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Nicoletta Adamo-Villani Chapter D.37 Authors Purdue University Nicoletta Adamo-Villani is Associate Professor of Computer Graphics Technology at Computer Graphics Technology Purdue University. She received her MS in Architecture from University of Florence, West Lafayette, IN, USA Italy in 1993 and she is a certified 3-D modeller/animator for Autodesk. Adamo- [email protected] Villani is an award-winning animator and creator of 2-D/3-D films that aired on national television. Her research interests focus on the application of 3-D animation to education, HCC (human–computer communication), and visualization.

Panos J. Antsaklis Chapter B.13

University of Notre Dame Panos J. Antsaklis is the Brosey Professor of Electrical Engineering and Concurrent Department of Electrical Engineering Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame, IN, USA His research interests are in control and automation, particularly in networked control [email protected] and hybrid systems emphasizing interdisciplinary research in control, computing and communication networks. He has authored books on Linear Systems, Discrete Event, Hybrid and Networked Control Systems.

Cecilia R. Aragon Chapter I.93

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Cecilia Aragon is a Staff Computer Scientist in the Computational Computational Research Division Research Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her Berkeley, CA, USA research interests include visualization, image processing, visual analytics, [email protected] computer-supported cooperative work, and human–computer interaction. She received her PhD in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley and her BS in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology. She is a Senior Member of the IEEE.

Neda Bagheri Chapter H.75

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Neda Bagheri earned her MS/PhD (2007) in Electrical Engineering from (MIT) the University of California Santa Barbara with emphasis in Control Department of Biological Engineering Theory and Systems Biology. As a postdoctoral researcher at MIT, she Cambridge, MA, USA currently investigates combinatorial cancer therapy through dynamical [email protected] systems modeling integrated tightly with quantitative experiments. Her primary research interest focuses on addressing challenges in medicine and biology using principles from control theory.

Greg Baiden Chapter F.57

Laurentian University Dr. Baiden is a Mining Professor specializing in robotics and mining automation in School of Engineering the School of Engineering at Laurentian University. Dr. Baiden lead mining research Sudbury, ON, Canada at Inco Ltd prior to joining Laurentian University and creating Penguin Automated [email protected] Systems Inc. His research investigates robotics and automation for many types of systems such as underground, surface, underwater and in space. His recent work includes the newly patented high bandwidth communication systems. 1708 About the Authors

Parasuram Balasubramanian Chapter G.71

Theme Work Analytics Pvt. Ltd. Parasuram Balasubramanian holds engineering and management degrees from IIT, Bangalore, India Madras and a doctorate from Purdue University. He has been with the Information [email protected] Technology industry in India, Jamaica and USA and has been a featured speaker in many conventions. He specializes in business analytics and plays a proactive role to bridge industry and academia on the research front. Authors

P. Pat Banerjee Chapter B.15

University of Illinois P. Pat Banerjee has a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical a PhD from Purdue University and is a Fellow of the ASME. His and Industrial Engineering current research interests include virtual reality and haptics applications. Chicago, IL, USA Currently he is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions for Information [email protected] Technology in Biomedicine. With over 100 refereed publications, he has served as a department editor of IIE Transactions, and as an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation.

Ruth Bars Chapter B.10

Budapest University of Technology Ruth Bars graduated at the Electrical Engineering Faculty of the and Economics Technical University of Budapest, Hungary. She has gained the candidate Department of Automation and Applied of sciences degree from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1992 and Informatics the PhD degree based on research in predictive control. Currently she is Budapest, Hungary [email protected] an Associate Professor in the Department of Automation and Applied Informatics at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Her research interests are in predictive control and in developing new ways of control education.

Luis Basañez Chapter C.27

Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) Luis Basañez is full Professor of System Engineering and Automatic Control at the Institute of Industrial and Control Technical University of Catalonia, head of the Robotics Division of the Institute of Engineering (IOC) Industrial and Control Engineering, Spanish delegate at the International Federation of Barcelona, Spain Robotics, and fellow and Council member of the International Federation of Automatic [email protected] Control. His present research interest includes teleoperation, multirobot coordination, sensor integration and active perception.

Rashid Bashir Chapter H.81

University of Illinois Rashid Bashir is the Abel Bliss Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Urbana-Champaign and Bioengineering and Director of the Micro- and Nanotechnology Laboratory at the Department of Electrical and Computer University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include BioMEMS, Engineering and Bioengineering Lab on a chip, nano-biotechnology, and interfacing biology and engineering from Urbana, IL, USA [email protected] molecular to tissue scale.

