The purpose of this taskforce is to structure and coordinate the next steps with this edited volume, which was published in December 2023 as part of the Wiley/IEEE press series on Control Systems Theory and Applications. The aim of the book is to contribute to closing the gap between theory and practice in this important (but often hidden and therefore undervalued) area of technology.
IFAC Industry Committee
The IFAC Industry Committee (IndCom)
Starting from the 2017 World Congress in Toulouse (France), IFAC has established an Industry Committee (IndCom), reporting to the IFAC Council. The goals of the committee are to:
- Strengthen the engagement of industry and industry representatives in IFAC activities
- Enhance the value of IFAC to industry
- Help control research realize its full potential for industry impact
- Help research and education in academia be better informed by industry perspective
The committee currently numbers about 115 members, more than half of whom are affiliated with industry (most of the rest have had substantial industry experience over their careers). The Industry Committee welcomes additional members with significant industry experience. If you are interested please contact the IndCom chair, Kevin Brooks (Kevin.Brooks(at)apc-smart.com) or the chair of the IndCom Communications subcommittee, Bill Tubbs (bill.tubbs(at)me.com).
Executive Subcommittee
Kevin Brooks
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APC SMART/ Univ. of the Witwatersrand(ZA)
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kevin.brooks(at)wits.ac.za
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Tariq Samad
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Univ. of Minnesota (US)
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tsamad(at)umn.edu
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Moncef Chioua
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Polytechnique Montreal (CA)
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moncef.chioua(at)polymtl.ca
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Stefano Di Cairano
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Mitsubishi Electric (US)
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dicairano(at)ieee.org
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Philippe Goupil
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Airbus (FR)
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philippe.goupil(at)airbus.com
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Steve Kahne
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Retired (US)
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s.kahne(at)ieee.org
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Iven Mareels
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Federation University (AU)
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i.mareels (at) federation.edu.au | |
Alisa Rupenyan
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FHNW (CH)
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ralisa(at)ethz.ch
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Atanas Serbezov
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Rose-HulmanInst. of Tech. (US)
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serbezov(at)rose-hulman.edu
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Alex van Delft
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Consultant (NL)
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alex(at)vandelft.it
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Bill Tubbs
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Consultant (CA)
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bill.tubbs(at)me.com
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Member Roster
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Hans Aalto | Email Address: Hansaalto852 (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Take Control Oy Country: FI Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries (petroleum refining, petrochemicals, chemicals); natural gas transmission Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.4 |
Daniel Abramovitch | Email Address: danny001 (at) pacbell.net Affiliation: Agilent Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mechatronic storage (optical and magnetic disk drives); high-performance instrumentation; atomic force microscopes; mass spectrometers |
Sergey Abrashov | Email Address: sergey.abrashov (at) ansys.com Affiliation: Continental Engineering Services Country: FR Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive (Tier 1) |
Lounis Adouane | Email Address: lounis.adouane (at) hds.utc.fr Affiliation: Université de Technologie de Compiègne Country: FR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive (autonomous vehicles, hybrid-electric vehicles), defense (autonomous ground vehicles, cooperative air/land robots, swarm robots) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.5 |
David A. Anisi | Email Address: anisi (at) kth.se Affiliation: Norwegian Univ. of Life Sci. Country: Norge Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Robotics, Oil&Gas, Agriculture |
Finn Ankersen | Email Address: finn.ankersen (at) ieee.org Affiliation: ESA, Consultant Country: NL Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace; power generation and conversion Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.3 |
