Boston Hynes Convention Center November 18-19
<http://www.spie.org/web/meetings/programs/pe96/pe96_2913.html>
in conjunction with the Intelligent Systems & Advanced Manufacturing Symposia at Photonics East <http://www.spie.org/web/meetings/programs/pe96/pe96_home.html>
This conference will provide an excellent opportunity to learn more about the state of the art in manufacturing integration, and will highlight the research being cost-shared under the Advanced Technology Program's Technologies for the Integration of Manufacturing Applications (TIMA) focused program. The overall technical goal of TIMA is to develop and demonstrate the technologies needed to create affordable, "integratable" manufacturing software applications--those that can be rapidly integrated and reconfigured and, in the long run, that can automatically adjust their performance in response to changing conditions and requirements.
The schedule of speakers is enclosed. For further information on Photonics East: E-mail pe96@spie.org with your name and complete mailing address; Call 360-676-3290 and request the Photonics East Advance Technical Program; Fax 360-647-1445 with your complete mailing address; Register on-line at: <http://www.spie.org/web/meetings/programs/pe96_reg.html>.
Note that there is a registration fee of $200/1-day, $335/2-days, or $450/week, which includes a proceedings fee of $42. There is a discount for SPIE members and an additional $50 fee for registration after October 30.
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CONFERENCE AGENDA PLUG AND PLAY SOFTWARE FOR AGILE MANUFACTURING Monday-Tuesday, 18-19 November 1996
SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2913
Conference Chair: Barbara L. Maia Goldstein, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Program Committee: Richard W. Bolton, National Industrial Information Infrastructure Protocols; James E. Heaton, AMR Consulting; Pradeep K. Khosla, ARPA; Steven Ray, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Eugene S. Meieran, Intel Corp.; Charles Petrie, Stanford Univ.; George Siegle, IBM Corp.; Alan Weber, SEMATECH
MONDAY, 18 NOVEMBER
Keynote Presentation . . . . Mon. 9:00 am
Objects: the key to interoperability (Keynote Address), C. Stone, Object Management Group (OMG) [2913-01]
SESSION 1 . . . . Mon. 9:45 am to 3:00 pm FRAMEWORKS AND ARCHITECTURES Chair: Richard W. Bolton, National Industrial Information Infrastructure
NIIIP: enabling the virtual enterprise, P. W. Horstmann, IBM Corp. [2913-02]
Integrating a distributed, agile, virtual enterprise in the TEAM program, K. Cobb, Lockheed Martin Energy Systems; H. Gray, Oak Ridge National Lab.; R. Hewgley, R. Neal, Lockheed Martin Energy Systems [2913-03]
Agile application integration enabled by the SEMATECH CIM framework architecture, S. Hawker, F. Waskiewicz, SEMATECH, Inc. [2913-04]
Lunch Break
Integrating manufacturing software for intelligent planning and execution, B. B. Chu, Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte; M. Matthews, IBM Corp.; R. G. Wilhelm, Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte; J. G. Barnes, IBM Corp.; B. McIntyre, QAD, Inc.; N. May, Berclain USA Ltd.; M. Hegedus, IBM Corp.; T. Finin, Univ. of Maryland/Baltimore County; S. Su, Univ. of Florida; J. Long, Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte; Y. Peng, Univ. of Maryland/Baltimore County [2913-05]
Framework for discrete parts production: an experience report of the National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed framework project, N. B. Christopher, National Institute of Standards and Technology [2913-06]
SESSION 2 . . . . Mon. 3:15 to 5:30 pm DISTRIBUTED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING Chair: George Siegle, IBM Corp.
Architecture for distributed design and fabrication, M. B. McIlrath, D. E. Troxel, D. S. Boning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [2913-07]
Using CORBA to integrate manufacturing cells to a virtual enterprise, C. M. Pancerella, R. A. Whiteside, Sandia National Labs. [2913-08]
Creating the virtual enterprise with VE gateways, P. W. Herman, C. Good, T. J. Hahn, D. Wierbowski, IBM Corp. [2913-09]
TUESDAY, 19 NOVEMBER
Keynote Presentation . . . . 8:30 am
A look at a practical factory automation system (Keynote Address), D. K. Rose, Intel Corp. [2913-10]
SESSION 3 . . . . Tues. 9:15 am to Noon EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Chair: Charles Petrie, Stanford Univ.
REAGERE: a reaction-based architecture for integration and control, N. M. Berry, S. R. Kumara, The Pennsylvania State Univ. [2913-11]
Function-based integration strategy for plug and play software in the Sandia Agile Manufacturing Testbed (SAMT), H. Park, Sandia National Labs. [2913-12]
Model-driven engines: adaptable components for plug and play, D. Skeen, Vitria Technology Inc. [2913-13]
Lunch/Exhibit Break
SESSION 4 . . . . Tues. 1:30 to 4:45 pm INTEGRATION CASE STUDIES AND TESTBEDS Chair: Alan Weber, SEMATECH
Plug and play interoperability: the FAIME solution methodology, J. G. Barnes, IBM Corp.; B. B. Chu, Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte; M. Matthews, J. E. Sims, IBM Corp.; J. Long, Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte; M. Hamilton, R. Lambert, IBM Corp. [2913-14]
Comparing integration case studies using the FAIME approach, J. E. Sims, IBM Corp.; B. B. Chu, J. Long, Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte; J. G. Barnes, M. Matthews, M. Hamilton, D. Drake, R. Anderson, R. Lambert, C. Jones, M. Connard, IBM Corp. [2913-15]
Advanced Process Control Framework Initiative, T. Hill, Honeywell Technology Ctr. [2913-16]
Lessons learned from framework implementations, P. McGuire, SEMATECH, Inc. [2913-17]
Additional Proceedings Papers Frameworks and architectures (Proceedings Only) , R. W. Bolton, National Industrial Information Infrastructure [2913-18]
Distributed design and manufacturing (Proceedings Only), G. Siegle, IBM Corp. [2913-19]
Emerging technologies (Proceedings Only), C. Petrie, Stanford Univ. [2913-20]
Integration case studies and testbeds (Proceedings Only), A. Weber, SEMATECH, Inc. [2913-21]
Plug and play software for agile manufacturing (Proceedings Only), B. L. Goldstein, National Institute of Standards and Technology [2913-22]
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