Wilhelm Bauer Chapter D.34

Fraunhofer-Institute Wilhelm Bauer graduated in Industrial Engineering from the University for Industrial Engineering IAO of Stuttgart and received the Dr.-Ing. degree from the same University. Corporate Development As a Scientific Director he is heading the business area Corporate and Work Design Development and Work Design at IAO and IAT. His research activities Stuttgart, Germany [email protected] include work sciences, knowledge work, virtual work spaces, office innovations and change management. He is lecturer for Work Design at the Universities of Hannover and Stuttgart. About the Authors 1709

Gary R. Bertoline Chapter D.37

Purdue University Dr. Gary R. Bertoline is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Computer Graphics Technology Graphics Technology at Purdue University. Gary’s research interests West Lafayette, IN, USA are in scientific visualization, interactive immersive environments, [email protected] distributed and grid computing and STEM education. He has authored numerous papers on engineering and computer graphics, computer-aided design, and visualization research. He has authored and co-authored Authors seven textbooks in the areas of computer-aided design and engineering design graphics.

Christopher Bissell Chapter A.4

The Open University Christopher Bissell graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge in 1974 and obtained Department of Communication his PhD from the Open University in 1993, where he has been employed since 1980. and Systems He has written much distance teaching material on telecommunications, control Milton Keynes, UK engineering, digital media and other topics. His major research interests are the history [email protected] of technology and engineering education.

Richard Bossi Chapter F.51

The Boeing Company Richard H. Bossi received his Bachelor’s degree in physics from Seattle University in Renton, WA, USA 1971 and his PhD from Oregon State University in Nuclear Engineering in 1977. He is [email protected] a Senior Technical Fellow for Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) on the physics staff at The Boeing Company. His primary research is in the application NDE technology for materials characterization.

Martin Braun Chapter D.34

Fraunhofer-Institute Martin Braun received his University Diploma in Industrial Engineering. for Industrial Engineering IAO While being Teaching Assistant at the University of Stuttgart he graduated Human Factors Engineering in OHS and earned a doctorate in Human Factors Management. Since Stuttgart, Germany 1999 he is working as a project manager at Fraunhofer-Institute for [email protected] Industrial Engineering (IAO) in the field of human factors engineering and work design. His main activities in applied research are human performance, mental work and occupational health. Martin Braun is lecturer at the University of Stuttgart and has authored more than 100 publications.

Sylvain Bruni Chapter C.26

Aptima, Inc. Sylvain Bruni is a Human Systems Engineer at Aptima, where he pro- Woburn, MA, USA vides expertise in human-automation interaction, interface design, and [email protected] the statistical design of experiment. His research also focuses on de- signing and testing collaborative decision-support systems, specifically in military command and control environments. He earned a SM in Aeronautics/Astronautics from MIT and a Diplôme d’Ingénieur from Supélec (France). He is currently pursuing a PhD at MIT, in the Humans and Automation Laboratory.

James Buttrick Chapter F.51

The Boeing Company James is a Technical Fellow at Boeing Commercials’ Manufacturing&Process Tech- BCA – Materials & Process Technology nology organization. He specializes in the development of automated manufacturing Seattle, WA, USA equipment and processes for aircraft production. He received his BS in Marine Engi- [email protected] neering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington. 1710 About the Authors

Darwin G. Caldwell Chapter F.60

Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia Darwin G. Caldwell (BSc 1986, PhD 1990, University of Hull) is a Director at Department of Advanced Robotics the Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy, and an Honorary Professor at the Genova, Italy Universities of Sheffield, Manchester and Wales, Bangor. His research interests include [email protected] innovative actuators and sensors, haptic feedback, force augmentation exoskeletons, dexterous manipulators, humanoid (iCub) and quadrapedal robots, biomimetic Authors systems, rehabilitation robotics, telepresence, automation for the food industry.

Brian Carlisle Chapter F.50

Precise Automation Mr. Brian Carlisle is the CEO of Precise Automation, which builds Auburn, CA, USA assembly robots and controls. Formerly he was CEO of Adept Technology [email protected] from 1983 to 2003 known for assembly automation for electronics, automotive and telecommunications products. In the late 1970s Carlisle was a project manager for the development of the PUMA robot at Unimation. Carlisle was President of the United States Robotic Industries Association for 3 years.

Dan L. Carnahan Chapter C.28

Rockwell Automation Mr. Carnahan is a program manager for Rockwell Automation, Ad- Department of Advanced Technology vanced Technology. He has over 30 years experience working in Mayfield Heights, OH, USA industrial controls and automation, having previously worked in differ- [email protected] ent roles ranging from development engineering to project management. He has a BSEE from Ohio State University (1972) and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Ohio, a member of the National Society for Professional Engineers, IEEE, ISA, SAE, and SEMI.

Ángel R. Castaño Chapter B.16

Universidad de Sevilla Ángel R. Castaño received the MEng degree in Telecommunications Engineering Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas and the PhD degree in Automation, Robotics and Telematics from the University of yAutomática Seville. He has participated in more than 20 projects, including 5 projects funded by the Sevilla, Spain European Commission. His research interests are mainly in multirobot and intelligent [email protected] transportation systems. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Seville.