Aitor Arnaiz | Email Address: aitor.arnaiz (at) tekniker.es Affiliation: Tekniker Country: ES Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): process industries; manufacturing; renewable energy Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.1 |
Lidia Auret | Email Address: lidia.auret (at) stonethree.com Affiliation: Stone Three Country: South Africa Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing (sensors, control, monitoring, modelling) IFAC Role(s): TC 6.2 vice-chair (publications) |
Thomas Badgwell | Email Address: tom.badgwell (at) gmail.com Affiliation: University of Texas at Austin Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Oil and gas Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.1 |
Jayesh Barve | Email Address: barve.jayesh (at) gmail.com Affiliation: GE Country: IN Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power generation, oil & gas, appliances, transportation, water management, cement, discrete manufacturing |
Martin Bayliss | Email Address: mtbayliss72 (at) gmail.com Affiliation: MBDA UK Ltd Country: UK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace and defence |
Abdessattar Ben Amor | Email Address: mrdssrst (at) yahoo.fr Affiliation: Nat. Inst. of Appl. Sci. & Tech. Country: TU Type: Academia |
Abdelkrim Benchaib | Email Address: Abdelkrim.BENCHAIB (at) supergrid-institute.com Affiliation: SuperGrid Institute Country: FR Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power systems |
Neila Bhouri | Email Address: neila.bhouri (at) ifsttar.fr Affiliation: IFSTTAR Country: FR Type: Government Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.4 |
Rogier Blom | Email Address: blom (at) ge.com Affiliation: GE Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Renewables; power generation; aviation; oil & gas; transportation; additive manufacturing; robotics |
Nunzio Bonavita | Email Address: nunzio.bonavita (at) it.abb.com Affiliation: ABB Country: IT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Technology ventures |
Ali Borhan | Email Address: hborhan (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Cummins Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive (connected, electric, and fuel-cell vehicles; powertrains); freight operations |
Scott Bortoff | Email Address: bortoff (at) merl.com Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): HVAC; buildings (elevators); factory automation (robotics); HVAC; aerospace (engines, power distribution) |
Delphine Bresch-Pietri | Email Address: delphine.bresch-pietri (at) mines-paristech.fr Affiliation: Mines-Paristech Country: FR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.6 |
Kevin Brooks | Email Address: kevin.brooks (at) wits.ac.za Affiliation: APC Smart Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): oil refining; pulp and paper; mining, metals, minerals (MMM) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.2 IFAC Role(s): Chair of the Industry Committee |
John Burchell | Email Address: burchell.john (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Sibanye-Stillwater Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing; mining |
Leo Chiang | Email Address: hchiang (at) dow.com Affiliation: Dow Country: US Type: Industry |
Moncef Chioua | Email Address: moncef.chioua (at) polymtl.ca Affiliation: Polytechnique Montreal Country: CA Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Pulp and paper, oil and gas, chemicals, mining IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
Loutjie Coetzee | Email Address: loutjiec (at) mintek.co.za Affiliation: Mintek Country: ZA Type: Industry |
Francesco Corona | Email Address: francesco.corona (at) aalto.fi Affiliation: Aalto University Country: FI Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; environmental (water treatment) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.4 |
Robert David | Email Address: r.david (at) technord.com Affiliation: Technord Country: BE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Food and beverage; pharma; cement; water distribution |
Lane Desborough | Email Address: ldesboro (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Nudge BG Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Biomedical; process industries |
Stefano Di Cairano | Email Address: dicairano (at) ieee.org Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; aerospace; industrial automation Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.4 IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
Japie Engelbrecht | Email Address: jengelbr (at) sun.ac.za Affiliation: Stellenbosch University Country: ZA Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Aerospace, UAVs |
Lars Eriksson | Email Address: lars.eriksson (at) liu.se Affiliation: Linkoping University Country: SE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Transportation and vehicle systems IFAC Role(s): Chair CC7 |
Yongsoon Eun | Email Address: yeun (at) dgist.ac.kr Affiliation: Daegu Gyeongbuk Inst. of Sci. & Tech. Country: KR Type: Academia |
Lorenzo Fagiano | Email Address: lorenzo.fagiano (at) polimi.it Affiliation: Politecnico Milano Country: IT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power systems (generation and transmission); industrial, manufacturing, and grid automation |
Eduardo Gallestey Alvarez | Email Address: eduardo.gallestey (at) honeywell.com Affiliation: Honeywell Country: CH Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power generation; process industries; mining and minerals processing; upstream oil & gas |
Ankur Ganguli | Email Address: ankur.ganguli (at) gm.com Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
