The traditional yearly seminar of IEEE CSS/SMSC/RA Chapter of Finland will be organized on 06.11.2024, 13 – 17.30h, room 253, R2, (Rakennus- ja ympäristötekniikka), Aalto University, Rakentajanaukio 4 A, 02150 Espoo. To address the trends in smart industry, robotics & AI, the theme this year is ‘Smart industry applications towards Industry 5.0‘. The half-day seminar will have keynote presentations from distinguished researchers, as well as a panel discussion. The event aims to bring the Finnish engineering community of researchers, professionals and students around the topics of robotics and automation and their related fields.

The Registration is free, but mandatory and can be done HERE

The event can be attended both on-site and remotely. A remote link will be sent only to registered participants!

Program of the seminar is as follows:
Place: Rakennus- ja ympäristötekniikka building, Aalto University Espoo, Rakentajanaukio 4 A, meeting room 253, R2.

12:00 – 13:00 – Joint lunch with Chapter officers, (self-paid, networking lunch, place: Ravintola Aalto Kvarkki)

13:00 – 13:10 – Dr. Yancho Todorov, Chapter Chair (VTT), Opening of the seminar

13:10 – 13:30 – Award ceremony of the Chapter’s Best Paper Award in 2023.

13:30 – 14.10 – Prof. Shankar Deka, Aalto University, Data-driven certification for safety and performance in modern control systems.

14:10 – 14:50 – Prof. Simo Särkkä, Aalto University, Role of GPU computing in large-scale model predictive control.

14:50 – 15:10 Break

15:10 – 15:50 – Prof. Iiro Harjunkoski, Aalto University, Combining data analytics with production optimization.

15:50 – 16:30 – Prof. Francesco Corona, Aalto University, A model-based control framework for operating full-scale wastewater treatment plants as energy-autonomous water resource recovery facilities.

16:30 – 17:10 – Distinguished lecturer, Prof. Thomas Badgwell, UT Austin, A Practitioner’s Assessment of Deep Reinforcement Learning for Industrial Process Control Applications.

17:10-17.40 – Panel discussion – Future Challenges and opportunities in Industry 5.0, moderators: Pasi Hurri, BaseN / Prof. Dominik Baumann, Aalto University.

Organizers:
IEEE Finland Joint Chapter of Control System Society, Robotics and Automation Society and System, Man and Cybernetics Society (http://sites.ieee.org/finland-csrasmc/)
Officers: Dr. Yancho Todorov, Prof. Tomasz Kucner, Prof. Simo Särkkä, Pasi Hurri
Contact: Dr. Yancho Todorov, chair of the IEEE Finland Joint Chapter of CSS, RAS and SMCS; Email: yancho.todorov@vtt.fi