Daniel Castro-Lacouture Chapter G.61

Georgia Institute of Technology Daniel Castro-Lacouture (BSc Civil Engineering 1994, Universidad de Los Andes, Department of Building Construction MSc Construction Management 1999, University of Reading, PhD Construction Atlanta, GA, USA Engineering and Management 2003, Purdue) is Associate Professor of Building [email protected] Construction at Georgia Institute of Technology. His current research centres on construction technology innovation, sustainability and automation. He is a registered professional engineer and a member of ASCE and IAARC.

Enrique Castro-Leon Chapter C.24

JF5-103, Intel Corporation Enrique Castro-Leon is an Enterprise Architect and Technology Strategist Hillsboro, OR, USA with Intel Digital Enterprise Group. He holds a PhD degree in Electrical [email protected] Engineering and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Purdue University. He is the principal author of the book The Business Value of Virtual Service Oriented Grids. His research interests include large scale software integration and data centre power management strategy. He has served as a consultant for corporate and governmental organizations as well as NGOs. About the Authors 1711

José A. Ceroni Chapter E.40

Pontifica Universidad Católica José A. Ceroni graduated as an Industrial Engineer from Pontifical de Valparaíso Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile and received his Master of School of Industrial Engineering Science and PhD in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University, Valparaiso, Chile Indiana, USA. His research interests include collaborative production [email protected] and control, industrial robotics systems, collaborative robotics agents, collaborative control in logistics systems. He is member of the Board of Authors the International Federation for Production Research, and a member of IFAC and IEEE.

Deming Chen Chapter D.38

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Deming Chen obtained his MS and PhD from the Computer Science Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) University of California at Los Angeles. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Urbana, IL, USA ECE Department of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests [email protected] include CAD for FPGA, nanosystems design and synthesis, microprocessor design under process/parameter variation, and reconfigurable computing. He received the Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, the NSF CAREER Award, and a Best Paper Award from ASPDAC.

Heping Chen Chapter F.53

ABB Inc. Heping Chen received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Michigan US Corporate Research Center State University in 2004. He is currently a project manager and research scientist at US Windsor, CT, USA Corporate Research Center, ABB Inc. His research interests include nanomanufactur- [email protected] ing automation and nanorobotics, industrial robot control based on sensor integration, robot path planning and machine vision. He is an IEEE Senior member.

Xin W. Chen Chapters C.30, J.94

Purdue University Xin W. Chen is a PhD Candidate in the School of Industrial Engineering PRISM Center and School of Industrial at Purdue University. He received the MS degree in Industrial Engineering Engineering and BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and West Lafayette, IN, USA Shanghai Jiaotong University, respectively. His research interests cover [email protected] several related topics in the area of conflict and error prognostics and prevention, production/service optimization, and decision analysis.

Benny C.F. Cheung Chapter F.49

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Benny C.F. Cheung obtained his BEng, MPhil and PhD degrees Department of Industrial and Systems in Manufacturing Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic Engineering University in 1993, 1996 and 2000, respectively. Currently, he is an Kowloon, Hong Kong Associate Professor and an Associate Director of the Knowledge [email protected] Management Research Centre in Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research interest includes precision engineering, knowledge and technology management, artificial intelligence and logistics systems.

Jaewoo Chung Chapter F.55

Kyungpook National University Jaewoo Chung received the PhD degree from the School of Industrial Engineering at School of Business Administration Purdue University in 2008. He developed various production systems and facilities Daegu, South Korea layouts during his work for the LCD/Semiconductor division at Samsung Electronics [email protected] for about a decade. He is currently an assistant professor at Kyungpook National Uni- versity, South Korea. His areas of interests are production systems and combinatorial optimization. 1712 About the Authors

Rodrigo J. Cruz Di Palma Chapter F.54

Kimberly Clark, Latin American Operations Rodrigo J. Cruz Di Palma graduated as an Industrial Engineer from the University of San Juan, Puerto Rico Alabama at Tuscaloosa and obtained an MBA from EADA University in Barcelona, [email protected] Spain. He is currently Supply Chain Manager for Puerto Rico, and previously led the Supply and Operations Research Team for Kimberly Clark Latin-America, focusing on the development of optimization tools for the execution of business processes. Authors

Mary L. Cummings Chapter C.26

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Cummings received her BS in Mathematics from the US Naval Department of Aeronautics Academy (1988), her MS in Space Systems Engineering from the Naval and Astronautics Postgraduate School (1994), and her PhD in Systems Engineering from Cambridge, MA, USA the University of Virginia (2003). Her research interests include human [email protected] supervisory control, human-unmanned-vehicle interaction and decision- making, direct-perception decision support, and the ethical and social impact of technology.

