Volume Rendering, Simulation of
Natural Phenomena.
Graphics and Multimedia: Integration of Texts, Graphics, Vision,
Video, Voice, Sound; Communication and Networking, Storage and Compression
Techniques.
Virtual Reality: Virtual Environments, 3D Interaction, Techniques
of Immersion, Senseware, Teleoperation, Telepresence.
Animating Virtual Worlds: Physics-Based Animation, Simulation of
Articulated Bodies, Facial Animation and Virtual Communication.
Modelling and Animating Human Beings for Medical Applications:
Understanding anatomy through Virtual Bodies, Learning Surgeon Techniques on 3D
Solid Modeled Humans.
Artificial Life in Virtual Worlds: Autonomous Synthetic Actors,
Behavioral Animation, Models of Decision-Making Processes, Simulation of Plants
and Animals, Computer Viruses.
WG5.11
- Computers and Environment
est.
1991, revised 1992
AIMS
To investigate
existing methods and applications of computer based technologies to
environmental engineering, environmental protection, and environmental
research.
SCOPE
Monitoring and remote sensing of environmental variables.
GIS and mapping systems.
Natural resources conservation (land, water, noise ...).
Hazardous waste management.
Environmental impact assessment.
Environmental information and decision support systems.
Environmental AI applications.
Cultural and artistic patrimony protection.
WG5.12
- Architectures for
est.1995, revised 2008
AIMS
To foster research into
enterprise architecture, and in particular enterprise architecture
frameworks, enterprise engineering methodologies, enterprise modeling and
generic enterprise models / ontologies;
To identify theoretically sound and practically viable techniques
for the process of change toward the integrated enterprise.
The multi-disciplinary
perspective of this working group requires the synthesis of relevant results
from other disciplines, such as Manufacturing Engineering and Management,
Industrial Engineering, Management Science, Information Systems and Systems
Engineering as well as can build on results from the Software Engineering
discipline.
Active involvement and liaison with relevant standardisation bodies, such
as
o ISO TC184 Industrial Automation Systems and Integration SC5 WG1 on
Modeling and Architecture
o ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 Software and Systems Engineering WG42 on Architecture
SCOPE
The scope of this working group is intended to foster information exchange and
evaluation of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and associated
Generic
building blocks and reference models applicable to EA, such as intra- and
inter- enterprise integration, agent-based integration, information integration
infrastructure, organisational models, self-similar structures, and reusable
industry-specific models.
In particular
the WG is mainly involved in the following types of activities:
Scholarly evaluation of enterprise architecture frameworks that
capture the life-cycle of the enterprise and its constituent entities. This
aspect of the WG activity is addressed through the active liaison and
co-sponsorship activities with other relevant Working Group and Technical
Committees of IFIP, and other organisations conducting research and development
in this area, such as IFAC, and the continued
organisation of the ICEIMT conference series.
Evaluation of the physical and functional architectures of
information systems, industrial production – or service systems, as well
as EA program architectures (such as Information-, Process-, Applications- and
Technical Architecture, as well as models of the Organisation) for complete
enterprise live-cycle development and management. This aspect of the WG
activity is mainly addressed through liaison and participation in relevant
standard bodies.