Mario Garcia-Sanz | Email Address: mario.garcia-sanz (at) hq.doe.gov Affiliation: Department of Energy Country: US Type: Government Industry Sector(s): Renewable energy |
Rafael Gonzalez Martin | Email Address: rgonzalezm (at) repsol.com Affiliation: Repsol Country: ES Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Oil refining |
Bhushan Gopaluni | Email Address: bhushan.gopaluni (at) ubc.ca Affiliation: Univ. of British Columbia Country: CA Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Forest products; oil & gas; chemicals; pharmaceuticals |
Philippe Goupil | Email Address: philippe.goupil (at) airbus.com Affiliation: Airbus Country: FR Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.3 IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
Benny Grosman | Email Address: cerdlbg (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Medtronic Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Medical technology |
Carlos Guardiola | Email Address: carguaga (at) mot.upv.es Affiliation: Univ. Polit. Valencia Country: ES Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.1 |
Oleg Gusekhin | Email Address: ogusikhi (at) ford.com Affiliation: Ford Motor Company Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Supply chain management, manufacturing, IoT, automotive, smart mobility Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.2 |
Christoforos Hadjicostis | Email Address: chadjic (at) ucy.ac.cy Affiliation: Univ. of Cyprus Country: CY Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Social networks Industry Vice-chair for TC: 1.3 |
Vahid Hassani | Email Address: vahid.hassani (at) oslomet.no Affiliation: OsloMet University Country: NO Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Marine vehicles and platforms Industry Vice-chair for TC: 7.2 |
Vladimir Havlena | Email Address: Vladimir.Havlena (at) cvut.cz Affiliation: Czech Technical University Country: CZ Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): advanced localization, sensor fusion (GPS, inertial, odometry, video, Lidar etc.), advanced driver assistance systems, and collision avoidance for trams |
Marcel Heertjes | Email Address: Marcel.Heertjes (at) asml.com Affiliation: ASML Country: NL Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Semiconductor processing; motion control |
Gernot Herbst | Email Address: gernot.herbst (at) fh-zwickau.de Affiliation: Zwickau Univ. of Applied Sci. Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power electronics |
Marija Ilic | Email Address: ilic (at) mit.edu Affiliation: Mitsubishi Electric Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power systems Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.2 |
Christoph Jansen | Email Address: chris.jansen (at) gmx.net Affiliation: Flensburg Univ. of Applied Sci. Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Energy management; digital engineering and IT security Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.5 |
Qing-Shan Jia | Email Address: jiaqs (at) tsinghua.edu.cn Affiliation: Tsinghua University Country: CN Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Buildings; power systems IFAC Role(s): TC 9.3 |
Thomas Jones | Email Address: jones (at) s-plane.com Affiliation: S-PLANE Automation Country: ZA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace (specifically aero) IFAC Role(s): TC7.3 |
Ulrich Jumar | Email Address: ulrich.jumar (at) ifak.eu Affiliation: IFAK Country: DE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Electrical and electronics manufacturing; automation industry |
Esko Juuso | Email Address: esko.juuso (at) oulu.fi Affiliation: Univ. of Oulu Country: FI Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (forest, steel, mining); energy systems; biomedical; buildings; machines; water treatment |
Steve Kahne | Email Address: s.kahne (at) ieee.org Affiliation: [retired] Country: US Type: Other/retired Industry Sector(s): Aircraft systems IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm, IFAC Advisor |
Manabu Kano | Email Address: manabu (at) human.sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp Affiliation: Kyoto University Country: JP Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemical, pharmaceutical, steel, semiconductor); medical/healthcare IFAC Role(s): WC2023 Ind Cochair |
Jay Katupitiya | Email Address: j.katupitiya (at) unsw.edu.au Affiliation: Univ. of New South Wales Country: AU Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Agriculture; mining; road construction Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.1 |
Dejan Kihas | Email Address: kihas (at) ieee.org Affiliation: 1) Engineering Consulting 2) BCIT - Instructor / Faculty / Electrical Engineering and Technology Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; process industries; agriculture; heavy machinery; |
Hiroshi Kitada | Email Address: kitada.bx8.hiroshi (at) jp.nipponsteel.com Affiliation: Nippon Steel Country: JP Type: Industry |
Heikki Koivo | Email Address: Heikki.Koivo (at) aalto.fi Affiliation: Aalto University Country: FI Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (pulp and paper, mining, mineral processing); renewable energy; mechatronics |
Arthur Kordon | Email Address: arthur (at) kordon-consulting.com Affiliation: Kordon Consulting LLC Country: BU Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