Christian Dannegger Chapter C.23

Rottweil, Germany Christian Dannegger has served Whitestein Technologies from 2003 [email protected] to 2009 as Vice President of Logistics and Control Systems. Prior to that he served as CTO of living systems AG, which he co-founded in 1996. From 1988 to 1995 Christian developed ERP systems at Bäurer AG, where he headed the technical product development. Recognized as a visionary business-driven technologist. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Furtwangen Polytechnic Institute, Germany.

Steve Davis Chapter F.60

Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia Steve Davis graduated from Salford University with a degree in Robotic and Electronic Department of Advanced Robotics Engineering in 1998, and an MSc in Advanced Robotics in 2000. He then became Genova, Italy a research fellow gaining his PhD in 2005 before moving to the Italian Institute of [email protected] Technology in 2008. His research interests include actuators, biomimetics, dexterous grippers, humanoids and automation for the food industry.

Xavier Delorme Chapter D.35

Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines Xavier Delorme received the PhD degree in Computer Science from the University de Saint-Etienne of Valenciennes, France, in 2003. He has also worked at the French National Institute Centre Genie Industriel for Transport and Safety Research. He is currently an Associate Professor at the École et Informatique (G2I) Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne. His research interests concern the Saint-Etienne, France [email protected] optimization of production and transport systems.

Alexandre Dolgui Chapter D.35

Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines Alexandre Dolgui received his PhD degree from the Academy of Sciences de Saint-Etienne of Belarus (USSR) and Dr. hab. degree from the University of Technology Department of Industrial Engineering of Compiègne, France. His research focuses on manufacturing line design, and Computer Science production planning, and supply-chain optimization. He is the author of Saint-Etienne, France [email protected] five books, 117 journal articles and 250 conference papers. About the Authors 1713

Alkan Donmez Chapter A.7

National Institute of Standards Alkan Donmez is the Group Leader of the Machine Tool Metrology and Technology Group as well as the Program Manager of the Science-Based Manufac- Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory turing program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD, USA (NIST). He received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from [email protected] the Middle East Technical University in Turkey and his MS and PhD degrees from Purdue University. Authors

Francis J. Doyle III Chapter H.75

University of California Dr. Francis J. Doyle III holds the Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Chair in Process Department of Chemical Engineering Control in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of California, Santa Santa Barbara, CA, USA Barbara. He received his BSE from Princeton (1985), C.P.G.S. from Cambridge [email protected] (1986), and PhD from Caltech (1991), all in Chemical Engineering. His research interests are in systems biology, network science, modeling and analysis of circadian rhythms, drug delivery for diabetes, model-based control, and control of particulate processes.

Yael Edan Chapter G.63

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Yael Edan is a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management. Department of Industrial Engineering She holds a BSc in Computer Engineering and MSc in Agricultural Engineering, both and Management from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and a PhD in Engineering from Beer Sheva, Israel Purdue University. Her research is robotic and sensor performance analysis, systems [email protected] engineering of robotic systems; sensor fusion, multi-robot and telerobotics control methodologies, and human–robot collaboration methods with major contributions in intelligent automation systems in agriculture.

Thomas F. Edgar Chapter D.31

University of Texas Thomas F. Edgar is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University Department of Chemical Engineering of Texas at Austin and holds the George T. and Gladys Abell Chair in Austin, TX, USA Engineering. Dr. Edgar received his BS in chemical engineering from the [email protected] University of Kansas and a PhD from Princeton University. His research is in process modeling, control, and optimization.

Norbert Elkmann Chapter G.70

Fraunhofer IFF Dr. techn. Norbert Elkmann graduated in Mechanical Engineering Department of Robotic Systems in 1993 (Bochum, Germany) and received his doctoral degree in 1999 Magdeburg, Germany (Vienna, Austria). From 1993 to 1997 he worked as Research Manager at [email protected] the Fraunhofer IFF in Magdeburg. Since 1998 he has been the Manager of the institute’s Business Unit Robotic Systems. His current research interests are mobile robots, inspection robots and safe human–robot interaction.

Heinz-Hermann Erbe (Δ) Chapter E.41

Technische Universität Berlin Heinz-Hermann Erbe (1937–2008) studied Aircraft Construction at Hamburg Uni- Center for Human–Machine Systems versity of Applied Sciences, was Engineer at Focke Wulf GmbH (later Vereinigte Berlin, Germany Flugtechnische Werke), and studied Engineering Mechanics at TU Berlin. He received his PhD in Engineering Mechanics, was Head of Research Group at the German Federal Institute on Material Research, Berlin (1980–1986), Professor at Bremen Uni- versity, and from 1986–2002 and member of the Research Center for Human–Machine Systems at TU Berlin. Professor Erbe was active for many years as leader and member of IFAC. He retired in 2002 but remained active. A favorite subject of his interest was cost-effective energy generation by windmills in remote regions. 1714 About the Authors

