Programmation sûre de plates-formes embarquées de type multi/pluri-cœurs

The purpose of this document is to describe an overview of my work on the topic of "programming mutli/many-core COTS in the context of aeronautics" and to propose future research work.L’objectif de ce document est de décrire une synthèse des travaux que j’ai menés autour du thème de "la programmation sûre de plates-formes embarquées" et de proposer des perspectives de recherche pour les années à venir

Advances in Computer Science and Engineering

The book Advances in Computer Science and Engineering constitutes the revised selection of 23 chapters written by scientists and researchers from all over the world. The chapters cover topics in the scientific fields of Applied Computing Techniques, Innovations in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Applications and Advances in Applied Modeling

30th International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM 2017)

Proceedings of COMADEM 201

A Knowledge Based Educational (KBEd) framework for enhancing practical skills in engineering distance learners through an augmented reality environment

The technology advancement has changed distance learning teaching and learning approaches, for example, virtual laboratories are increasingly used to deliver engineering courses. These advancements enhance the distance learners practical experience of engineering courses. While most of these efforts emphasise the importance of the technology, few have sought to understand the techniques for capturing, modelling and automating the on-campus laboratory tutors’ knowledge. The lack of automation of tutors’ knowledge has also affected the practical learning outcomes of engineering distance learners. Hence, there is a need to explore further on how to integrate the tutor's knowledge, which is necessary for imparting and assessing practical skills through current technological advances in distance learning. One approach to address this concern is through the use of Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) principles. These KBE principles facilitate the utilisation of standardised methods for capturing, modelling and embedding experts’ knowledge into engineering design applications for the automation of product design. Hence, utilising such principles could facilitate, automating engineering laboratory tutors’ knowledge for teaching and assessing practical skills. However, there is limited research in the application of KBE principles in the educational domain. Therefore, this research explores the use of KBE principles to automate instructional design in engineering distance learning technologies. As a result, a Knowledge Based Educational (KBEd) framework that facilitates the capturing, modelling and automating on-campus tutors’ knowledge and introduces it to distance learning and teaching approaches. This study used a four-stage experimental approach, which involved rapid prototyping method to design and develop the proposed KBEd framework to a functional prototype. The developed prototype was further refined through internal and external expert group using face validity methods such as questionnaire, observation and discussion. The refined prototype was then evaluated through welding task use-case. The use cases were assessed by first year engineering undergraduate students with no prior experience of welding from Birmingham City University. The participants were randomly separated into two groups (N = 46). One group learned and practised basic welding in the proposed KBEd system, while the other learned and practised in the conventional on-campus environment. A concurrent validity assessment was used in determining the usefulness of the proposed system in learning hands-on practical engineering skills through proposed KBEd system. The results of the evaluation indicate that students who trained with the proposed KBEd system successfully gained the practical skills equivalent to those in the real laboratory environment. Although there was little performance variation between the two groups, it was rooted in the limitations of the system’s hardware. The learning outcomes achieved also demonstrated the successful application of KBE principles in capturing, modelling and transforming the knowledge from the real tutor to the AI tutor for automating the teaching and assessing of the practical skills for distance learners. Further the data analysis has shown the potential of KBEd to be extendable to other taught distance-learning courses involving practical skills

Volume 1 – Symposium: Tuesday, March 8

Group A: Digital Hydraulics Group B: Intelligent Control Group C: Valves Group D | G | K: Fundamentals Group E | H | L: Mobile Hydraulics Group F | I: Pumps Group M: Hydraulic Components:Group A: Digital Hydraulics Group B: Intelligent Control Group C: Valves Group D | G | K: Fundamentals Group E | H | L: Mobile Hydraulics Group F | I: Pumps Group M: Hydraulic Component

14th Conference on Dynamical Systems Theory and Applications DSTA 2017 ABSTRACTS

From Preface: This is the fourteen time when the conference “Dynamical Systems – Theory and Applications” gathers a numerous group of outstanding scientists and engineers, who deal with widely understood problems of theoretical and applied dynamics. Organization of the conference would not have been possible without a great effort of the staff of the Department of Automation, Biomechanics and Mechatronics. The patronage over the conference has been taken by the Committee of Mechanics of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. It is a great pleasure that our invitation has been accepted by so many people, including good colleagues and friends as well as a large group of researchers and scientists, who decided to participate in the conference for the first time. With proud and satisfaction we welcome nearly 250 persons from 38 countries all over the world. They decided to share the results of their research and many years experiences in the discipline of dynamical systems by submitting many very interesting papers. This booklet contains a collection of 375 abstracts, which have gained the acceptance of referees and have been qualified for publication in the conference proceedings [...]

A Model-Based Systems Engineering Methodology to Support Early Phase Australian Off-the-Shelf Naval Ship Acquisitions

A significant capability modernisation program and a wide-ranging review of Defence has meant that Australian naval ship acquisitions are now being undertaken with both increasing pace and increasing oversight. This comes at a time when naval ship acquisition has also swung away from the top-down approach of designing a ship to meet unique Australian requirements, to the strong preference to use off-the-shelf (OTS) ship designs from overseas. This situation creates a need for new approaches to support stakeholders with naval ship concept definition and acquisition methodologies (which include methods, tools, techniques, and processes) that can develop robust, defensible business cases for milestone decisions by government. This thesis addresses this important need through the construction of a structured Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodology that combines ship design aspects with technical and trade-off analyses to enable evidence-based decision making by Defence and government on the preferred technical solution to a capability need. The research utilised the Constructive Research Approach to produce an artefact, the Middle-out Early-phase Above-the-line Naval Ship (MEANS) MBSE methodology. The methodology is focused on the Risk Mitigation and Requirements Setting Phase (early conceptual design) in the Australian Defence capability lifecycle as this is the key stage in determining the outcome of an acquisition project. Specifically, the MEANS MBSE methodology supports requirements definition through a concept and requirements exploration approach. This approach facilitates the definition of traceable, defensible requirements based on top-down requirements analysis and design space exploration, combined with a bottom-up market survey of the existing naval ship design space. Furthermore, the MEANS MBSE methodology uses multi-criteria decision making to provide robust evaluation of candidate OTS naval ship design options to select the preferred solution and identify design weaknesses, or relative deficiencies in each design. The MEANS MBSE methodology encourages design to take place in the modelling environment (as opposed to simply recording the design) and supports iterative “what-if” solution option analysis to evaluate proposed design changes. The research produced a validated, exemplar MBSE methodology, and a body of work on early-stage ship design approaches that together have much to offer Australian Defence for future ship acquisitions. Specifically, it extended the use of MBSE to establish, manage and guide early stage design and analysis activities, whilst simultaneously maintaining traceability to Defence strategic guidance and capability needs. This extension allows capability development stakeholders to demonstrate the links between strategy, design activities, and requirements definition, thereby making ‘contestability’ and Systems Engineering rigour inherent in the specification of the required naval ship. The novelty of the research arises from the novel synthesis of several proven system design and analysis methods into a bespoke MBSE methodology that provides unique functionality and assistance to ship acquisition stakeholders. The thesis is presented in a combined conventional narrative and publications format, with the publications upon which the body of the thesis is based included in the appendices.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre, 201