Zdzisław Kowalczuk | Email Address: kova (at) pg.gda.pl Affiliation: Gdansk Univ. of Technology Country: PL Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; automotive; aircraft; maritime industries IFAC Role(s): TC7.5 Chair |
Michael Lees | Email Address: Michael.Lees (at) cub.com.au Affiliation: Carlton & United Breweries Country: AU Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries (food and beverage) |
Lihua Li | Email Address: lihua.li (at) gm.com Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; powertrains |
Ruixing Long | Email Address: ruixing.long (at) gm.com Affiliation: General Motors Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
Robert Mahoney | Email Address: robert.mahony (at) anu.edu.au Affiliation: Australian National University Country: AU Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): UAVs Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.3 |
Chris Manzie | Email Address: manziec (at) unimelb.edu.au Affiliation: Univ. of Melbourne Country: AU Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive; aerospace; mechatronics; transportation; energy systems |
Andres Marcos | Email Address: andres.marcos (at) tasc-group.com Affiliation: Tech. for Aerospace Control Country: UK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Aerospace |
Iven Mareels | Email Address: i.mareels (at) federation.edu.au Affiliation: Federation University Australia Country: AU Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Healthcare; financial services; energy; buildings; process industries IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
Silvia Mastellone | Email Address: silvia.mastellone (at) fhnw.ch Affiliation: FHNW Country: CH Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Power and energy |
Jérôme Mendes | Email Address: jerome.mendes (at) uc.pt Affiliation: Universidade de Coimbra Country: PT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industry, Manufacturing |
Jonathan Meyer | Email Address: jon (at) anvilsparksmodelling.com Affiliation: Anvil Sparks Modelling Ltd Country: UK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Pharma; mining IFAC Role(s): IFAC Industry Committee Member |
Ge Ming | Email Address: ming.ge (at) ktcontrol.com Affiliation: KT Control Country: CN Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
Marysia Nowacka | Email Address: mariasnowacka (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Alfa Laval Country: DK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Marine energy; powertrains; alternative energy sources; energy storage |
Eduardo Nunez | Email Address: eduarturo (at) rocketmail.com Affiliation: Molycop Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing, mining, process control |
Peter Odgaard | Email Address: odgaard (at) ieee.org Affiliation: Goldwind Energy Country: DK Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Wind energy; fossil-fired power plants; power grid; consumer electronics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.4, 6.3 |
Bhagyesh Patil | Email Address: patilbhagyesh (at) johndeere.com Affiliation: John Deere Country: IN Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Autonomous Off-highway Vehicle Planning & Control, Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research |
Jaroslav Pekar | Email Address: jaroslav.pekar (at) garrettmotion.com Affiliation: Garrett Motion Country: CZ Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
Carlos Pereira | Email Address: cpereira (at) ece.ufrgs.br Affiliation: UFRGS Country: BR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; buildings IFAC Role(s): TB VC |
Stefano Pickl | Email Address: stefan.pickl (at) unibw.de Affiliation: Univ. Bundeswehr Munchen Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.3 |
Gilberto Pin | Email Address: pingilbert (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Electrolux Country: IT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Electrical & Electronic Home appliances |
Paul Puleston | Email Address: puleston (at) ing.unlp.edu.ar Affiliation: Univ. Nacional de La Plata Country: AR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Renewable energy; fuel cells; hybrid energy systems |
O. Lucia Quintero Montoya | Email Address: oquinte1 (at) eafit.edu.co Affiliation: Univ. EAFIT Country: CO Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Oil & gas |
Mirco Rampazzo | Email Address: mirco.rampazzo (at) unipd.it Affiliation: Univ. Padova Country: IT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Buildings; HVAC; Refrigeration; Appliances |
Russ Rhinehart | Email Address: rrr (at) okstate.edu Affiliation: Oklahoma State University Country: US Type: Other/retired Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemicals and refining) |
Daniel Rivera | Email Address: daniel.rivera (at) asu.edu Affiliation: Arizona State University Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries; behavioral medicine; semiconductor manufacturing |
Alisa Rupenyan | Email Address: alisa.rupenyan (at) zhaw.ch Affiliation: ETH Zurich Country: CH Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; robotics; technology transfer IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
Tariq Samad | Email Address: tsamad (at) umn.edu Affiliation: Univ. of Minnesota Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries, homes and buildings, aerospace, automotive, manufacturing IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
Bran Selic | Email Address: selic (at) acm.org Affiliation: Malina Software Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive; subsea oil & gas; telecommunications; embedded software |
