embocon General Information
The workshop is the initial meeting of all partners of the EMBOCON project, namely
- Imperial College London
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- ETH Zurich
- University of Heidelberg
- University Politehnica Bucharest
- Technische Universität Dortmund
- LMS International
- IPCOS NV
- BASF SE
The EMBOCON project aims at enabling widespread application of real-time optimization in embedded systems, and is supported by the European Union through the 7th Framework Programme on Research, Technological Development and Demonstration. More information can be found on the EMBOCON project webpage.
Date
Monday, March 22, 9am - 6pm and
Tuesday, March 23, 9am - 4.30pm.
Location
The Kick-Off Workshop will take place at K.U.Leuven's Electrical Engineering Department. Main meeting room will be 00.62 (ground floor), group discussions will also take place in 00.57 and 00.68.
Travel and Hotel Information
Detailed travel information and a list of hotels can be found at the Visitor Information's page of OPTEC. Each participant is asked to book rooms on his/her own. Feel free to contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for assisting you with the booking.
Lunches
Lunches on Monday and Tuesday will be served by the K.U.Leuven student's restaurant ALMA. Please inform This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by Wednesday, 3rd March 2010, in case there are any dietary requirements.
Child Care
Day care facilities are available during the kick-off workshop. Please inform This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by Wednesday, 3rd March 2010, in case you would like to make use of them.
Programme
Programme on Monday, 22/3/2010
| Time | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| 09.00 - 09.15 | Welcome by the organisers (KUL/ICL) | 00.62 |
| 09.15 - 10.15 | Brief introduction and expectations of the partners (ALL) | 00.62 |
| 10.15 - 10.30 | Coffee break | close to 00.62 |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Presentation of WP2/7 (TUDO/ICL) | 00.62 |
| 11.00 - 12.00 | Discussion on open software platform (ALL) | 00.62 |
| 12.00 - 13.40 | Lunch break | ALMA 3 |
| 13.40 - 14.00 | Presentation of WP8 (KUL) | 00.62 |
| 14.00 - 14.20 | Presentation of LMS' Industrial Case Study (LMS) | 00.62 |
| 14.20 - 14.40 | Presentation of IPCOS' Industrial Case Study (IPCOS) | 00.62 |
| 14.40 - 15.00 | Presentation of BASF's Industrial Case Study (BASF) | 00.62 |
| 15.00 - 15.15 | Coffee break | close to 00.62 |
| 15.15 - 16.15 | Break-out sessions on EMBOCON mission (ALL) | 00.62 / 00.68 / 00.57 |
| 16.15 - 16.35 | Presentation of WP3 (ETH) | 00.62 |
| 16.35 - 16.55 | Presentation of WP4 (ICL) | 00.62 |
| 16.55 - 17.15 | Presentation of WP5/9 (IWR) | 00.62 |
| 17.15 - 17.35 | Presentation of WP6 (UPB) | 00.62 |
| 17.35 - 18.00 | Wrap-up of first day (KUL/ICL) | 00.62 |
| 19.30 - 22.00 | Joint dinner (ALL) | Leuven |
Programme on Tuesday, 23/3/2010
| Time | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| 09.00 - 10.30 | Management Issues: election of steering committee, dissemination, communication (ALL) |
00.62 |
| 10.30 - 10.45 | Coffee break | close to 00.62 |
| 10.45 - 12.00 | Visit to K.U.Leuven's Mechanical Engineering Department | MechEng |
| 12.00 - 13.30 | Lunch break | ALMA 3 |
| 13.30 - 14.00 | First round of parallel group discussions on WP goals: | |
| Methods for convex problems, WP 3/4 (ICL/ETH/KUL) |
00.68 | |
| Methods for nonlinear and distributed problems, WP 5/6 (IWR/UPB/ICL/KUL/TUDO) |
00.57 | |
| Applications and software, WP 2/7/8 (TUDO/KUL/BASF/IPCOS/LMS) |
00.62 | |
| 14.00 - 14.15 | Report on group discussions (ICL/IWR/TUDO) and providing feedback (ALL) |
00.62 |
| 14.15 - 14.45 | Second round of parallel group discussions on WP goals: | |
| Methods for convex problems, WP 3/4 (ICL/ETH/KUL) |
00.68 | |
| Methods for nonlinear and distributed problems, WP 5/6 (IWR/UPB/ICL/KUL/TUDO) |
00.57 | |
| Applications and software, WP 2/7/8 (TUDO/KUL/BASF/IPCOS/LMS) |
00.62 | |
| 14.45 - 15.00 | Summary of group discussions (ICL/IWR/TUDO) | 00.62 |
| 15.00 - 15.15 | Coffee break | close to 00.62 |
| 15.15 - 16.15 | Discussion on next steps: recruitment, webpage, meetings (ALL) |
00.62 |
| 16.15 - 16.30 | Wrap-up of kick-off workshop (KUL/ICL) | 00.62 |
Note that the final programme might be subject to minor changes.
Organisers
The EMBOCON Kick-Off Workshop is jointly organised by
- This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , K.U.Leuven
- This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , K.U.Leuven
- Paul Goulart, Imperial College London
- Sebastian Sager, University of Heidelberg