Mohamed Essafi Chapter D.35

Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne Mohamed Essafi received his Engineer Degree in Industrial Engineering from the Department Centre for Industrial Ecole Nationale d’Ingnieurs de Tunis, Tunisia, and his MSc from the University Paul Engineering and Computer Science Verlaine of Metz, France. He is a PhD student at the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France France. His research focuses on reconfigurable manufacturing-line design. essafi@emse.fr Authors

Florin-Gheorghe Filip Chapter D.36

The Romanian Academy Florin-Gheorghe Filip received his MSc and PhD in control engineering Bucharest, Romania from the T.U. “Politehnica” of Bucharest in 1970 and 1982, respectively. ffi[email protected] He has been with the Institute for Informatics, Bucharest since 1970. In 1991 he was elected as a member of the Romanian Academy whose vice-president he has been since 2000. His main scientific interests are hierarchical control and decision support systems. He (co)authored some 200 papers and six monographs.

Markus Fritzsche Chapter G.70

Fraunhofer IFF In 2003 Markus Fritzsche graduated as Electrical Engineer from the Department of Robotic Systems University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig, Germany and the MEng Magdeburg, Germany degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University in Halle in 2005. [email protected] He is currently a research associate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (IFF). His research activities enclose mobile robotic systems and human–robot interaction.

Susumu Fujii Chapter F.48

Sophia University Professor Fujii received Master of Engineering from Kyoto University and a PhD from Graduate School of Science University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1967 and 1971, respectively. He is a Professor and Technology Emeritus of Kobe University and since 2006 Professor at Sophia University. His Tokyo, Japan research interests include automation of manufacturing systems and system simulation, [email protected] production management and control. He has been Honorary member of The Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers, and Fellows of JSME, and the Society of Precision Engineering and Operations Research Society of Japan.

Christopher Ganz Chapter A.8

ABB Corporate Research Christopher Ganz is Program Manager for the global control and optimization program Baden, Switzerland at ABB corporate research. Before he held various R&D and product management [email protected] positions in ABB’s power generation business unit. He holds a doctor degree and a diploma in Electrical Engineering from ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Mitsuo Gen Chapter C.29

Waseda University Mitsuo Gen received BE and ME in Engineering from Kogakuin Uni- Graduate School of Information, versity in 1969, 1971 and 1975, respectively and the PhD degree in Production and Systems Informatics from Kyoto University in 2006. His research interests are ge- Kitakyushu, Japan netic and evolutionary computation and applications to network design [email protected] and optimization for manufacturing scheduling and logistics systems. He published three books with Dr. R. Cheng and Dr. L. Lin. About the Authors 1715

Birgit Graf Chapter I.84

Fraunhofer IPA Birgit Graf received her degree in Computer Science in 1999 and Department of Robot Systems completed her PhD in mobile robot navigation in 2008, both at Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany University, Germany. Since 1999 she is working at Fraunhofer IPA [email protected] where she is Manager of the Domestic and Personal Robots Group since 2008. Main target of her group is the development of new service robot applications and technologies. Authors

John O. Gray Chapter F.60

Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia John O. Gray is a visiting Professor at the Control Systems Centre, University of Department of Advanced Robotics Manchester, and the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Genova, Italy University of Sheffield. His research interests include robotics, nonlinear control [email protected] systems, precision electromagnetic instrumentation, and robotic systems for the food industry. Gray received a PhD from the University of Manchester in Control Engineering.

Rudiyanto Gunawan Chapter H.75

National University of Singapore Rudiyanto Gunawan received the PhD degree from University of Illinois Urbana Department of Chemical Champaign in 2003. He joined University of California Santa Barbara in 2003 and Biomolecular Engineering as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Since 2006, he has been an Assistant Professor in the Singapore Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of [email protected] Singapore. His research interests are in the model identification and analysis of biological systems.

Juergen Hahn Chapter D.31

Texas A&M University Juergen Hahn received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin Artie McFerrin Dept. of Chemical in 2002 and joined the Chemical Engineering Department at Texas A&M Engineering University in 2003 as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Hahn’s research deals College Station, TX, USA with process systems engineering with special emphasis on systems [email protected] biology.

Kenwood H. Hall Chapter C.28

Rockwell Automation Kenwood H. Hall is a Cleveland Native and a graduate of Cleveland State Department of Advanced Technology University’s Fenn College of Engineering. He has led the development Mayfield Heights, OH, USA of many of Rockwell Automations large controller systems including [email protected] the new LOGIX family of integrated controllers, is one of the founding members of the Ohio ICE consortium and a member of the board for the new third frontier Wright center for Sensor Systems Engineering. He has issued 14 Patents with 50 pending applications.