Atanas Serbezov | Email Address: serbezov (at) rose-hulman.edu Affiliation: Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Country: US Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (chemicals and pharmaceuticals) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.4 IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
Hannes Seyrkammer | Email Address: hannes.seyrkammer (at) voestalpine.com Affiliation: voestalpine Stahl Country: AT Type: Industry |
Pedro Sousa | Email Address: pedro.sousa (at) oncontrol-tech.com Affiliation: Oncontrol Technologies Country: PT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industry; mining and cement; micro-algae production; energy |
Greg Stewart | Email Address: greg.stewart555 (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Geco Engineering Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Agriculture; automotive; process industries; papermaking; manufacturing; public health |
Gian Antonio Susto | Email Address: gianantonio.susto (at) gmail.com Affiliation: Univ. Padova Country: IT Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Semiconductor manufacturing; home appliances; oil & gas Industry Vice-chair for TC: 3.2 |
Trygve Thomessen | Email Address: trygve.thomessen (at) ppm.no Affiliation: PPM Robotics Country: NO Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; robotics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 4.3 |
Thanh-Binh To | Email Address: thanh-binh.to (at) volkswagen.de Affiliation: Volkswagen Country: DE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Automotive |
Bill Tubbs | Email Address: bill.tubbs (at) me.com Affiliation: B. Tubbs & Associates Consulting Country: CA Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industry, operational excellence IFAC Role(s): Exec comm |
Nikolai Vatanski | Email Address: nikolai.vatanski (at) mogroup.com Affiliation: Metso Outotec Country: FI Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Mineral processing; mining |
Tomas Vyhlidal | Email Address: Tomas.Vyhlidal (at) fs.cvut.cz Affiliation: Czech Tech University Country: CZ Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Steel industry Industry Vice-chair for TC: 2.2 |
Zhe Wan | Email Address: 12990534 (at) qq.com Affiliation: China National Gold Group Country: CN Type: Government Industry Sector(s): Finance and economics Industry Vice-chair for TC: 9.1 |
Yalin Wang | Email Address: ylwang (at) csu.edu.cn Affiliation: Central South University Country: CN Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Process industries (minerals, metals, oil refining) |
Georg Weichhart | Email Address: georg.weichhart (at) primetals.com Affiliation: Primetals Technologies Country: AT Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Metals and Steel Industry; Automation; Digital Transformation; Industry Vice-chair for TC: 5.3 IFAC Role(s): TC 5.3 vice-chair; Conference Board Member; |
Tobias Weissbach | Email Address: t.weissbach (at) transnetbw.de Affiliation: TransnetBW Country: DE Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Power systems Industry Vice-chair for TC: 6.3 |
Michael Weyrich | Email Address: michael.weyrich (at) ias.uni-stuttgart.de Affiliation: Univ. of Stuttgart Country: DE Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Automotive; manufacturing Industry Vice-chair for TC: 3.1 |
Dennis Williams | Email Address: Dennis.Williams (at) lyondellbasell.com Affiliation: LyondellBasell Country: US Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industries |
Takashi Yamaguchi | Email Address: takashi.yt.yamaguchi (at) nts.ricoh.co.jp Affiliation: Ricoh Country: JP Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Hard disk drives, printers, medical devices. Industry Vice-chair for TC: 4.2 IFAC Role(s): WC2023 Ind Cochair |
Insoon Yang | Email Address: insoonyang (at) snu.ac.kr Affiliation: Seoul National University Country: KR Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): 0 Industry Vice-chair for TC: 1.4 |
Inseok Yang | Email Address: jewill (at) hanmail.net Affiliation: Korea Aerospace Industries Country: KR Type: Industry |
Xiaofeng Yuan | Email Address: yuanxf (at) csu.edu.cn Affiliation: Central South University Country: CN Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Manufacturing; petrochemicals; iron and steel IFAC Role(s): IFAC TC 1.1 Member |
Kaiqiang Zhang | Email Address: kaiqiang.zhang (at) ukaea.uk Affiliation: UK Atomic Energy Authority Country: UK Type: Government Industry Sector(s): Nuclear engineering (fusion energy, decommissioning); robotics (inspection, surveys, maintenance); mechatronics |
Alf isaakson | Email Address: alf.isaksson (at) se.abb.com Affiliation: ABB Country: SE Type: Industry |
Alex van Delft | Email Address: alex (at) vandelft.it Affiliation: Consultant Country: NL Type: Industry Industry Sector(s): Process industry (chemicals) IFAC Role(s): Exec Comm |
Ronald van Nooyen | Email Address: R.R.P.vanNooyen (at) tudelft.nl Affiliation: TU Delft Country: NL Type: Academia Industry Sector(s): Water management (irrigation, drainage, reservoir management, urban drainage, ground water management) Industry Vice-chair for TC: 8.3 |
Task Forces
This task force is exploring how control principles offers insights for decision makers in organizations. Among other objectives, we hope to develop materials that could be used to broaden the horizons of control engineers and scientists as well as for professional training.
