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About the Authors 1725
Shimon Y. Nof Chapters A.3, C.30, I.88
Purdue University
PRISM Center and School of Industrial
Engineering
West Lafayette, IN, USA
nof@purdue.edu
Shimon Y. Nof is Professor of Industrial Engineering at Purdue
University since 1977. He is Director of the NSF-industry supported
PRISM Center, President of IFPR and Fellow of the IIE. Nof is
the author/editor of ten books. His main research is concerned with
automated collaboration, systems security, integrity, and assurance;
integrated production and service operations with decentralized decision
support networks; and collaborative robotics, e-Work, and e-Service.
Anibal Ollero Chapter B.16
Universidad de Sevilla
Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas
yAutomática
Sevilla, Spain
aollero@cartuja.us.es
Anibal Ollero is full Professor at the University of Seville and Scientific Director of
the Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies (FADA-CATEC). He is the author
of more than 375 publications including 5 books, and led or participated in more than
90 projects, including 17 projects funded by the European Commission. He is the
recipient of 9 national and international awards.
John Oommen Chapter B.12
Carleton University
School of Computer Science
Ottawa, Canada
oommen@scs.carleton.ca
Dr. John Oommen is a Chancellor’s Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa,
Canada. He obtained his B. Tech. from IIT Madras, India (1975), his MS from IISc in
Bangalore, India (1977), and his PhD from Purdue University, West Lafayette (1982).
He is an IEEE and IAPR Fellow. He is also an Adjunct Professor with the University
of Agder in Grimstad, Norway.
Robert S. Parker Chapter H.76
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Chemical and Petroleum
Engineering
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
rparker@pitt.edu
Robert S. Parker is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Petroleum
Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Bob received his chemical
engineering degrees from the University of Rochester (BS 1994) and the
University of Delaware (PhD 1999). His research interests include the
development of mathematical models of disease (e.g., cancer, diabetes,
and inflammation) and the synthesis of model-based treatment design
algorithms.
Alessandro Pasetti Chapter C.22
P&P Software GmbH
Tägerwilen, Switzerland
pasetti@pnp-software.com
Alessandro Pasetti holds degrees in Electrical Engineering (University
of Trieste, 1986), Control Engineering (Imperial College, 1987), and
Sociology (University of Cambridge, 1997), and a doctorate in Software
Engineering (University of Konstanz, 2002). He worked as a Control
Engineer for the ESA, and currently works for P&P Software GmbH.
His research interests are in the field of software reuse technologies for
embedded systems. He is the author of the book Software Frameworks
and Embedded Control Systems.
Anatol Pashkevich Chapter F.59
Ecole des Mines de Nantes
Department of Automatic Control
and Production Systems
Nantes, France
anatol.pashkevich@emn.fr
Anatol Pashkevich received his degree in Electrical Engineering (1977) and PhD in
Control and Robotics (1982), both from Minsk Radio Engineering Institute, Belarus.
Since 1987 he served as head of the Robotic Laboratory at Belarusian State University
of Informatics and Radio Electronics. Currently he is head of the Department of
Automatic Control and Production Systems at Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France.
His research interests include robotics, manufacturing automation and computer-aided
design. He is a Member of the TC Manufacturing Plant Control of IFAC.
Authors
1726 About the Authors
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan Chapter E.44
University of Kansas
Department of Mathematics
Lawrence, KS, USA
bozenna@math.ku.edu
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan received her PhD and Habilitation degrees in Mathematics
from the Warsaw School of Economics in 1978 and 1986, respectively. She is
a Professor of Mathematics, and Courtesy Professor of EECS at the University of
Kansas. Her research interests are primarily in stochastic adaptive control and science,
engineering and mathematics education. Dr. Pasik-Duncan is an IEEE Fellow and
Distinguished Member of the IEEE CSS. She is the chair of the IEEE CSS, AACC and
IFAC and the chair of the IFAC Harold Chestnut Control Engineering Textbook Prize
Selection Committee.
Peter C. Patton Chapters B.18, E.45
Oklahoma Christian University
School of Engineering
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
peter.patton@oc.edu
Peter C. Patton has taught computer science, mathematics, aerospace
engineering, and ancient history, classical civilizations at the Universities
of Kansas, Minnesota, Stuttgart, and Pennsylvania. His last book, Design
for Trustworthy Software (together with Bijay Jayaswal) won the Crosby
Medal from the ASQ. He is currently teaching mechanical engineering,
Western Civilization, and Philosophy to engineering students at Oklahoma
Christian University.
