DIISM 2002 "Enhancing Engineering and Manufacturing Knowledge and Skill Chains in the era of Global Communications" The 5th International Conference on "Design of Information Infrastructure Systems for Manufacturing" November 18-20, 2002, Osaka, Japan Call for papers and workshop proposals Sponsored by: International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP)
Co-sponsored by. Osaka University Additional sponsors are listed on the conference web-site SCOPE The context of engineering and manufacturing has witnessed a striking expansion: from the product at the workshop during the workday of the craftsman, towards the portfolio of products and services, the resource base, and the business processes of the globally operating virtual enterprise. Simultaneously, the set of information-based tools, supporting the knowledge and skill chain has expanded: from the paper, pen and ruler to computer- and-communications aided applications for a growing range of functions, with their impacts ranging from the core manufacturing process, over intra- and inter-enterprise integration, to the supply chain and the total life time of the extended product. Today, computer-and-communications applications do well support many of the engineering, manufacturing and business functions that are key to manufacturing excellence. But research and technology development is ongoing, addressing a.o. information architectures, methodologies, ontologies, tools and services for enhancing the engineering and manufacturing knowledge and skill chain and related functions for intra- and inter-enterprise planning, engineering, operation and management. This research is driven by the insight that throughout an integrated life cycle of products and enterprises, the manufacturing knowledge and skill chain sources information from globally distributed offices and partners, and combines it with situational awareness, local knowledge, skills and experience to initiate decisions, learning and action. The information infrastructure for a manufacturing enterprise consists of the information models, data, and information processing services and tools that are shared by the different autonomous entities collaborating in the enterprise. Because the collaborators are part of different enterprises and economies, the information infrastructure is not regarded as a long-term differentiator in the business strategy of any enterprise. It rather is a common enabler for the globalizing enterprise networks and professionals. For these entities, the common services matter at different levels of aggregation: for the external collaboration, for the teams and machine devices working within each enterprise unit, and for each of the persons working in one or more enterprises. Hence the scope of this working conference: information infrastructure systems and services for any level of aggregation in the engineering and manufacturing knowledge and skill chain.
THEMES (see website for more details)
A. Information infrastructure for external collaboration in Engineering and Manufacturing B. Factory Level Information Infrastructure C. Man-Machine and Man-Web Level Information Infrastructure D. Conceptual Architecture E. Technical Architecture
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN F. Kimura The University of Tokyo, Japan (Chairman)
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE J. Goossenaerts Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, the Netherlands (Chairman) (see website for members)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE E. Arai Osaka University, Japan (Chairman) (see website for members) TIMETABLE March 22, 2001 Call for papers May 6, 2002 Abstract due May 31, 2002 Invited Session/Workshop proposal due June 7, 2002 Notification of acceptance August 31, 2002 Full paper due November 18-20, 2002 Conference
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information on the conference please contact: DIISM 2002, Organizing Committee Osaka University Dept. of Manufacturing Science 2-1, Yamada-oka, Suita Osaka, 565-0871, JAPAN e-mail: DIISM2002@mapse.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp www: <http://www6.mapse.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/DIISM2002/>
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