IFIP                       MEMBER PROFILE               

Name:

Luís M. CAMARINHA-MATOS

Affiliation:

New University of Lisbon / UNINOVA Institute

Contact:

Quinta da Torre –  2829-516 Monte Caparica - Portugal

 

cam@uninova.pt    tel +351-212948517   fax +351-212941253

 

Main expertise and current areas of research

Main expertise:

 

  • Computer science

  • Systems integration

  • Intelligent manufacturing systems

Current areas of research

  • Virtual Enterprises and Electronic Commerce

-          IT infrastructures

-          Coordination of distributed activities

-          Models

 

  • Machine Learning in Intelligent Supervision

  • Multi-Agent Systems in Manufacturing and Virtual Communities

  • Remote supervision in distributed systems

  • Manufacturing Information Systems and Systems Integration

  • Manufacturing Systems Re-engineering

Current projects

Acronym, Title, Brief description, Duration, URL

 

IST THINKcreative  [project leader]

Thinking network of experts on emerging smart organizations (Jul 2001 – Dec 2003)

THINKcreative aims at establishing a working group to act as a European advisory group in the area of smart and emerging organizations in the framework of the "knowledge and skills economy".

The general goal is to identify and characterize the emerging organizational forms, the required infrastructures, modeling and application tools, and socio-organizational needs for the next 5, 10, and 20 years.     www.thinkcreative.org

 

IST TELECARE  [project leader]

A Multiagent Telesupervision System for Elderly Care (June 2001 – May 2004)

The purpose of this project is to develop a framework for telesupervision of elderly people living alone towards a virtual community for elderly assistance, using a multi-agent approach including both stationary and mobile agents. www.uninova.pt/~telecare

 

IFIP COVE  [project leader]

CO-operation infrastructure for Virtual Enterprises and electronic business

(Jul 2000 – Jun 2002)

The purpose of this project is to assess research results and practices in virtual enterprises and electronic business, leading to the design of common reference models, cooperation infrastructures, and prospects for further collaborative developments. It will be based on the creation and operation of a cluster / forum of participants and projects active in the field, covering a world-wide representation, which will facilitate the exchange and refinement of knowledge and project results on new ways of working in networks of independent but cooperative nodes. www.uninova.pt/~cove

 

IST FETISH-ETF

Federated European Tourism Information System Harmonization (Jan 2000-Apr 2002)

The purpose of this project is to develop methodologies to allow tourism organizations and enterprises to register their services in federations of services under a virtual enterprise perspective.

 

IST VOSTER

Virtual Organizations Cluster (Dec 2001 – May 2004)

The aim of VOSTER is to collect, analyse and synthesize the results from a number of leading Euro­pean research projects on Virtual Organisation (VO), i.e. geo­graph­ically distributed, functionally and culturally diverse, dynamic and agile organisational entities linked through ICT.

http://cic.vtt.fi/projects/voster/public.html

 

IST CE-NET II

Concurrent Enterprise Network of Excellence (Jan 2000-2002)

The prime aim of this second phase of the CE-NET is to establish and further develop a well-coordinated and effective support infrastructure throughout Europe in order to share and exchange the latest developments in the CE domain.

http://www.ce-net.org/

 

GROWTH ASSEMBLY-NET

Network of Excellence on Assembly (Nov 2001 – Oct 2004)

 

 

 Recently finished projects

 

Esprit PRODNET II  [project leader]

Production Planning and Management in an Extended Enterprise

Sep 1996-Oct 1999. www.uninova.pt/~prodnet

 

Esprit WATERNET

Knowledge Capture for Advanced Supervision of Water Distribution Networks

Jun 1996-May 1998.

 

INCO SCM+    [project leader]

Beyond Supply Chain Management in Food Industry

Apr 1996 – Sep 1997. www.uninova.pt/~scm

 

INCO-DC ProSME

Easy-to-Use Procedures for Quality Management tailored for SMEs

Feb 98-Jan 2001

 

Esprit ESCN

European STEP Centres Network

Nov 1997 – Oct 1999. www.uninova.pt/~escn/

 

TSER IFC

Further training funds as an impulse for new models of life long training - Integrated Funding Concept

Mar 1999 – Jun 2000