Resume of
MARIA PIA FANTI
Associate Professor
Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed
Elettronica
Politecnico di Bari (Italy)
Via Re David 200 70125 BARI (Italy)
Tel. +39-080-5963643 Fax. +39-080- 5963410
Electronic-mail address:
fanti@poliba.it
Research
Interests
·
Control and modeling of automated
manufacturing systems.
·
Control
and modeling of computer integrated systems: automatic guided vehicle systems,
automated storage and retrieval systems, railway networks, urban traffic
signals.
·
Supply
chain modeling and management.
·
Discrete event systems, Petri net and Colored Petri nets.
·
Structural
properties of linear systems.
Education
“Laurea” degree in Electronic
Engineering University
of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 1983.
Research
and Professional Experience
1998-present Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, Associate
Professor.
1990-1998
Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, Assistant
Professor
1999 Visiting researcher at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York.
1986-1988
Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy,
Researcher in cooperation with SELENIA Society: Techniques to evaluate
performance indices of flexible manufacturing systems.
1983-1989 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, Researcher in projects about modeling and control of flexible manufacturing systems.
Affiliations Member of IEEE, IEEE Robotics and
Automation Society, IEEE Control Systems Society, Member of New York Academy of Sciences.
1984
IBM
Theses Award
1998
Who’s
Who in Science and Engineering (Marquis Who’s Who), 4th Edition
Book
Chapters
1.
B.Maione, M.P.Fanti,
B.Turchiano "Large Scale Markov Chain Modelling of Transfer Lines",
in Operations Research models in Flexible Manufacturing Systems, CISM, Udine, Italy, October 5-9 1987,
Springer-Verlag, 193-211.
2.
M.P. Fanti, B. Maione,
G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Techniques and Applications of the System
Approach to the Design of Generic Software for Real-Time Control of Flexible
Manufacturing Systems (FMS)", in Computer Aided Design, Engineering,
and Manufacturing: Systems, Tecniques and Applications, Volume II, Computer
Integrated Manufacturing, Editore C.
Leondes, Gordon and Breach International Series in Engineering, Technology and
Applied Science, Section 1, pp. 1-31, CRC press, 2001.
3.
M.P. Fanti,
"Deadlock-Free Control in Automated Guided Vehicle Systems", Concurrency
in Dependable Computing, P.
Ezhilchelvan and A. Romanovsky Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the
Netherlands, 2002.
4 M.P.
Fanti, M.C. Zhou, "Introduction to Deadlock Research in
Computer-integrated Systems", M.P. Fanti, M.C. Zhou Eds., Deadlock Resolution in Computer-Integrated Systems, 2004.
5 M.
P. Fanti, B. Maione, G. Maione, and B. Turchiano, "Digraph-based Techniques
for Deadlock Resolution in Automated Manufacturing Systems", Maria Pia
Fanti and MengChu Zhou Eds. Deadlock Resolution in Computer-Integrated
Systems, 2004.
Journal Articles
1. M.P. Fanti,
B.Maione, B.Turchiano: "Structurally Fixed Modes of Systems Described by
Rosenbrock's Polynomial Matrices", Int. J. Control, vol.48, no. 5, pp.1947-1965,
1988.
2
M.P.
Fanti, B.Maione, Q.Semeraro, B.Turchiano: "Assessing the Operational
Analysis Robustness for Flexible Manufacturing Systems Modelling", Int.
J. of Systems Science,
vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 2381-2394, 1988.
3 M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano "A stategy for partitioning and ordering of
the states of Markov chains for three state production lines analysis", Automazione
e Strumentazione, n.6, pp.185-190, 1989.
4 M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, R.
Peluso, B. Turchiano, "Two-level Solution Method for Markov Chain
Modelling Transfer Lines with Unreliable Servers and Finite Buffers", Int.
J. of Systems Science,
vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 971-986, 1989.
5
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano "Controllability of Linear Single-Input
Positive Discrete-Time Systems", Int. J. Control, vol. 50, no. 6, pp.
2523-2542, 1989.
6
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano "Controllability of Multi-Input Positive
Discrete-Time Systems", Int. J. Control, vol. 51, no. 6,
pp.1295-1308, 1990.