Shufeng Han Chapter G.63

John Deere Shufeng Han received his PhD in Agricultural Engineering from University of Illinois Intelligent Vehicle Systems at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. He is currently an Engineering Scientist at John Deere Urbandale, IA, USA Intelligent Vehicle Systems. His research interests include field robotics, vehicle [email protected] automation, sensors and precision agriculture. He has received 10 patents. 1716 About the Authors

Nathan Hartman Chapter D.37

Purdue University Nathan Hartman is Associate Professor of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue Computer Graphics Technology University. Research activities include applications of 3-D modelling, automated West Lafayette, IN, USA geometry creation, and 3-D data interoperability. He received the Doctor of Education [email protected] degree in Technology Education from North Carolina State University. Professor Hartman is a Co-Director of the Purdue Product Lifecycle Management Center of Authors Excellence.

Yukio Hasegawa Chapter A.1

Waseda University Yukio Hasegawa is Professor Emeritus of the System Science Institute System Science Institute at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. He has been enjoying construction Tokyo, Japan robotics research since 1983 as Director of Waseda Construction Robot [email protected] Research Project (WASCOR) which has impacted automation in con- struction and in other fields of automation. He received the prestigious first Engelberger Award in 1977 from the American Robot Association for his distinguished pioneering work in robotics and in Robot Ergonomics since the infancy of Japanese robotics. Among his numerous international contributions to robotics and automation, Professor Hasegawa assisted, as a visiting professor, to build the Robotics Institute at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnic Federal de Lausanne) in Switzerland.

Jackson He Chapter C.24

Intel Corporation Jackson is lead architect of the Intel Digital Enterprise Group. He Digital Enterprise Group received his PhD and MBA degrees from the University of Hawaii. He Hillsboro, OR, USA represented Intel at OASIS, RosettaNet, and DMTF driving industry [email protected] standard definitions. He published more than 20 papers on advanced enterprise solutions, service orientation, and platform manageability. Recently he co-authored a book on virtualized service-oriented grids.

Jeno˝ Hetthéssy Chapter B.10

Budapest University of Technology Jeno˝ Hetthéssy received his PhD degree in 1975 from the Technical University of and Economics Budapest, Faculty of Electrical Engineering. He received his CSc degree in 1978 Department of Automation and Applied from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences with a thesis on the theory and industrial Informatics application of self-tuning controllers. He spent several years as a visiting professor at Budapest, Hungary [email protected] the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Minnesota, USA and has published more than 70 papers.

Karyn Holmes Chapter I.90

Chevron Corp. Karyn Holmes received a computer science degree and an MBA, both from Louisiana Covington, LA, USA State University (LSU). While at LSU, her research interests included enterprise [email protected] systems, with a focus on enterprise resource planning systems and their use in education. She currently works in Information Management at Chevron Corporation.

Clyde W. Holsapple Chapter I.89

University of Kentucky Clyde W. Holsapple, Rosenthal Endowed Chair at the University of School of Management, Gatton College Kentucky. His books include Foundations of Decision Support Systems, of Business and Economics Decision Support Systems Ð A Knowledge-based Approach, Handbook on Lexington, KY, USA Decision Support Systems, and Handbook on Knowledge Management. [email protected] His research focuses on multiparticipant systems, decision support systems, and knowledge management. About the Authors 1717

Petr Horacek Chapter G.65

Czech Technical University in Prague Petr Horacek received the MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering from Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic (CTU) in Prague, Czech Republic 1976 and 1985, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor [email protected] of Control Engineering at CTU. His research and industrial project activities include process modelling, simulation and optimization, process control and control applications in power systems. Authors

William J. Horrey Chapter D.39

Liberty Mutual Research Institute William Horrey received his PhD in Psychology from the University of Illinois at for Safety Urbana-Champaign in 2005. He is currently a research scientist in the Center for Center for Behavioral Sciences Behavioral Sciences at the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety in Hopkinton, Hopkinton, MA, USA MA. His research interests include divided and selective attention, transportation [email protected] human factors and automation.

Justus Hortig Chapter G.70

Fraunhofer IFF Justus Hortig graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Department of Robotic Systems Darmstadt in 1999 and has been working in the Business Unit Robotic Systems at Magdeburg, Germany Fraunhofer IFF in Magdeburg since then. His focus lies on the use of service robots [email protected] for façade cleaning.

Chin-Yin Huang Chapter H.80

Tunghai University Chin-Yin Huang received the PhD degree from Purdue University in 1999. Industrial Engineering and Enterprise He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering Information and Enterprise Information at Tunghai University, Taiwan. He also serves Taichung, Taiwan as the Director for Program for Health Administration. His research [email protected] interests include applications of data mining techniques, biomedical informatics, and distributed intelligent manufacturing systems.

Yoshiharu Inaba Chapter C.21

Fanuc Ltd. Yoshiharu Inaba graduated from Mechanical Engineering Department Yamanashi, Japan of Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1973 and joined Fanuc Ltd. in 1983. [email protected] He assumed the position of director in 1989 and the position of President and CEO in 2003. He received his doctoral degree in engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1999 and is the recipient of the 22nd Award of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering (2000) and the Nicolau Award of CIRP (2007).

