Distributed Control Applications

Alois Zoitl earned his master’s degree and PhD from the Vienna Institute of Technology. He currently leads the Industrial Automation Research Group at fortiss GmbH in Munich. Before that, he headed the Distributed Intelligent Automation Group (Odo Struger Laboratory) at the Vienna University of Technology’s Automation and Control Institute. Dr. Zoitl is an active lecturer at the Technical University Munich, co-author of 100+ publications, co-inventor on four patents, founding member of the 4DIAC and OpENer open-source initiatives, member of the IEEE and the PLC open user organization, consultant for CAN in Automation, and member/convenor of IEC SC65B/WG15 for the IEC 61499 distributed automation standard. Thomas Strasser earned his master’s degree and PhD from the Vienna University of Technology. He is currently a senior scientist in the Energy Department of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. Before that, he spent more than six years as a senior researcher at PROFACTOR. Dr. Strasser is an active lecturer at the Vienna University of Technology, guest professor at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, co-author of 120+ publications, recipient of two patents, active participant in IEEE conferences, associate editor of Springer and IEEE journals, senior member of IEEE, founding member of the 4DIAC open source initiative, and involved in IEC SC65B/WG15, IEC TC65/WG17, and IEC SyC Smart Energy/WG6.

Challenges and Demands for Distributed Automation in Industrial Environments. Basic Principles of IEC 61499 Reference Model. Design Patterns, Frameworks, and Methodologies. Applying IEC 61499 Design Paradigms: Object-Oriented Programming, Component-Based Design, and Service-Oriented Architecture. New Design Patterns for Time-Predictable Execution of Function Blocks. Automatic Reengineering of IEC 61131-Based Control Applications into IEC 61499. Unit Test Framework for IEC 61499 Function Blocks. Verifying IEC 61499 Applications. Fault-Tolerant IEC 61499 Applications. Developing IEC 61499 Communication Service Interface Function Blocks in Distributed Control and Automation Applications. Adapted Design Methodology to IEC 61499 for Distributed Control Applications of Machine Tools. Flexible and Reusable Industrial Control Application. Building Automation Simply Done. Control Software for Cutting Glass Machine Tool Built Using COSME Platform: Case Study. Distributed Intelligent Sensing and Control for Manufacturing Automation. Model-Driven Design of Cardiac Pacemaker Using IEC 61499 Function Blocks. Smart Grid Application through Economic Dispatch Using IEC 61499. Workspace Sharing Assembly Robots: Applying IEC 61499. Hierarchically Structured Control Application for Pick and Place Station. Toward Batch Process Domain with IEC 61499. Smart Grid Laboratory Automation Approach Using IEC 61499.