7
M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Alcuni
Criteri di Gestione delle Code in un FMS", Automazione e Strumentazione, vol. XXXIX, no. 9, pp.109-117, 1991.
8
L.
Carnimeo, M.P. Fanti, M. Trovato, B. Turchiano "A Graph-Theoretic
Decoupling Technique for the Design of Synchronous Generator Controllers",
IEE Proceeding-D Control Theory and Applications, vol. 139, no. 3, pp.
337-345, 1992.
9
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "System approach to a
generic software specification for Flexible Manufacturing System job flow
management", Int. J. of Systems Science, vol. 23, no. 11, pp.
1889-1902, 1992.
10
M.P. Fanti, G. Maione, B. Turchiano, "New Policies
for Deadlock Avoidance in Flexible Manufacturing Cells", Automazione e
Strumentazione, vol. XLIV, no. 2, pp. 91-95, 1996.
11
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "System Approach to Design
Generic Software for Real-Time Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems"
IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, vol. 26, no. 2, pp.
190-202, 1996.
12
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano "Decoupling of MIMO systems by
graph-theoretic approach," Studies in Informatics and Control, vol. 5, no. 1, pp
49-68, 1996.
13
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, S. Mascolo, B. Turchiano, "Performance of Deadlock
Avoidance Algorithms in Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Journal of
Manufacturing Systems,
vol. 15, no.3, 164-178, 1996.
14
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Heuristic scheduling of
jobs on a multi-product batch processing machine", Int. Journal of
Production Research,
vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 2163-2186, 1996.
15
M.P.
Fanti, G. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Digraph-Theoretic Approach for Deadlock
Detection and Recovery in Flexible Production Systems," Studies in
Informatics and Control, vol. 5, no. 4, pp 373-383, 1996.
16
M.P. Fanti, F. Ferrarini, "Deadlock Avoidance
Techniques for flexible manufacturing Systems" Automazione e
Strumentazione, vol. XLV, no. 2, pp. 121-127, 1997.
17
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, S. Mascolo, B. Turchiano "Event-Based Feedback Control
for Deadlock Avoidance in Flexible Production Systems," IEEE Trans. on
Robotics and Automation, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 347-363, June 1997
18
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, S. Mascolo, B. Turchiano "Low-cost deadlock avoidance
policies for Flexible Production Systems", Int. Journal of
Modelling and Simulation, vol. 17, n. 4, pp. 310-316, 1997.
19
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Event Control for Deadlock Avoidance in
Production Systems with Multiple Capacity Resources," Studies in
Informatics and Control, vol. 7, no. 4, pp 373-383, 1998.
20
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, D. Naso, B. Turchiano, "Genetic Multi-criteria Approach
to Flexible Line Scheduling", Int. J. of Approximate Reasoning, Vol. 19, n. 1, pp.
5-21, 1998.
21
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Comparing Digraph and Petri Net
Approaches to Deadlock Avoidance in FMS", IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man
and Cybernetics. Part B: Cybernetics, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 783-798, October 2000.
22
M.P.
Fanti, G. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Distributed Event-Control for Deadlock
Avoidance in Automated Manufacturing Systems", Int. Journal of Production
Research,
vol 39, no.9, 1993-2021, 2001.
23
M.P.
Fanti, G. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Design of Supervisors Avoiding Deadlock
in Flexible Assembly Systems", Int. Journal of Flexible Manufacturing
Systems, vol. 14, pp. 157-175,
2002.
24
M.P.
Fanti, "Event-based controller to avoid deadlock and collisions in zone
control AGVS", Int. Journal of Production Research, vol. 40, no. 6,
1453-1478, 2002.
25 M.P. Fanti,
"Deadlock Resolution Strategies in
Automated Manufacturing Systems Including Conjunctive Resource Serviceto appear
on IEEE
Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Part A, 2004.
26 M.P. Fanti, M.
Zhou, "Deadlock Research in
Automated Manufacturing. A Survey" 13/02/S, DEE report 2002, to appear on IEEE
Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Part A, 2004.
27 M.
Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, "A coloured Timed Petri Net Model for real-time
control of AGV systems" to appear on Int. Journal of Production Research, 2004.
