Subcommittee on Industrial and Factory Communication Systems Chairs: Elisabeth Uhlemann, Halmstad University, Sweden Francisco Vasques, University of Porto, Portugal Scope: Real-time Communication and Applications; Formal Description Techniques; Multimedia Communication Support; Distributed application platforms; Internetworking, Interoperability; Configuration Tools and Network Management; Fieldbus Networks; Industrial Ethernet, Cell Networks; High Speed Networks; Intranet and Internet Access; Factory Applications and Case Studies.

Elisabeth Uhlemann received her MSc degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Halmstad University, Sweden, in 1998 and her PhD degree in Communications Theory from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2004. She has held visiting positions at the University of South Australia in 2005 and the Technical University of Berlin in 2007. She has also worked as a consultant at Ikanos Communications, CA, USA, in 2005 with VDSL protocols and at Free2move, Sweden, during 2009-2010 with wireless audio. Currently, Dr. Uhlemann is an Associate Professor in Communications Systems at CERES (Centre for Research on Embedded Systems) in Halmstad University, Sweden. Since March 2009, she is located in Västerås, Sweden, collaborating with Mälardalen University and ABB on reliable real-time communications for embedded systems. Her research interests include channel coding, iterative techniques, diversity, MAC methods, real-time communications and industrial communication systems. She has two best paper awards: APCC 2005 and ETFA 2010, has served as a guest editor for a Special Section on Wireless Technologies in Factory and Industrial Automation in the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics in 2006 and she was an invited speaker at Globecom in 2010. In addition, she is also interested in vehicular communications and was previously with Volvo Technology where she was involved in several EU FP6 projects, studying communication requirements for traffic safety applications in vehicular networks. She has contributed to the common European ITS communications architecture document produced within COMeSafety and she participates actively in ETSI TC ITS. Contact email address: e.uhlemann@iestcfa.org   Francisco Vasques received the “Licenciatura” degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Porto, Portugal, in 1987 and both the MSc and PhD degrees in Computer Science from LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France, in 1992 and 1996, respectively. Since January 2004, he is Associate Professor at the Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management Department of the University of Porto. Since November 2006, Prof. Francisco Vasques is at the head of the Master Programme on Mechanical Engineering at his University. He is also the responsible for the Real-Time Systems and the Safety-Critical Computer Systems courses at his University.. Prof. Francisco Vasques is author or coauthor of more than 100 technical papers in the areas of real-time systems and industrial communication systems. His current research interests include real-time communication systems, industrial communications, fault-tolerant systems, and real-time system architectures. Additionally, he is also interested in safety-critical computing systems and communications. Since 2007, he his Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics for the topic on Industrial Communications. He served as Program Co-Chairman for the 2000, 2004 and 2006 editions of the IEEE Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), which were held in, respectively, Porto, Vienna and Torino. He also served as track co-chairman for Industrial Communication Systems for the 2003 and 2005 editions of the IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), which were held in, respectively, Lisbon and Catania. Contact email address: f.vasques@iestcfa.org