Dr Jorge Posada
VICOMTECH IK4 Research Centre, San Sebastian / Donostia, SpainIndustry 4.0 and Industrial Internet - Visual Computing Challenges and Influence in Sustainable Design and Manufacturing
Abstract:
This talk will address the general trends of Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet, and the way in which these international visions are influencing design and manufacturing in several dimensions. The talk will have a focus on the Visual Computing challenges that are related with these two concepts, and also on particular benefits that derive for the sustainable design and manufacturing, as for instance the empowerment of the people in different roles in manufacturing (workers, engineers, etc.) and the better use of resources in production due to the better use of information and knowledge.
Biography:
Dr. Jorge Posada is Associate Director of Vicomtech Research Centre (San Sebastian, Spain), and President of the international network GraphicsMedia.net. Jorge Posada received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany), in the field of semantic visualization of large industrial plants in Virtual Reality, and his diploma degree in Mechanical Engineering with honors from the EAFIT University.
He worked as full-time scientific staff member of the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD) in Darmstadt from 1997 to 2001, in the department of Industrial Applications. Among others, he collaborated in several German and European Projects for Concurrent Engineering, CAD-VR applications for GIS and Industrial Plants, and new methods for assembly operations for cooperative CAD (with CoCreate).
Since April 2001 he is Associate Director of Vicomtech Research Centre (Visual Communication and Interaction Technologies Centre), in San Sebastian, Spain, where he continues working in applied research for semantic and graphical applications and methods for industrial design and engineering, as well as in other areas of Computer Graphics.
Dr. Posada is the only non-German member -as invited guest-, on behalf of the IK4 Research Alliance, to the subcommittee on "Industrie 4.0: Engineering of Smart Products and Services" of the German Academy of Science and Engineering ACATECH, which is a subgroup between the ICT and the Prduction Engineering networks. Dr. Posada is also one of the ten members of the Scientific Advisory Commmittee of the Basque Government. Dr. Posada has published more than 70 scientific articles in different filds of Visual Computing and Engineering, and has served as General Chair of the Conferences KES 2012: International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES 2012), and ACM Web3D International Conference on 3D Web Technology in 2012 and 2013.
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