WORKSHOP “Advanced Techniques for Smart Control in Nuclear Fusion Machines” for SMC’19 October 6-9, 2019 – Bari, Italy Workshop organizers Arturo Buscarino, University of Catania, Italy, [email protected] Giuseppe Mazzitelli, ENEA, Frascati, Italy, [email protected] Andrea Murari, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UK, [email protected] Maurizio Lontano, CNR - Istituto di Fisica del Plasma "Piero Caldirola", Italy, [email protected] Gabriele Manduchi, CNR - IGI, Italy, [email protected] Wayne Arter, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UK, [email protected] Maria Gabriella Xibilia, University of Messina, Italy, [email protected] Golo Fuchert, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany, [email protected] Type of workshop Free discussion with organizers and participants in the room: round table with prominent scientists and industry representative with the involvement of participants. Contact information Arturo Buscarino University of Catania, Italy [email protected] Biography of the contact organizer Arturo Buscarino graduated in 2004 and received his Ph.D. in 2008, at the University of Catania, Italy. He has been research associate and Technical Assistant at the University of Catania. Currently, he is Researcher at the University of Catania. He is IEEE Senior Member. He gained the national scientific qualification as Associate Professor in 2017. In the framework of the First Executive Programme Of The Agreement Between Italy And Turkey On Scientific And Technical Cooperation 2006-2009, he has been visiting researcher at the Istanbul Technical University in 2009. He has been visiting researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015. He has been General chair of Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems NDES 2018, appointed by Micron Tech. Foundation of a sponsoring grant. He has been member of the Steering Committee of CompEng 2016, Program Chair for ECCTD2017. He has been organizer of a Workshop at MED 2012 and of several Special Sessions at IECON 2016 and ISCAS 2018. He has been invited speaker at the TU Berlin. He has been visiting professor at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi and at the University of Messina. He has been involved in several Research Projects: FIRB 2001, Cost Action B27 ENOC, Bilateral project VIGONI Italy-Germany (2009-2010), bilateral project Italy-Turkey 2006- 2009 and 2012-2014, EURATOM – ENEA – UNICT (2010-2014), EUROFUSION - ENEA – UNICT (2014-2018). He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos and member of the Editorial Board of the SpringerBriefs Series on Nonlinear Circuits. He published four books on nonlinear circuits and systems dynamic, and more than 100 papers on refereed international journals and international conference proceedings, H-index 20. His scientific interests include nonlinear circuits and systems, chaos and synchronization, memristors, complex networks, control systems, Cellular Nonlinear Networks, and plasma engineering. Abstract of the workshop The design of advanced control systems in smart factories implies a twofold procedure in which the identification of suitable mathematical models and the constant monitoring of real-time measurements by means of expert systems and human-machine systems are strictly linked. To this aim, advanced and innovative methodologies are necessary, especially when considering factories in which physical processes linked to extreme conditions are involved, such as nuclear fusion facilities. This workshop aims at gathering the leading people in the field of nuclear fusion both from italian and foreign universities and research council, and from international private companies and industries. Table discussions with prominent scientists and pariticipants will focus on the next challenges in nuclear fusion research, especially from the perspective of designing the nuclear fusion facility as a smart factory. On-field experience from the most relevant fusion plasma facilities, including the Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (FTU) and the Joint European Torus (JET), will be presented and the design of the next generations smart reactors, such as ITER, the recently financed new italian reactor DTT and the american project SPARC, will be reported by leading scientists and discussed with participants, unveiling the complexity of the facility involving a wide range of skills and expertise including nonlinear analysis, advanced modeling and control techniques, real-time signal processing, expert systems, cybernetics and human-machine interface. During the workshop demos of case studies of smart control application in emulated nuclear fusion processes will be shown by using on-site instrumentation. The focus will be also on the work opportunities that this always evolving field opens for a wide range of students and professionals. Expected number of participants 10 contributors plus an audience of 30 participants Previous tutorial or workshop The organizers proposed several special sessions on the topic of nuclear fusion in the most important IEEE conferences in area of electronics and automation, including IEEE IECON 2016, IEEE ECCTD 2017 and IEEE ISCAS 2018. Furthermore, a workshop/tutorial on "TOKAMAK Nuclear Fusion Reactors: A Control Perspective" has been organized by the same proposers during the IEEE MED 2012 Conference with 20 registered participants. Duration of the tutorial FOUR hours .