This task force will develop a curated repository of free online resources for control practitioners who want to refresh on fundamentals, prepare for licensure examinations, or learn new skills.
Benchmarks are a set of standards or references against which things may be compared. Many benchmarks have been developed by the controls community for various industrial control problems. This allows practical engineering problems to be resolved collectively and thus enables advanced control in industrial practices.
This task force is responsible for managing the Industry Committee communications and performance metrics
The aim of this task force is to encourage entrepreneurial activities in the control community, to foster exchange between experienced and budding entrepreneurs, and to bring together like-minded people.
Images used in task force pages.
Achievements and Publications
IndCom achievements from its inception
Publications arising out of the work of IndCom
Archived Materials
Surveys undertaken by the Industry Committee
Collect data on industry participation in IFAC and any other related data (e.g., from other organizations such as IEEE CSS). Analyze data, summarize findings, and develop hypotheses. Analysis by industry sector, geography, and other factors would be useful. [Chair: Serge Boverie]
There seems to be considerable variation in industry engagement in difference countries/regions and different sectors. This workstream will collect information on industry-engagement models (e.g., government co-funding programs, industry consortia) and attempt to identify best practices that other regions/sectors can learn from. [Chair: Kazuya Asano]
Gather industry viewpoints on what issues they see with leveraging IFAC activities and academic research. These will probably also be specific to sectors, and perhaps to geographies as well. [Chair: Alex van Delft]
Scope: Recommend changes to conferences, journals, and committees that are likely to increase industry participation and make IFAC more relevant to industry. Other mechanisms could also be looked at (e.g., start a webinar series?). The recommendations should be informed by outputs from the above workstreams. Workstream Chair: Roger Goodall
IFAC Constitution amendment for the Industry Committee (Tariq Samad, chair) – Formalize the notion of a permanent IFAC Industry Committee. Define a suitable structure and scope. Governance and leadership should also be defined. Propose changes to the constitution to this end. [Chair: Tariq Samad]
The preparation of a best practices for TCs and technical events to attract industry participation
An ongoing activity focused externally targeting industry-sector organizations related to control and to non-IFAC events and publications.
Taskforce on Industry-Academic Collaboration
A task force aimed at the establishment of a virtual seminar program
The task force is dedicated to preparing an edited volume that addresses the question of the impact of control in industrial innovation.
Reference Materials
First edition of the Impact of Control Technology report, published by IEEE Control Systems Society. Includes 23 two-page flyers on "Success Stories" as well as discussions on the application of advanced control to application areas: aerospace, process industries, automotive, robotics, biological systems, and renewable energy and smart grids. Research challenges are also featured.
Second edition of the IoCT report. Consists of 30 industrial success stories and >30 research challenges.
Three papers from the CPC IV conference (1991), giving industry views from Japan, Europe, and North America. Courtesy of Heikki Koivo.
Front matter from an edited volume published by Springer (2007). Editors are Ricardo S. Sánchez Peña, Joseba Quevedo Casín, and Vicenç Puig Cayuela. Includes preface, table of contents, and list of contributors. With thanks to Ricardo Sánchez Peña.
This document is a report from an EU/IEEE-CSS workshop organized under the auspices of the EU FP7 project "Advanced Fault Diagnosis for Sustainable Flight Guidance and Control" (ADDSAFE). The reader's attention is drawn to Section 2.3 in particular, where industrial and academic perspectives are contrasted. This report provided courtesy of and with thanks to Andres Marcos.
Report prepared by the IFAC Theory Committee in May 1990. Edited by Ted Davison, the committee chair. Thirteen problems are described across numerous application domains.