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Project overview
F. Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue

• Global view
• Review 4 recommendations
• HYCON Deliverables
• Resources used
• Major achievements M25- M36

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Besides dissemination and research activities

.HYCON integration

• Method integration To bring (new) theoretical
  tools and methods to hybrid control (and
  networked and embedded control). To consider
  global approaches, from implementation to
  modelling and vice versa WP4 WP3
• Structural integration To create new working
  groups from different communities (computer
  science modelling and simulation Systems and
  control hierarchical, nonlinear, discrete-events
  systems several engineering communities) WP4
  WP3
• Tool Integration To develop a common tool
  environment for hybrid systems with interfaces to
  commercial software and best-of-class tools for
  the different aspects of control systems design
  and testing -WP3
• Benchmark integration To use several approaches
  for the same application eventually combination
  of these methods for better performances WP2
• Industrial integration To understand which of
  the actual needs from the field and the awareness
  of implementation constraints are the most
  relevant theoretical questions. To disseminate
  the envelope of robust, secure, optimal,
  performant methods which are enabled in industry-
  WP6

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Global view

• in line with objectives and milestones - the
  Review 4 recommendations have been taken into
  account
• lot of work (exchanges and productions) inside
  the consortium with collaborations between the
  WPs
• collaborations with the industrials is
  maintaining a very good level
• dissemination is still very active training,
  publications (SI), SS at Conf (good HYCON
  visibility and starts well for EECI)
• the synergy actions with other related projects
  is also maintaining a good level

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Global view, contd

• all tasks are being executed successfully with
  the production of the deliverables on time. A
  very few are postponed with justification
• great involvement of the WP Leaders, of the
  Executive Committee in general and of several
  post-docs and PhD students efficiency and good
  working ambiance, motivated also by EECI.
• effort consumption is in accordance with what was
  planned
• additional works for EECI elaboration of calls
  for projects and submission of proposals
  (regional, national, European, international)

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NETWORKED CONTROL
Review 4 recommendations

• Recommendation 9 Given the new focus of WP4d,
  deliverable D4d.3.1 needs to be refined and
  adopted to the new case study.
• D4d.3.1 has been resubmitted
• Recommendation 10 (former Rev. 2 Rec. 8 Rev. 3
  Rev. 5) The reviewers support the decision in
  WP4d to pursue one industrial-scale test case
  (the mining application) which should provide
  concrete challenges and constraints to the
  control research. In how far this has lead to
  relevant research and integration results will be
  a critical issue for the next review meeting.
• Done

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Review 4 recommendations, Contd
AUTOMOTIVE CONTROL

• Recommendation 4 A conclusive part describing
  the expected and real outcome as well as possible
  future collaborative activities should be added
  to deliverable D4c.4.2.
• Recommendation 5 A consolidated description of
  the feedback or the expected and real outcome of
  the workshop is requested for deliverable
  D4c.4.1.
• D4c.4.1 and D4c.4.2 have been resubmitted.
• Recommendation 18 The consortium is encouraged
  to submit a final draft of deliverable D4c.2.2.
• Has been done in the new deliverable D4c.2.4
• Recommendation 19 For the final report of
  deliverable D4c.3.2, clear criteria for the
  performance obtained from hybrid control methods
  and for their comparison to other methods should
  be described.
• Has been done in the new deliverable D4c.3.4

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Review 4 recommendations, Contd
TOOLS

• Recommendation 2 The project management should
  continue to encourage the application domains to
  document the usage of the HYCON toolboxes and to
  strengthen the commitment of the industrial
  partners as members of the IAB in the HYCON
  network.
• HYCON Tool Brochure (D6.4.1)
• Recommendation 3 (former Rev. 2 Rec. 5 Rev. 3
  Rec. 4) While the current description of the
  mapping between tools and case studies is useful,
  this mapping needs to be monitored in the future
  to ensure that neither tools are developed in
  which nobody is interested nor case studies
  proceed within leveraging the tools already
  developed/integrated by other parts of HYCON and
  needlessly repeating work. The synergies between
  the different parts of the project have to be
  demonstrated here.
• The HYCON Case studies booklet has been
  updating. At this occasion a committee was
  created to carefully take into account these
  recommendations.

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HYCON integration Case Study Booklet
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Review 4 recommendations, Contd
TOOLS

• Recommendation 12 (former Rev. 2 Rec. 12 Rev. 3
  Rec. 1) One goal of an NoE is to ensure that
  activities outside of itself are triggered as
  well other research activities,
  standardization, or commercialization of tools
  developed within or aided by the NoE. Links with
  the Artemis platform have not materialized so
  far, and the approach to monitor and to link to
  standardization activities need to be clarified.
  The project is encouraged to pursue and document
  such options. This is related to recommendation 2
  as well.
• No commercialisation of tools up to now. STREP
  proposal MULTIFORM
• PARADES is member of SPEEDS IP standard
  metamodel (HRC). In particular the WP3 hybrid
  interchange format has been used to work on this
  issue.
• Recommendation 16 An interchange format (WP3)
  should, to be practical useful, have mechanisms
  for modularity and reuse of individual modules.
  The project is strongly encouraged to take this
  issue into account the issue of
  modularization/hierarchies and the achieved
  results should be revisited at a later review
  meeting.
• Done

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Review 4 recommendations, Contd
CROSS-CUTTING

• Recommendation 13 An overall recommendation is
  to strengthen the cross-cutting activities
  between different workpackages to foster the
  integration aspect of the Network of
  Excellence. For example, work in the individual
  WP4x is, currently, still isolated from each
  other and at best linked via other workpackages.
  While it will be difficult to change that due to
  the quite different nature of these application
  areas, it might be worthwhile to consider whether
  some joint activities between different WP4x can
  turn out to be fruitful for the area at large.
• HYCON case studies booklet
• Example WP4c WP4d - Use of wireless sensor
  networks for automotive applications such as
  stability control.

