Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems - 21-23 May 2008. Dresden, Germany

Abstract : The WFCS workshop is the largest IEEE technical event specially dedicated to industrial communication systems. The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and developers to review current trends in this area and to present and discuss new ideas and new research directions. It focuses on Real-time and Dependability in Industrial Communication Systems: - message scheduling; task allocation; fault-tolerant communication; - performance analysis; safety and security issues; synchronization. - System Integration in Industrial Automation Systems: vertical and life-cycle aspects, web-based setup, maintenance, and configuration; transparency vs. security; data-flow management; internetworking; hybrid wired/wireless industrial infrastructures. - Information and Communication Technology in Automation: system design; component-based systems, web frameworks; mobile computing; modelling and specification techniques; formal methods. - Recent advances in research domains with similar technical requirements: networked control systems; wireless sensor networks; building automation networks; automotive and train-control networks; distributed real-time embedded systems.