Richard D. Patton Chapter B.18
Lawson Software
St. Paul, MN, USA
richard.patton@lawson.com
Richard D. Patton is Chief Technology Officer of Lawson Software and
has been involved with building business application software languages
and development methodologies for over 25 years. His current project
is building a new application development language based on the latest
research in the areas of pattern languages and complex adaptive systems
theory as well as Charles Sanders Peirce’s triadic semiotics.
Carlos E. Pereira Chapter F.56
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
(UFRGS)
Department Electrical Engineering
Porto Alegre RS, Brazil
cpereira@ece.ufrgs.br
Carlos Eduardo Pereira received the Dr.-Ing. degree from the University of Stuttgart,
Germany (1995), the MSc in Computer Science (1990) and the BS degrees in
Electrical Engineering (1987) both from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
(UFRGS)in Brazil. He is an Associate Electrical Engineering Professor at UFRGS and
Technical Director of the CETA Applied Research Center. His research focuses on
methodologies and tool support for the development of distributed real-time embedded
systems, with special emphasis on industrial automation applications. He is Chair of
the IFAC Technical Committee on Manufacturing Plant Control (TC 5.1).
Jean-François Pétin Chapter E.42
Centre de Recherche en Automatique
de Nancy (CRAN)
Vandoeuvre, France
jean-francois.petin@cran.uhp-nancy.fr
Jean-François Pétin is Assistant Professor at Nancy University as researcher at
CRAN and as a teacher at ESIAL. His research topic deals with formal automation
engineering. He is currently working on combining formal discrete events models with
system engineering approaches for improving safety and reconfigurability of control
systems. He is member of the IFAC Technical Committee 5.1. Manufacturing Plant
Control.
Chandler A. Phillips Chapter B.17
Wright State University
Department of Biomedical, Industrial
and Human Factors Engineering
Dayton, OH, USA
Chandler.Phillips@wright.edu
Dr. C.A. Phillips received his MD degree (1969) from the University of
Southern California and is currently the Brage Golding Distinguished
Professor of Research and Director of the Ergonomic Engineering
program. His research interests include neuromuscular and sensory
feedback systems for human operator control, biomimetic modeling of
pneumatic muscle actuators, and quantitative modeling of human operator
and machine interaction.
Authors
About the Authors 1727
Friedrich Pinnekamp Chapters D.32, D.33
ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.
Corporate Strategy
Zurich, Switzerland
friedrich.pinnekamp@ch.abb.com
Friedrich Pinnekamp (PhD in physics) is member of the Senior Man-
agement at ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. As assistant to all the chief
technology officers of ABB in the last 28 years, he helped to set up
the ABB global R&D organization, installing research centres and pro-
grams for all core competences required as well as being responsible for
ABB Review, the technology magazine of the group. Friedrich is Vice
President of the European Industrial Research Management Association
(EIRMA).
Daniel J. Power Chapter I.87
University of Northern Iowa
College of Business Administration
Cedar Falls, IA, USA
daniel.power@uni.edu
Daniel J. “Dan” Power is a Professor of Information Systems and Management at the
College of Business Administration at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls,
Iowa and the editor of DSSResources.com, a web-based knowledge repository about
computerized systems that support decision making. Also, Dan is the Decision Support
Expert at the Business Intelligence Network. In 1982, Professor Power received a PhD
in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Damien Poyard Chapter D.35
PCI/SCEMM
Saint-Etienne, France
damien.poyard@pci.fr
Damien Poyard graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from ECAM Lyon in 1989
and holds a DEA in Industrial Automatism from INSA Lyon University (1989).
He is working since 1990 in PCI/SCEMM, a subsidiary of PSA Group Automotive
Company, dedicated to the design and production of machining lines. PCI realises
transfer lines or flexible lines including high-speed machining centres (HSMC).
Srinivasan Ramaswamy Chapter E.47
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Department of Computer Science
Little Rock, AR, USA
srini@ieee.org
Dr. Ramaswamy’s research interests are on intelligent control, modeling,
analysis and simulation, stability and scalability of complex systems. His
work is motivated by the desire to understand the various requirements
to build scalable, intelligent software systems. He is a senior member of
IEEE and ACM, and a member of the Society for Computer Simulation
International, Computing Professionals for Social Responsibility.