Conference Proceeding Papers
Published or Accepted
G.Acciani, M.P.Fanti,
B.Maione, B.Turchiano: "Flow Optimization in Flexible Manufacturing
Systems" Proc. IECON'85, IEEE e SICE-Japan, S. Francisco, CA, Nov.18-22 1985, pp. 237-241.
M.P.Fanti, B.Maione,
Q.Semeraro, B.Turchiano:"Reliability of FMS Performance Measures Estimated
via Operational Analysis: the Role of the Part-mix Characteristics" 2nd
Int. Conf. on Computer-Aided Production Engineering, University of
Edinburgh, 13-15 April 1987, pp. 211-216.
M.P. Fanti, B.Maione,
B.Turchiano "Reliability and Performance of Two Stage Transfer Lines with
Finite Buffer and Random Processing Times" Proc. of IASTED
International Symposium Reliability and Quality Control, Paris France, June
24-26 1987, pp. 215-218.
M.P. Fanti, B. Maione,
G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Simulation Based Real-Time Control of
FMS" IFAC International Workshop on Decisional Structures in Automated
Manufacturing,
Genova, Italy, September 18-21 1989, pp. 332-334.
M.P.Fanti,
B.Maione, G.Piscitelli, B.Turchiano "Automazione della produzione: le
ricerche del gruppo di automatica dell'Università di Bari" Giornata di
studio Realtà e prospettive della robotica nel Sud Italia, SIRI e UCIMU, Napoli, 30 Ottobre 1990, pp. 1-16.
M.P. Fanti, G. Figalli,
B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Discrete-event modelling of
Flexible Manufacturing Systems", COMCONEL '90 Communication, Control
and Electronics Conference, Cairo 16-20 Dec 1990, pp. 46-50.
M.P. Fanti, B. Maione,
G.Piscitelli, B. Turchiano " Real-Time Job Scheduling and Job Managing in
FMS" Proc. of the ISMM International Workshop PARALLEL COMPUTING, Trani, Italy,
September 10-13, 1991, pp. 442-446.
M.P. Fanti, B. Maione,
G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Two Methods for Real-Time Routing Selection
in Flexible Manufacturing Systems", IEEE International Conference on
Robotics and Automation, Nice, France, May 10-15, 1992, pp. 1158-1166.
M.P. Fanti, E. Lo Valvo,
P. Piacentini, G. Piscitelli "Real-Time Routing Selection in Flexible
Manufacturing Systems", Proc. of the Thirtieth Int. Matador Conference, UMIST, Manchester,
England, 31st March-1st April, 1993, pp. 727-732.
M.P.
Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano "Graph-theoretic approach to the decoupling
of MIMO systems", Int. Convention and Fair Informatics CONAI' 94, Cuba, February 21-23,
1994.
M.P. Fanti, S. Mascolo,
G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Dealing with deadlock prevention in Flexible
Manufacturing Systems", Int. Convention and Fair Informatics CONAI' 94, Cuba, February 21-23,
1994.
M.P.
Fanti, D. Naso, B. Turchiano, "Controllo Fuzzy dell'Ordine di Invio dei
pezzi alle Stazioni di una Linea Flessibile", Proceeding of 39° Conv.
annuale ANIPLA, AUTOMAZIONE '95, Bari, 8-10 Novembre 1995,
pp. 144-149.
M.P. Fanti, B. Maione,
S. Mascolo, B. Turchiano, "Control Policies Conciliating Deadlock
Avoidance and Flexibility in FMS Resource Allocation", Proc.ETFA'95,
INRIA/IEEE Symposium on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Paris, October 10-13,
1995, pp. 343-351.
M.P. Fanti, G. Maione,
B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Detection and Recovery in Flexible Production
Systems with Multiple Capacity Resources," IEEE -AEI Melecon '96, Industrial
Applications in Power Systems, Computer Science and Telecommunications, May 13-16, 1996, Bari
Italy, pp. 237-241.
M.P. Fanti, B. Maione,
B. Turchiano, "Graph-Theoretic Methodology to define Deadlock Avoidance
Policies," IEEE-SMC Symposium on Discrete Events and Manufacturing
Systems, CESA'96 IMACS, Multiconference, July 9-12, 1996, Lille, France, pp. 419-425.
