Speaker Bio

Dr. Weiming Shen is a Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China. Prior to joining HUST, he worked for 20 years at National Research Council Canada as Research Officer, Senior Research Officer, and Principal Research Officer. He is a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC). He is an internationally-recognized expert on agent-based collaborative technologies and applications. He has published several books and over 500 papers in scientific journals and international conferences in the related areas. His work has been cited about 16,000 times with an h-index of 60. His book titled “Multi-Agent Systems for Concurrent Intelligent Design and Manufacturing” and a few related review papers are among the most cited on agent-based intelligent manufacturing. He is the Co-Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, has been Program Committee Co-Chair of the CSCWD conferences since 2001, and served as General Chair/Co-Chair or Program Committee Chair/Co-Chair for over 30 international conferences.

沈卫明博士，华中科技大学教授。在加入华中科技大学之前，曾在加拿大国家研究委员会担任研究员、高级研究员和首席研究员20年。他是加拿大工程院院士，IEEE会士，加拿大工程学会(EIC)会士。他是国际公认的基于智能体协作技术和应用的专家，在相关领域的科学期刊和国际会议上发表了多部著作和500多篇论文，被引用了约1.6万次，h指数为60。其中《面向并行智能设计与制造的多代理系统》专著以及一些相关的综述论文是基于智能体智能制造领域被引用最多的。担任IEEE计算机协同工作设计技术委员会的联合主席，自2001年以来CSCWD会议的程序委员会联合主席，并曾担任30多个国际会议的总主席/联合主席或程序委员会主席/联合主席。

Abstract

Agent technology represents a novel paradigm for developing distributed intelligent manufacturing and industrial automation systems. During the past three decades, a significant number of researchers and practitioners have been trying to apply intelligent software agents in the areas of engineering design, collaborative intelligent manufacturing, supply chain management, and smart product services. Recent developments and fast advancements of Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing, Industrial Internet, Cyber-Physical Systems, Digital Twins, Big Data, and Blockchains provide new opportunities for applications of intelligent software agents in intelligent manufacturing and industrial automation, but also bring a lot of new research challenges. This talk presents some first-hand experience in developing agent-based collaborative design and manufacturing technologies and systems, and discusses future trends, R&D opportunities and challenges.

智能体技术为分布式智能制造和工业自动化系统的开发提供了一种新的范式。在过去的三十年中，大量的研究者和实践者试图将智能体应用于工程设计、协同智能制造、供应链管理和智能产品服务等领域。云/雾/边缘计算、工业互联网、信息物理系统、数字孪生、大数据、区块链等技术的最新发展和快速发展，为智能体在智能制造和工业自动化领域的应用提供了新的机遇，但也带来了许多新的研究挑战。本次报告将介绍智能体协同设计与制造技术与系统的开发经验，并讨论未来的发展趋势、研发机会与挑战。