Piercarlo Ravazzi Chapter A.6
Politecnico di Torino
Department Manufacturing Systems
and Economics
Torino, Italy
piercarlo.ravazzi@polito.it
Piercarlo Ravazzi received the Laurea degree in Economics from the
University of Rome in1974. He is currently Full Professorof Economics
at the Polytechnic University of Torino. His research interests include
production economics, macroeconomic theory and Italian economy,
managerial finance and economics of telecommunications. He has
authored several books on these topics.
Daniel W. Repperger Chapter B.17
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Air Force Research Laboratory
Dayton, OH, USA
Daniel.repperger@wpafb.af.mil
D.W. Repperger received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Purdue University. At the Air Force Research
Laboratory his research has been focused on human–machine systems, control theory
and biomedical engineering. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, AIMBE, AsMA, The Air
Force Research Laboratory, and the Ohio Academy of Science.
Authors
1728 About the Authors
William Richmond Chapter I.91
Western Carolina University
Accounting, Finance, Information Systems
and Economics
Cullowhee, NC, USA
brichmond@email.wcu.eud
William Richmond is an Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems. His
research focuses on the economics of information with application to the financial
services industry. He received his PhD from Purdue University in 1988.
Dieter Rombach Chapter I.92
University of Kaiserslautern
Department of Computer Science,
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental
Software Engineering
Kaiserslautern, Germany
rombach@iese.fraunhofer.de
Dr. H. Dieter Rombach is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer
Science at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He holds a chair
in software engineering, is executive and founding Director of the
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), and
chairs the Fraunhofer ICT Group. His research interests are in software
methodologies, modelling and measurement of the software process and
resulting products, software reuse, and distributed systems. Results are
documented in more than 180 publications in international journals and
conference proceedings.
Shinsuke Sakakibara Chapter C.21
Fanuc Ltd.
Yamanashi, Japan
sakaki@i-dreamer.co.jp
Shinsuke Sakakibara graduated from Applied Physics Department of the
University of Tokyo in 1972. He joined Fanuc Ltd. in 1972 and received
his doctoral degree in engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1995.
He assumed the position of Chairman of the Robotics Society of Japan
in 2009.
Timothy I. Salsbury Chapter G.62
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Building Efficiency Research Group
Milwaukee, WI, USA
tim.salsbury@gmail.com
Dr. Salsbury has a PhD from Loughborough University with graduate research also
performed at Oxford University and MIT. Previous positions include a Research
Scientist at VTT Finland and Research Fellow at BNL. Dr Salsbury is currently
a Principal Researcher at Johnson Controls with research interests in control perfor-
mance assessment, fault detection, adaptive control, optimization, and statistical data
analysis.
Branko Sarh Chapter F.51
The Boeing Company – Phantom Works
Huntington Beach, CA, USA
branko.sarh@boeing.com
Dr. Branko Sarh is a Technical Fellow specializing in the development of advanced
assembly systems and processes at Boeing Phantom Works in Huntington Beach.
He received his Masters in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Aachen,
and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hamburg, Germany.
His 40 years of technical and international manufacturing experience include project
management assignments at MBB, Airbus, Rohr, McDonnell Douglas and Boeing.
Sharath Sasidharan Chapter I.89
Marshall University
Department of Management
and Marketing
Huntington, WV, USA
sasidharan@marshall.edu
Dr. Sasidharan is an Assistant Professor in the Lewis College of Busi-
ness at Marshall University. He holds a PhD in Decision Science and
Information Systems from the University of Kentucky. His research in-
terests include human–computer interaction, technology acceptance, ERP
systems, and e-Commerce. He has published in several academic journals.
Authors
About the Authors 1729
Brandon Savage Chapter H.77
GE Healthcare IT
Chalfont St Giles, UK
Brandon.Savage@med.ge.com
Brandon Savage, MD, Chief Medical Officer of GE Healthcare IT, is
responsible for driving General Electric’s clinical IT vision, where his
prime focus is to empower the highest level of care for any institution
with the use of technology. Dr. Savage received his MD from University
of California at San Diego and has been publishing in numerous
periodicals and medical journals.
