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Using Industrial Computers to Design Advanced Industrial Informatics Systems
No full textTEMPUS is the European Union (EU) programme that
supports the modernisation and reform of Higher Education (HE)
and promotes institutional cooperation that involves the EU and
EU’s neighboring countries (PC). The PC includes Eastern
Europe, Central Asia, the Western Balkans and also the
Mediterranean region. The Medis Project belongs to the TEMPUS
framework. The Medis project that is described in this article
develops in this context.This work was supported by the European Union under Grant “MEDIS” within the program TEMPUS.Busquets Mataix, JV.; Albaladejo Meroño, J.; Perles Ivars, A.; Capella Hernández, JV.; Domínguez Montagud, CP.; Martínez Rubio, JM.; Hassan Mohamed, H. (2015). Using Industrial Computers to Design Advanced Industrial Informatics Systems. En Engineering Experiences in the Design of Advanced Industrial Informatics Systems. Medis-Tempus. 6-11. https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/60650S61
Smartphone-based industrial informatics projects and laboratories
No full textThe use of IT technologies plays an important role in the training of future engineers. In this paper, smartphones and multimedia technologies are proposed as an innovative way to tackle the formation of students, at different levels, in the Industrial Informatics (II) subject of the Industrial Electronics Engineering (IEE) degree. II instructs future Engineers in the design of IT systems to control industrial processes. In the first level, smartphones are used to display a web-based multimedia tool that is implemented to register the lecture explanations regarding the design of II systems, so as it facilitates student to guide him/her self in the learning process. In the second level, the smartphone is proposed as the control system of a medium size industrial process (e.g., water tank). Since II uses a problem-based learning methodology (miniproject) to instruct the design of II systems, for each lecture, laboratory practices are tackled, and the solutions obtained are embedded in the smartphone to control the corresponding part of the miniproject. An application of the Smartphone multimedia tool is presented to show how students interact with the developed system. The successful evaluation of the proposed tools, by more than 900 IEE students during three years, is shown.This work was supported in part by the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, under Grant 20090513-" Dynamizing the European Convergence Higher Education." Paper no. TII-11-308.Hassan Mohamed, H.; Martínez Rubio, JM.; Perles Ivars, ÁF.; Capella Hernández, JV.; Domínguez Montagud, CP.; Albaladejo Meroño, J. (2013). Smartphone-based industrial informatics projects and laboratories. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 9(1):557-566. https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2012.2185806S5575669
Environmental Informatics and Industrial Ecology – Scientific Profiles of Two Emerging Fields Striving for Sustainability
No full textThis paper provides an approach that could be used to compare the fields of research of Environmental Informatics and Industrial Ecology. Based on supposed overlapping areas, this approach further facilitates the linkage between their associated communities. From a theoretical perspective, the approach makes clear whether the fields of research may have common objects, similar tools, and shared principles, values, and value judgements. No less important, the approach is also helpful from a practical point of view as it helps to identify issues for fruitful institutional cooperation and joint projects. It is argued here that a proper method for a comparison between Environmental Informatics and Industrial Ecology would be an epistemological point of view. Such an “out of the box” perspective finally helps to describe the emerging bodies of theory and clarifies contours of their certain scientific profiles. The proposed approach is illustrated in the form of a pyramid, structured in layers like an architecture, and built with the help of tools of philosophy. It has its methodological basis in a generic framework used in epistemology. This generic framework is further conceptualised through document analyses identifying certain issues that are prototypical for the current communities and literature both, for Environmental Informatics and Industrial Ecology.http://enviroinfo.eu/sites/default/files/pdfs/vol119/0014.pd
Environmental informatics and industrial ecology - scientific profiles of two emerging fields striving for sustainability
No full textS.14-22This paper provides an approach that could be used to compare the fields of research of Environmental Informatics and Industrial Ecology. Based on supposed overlapping areas, this approach further facilitates the linkage between their associated communities. From a theoretical perspective, the approach makes clear whether the fields of research may have common objects, similar tools, and shared principles, values, and value judgements. No less important, the approach is also helpful from a practical point of view it helps to identify issues for fruitful institutional cooperation and joint projects. It is argued here that a proper method for a comparison between Environmental Informatics and Industrial Ecology would be an epistemological point of view. Such an "out of the box" perspective finally helps to describe the emerging bodies of theory and clarifies contours of their certain scientific profiles. The proposed approach is illustrated in the form of a pyramid, structured in layers like an architecture, and built with the help of tools of philosophy. It has its methodogical basis in a generic framework used in epistemology. This generic framework is further conceptualised through document analyses identifying certain issues that are prototypical for the current communities and literature both, for Environmental Informatics and Industrial Ecology
Characteristics of the Audit Processes for Distributed Informatics Systems
No full textThe paper contains issues regarding: main characteristics and examples of the distributed informatics systems and main difference categories among them, concepts, principles, techniques and fields for auditing the distributed informatics systems, concepts and classes of the standard term, characteristics of this one, examples of standards, guidelines, procedures and controls for auditing the distributed informatics systems. The distributed informatics systems are characterized by the following issues: development process, resources, implemented functionalities, architectures, system classes, particularities. The audit framework has two sides: the audit process and auditors. The audit process must be led in accordance with the standard specifications in the IT&C field. The auditors must meet the ethical principles and they must have a high-level of professional skills and competence in IT&C field.informatics audit, characteristic, distributed informatics system, standard
Sustainability Informatics – A new Subfield of Applied Informatics?