Samir M. Iqbal Chapter H.81

University of Texas at Arlington Samir M. Iqbal is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington in the Department of Electrical Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering. He is also affiliated with the Nanotechnology Arlington, TX, USA Research and Teaching Facility and Department of Bioengineering. He directs the [email protected] Nano-Bio Lab with focus on chip-based early diagnosis modalities, bio-inspired rapid nano-fabrication and functionalized microfluidics. He is a senior member of IEEE. 1718 About the Authors

Rolf Isermann Chapter C.19

Technische Universität Darmstadt Rolf Isermann served as Professor for Control Systems and Process Automation at the Institut für Automatisierungstechnik, Institute of Automatic Control of Darmstadt University of Technology from 1977– Forschungsgruppe Regelungstechnik 2006. Since 2006 he has been Professor Emeritus and head of the Research Group for und Prozessautomatisierung Control Systems and Process Automation at the same institution. He has published Darmstadt, Germany several books and his current research concentrates on fault-tolerant systems, control

Authors [email protected] of combustion engines and automobiles and mechatronic systems. Rolf Isermann has held several chair positions in VDI/VDE and IFAC and organized several national and international conferences.

Kazuyoshi Ishii Chapter I.85

Kanazawa Institute of Technology Kazuyoshi Ishii received his PhD in Industrial Engineering from Waseda Social and Industrial Management University. Dr. Ishii is a board member of the IFPR, APIEMS and the Systems Japan Society of QC, and a fellow of the ISPIM. His interests include Hakusan City, Japan production management, product innovation management, and business [email protected] models based on a comparative advantage.

Alberto Isidori Chapter B.9

University of Rome “La Sapienza” Alberto Isidori is Professor of Automatic Control at the University Department of Informatics and Sytematics of Rome since1975 and, since 1989, also affiliated with Washington Rome, Italy University in St. Louis. His research interests are primarily in analysis [email protected] and design of nonlinear control systems. He is the author of the book Nonlinear Control Systems and is the recipient of various prestigious awards, which include the “Georgio Quazza Medal” from IFAC, the “Bode Lecture Award” from IEEE. He is Fellow of IEEE and of IFAC. Currently he is President of IFAC.

Nick A. Ivanescu Chapter G.64

University Politechnica of Bucharest Nick Andrei Ivanescu graduated as an Automation Engineer and received his PhD Control and Computers degree in Automated Systems from the University Politehnica of Bucharest in 2000. Bucharest, Romania His research activities include process control, industrial automation, microcontrollers [email protected] and robotics. Since 2001 he has been lecturer in the Control and Computers faculty of the University Politehnica of Bucharest.

Sirkka-Liisa Jämsä-Jounela Chapter F.57

Helsinki University of Technology Dr. Sirkka-Liisa Jämsä-Jounela is Professor of Process Control at Helsinki University Department of Biotechnology of Technology. Before joining the university she gained practical experience in and Chemical Technology working for a number of companies in the Finnish process industry. Her research Espoo, Finland activities include process modelling, simulation, monitoring and fault diagnosis as Sirkka-l@tkk.fi well as production control in mineral and metal processing. Prof. Jämsä-Jounela has served IFAC as Vice President among others. She is currently the Chair of the Nordic Process Control Group and a member of the Finnish Academy of Technologies.

Bijay K. Jayaswal Chapter E.45

Agilenty Consulting Group Bijay K. Jayaswal is the CEO of Agilenty Consulting Group, LLC. Minneapolis, MN, USA He has held senior executive positions for the last 25 years. He has [email protected] taught engineering and management at the University of Mauritius and at California State University, Chico and has directed MBA and Advanced Management programs. He has helped introduce corporate-wide initiatives in re-engineering, Six Sigma, and Design for Six Sigma. He is a recipient of the ASQ Crosby Medal for 2007 for his book (together with Peter C. Patton) Design for Trustworthy Software. About the Authors 1719

Wootae Jeong Chapter C.20

Korea Railroad Research Institute Wootae Jeong earned a PhD from Purdue University in 2006 and joined Uiwang, Korea the PRISM Center since 2003. He is currently a senior researcher [email protected] at Korea Railroad Research Institute and adjunct Professor at the University of Science and Technology. His research interests are in measurement and control of automation and production systems. Authors

Timothy L. Johnson Chapter E.42

General Electric Dr. Johnson served on the MIT Electrical Engineering Faculty from 1972–1980, as Global Research a Senior Scientist at BBN, Inc., from 1980–1984, and as a Manager and technical Niskayuna, NY, USA contributor at GE Research from 1984–2008, when he retired. His research interests [email protected] include automation, diagnostics and service processes, and discrete event systems. He is an AACC Eckman Award recipient and an IEEE Fellow.

