Mission
The primary objective of the TC on Discrete Event Systems is to promote communication between DES researchers, students, and practitioners. Hence, the goal of the TC is to provide a basis for the exchange of information and ideas among researchers and practitioners through scientific events, such as special conference sessions, tutorials and journal special issues.
Vision
Discrete event system models (for instance Petri nets, automata, Markov chains) are used to describe very different aspects of the real word: computer systems, communication systems, manufacturing systems, traffic systems. Recently, corporations and researchers are being attracted by the key problem of using effectively and efficiently the latest developments of Information and Communication Technologies, Artificial Intelligence approaches (machine learning and deep reinforcement learning), cybersecurity problems in different fields such as intelligent transportation systems, autonomous vehicles, logistics networks, healthcare systems, smart building and smart cities. The new application areas and technologies lead to the description of new realities that exhibit a high degree of concurrency and are characterized by resource sharing and conflicts. The challenge is opening new frontiers in the application of tools and models typical of the discrete event systems in order to improve the knowledge and the management of new complex and man made systems.
Our Goal
Discrete event system models (for instance Petri nets, automata, Markov chains) are used to describe very different aspects of the real word: computer systems, communication systems, manufacturing systems, traffic systems. Recently, corporations and researchers are being attracted by the key problem of using effectively and efficiently the latest developments of Information and Communication Technologies, Artificial Intelligence approaches (machine learning and deep reinforcement learning), cybersecurity problems in different fields such as intelligent transportation systems, autonomous vehicles, logistics networks, healthcare systems, smart building and smart cities. The new application areas and technologies lead to the description of new realities that exhibit a high degree of concurrency and are characterized by resource sharing and conflicts. The challenge is opening new frontiers in the application of tools and models typical of the discrete event systems in order to improve the knowledge and the management of new complex and man made systems.
Long-term Goals (next 5-10 years):
- Selecting a set of SMCS sponsored conference that the TC can support in order to determine different contexts in which the TC member can meet and exchange
- Pushing the application of DES tools and strategies in new practical fields
- Organizing workshops
Goals for current year:
- Providing the technical support for key SMC sponsored conferences
- Establishing a TC news letter about the new contributions, published papers, conferences about Discrete Event Systems
- Organizing special sessions in SMCS conferences
- Pushing the TC members to edit books
- Pushing the TC members to write special issues
- Organizing web meetings
We plan to increase the number of the TC members by the newsletters and the web meetings that will be published on the web site.
What are your main activities? How does your TC operate? (e.g. by meetings, web meetings, conference meetings, web etc.; any backbone conference?):
The main activities by means the TC operates are meetings and conferences.
Join Us
- Interact with researchers and practitioners that apply the DES research in relatively new and rapidly growing research fields (f.e., Internet of Things, Industry 4.0)
- Exchange research ideas and forming partnership.
- Participate in exciting conferences, workshops, and special issues.
- Make friends from different parts of the world.
- Make a tangible and positive impact on the society.
News
IEEE SMC 2024
- Keynote speaker
- Maria Pia Fanti, Enhancing Integration and Interoperability of Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility
- Associate editors: Agostino M. Mangini, Michele Roccotelli
IEEE CASE 2024 (28 Aug – 1 Sept, Bari Italy)
- Steering Committee Member: Maria Pia Fanti, Mariagrazia Dotoli, Martin Fabian, and Mengchu Zhou
- Maria Pia Fanti Workshop chair
- Organization of a one day summer School presenting new contributions and results on discrete event systems
IEEE CODIT 2024 (July 3-6, La Valletta , Malta)
- International Program CoChair: Maria Pia Fanti
- Advisory committee cochairs: Zhiwu Li, Mariagrazia Dotoli, Alessandro Giua.
- Steering Committee Member: Maria Pia Fanti, Zhiwu Li, Alessandro Giua
Maria Pia Fanti
- Program Chair of ICCSI 2024
- Keynote speaker at the ICSTTE 2024 Sanhe Section, Wuhou Avenue, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
- Keynote speaker at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Information” (ICAI2024), Xi’an October 25th, 29th, 2024.
- Associate editor of IEEE Trans. On Systém, Man and Cybernetics: Systems
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