Project data

Funding entity: Italian Ministry of University and Research

Call: PRIN 2017

Coordinator: UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE

UNISI Principal Investigator: Antonio Vicino

Department: Information engineering and mathematics

Start date: 27 January 2020 – End date: 27 January 2024

 

Description

This game-changing project aims at developing and integrating cutting-edge paradigms, architectures, algorithms and mathematical tools enabling the modelling, analysis and design of large-scale automation systems exploiting sensors, machines, workpieces, and IT systems interconnected along the value chain beyond a single enterprise – a key for the next generation of energy-aware manufacturing industries. This is recognized as one of the key enabling technologies of Industry 4.0 and calls for the development of: (A) distributed and multi-level control architectures that enable decision to be taken by local controllers; (B) distributed supervision and monitoring structures to coordinate the actions of the plant-wide automation systems; (C) design and management schemes for integration of distributed renewable and heterogeneous energy sources in the energy flow sustaining the factory. The above application-driven challenges are addressed by a Distributed Systems and Control methodological approach enabled by a unique team of researchers with complementary expertise. The project deliverables impact on very large-scale industrial automation – a fundamental element of one of the six EU-identified Key Enabling Technologies.

 

This project has received funding from Ministry of University and Research (MUR) – PRIN 2017