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Abstract:
(Invited Talks)
The methodology useful in order to implement cooperation between
R&D units and Business units is to be considered with
particular care when technologies derived from the application of
Neural and Cognitive Sciences are involved. This both for the
particular focus of attention required and for the objective
difficulties in the forecasting of the quality of the final results
achievable using such a kind of techniques. Ansaldo Ricerche
developed in the last four year the so called "Innovative
automation project", aimed to practically develop a constructive
approach to the application of advanced IT tecniques to the Ansaldo
products. The activity has been widely based on the realization and
evaluation of many proof-of-concept prototypes implementing
soft-computing tecniques in various field of application. This
resulted in some interesting experiences, now useful to synthetize
the new generation of industrial products. Some of those new
development will be briefly described, in order to give an idea of
the enormous practical opportunity that the application of Neural
and Cognitive Sciences can yield to the industrial community. Some
comments on the constructive approach developed will be, as well,
presented and discussed.
Dr. Riccardo Parenti is the head of the Innovative Controls and
Automation Group in Ansaldo Ricerche and developed a significant
experience in implementing succesful cooperations between scientist
and industrialist. Born in 1957, married with Paola, two sons, he
gained his formal degree in Electronic Engineering at the Genoa
University and his professional experience mainly leading from 1987
to 1990 a consultant firm in the scientific SW arena, then joining
Ansaldo Ricerche as Head of the Automation Group in 1990. His
professional activity can be briefly characterized looking at the 6
industrial patents he hold; at his authorship (or co-authorship) of
more than 25 international industrial papers; at his activity (up
to 1998) as External Expert of the European Commission for Long
Term Research in the ESPRIT Program; at his activity as Member of
the Managing Board of the Associazione Elettrotecnica Italiana
S.MS. He has been co-author of both the second (1996) and third
(1999) edition of the AIRI - Italian Association for the Industrial
Research - "Repertorio delle tecnologie prioritarie per
l'industria" ("Catalogue of the high priority technologies for the
Industry"). He developed a significant activity in the Scientific
Community interested in Advanced Computing Technologies Application
too: for instance he is Permanent Member of the ICSC AAB
(International Computer Science Conventions Academic Advisory
Board); Member of the Steering Committee of the WILF (the Italian
Workgroup on Fuzzy Logic, IEEE RIG); Active Node of ERUDIT
(European Network in Uncertainty Techniques Developments for Use in
Information Technology). He served as invited teacher at the
AEI/CNR/PoLiMi "School of Soft Computing Application Techniques and
experiences" (1996) and at the IIASS "Advanced Information and
Communication Technologies Master" (1997). He has been recently
invited speaker in some international events such as the Springer
Forum on Advanced Industrial Application of Soft Computing (1999),
the SIENA SNN '97 - (Europe's Best Neural Networks Practice)
(1997). In 1999 he has been General Chairman of the ICSC IIA
("International Symposium on Intelligent Industrial Automation");
he has been Chair and Organizer of the Europe-USA-Japan Industrial
Panel session of the 1998 edition of the EANN (Engineering
Application of Neural Network) conference. He is and has been
member of the scientific committee in many national and
international conferences on Advanced Information Technology, such
as ICANN, IIA, SOCO, WILF, EANN, etc.
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