Hemant Joshi Chapter E.47

Research, Acxiom Corp. Hemant Joshi graduated with PhD in May 2007 from the University of Arkansas at Conway, AR, USA Little Rock, USA. He has published 8 papers and 2 technical reports. He currently [email protected] works as Researcher at Acxiom Research Labs. His research interests are information extraction, machine learning, data mining and automated data acquisition.

Michael Kaplan Chapter G.72

Ex Libris Ltd. Michael Kaplan received his PhD from Harvard University (1977). After Newton, MA, USA 20 years at Harvard University and 2 years as Associate Dean at Indiana [email protected] University Libraries, he has since 2000 been with Ex Libris, Ltd. He is the editor of 2 books on library automation. In 1998 he received the LITA/ Library Hi-Tech Award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Science.

Dimitris Kiritsis Chapter E.43

Department STI-IGM-LICP Dr. Dimitris Kiritsis earned his Diploma (1980) and PhD (1987) in Lausanne, Switzerland Mechanical Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece. Since dimitris.kiritsis@epfl.ch 1989 he is with the Computer-Aided Design and Production Laboratory (LICP) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). His research is in the domain of modeling methods and techniques for integrated product-process-resource planning, product lifecycle information modeling and transformation to knowledge. Dr.Kiritsis is the initiator and scientific coordinator of the FP6-IP- 507100 PROMISE.

Hoo Sang Ko Chapter J.94

Purdue University Hoo Sang Ko received his BS in 1999 and MS in 2003 in Mechanical Engineering PRISM Center and School of Industrial at Seoul National University, South Korea. After graduation he worked for Samsung Engineering Electronics. His research interest is in computer-supported collaboration and protocol West Lafayette, IN, USA design. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the School of Industrial Engineering [email protected] and a Senior Researcher in PRISM Center at Purdue University. 1720 About the Authors

Naoshi Kondo Chapter G.63

Kyoto University Naoshi Kondo received the MS degree and Dr. Agr. from Kyoto University in 1984 and Division of Environmental Science 1988, respectively. He joined the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Okayama and Technology, Graduate School University as an Assistant Professor in 1985 and became an Associate Professor in of Agriculture 1993. He worked for Ishii Co., Ltd. as a manager in 2000 and entered Ehime University Kyoto, Japan as a Professor in 2006. Since 2007 he has been a Professor at the Graduate School of

Authors [email protected] Agriculture, Kyoto University. His research interests are automation, instrumentation and information in agriculture.

Peter Kopacek Chapter G.74

Vienna University of Technology With a cum-laude Doctors degree from Vienna University of Technology, Intelligent Handling and Robotics – Professor Kopacek is Head of the Institute for Handling Devices and IHRT Robotics and President of the Austrian Society for Systems Engineering Vienna, Austria and Automation. He has Doctor hc degrees from several Universities and [email protected] is Corresponding member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences, Member of the German Academy of Technical Sciences, a Senior member of IEEE, and the Recipient of the Engelberger Robotics Award.

Nicholas Kottenstette Chapter B.13

Vanderbilt University Nicholas Kottenstette, a Research Scientist, holds a MS from the Institute for Software Integrated Systems Mechanical Engineering Department at MIT and a PhD in Electrical Nashville, TN, USA Engineering from The University of Notre Dame. He holds 11 US [email protected] patents related to the design and control of (networked) embedded systems. His current research interests are in high-confidence embedded system design and the science of cyber physical systems.

Eric Kwei Chapter H.75

University of California, Santa Barbara Eric Kwei is a graduate student of Chemical Engineering at the University of Department of Chemical Engineering California, Santa Barbara. His interests are in mathematical modeling and systems Santa Barbara, CA, USA analysis of insulin signal transduction networks. [email protected]

Siu K. Kwok Chapter F.49

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University S.K. Kwok received the Bachelor of Engineering and a Doctorate in Manufacturing Industrial and Systems Engineering Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1991 and 1997, re- Kowloon, Hong Kong spectively. He is currently a Lecturer at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His [email protected] research interests include artificial intelligence, industrial and systems engineering, in- formation and communication technologies (ICT), logistics enabling technologies and mobile commerce.

King Wai Chiu Lai Chapter F.53

Michigan State University Dr. King Wai Chiu Lai received his PhD and MPhil degree in Automation Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer-Aided Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong East Lansing, MI, USA Kong in 2005 and 2002. Currently, he is the Manager of the Nano [email protected] Manufacturing Laboratory at Michigan State University. He is conducting various research projects, such as design, fabrication and application of nanooptical detectors and solar cells and development of automated micro/nanofluidic manipulation system. http://www.springer.com/978-3-540-78830-0 http://www.springer.com/978-3-540-78830-0