Manuel Scavarda Basaldúa Chapter F.54
Kimberly Clark
Buenos Aires, Argentina
manuel.scavarda@kcc.com
Manuel Scavarda Basaldúa graduated as an Industrial Engineer at ITBA – Instituto
Tecnológico de Buenos Aires. He obtained a MSc degree in Industrial Engineering
from Chalmers University of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He worked as an
Operations Analyst for the Stena Metall Group in Sweden and Norway and then joined
Kimberly-Clark. Currently, he performs as Supply Chain Development Manager at
KC River Plate Region.
Walter Schaufelberger (Δ) Chapter C.22
ETH Zurich
Institute of Automatic Control
Zurich, Switzerland
Professor Walter Schaufelberger (1940–2008) was Full Professor at the Institute
of Automatic Control, ETH Zurich. He studied Electrical Engineering at the ETH
Zurich where he earned a doctorate. His main interests were in theoretical treatment
of problems relevant to practice and to computer applications. The development of
user friendly software played a major role in his activities. He was the Spokesman
for “Integration of Complex Systems” of the European Science Foundation. He was
Fellow of IFAC, SEFI, and the European Society for Engineering.
Bobbie D. Seppelt Chapter C.25
The University of Iowa
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Iowa City, IA, USA
bseppelt@engineering.uiowa.edu
Bobbie D. Seppelt graduated with her MS degree in Engineering Psychol-
ogy from The University of Illinois in 2003. She is currently a graduate
research assistant in the Industrial Engineering PhD program at The
University of Iowa. Her research interests include interface design and
driver support, automation reliance and supervisory control, application
of ecological frameworks to interface design, and trust in automation.
Ramesh Sharda Chapter I.87
Oklahoma State University
Spears School of Business
Stillwater, OK, USA
Ramesh.sharda@okstate.edu
Dr. Ramesh Sharda is Director of the Institute for Research in Infor-
mation Systems, ConocoPhillips Chair of Management of Technology,
and a Regents Professor of Management Science and Information Sys-
tems in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University.
His research interests are in decision support systems, neural network
applications, and technologies for managing information overload. De-
fense Ammunitions Center, NSF, and other organizations have funded
his research.
Keiichi Shirase Chapter F.48
Kobe University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kobe, Japan
shirase@mech.kobe-u.ac.jp
Keiichi Shirase received the MS degree from Kobe University, and joined Kanazawa
University as a Research Associate in 1984. He received the Dr. Eng. from Kobe
University in 1989. He was an Associate Professor in 1995 at Kanazawa University,
and in 1996 at Osaka University. Since 2003, he has been a Professor at Kobe
University. His research interests are mainly in autonomous machine tool and
intelligent CAD/CAM systems.
Authors
1730 About the Authors
Jason E. Shoemaker Chapter H.75
University of California
Department of Chemical Engineering
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
jshoe@engr.ucsb.edu
Jason E. Shoemaker graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara
with a doctorate in Chemical Engineering. His research studies include drug target
identification, the design and control of biological networks and their implications on
communications networks. Shoemaker is a member of UC, IGERT and JST.
Moshe Shoham Chapter H.78
Technion – Israel Institute
of Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Haifa, Israel
shoham@technion.ac.il
Professor Moshe Shoham has been conducting research in robotics with
a special focus on new robot structures and medical applications. He has
been heading the Robotics Laboratories of the Mechanical Engineering
Department at Columbia University, New York, and at the Technion-
Israel Institute of Technologies. In 2001 he founded Mazor Surgical
Technologies – a company that produces a miniature robot for spine
surgery.
Marwan A. Simaan Chapter H.79
University of Central Florida
School of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science
Orlando, FL, USA
simaan@mail.ucf.edu
Marwan A. Simaan is Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. He received
the PhD degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
and served on the Electrical Engineering faculty at the University of
Pittsburgh. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering
and a fellow of IEEE, AAAS and ASEE. His research interests are in
control and signal processing with applications to biomedical devices.
Johannes A. Soons Chapter A.7
National Institute of Standards
and Technology
Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
soons@nist.gov
Johannes A. Soons leads the Manufacturing Process Metrology Group of the Manufac-
turing Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
He received his PhD at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.
His research interests include machining processes, machine tool metrology, and optics
fabrication and testing.
