ECEC'2014, 20th European Concurrent Engineering Conference, April 28-30, Novotel, Bruges, Belgium Committee


Conference Committee

General Conference Chair

Nicolae Vasiliu, POLITEHNICA University, Bucharest, Romania

Past Conference Chair

David Cobham, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

Local Programme Committee

Nicolae Vasiliu, Prof., PhD / DIGITAL SERVOS
Daniela Vasiliu, Prof., PhD / AMESIM
Radu Puhalschi, Ass. Prof., PhD / HIL
Bogdan Mihalescu, Ass. Prof., PhD / VIRTUAL LAB
Vlad Zileriu, PhDs, National Instruments Romania / SCADA IN POWER SYSTEMS
Mihai Stremtan, PhDs, National Instruments Romania / WIND POWER CONTROL
Florin Radoi, PhDs, Parker Hannifin Romania / HYDROSTATIC TRANSMISSIONS CONTROL

Honorary Chair

Uwe Baake, Vice President, Daimler AG, Germany

Track Chairs

1.E-Business in CE
Chimay J. Anumba, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
Heiko Duin, BIBA, Bremen, Germany
Yo-Ping Huang, Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan

2.Organization and Management
Eduardo Castellano, IK4-IKERLAN, Mondragon-Arrasate, Spain
Iris Graessler, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany

3.Supporting Technologies
Ricardo Goncalves, Univ. Nova de Lisboa, UNINOVA, Caparica, Portugal .
Sarka Kvetonova, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

4.Engineering Process Management and Modelling
Antonio Carvalho Brito, FEUP, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Imed Kacem, University of Technology of Troyes, Troyes, France
Carlo Meloni, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
Roberto Montemanni, IDSIA, Manno, Switzerland
Maurizio Palesi, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Christian Andreas Schumann, University of Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany

5.Embedded Systems
Petr Hanacek, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
Jose Machado, University do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Stefano Marrone, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy .
Michael G. Salloker, FH JOANNEUM Gesellschaft mbH, Kapfenberg, Kapfenberg, Austria .

6.Engineering Data Management and Information Modeling
Uwe Baake, Daimler Buses, Evobus GmbH, Neu-Ulm, Germany
Joachim Herbst, Daimler AG, Research and Technology, Ulm, Germany
Jiri Vondrich, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

7.Formal Methods, Design and Simulation
Yan Luo, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
Stefano Marrone, Seconda Universita di Napoli, Caserta, Italy
Rachel Moreau, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

8.Collaborative CE environments for virtual teams
Veronique Baudin, LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex, France
Khalil Drira, LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex, France
Paul Stratil, Stuttgart, Germany
Roman V. Yampolskiy, University of Louisville, Louisville, USA

9.CE Enhanced Lean Manufacturing
Christian Hillbrand, V-Research GmbH, Dornbirn, Austria
Jean-Claude Hochon, AIRBUS, Blagnac, France .
Rik Van Landeghem, Ghent University, Zwijnaarde, Belgium .
Rob Walker, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United Kingdom

10.Practical Applications and Experiences
James Gao, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, United Kingdom
Irfan Manarvi, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Florin Pop, University POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

11.Factory Planning and Control for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME’s)
Sílvio do Carmo Silva, University of Minho, Portugal
Luís António Nunes Lourenço, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Paulo J.S. Gonçalves, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
Nuno O. Fernandes, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
António M. Fernandes, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
Veronique Limere, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

12.Digital Direct Manufacturing
Philippe Geril, ETI, Ostend, Belgium
Peter K. K. Loh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

13.Patient Centered Health Care with Meaningful Use of IT
Gurdev Singh, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA

Student Session

Prof Algirdas Pakstas, London Metropolitan University, London, UK

Poster & Tutorial Chair

Francisco Reinaldo, FEUP, Porto, Portugal