The development and the survival of automotive industry in Italy, as in other industrialized countries, critically depend on research and innovation capabilities. The integration of mechanical engineering with electronics, with the decisive contribution of control science and engineering, is the key to explain the spectacular advances made by motor vehicles in the last decades, concerning emissions, fuel consumption, safety, diagnostics and comfort, and will be the key to face with future developments too. In fact, the fossil fuels depletion, the increased oil price and the need of reducing carbon dioxide emissions dramatically conflict with an increasing demand of mobility, posing new and complex challenges to the automotive industry. In this seminar, an overview on some significant trends and applications in the field of automotive control will be presented and discussed. The seminar will provide the opportunity to compare points of view and experiences, coming both from industry and university, in two countries, as Japan and Italy, where automotive industry plays a major role on employment and economic development.

Program

9.30 Welcome

9:40 Prof. Gianfranco Rizzo, University of Salerno, Italy
Introduction (PDF)

9:50 Dr. Akira Ohata, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan
Desired Modeling Environment for Automotive Engine Controls

10:40 Prof. Tielong Shen, Dept.of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Recent Research Topics of Automotive System Control in Sophia University

11:30 Dr. Stefano Scala, ELASIS, Pomigliano d'Arco, Naples, Italy
Research in Automotive and Transportation Control at ELASIS (PDF)

12:20 Discussion

13:00 Lunch