Dieter Spath Chapter D.34
Fraunhofer-Institute for Industrial
Engineering IAO
Stuttgart, Germany
dieter.spath@iao.fraunhofer.de
Professor Dieter Spath studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University
of Munich where he also earned his doctor’s degree in 1981. He was Manager in
KASTO-enterprises and Professor at the University Karlsruhe (TH). Since 2002 he is
Professor at theUniversity of Stuttgart and Headof theInstitute for Human Factors and
Technology Management (IAT) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering
(IAO). He holds a Honorary doctorate from the TU Munich and received the Cross of
the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Harald Staab Chapter I.84
ABB AG, Corporate Research Center
Germany
Robotics and Manufacturing
Ladenburg, Germany
harald.staab@de.abb.com
Dr. Harald Staab graduated from the Technical University of Darmstadt
in Electrical Engineering in 2001. From 2002 to 2007 he was with the
Fraunhofer Institute of Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA,
Stuttgart, Germany. He earned his PhD in driving dynamics of mobile
robots from Stuttgart University in 2009. Since 2008 he is with ABB AG,
in the Corporate Research Centre, Ladenburg, Germany.
Authors
About the Authors 1731
Petra Steffens Chapter I.92
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental
Software Engineering
Department Business Area e-Government
Kaiserslautern, Germany
petra.steffens@iese.fraunhofer.de
Petra Steffens is manager of the business area e-Government at the
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Kaiser-
slautern, Germany. Her research interests include the design of
e-Government strategies on all governmental levels, engineering of
process chains, and the development of e-Government solutions. She
holds a MS in Computer Science (University of Bonn) and a M. Phil. in
Linguistics (University of Exeter).
Jörg Stelling Chapter H.75
ETH Zurich
Department of Biosystems Science
and Engineering
Basel, Switzerland
joerg.stelling@bsse.ethz.ch
Jörg Stelling received a MS degree in Biotechnology, University of Braunschweig
and a PhD in Control and Dynamic Systems, University of Stuttgart in 1996 and
2004, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor at ETH Zurich. His research
interests include methods and model development for complex biological systems,
including systems identification, model discrimination, and systems design.
Raúl Suárez Chapter C.27
Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)
Institute of Industrial and Control
Engineering (IOC)
Barcelona, Spain
raul.suarez@upc.edu
Raúl Suárez (Electronic Engineer, National University of San Juan, Argentina, 1984;
PhD, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, 1993) is researcher in
the Institute of Industrial and Control Engineering of the Technical University of
Catalonia, where he currently serves as Deputy Director (from 2003). His research
interests include grasping, manipulation, assembly, task planning, telemanipulation
and manufacturing automation.
Kinnya Tamaki Chapter I.85
Aoyama Gakuin University
School of Business Administration
Tokyo, Japan
ytamaki@a2en.aoyama.ac.jp
Kinnya Tamaki received the PhD from Waseda University, School of
Science and Engineering in 1989. He is Professor in the School of Busi-
ness Administration, Aoyama Gakuin University. He currently serves as
the Director of the Research Center for e-Learning Professional Compe-
tency. His research interests are mainly in human resource development
for e-Learning professionals and innovative-business strategy.
Jose M.A. Tanchoco Chapter F.55
Purdue University
School of Industrial Engineering
West Lafayette, IN, USA
tanchoco@purdue.edu
Jose M.A. Tanchoco received the MSIE and PhD degrees from Purdue
University where he is Professor of Industrial Engineering. His research
interests are in enterprise operations and production systems, global
logistics, automated guided vehicle systems (AGVS), unit load design,
and manufacturing and industrial economics. He was an early pioneer
on AGVS design and operations.
Stephanie R. Taylor Chapter H.75
Department of Computer Science
Waterville, ME, USA
srtaylor@colby.edu
Stephanie R. Taylor (PhD 2008, University of California Santa Barbara) is Clare
Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Colby College in Waterville,
ME. Her research interests include mathematical modelling of biological systems,
model order reduction, and dynamical systems.
Authors
1732 About the Authors
Peter Terwiesch Chapter A.8
ABB Ltd.
Zurich, Switzerland
peter.terwiesch@ch.abb.com
Peter Terwiesch is Chief Technology Officer of ABB Ltd. Prior to his current
appointment he was president of ABB Automation Ltd, Germany, and global head of
technology for ABB Automation. Peter holds a PhD from ETH Zurich, Switzerland,
and an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
Germany.
Jocelyne Troccaz Chapter H.82
CNRS – Grenoble University
Computer Aided Medical Intervention –
TIMC laboratory, IN3S – School
of Medicine – Domaine de la Merci
La Tronche, France
jocelyne.troccaz@imag.fr
Graduated in Computer Science, Jocelyne Troccaz received her PhD in
Robotics in 1986 from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble.