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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Review 4 recommendations, Contd

• Recommendation 14 WP5 should make sure that
  other, similar activities are at least observed
  and, ideally, a joint strategy is developed.
  Also, it seems necessary to develop a strategy
  how this taxonomy and bibliography can be made
  open to public scrutiny, comment, and updating
  especially once it has been passed on to the
  EECI.
• A similar activity on bibliography design of a
  community member at under http//www.dii.unisi.it/
  hybrid/ieee/  An evaluation resulted in the
  decision that a joint strategy does not make
  sense due to the very limited size (12 references
  until now) and the stagnating development of the
  other approach. Not open the taxonomy and
  bibliography for public access.

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Review 4 recommendations, Contd
MANAGEMENT

• Recommendation 6 (former Rev. 2 Rec. 8) Future
  workshops, especially with industry
  participation, should be evaluated and the
  results documented.
• Done this year for the key events School in
  Sienna, HYCON Conf in lAquila, Graduate School
  in Gif-sur-Yvette.
• ?Recommendation 7 (former Rev. 2 Rec. 7 Rev. 3
  Rec. 3) Continue to document milestones and
  ensure that their description is easily and early
  on available before a review meeting. Make
  reviewers explicitly aware of such availability
  of both milestones and deliverables.
• Done
• Recommendation 22 Overall, the deliverables
  produced by the project are occasionally somewhat
  unbalanced. Some are extremely (and overly)
  detailed, while others seem to lack crucial
  information. Also, it would considerably ease
  review work if all information were available in
  the deliverables in a concise, compact, and
  timely form before the review.
• Efforts were done for taking into account this
  recommendation.

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Review 4 recommendations, Contd

• Recommendation 15 In WP2, the selection of a
  further possible two benchmarks should proceed
  quickly and with care, notably a decision is
  expected before M30.
• Done.
• Recommendation 23 The consortium should give
  priority to set the mechanisms and rules for
  hand-over of knowledge/tools/IPR to the EECI.
• Discussions started at the end of the
  deliverable D6.5.1. It will continue next year
• Recommendation 24 Details about concrete plans
  to run an industrial lecturers programme that
  defines location, date and speakers should be
  provided.
• Not yet completed.
• Recommendation 11 (former Rev. 2 Rec. 9) HYCON
  visibility outside the control communities is
  starting to grow but, obviously, can never be big
  enough. Activities to spread awareness in other
  communities (automotive, energy, networking, )
  will be considered at the next review meeting.
• Much effort was done in this direction.

BENCHMARKING
INDUSTRIAL BRIDGING
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Review 4 recommendations, Contd
EECI BUSINESS MODEL
Recommendation 1 (former Rev.2 Rec. 2 Rev. 3
Rec. 2) The business model for the EECI will
have to be further defined and proven in
practice. The lasting integration of European
research in hybrid control will be one of its
major tasks and a critical metric for its
success. Indeed, the position of the EECI manager
needs to evolve and communication needs of the
EECI are to be carefully analysed and
implemented. Also, the separation between Paris
and Aquila will have to be filled with life and
it will have to be shown in the future that this
separation is indeed an efficient form of
organization. (Partially) done. The main lines
of the business model have been set up and will
be summarized in the updated Description of Work.
Considerable efforts have been spent on defining
its structure, its infra-structure, its first
activities
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Deliverables
RE-SUBMITTED
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Deliverables M25-M36
INTEGRATION
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Deliverables, contd
RESEARCH
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Deliverables, contd
DISSEMINATION
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Deliverables, contd
MANAGEMENT
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Deliverables, contd
POSTPONED
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Resources
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Major achievements at M36

• Successful teaching activities HYCON-EECI
  Graduate School on Control and the Second HYCON
  PhD School
• Growing interest in the International Curriculum
  Option of Doctoral Studies in Hybrid Control for
  Complex, Distributed and Heterogeneous Embedded
  Systems
• HSCC07 more oriented embedded and real-time
  control, control of/over communication networks
• EECI important steps on the structure
  infrastructure activities
• The annotated bibliography and the concept of the
  handbook are progressing well.
• Benchmarking 2 new exercises switched dynamics
  and the discrete-valued control inputs
  constrained PWA system - Award

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Major achievements at M36, contd

• Growing interest of HYCON affiliated companies
  (not in number but in quality of exchanges)
  demonstrated in particular during the HYCON Conf
  lAquila
• HYCON Tool Repository (access now to 13 tools)
  and the HYCON Demonstrator Site (2 new examples)
  progressed as planned the interchange format for
  linear switched systems has been experimentally
  validated new significant advances on tools for
  stochastic systems.
• The brochure for HYCON tool promotion has been
  edited and evaluated by industrials
• The IPR policy for EECI strategies for
  knowledge protection, best practices and patent
  procedures and techniques, model contracts

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Major achievements at M36, contd

• WP4x continuing high quality research
  activities (demonstrated by by the list of
  publications and organization of sessions at
  international conferences dissemination
  activities in general) and networking (unexpected
  new scientific collaborations).
• Success can also be demonstrated by the growing
  number of HYCON post-docs and PhDs granted by
  companies or national programmes
• The number of PhD thesis in the framework of
  HYCON is growing - Award

Current EECI, this afternoon Future EECI,
tomorrow morning