No full textEnvironmental Informatics is a well established part of Applied Informatics and shapes important contributions to enhance environmental protection. However, the latter field has been undertaken several developments in direction to Sustainable Development (SD) in the last years. SD extends environmental protection and comprises also questions of economy and society. Consequently, it is necessary to discuss if it is useful to establish a subfield called “Sustainability Informatics”.http://enviroinfo.eu/sites/default/files/pdfs/vol119/0384.pd
Informatics-Based Product-Service Systems for Point-of-Care Devices
No full textOrganised by: Cranfield UniversityInformatics related to point-of-care devices denotes the ability to translate stand-alone biological data into
meaningful information that can be interpreted to enable and support users in taking the most appropriate
steps to aid in managing their health. This paper considers small point-of-care devices used outside
healthcare environments, and presents glucometers as an example. The paper seeks to evaluate the
current level of servitization of point-of-care testing devices and considers whether they are, or could form,
the product-core of a product-service system. The type of product-service system, its informatics
requirements, and the services such a system could provide are also considered.Mori Seiki – The Machine Tool Company; BAE Systems; S4T – Support Service Solutions: Strategy and Transitio
Industrial Informatics: Emerging Trends and Applications in the Era of Big Data and AI
No full textIndustrial informatics is a rapidly developing scientific field that deals with the knowledge-based automation of industrial design and manufacturing processes. In the last decade, industrial informatics has been strongly influenced by the rapid rise of data-based technologies such as Data Science, Big Data, and artificial intelligence. The goal of this paper is to provide a literature review of academic research analyzing the extensive spectrum of industrial informatics. Articles indexed in Scopus with the term “Industrial Informatics” in the title, abstract, or keywords were extracted since the term emerged in the 1990s, over a period of 29 years. The main journals, conferences, authors and countries were studied using bibliometric analysis. Text mining using VosViewer was used to extract the thematic groups of research related to industrial informatics, which are as follows: (i) Internet of Things, (ii) machine learning, (iii) engineering education, (iv) cyber–physical systems, and (v) embedded systems. We also found that China, Germany, and Brazil dominate research in industrial computing. The results showed that research in industrial informatics is related to the emergence of new methods and tools, and is nowadays shifting towards the application of intelligent methods such as machine learning and Big Data
International perspectives and initiatives
No full textThis article introduces a new column which will explore the way different regions and nation states are dealing with the challenges of managing health information. The intention is to draw together trends which are relevant to both health science librarians and health informatics professionals. This inaugural piece maps out the territory. It provides a rationale for the column, along with evidence of current initiatives to articulate a global perspective on the application of communication and information technologies to health information
Computer communication within industrial distributed environment - a survey
No full textS.182-189Nowadays, computer systems are presented in almost all types of human activity and they support any kind of industry as well. Most of these systems are distributed where the communication between nodes is based on computer networks of any kind. Connectivity between system components is the key issue when designing distributed systems, especially systems of industrial informatics. The industrial area requires a wide range of computer communication means, particularly time-constrained and safety-enhancing ones. From fieldbus and industrial Ethernet technologies through wireless and internet-working solutions to standardization issues, there are many aspects of computer networks uses and many interesting research domains. Lots of them are quite sophisticated or even unique. The main goal of this paper is to present the survey of the latest trends in the communication domain of industrial distributed systems and to emphasize important questions as dependability, and standardization. Finally, the general assessment and estimation of the future development is provided. The presentation is based on the abstract description of dataflow within a system.9Nr.
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