She is a Research Director at CNRS and in charge of a team involved
in Computer Aided Medical Intervention. Her research interests include
medical robotics and medical imaging.
Edward Tunstel Chapter G.69
Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory, Space
Department
Laurel, MD, USA
Edward.Tunstel@jhuapl.edu
Edward Tunstel received the ME degree at Howard University and PhD
in Electrical Engineering at University of New Mexico. After 18 years at
the NASA JPL he joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory in 2007 leading robotics development for space missions.
His research interests include space robotics and soft computing for
autonomous control. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and Vice President
for IEEE SMCS (2008–2009).
Tibor Vámos Chapter A.5
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Computer and Automation Institute
Budapest, Hungary
vamos@sztaki.hu
Tibor Vámos graduated from the Budapest Technical University in 1949. Since 1986
he is Chairman of the Board, Computer and Automation Research Institute of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. He was President of IFAC 1981–1984
and is a Fellow of the IEEE, ECCAI, IFAC. Professor Vamos is Honorary President of
the John v. Neumann Society and won the State Prize of Hungary in 1983. His main
fields of interest cover large-scale systems in process control, robot vision, pattern
recognition, knowledge-based systems, and epistemic problems. He is author and
co-author of several books and about 160 papers.
István Vajk Chapter B.10
Budapest University of Technology
and Economics
Department of Automation and Applied
Informatics
Budapest, Hungary
vajk@aut.bme.hu
István Vajk graduated as an Electrical Engineer and obtained his PhD degree in 1977
from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary. Since 1994 he
has been the Head of Department of Automation and Applied Informatics at the same
university. His main interest covers the theory and application of control systems,
especially adaptive systems and system identification, as well as applied informatics.
Gyula Vastag Chapter G.73
Corvinus University of Budapest
Institute of Information Technology,
Department of Computer Science
Budapest, Hungary
gyula.vastag@uni-corvinus.hu
Gyula Vastag received MSc and PhD degrees from Corvinus University
of Budapest. Prior to returning to his alma mater, he spent almost two
decades with US business schools. He is Founding Member and past
Associate Director of the Global Manufacturing Research Group and is
active in the International Society for Inventory Research. He co-edited
the book Global Manufacturing Practices.
Authors
About the Authors 1733
Juan D. Velásquez Chapters I.88, J.94
Purdue University
PRISM Center and School of Industrial
Engineering
West Lafayette, IN, USA
jvelasqu@purdue.edu
Juan Diego Velásquez is a PhD candidate in the School of Industrial
Engineering at Purdue University. He received his MSIE and BSIE
degrees from Purdue. He is a SeniorResearcher at thePRISM Center and
an Assessment and Evaluation Specialist at the Center for Instructional
Excellence. His research interests include protocol definition, scheduling
algorithms, decision support systems and organizational learning
methods.
Matthew Verleger Chapter E.44
Purdue University
Engineering Education
West Lafayette, IN, USA
matthew@mverleger.com
Matthew Verleger is a graduate of Purdue University’s School of Engineering
Education and is currently doing post-doctoral research with his PhD advisor. His
research focus is on how students learn to develop mathematical models and how
those models can be translated into discipline-specific skills. He also researches
technology-assisted pedagogies, particularly the use of online learning modules.
François B. Vernadat Chapter I.86
Université Paul Verlaine Metz
Laboratoire de Génie Industriel
et Productique de Metz (LGIPM)
Metz, France
Francois.Vernadat@eca.europa.eu
François B. Vernadat received the PhD in Electrical Engineering and Automatic
Control from University of Clermont, France, in 1981. He has been a research officer
at the National Research Council of Canada in the 1980s and at the Institut National
de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique in France in the 1990s. He joined
the University of Metz in 1995 as a full professor and founded the LGIPM research
laboratory. His research interests include enterprise modeling, enterprise architectures,
enterprise integration and interoperability. He is a member of IEEE and ACM.
Agostino Villa Chapter A.6
Politecnico di Torino
Department Manufacturing Systems
and Economics
Torino, Italy
agostino.villa@polito.it
Agostino Villa is Full Professor of Production Systems and Technologies
and Professor of Production Planning and Control at the Politecnico di
Torino, Italy. He is currently also Director of the University’s Evaluation
Committee. His research interests include modelling and management
of production systems and enterprise networks, as well as transferability
of industrial management methods in human-centred systems. He is
Past-president and Fellow of IFPR, member of IFAC and IFPR TCs.