M.P. Fanti, B. Maione,
S. Mascolo, B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Avoidance Policies for Flexible
Production Systems with Multiple Capacity Resources," IEE 3rd Workshop
on Discrete Event Systems, August 19-21, 1996, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, pp. 31-38.
M.P. Fanti, B. Maione,
D. Naso, B. Turchiano, "Evolutionary Control of Flexible Production
Systems", IEEE ICARCV'96 Fourt Int. Conference on Control, Automation,
Robotics and Vision,
4-6 December 1996, Westin Stamford, Singapore, pp.7-11.
M.P. Fanti, B. Maione,
D. Naso, B. Turchiano, "A Genetic Multi-criteria Approach to Job Shop
Scheduling", ARS'97 "Approximate Reasoning in Scheduling/ ISFL'97
ICSC Symposium on Fuzzy Logic and Applications, Zurich 11-14 February
'97, pp. 46-52.
M.P. Fanti, D. Naso, B.
Turchiano, "Fuzzy Logic Approach to FMS Scheduling", Erudit '97,
European Symposium on Intelligent Techniques, March 20-22, 1997, Bari, Italy, pp.
116-120.
M.P. Fanti, B. Maione,
B. Turchiano, "Event Control for Deadlock Avoidance in Assembly
Systems", 1997 IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,
Orlando, Florida,
October 12-15, pp. 3756-3761, 1997.
M.P. Fanti, G. Maione,
B. Turchiano, "Design and Implementation of Supervisors Avoiding Deadlocks
in Flexible Assembly Systems", IEEE-SMC Symposium on Discrete Events
and Manufacturing Systems, CESA'98 IMACS, Multiconference, Hammamet, Tunisia,
April 1-4, pp. 667-672, 1998.
M.P. Fanti, B. Maione,
B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Avoidance in Cellular Manufacturing Systems",
1998 IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Diego, California, October 12-15, vol. J,
pp. 157-162, 1998.
M.P. Fanti, G. Maione,
B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Avoidance in Manufacturing Systems Modeled by
Petri Nets", IFAC'99, July 5-9, 1999, Beijing, China.
M.P. Fanti, G. Maione,
B. Turchiano, "Supervisors Avoiding Deadlock in Flexible Manufacturing
Systems with Co-operating Machines", European Control Conference, ECC'99, 31 August-3 September
1999, Karlsruhe, Germany.
M.P. Fanti, B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Avoidance Policies Applied to
Flexible Manufacturing Systems Modelled by Colored Petri Nets", ETFA'99,
INRIA/IEEE Symposium on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, October 18-22, Bercelona, Catalonia, Spain, pp. 1099-1106, 1999.
M.P.
Fanti, "Deadlock-Free Control in Automated Guided Vehicle Systems Using a
Coloured Petri Net Model", Workshop on Concurrency in Dependable
Computing,
Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. June 26, 2001.
M.P.
Fanti, B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Avoidance in Automated Guided Vehicle
System", 2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced
Intelligent Mechatronics, 8-11 July, 2001, Como Italy.
M.P. Fanti,
"Event Control for Deadlock Avoidance in Automated Guided Vehicle
Systems", European Control Conference, European Control Conference,
ECC’01, 4-7 September, Porto,
Portugal, 2001.
M.P. Fanti, B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Analysis in Automated Manufacturing Systems
with conjunctive resource Service", IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and
Automation, May 11-15, Washington, U.S.A., 2002.
M.P. Fanti, "A
Deadlock Avoidance Strategy for AGV Systems Modelled by Coloured Petri
Nets", International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, WODES 2002, October 2-4,
Zaragoza, Spain.
M.P. Fanti, M. Zhou, "Deadlock Research in Automated
Manufacturing using Petri Net models",
Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC
2002, October
6-9, Hammamet, Tunisia.
M.
Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, "Modeling of an AS/RS Serviced by Rail-Guided Vehicles: a Control
Perspective", Int.
Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2002, October 6-9, Hammamet, Tunisia.
M.P. Fanti, "A
Colored Timed Petri Net Model to Manage Resources in Complex Automated
Manufacturing Systems", IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation,
ICRA 2003, May 11-15, Taipei, Taiwan, 2003.
M. Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, "A
Real Time Control Strategy to Manage AS/RSs Modeled with Colored Timed Petri
Nets ", IEEE-SMC
Symposium on Discrete Events in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems, CESA2003, July
9-11 2003, Lille, France.
M.P. Fanti, "A
Colored Timed Petri Net Model to Manage Resources in Complex Automated
Manufacturing Systems", IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and
Automation, ICRA 2003, May 11-15, Taipei,
Taiwan, 2003.
M. Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, "A Real
Time Control Strategy to Manage AS/RSs Modeled with Colored Timed Petri Nets ", IEEE-SMC Symposium on
Discrete Events in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems, CESA2003, July
9-11 2003, Lille, France.
M. Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, "Performance of Two real
time Control Strategies for AGV Systems: A case study" European Control Conference ECC2003, 1- 4 September 2003, University of Cambridge, UK.
M. Dotoli, M.P.
Fanti, "Performance-Based Comparison of Control Policies for Automated
Storage and Retrieval Systems Modelled by Coloured Petri Nets" ETFA2003, INRIA/IEEE Symposium on Emerging Technologies and
Factory Automation, 2003, Portugal.
M. Dotoli, M.P.
Fanti, C. Meloni, "Real Time
Optimization of Traffic Signal", 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USA.
M. Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, C. Meloni, M. Zhou, "A Decision Support System for the Supply Chain
Configuration", 2003
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington,
D.C., USA.
A. A. Desrochers, T. Deal, M.P. Fanti, "Complex Token Petri Nets", 2003 IEEE
International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USA.
M.P. Fanti, A. Giua, C. Seatzu "A Deadlock Prevention Method for Railway Networks
using Monitors for Colored Petri Nets", 2003 IEEE
International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003,
Washington, D.C., USA.
Professional
Activities and Services
1. Chair Positions
Served
-
Member of the program
Committee IEEE Int. Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics" Hyatt
Orlando, Florida, USA, October 12-15, 1997.
-
Member of the International Program Committee 1998
IEEE Int. Conference
on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics" Hyatt Regency La Jolla, San Diego,
California, USA. October 11-14, 1998.
-
Member of the International Program Committee IEEE
Int. Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA'99, October 18-22 1999, Bercelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Member of the International Program Committee July 22-25,
2001, Orlando, The Fifth Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and
Informatics, Florida, USA.
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Member of the International Program Committee July 22-25,
2002, Orlando, The Fifth Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and
Informatics, Florida, USA.
-
Member of the International Program Committee 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man
and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003,
Washington, D.C., USA.
.
2. Sessions
Chaired/Organized
-
Deadlock detection, Prevention and Avoidance in Flexible
Production Systems, IEEE Int. Conference on Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics" Hyatt Orlando, Florida, USA, October 12-15, 1997.
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"Recent
Advance in Deadlock Avoidance of Large-Scale, Flexibly Automated Manufacturing
Systems", 1998 IEEE Int. Conference on Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics" Hyatt Regency La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA. October 11-14, 1998.
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Discrete-Event/Hybrid Systems and Control, 1998 IEEE Int. Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics" Hyatt
Regency La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA. October
11-14, 1998.
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Discrete-Event/Hybrid Systems and Control, IEEE Int. Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation,
ETFA'99, October 18-22 1999, Bercelona, Catalonia,
Spain.
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Modelling,
optimization and design of supply chains, 2003
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USA.
-
"Petri
Nets and Discrete Event systems" (Track of 5 sessions), 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man
and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003,
Washington, D.C., USA.
-
"Modelling
and control of transportation and traffic systems" (track of 3 sessions) 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man
and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003,
Washington, D.C., USA..
Serving
as a Referee for
Journals
IEEE Transactions on Robotics and
Automation,
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man,
and Cybernetics,
IEEE Transactions on Automatic
Control,
IIE Transactions,
Int. Journal of Flexible
Manufacturing Systems,
Int. Journal of Production Research
Serving
as a guest editor for
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man,
and Cybernetics: part A, Systems and Humans (2002). "Special
Issue on Deadlock Resolution in Computer Integrated Systems".
Developed Courses
Electrical
Engineering 1994-present:
Automatic
Control
Mechanical
Engineering 1994-present:
Automatic
Control
Management Engineering
2003-present:
Industrial
Automation