Birgit Vogel-Heuser Chapter F.58
University of Kassel
Faculty of Electrical Engineering/
Computer Science, Department Chair
of Embedded Systems
Kassel, Germany
vogel-heuser@uni-kassel.de
Birgit Vogel-Heuser graduated in Electrical Engineering and obtained
her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the RWTH Aachen in 1991.
She worked nearly ten years in industrial automation for machine and
plant manufacturing industry. She is now head of the Chair of Embedded
Systems at the University of Kassel. Her research work is focussed on
improvement of efficiency in automation engineering for hybrid process
and heterogeneous distributed embedded systems.
Edward F. Watson Chapter I.90
Louisiana State University
Information Systems and Decision
Sciences
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
ewatson@lsu.edu
Edward F. Watson is E.J. Ourso Professor of Business Analysis and Director of
Strategic Initiatives in the College of Business at Louisiana State University. He
received PhD and MS degrees in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
from The Pennsylvania State University. His current research areas are mainly in
enterprise business systems, supply chain management, and IT transformation.
Authors
1734 About the Authors
Theodore J. Williams Chapter A.2
Purdue University
College of Engineering
West Lafayette, IN, USA
twilliam@purdue.edu
Theodore J. Williams is Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Purdue University.
He received BS, MS, and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Pennsylvania State
University and MS in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University. Before
joining Purdue, he was Senior Engineering Supervisor at Monsanto Chemical,
St.Louis. He served as Chair of the IFAC/IFIP Task Force, Founding Chair of IFIP
TC-5, President of AACC, ISA, and of AFIPS. Among his honors is the Sir Harold
Hartley Silver Medal, the Albert F. Sperry Founder Award Gold Medal by ISA, and
the Lifetime Achievement Award from ISA.
Alon Wolf Chapter H.78
Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Haifa, Israel
alonw@technion.ac.il
Alon Wolf earned all his academic degrees from the faculty of mechanical
engineering at the Technion I.I.T (BS 1995, MSc 1998, PhD 2002).
Then he joined the Institute for Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery
(ICAOS) at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital and the Robotics Institute
at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2006, Alon returned to Technion, where
he directs the Biorobotics and Biomechanics Lab (BRML). His research
interests range from the theoretical kinematics, mechanism design, and
biomechanics to the applications in flexible mechanisms, medical robotic
devices, biorobotics and rehabilitation systems.
Ning Xi Chapter F.53
Michigan State University
Electrical and Computer Engineering
East Lansing, MI, USA
xin@egr.msu.edu
Ning Xi received his DSc degree in Systems Science and Mathematics
from Washington University in St. Louis, MO in 1993. Dr. Xi is
a fellow of IEEE. He has been elected as the President-Elect of
IEEE Nanotechnology Council in 2008. His research interests include
robotics, manufacturing automation, and micro/nano sensors as well as
electronics.
Moshe Yerushalmy Chapter G.73
MBE Simulations Ltd.
Petach Tikva, Israel
ymoshe@mbe-simulations.com
Moshe Yerushalmy is a leading management education visionary in developing
‘Serious Games’ for next generation learning solutions. His research and developing
of virtual worlds has been used for managerial ‘Serious Games’. These games have
been used in hundreds of events as well as in academia. He holds MBA degrees in
Marketing(1994) and Information Technology (1987) from Tel Aviv University as well
as BSc in Industrial Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
(1980).
Sang Won Yoon Chapter J.94
Purdue University
PRISM Center and School of Industrial
Engineering
West Lafayette, IN, USA
yoon6@purdue.edu
Sang Won Yoon is a PhD candidate in the school of Industrial Engineering at Purdue
University. He is a member of the PRISM Center. His research interests are in the
areas of enterprise collaboration, production and operations management, information
system integration, and decision support systems.
Stanislaw H.
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Zak Chapter B.11
Purdue University
School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
West Lafayette, IN, USA
zak@purdue.edu
Dr. Stanislaw H.
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Zak received his PhD degree from the Warsaw University
of Technology (Politechnika Warszawska). He is a co-author with
E.K.P. Chong of An Introduction to Optimization whose third edition was
published in 2008. He is the author of Systems and Control published in
2003.
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