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Large-Scale Industrial Software Systems: Research Opportunities and Challenges

Speaker: Dr. Srini Ramaswamy, Industrial Software Systems, ABB Corporate Research Center, India

Talk Title: Large-Scale Industrial Software Systems: Research Opportunities and Challenges

Abstract: Software systems development is fast becoming a globalized activity and this is an increasingly major trend within all industrial sectors. Due to the many benefits of globalization, from the integration of multiple ethnic / market perspectives driven idea generation to development cost structuring, middle and small-sized software companies are now beginning to establish worldwide development campuses / partners. Thus, globalization has become an overwhelming phenomenon in the software industry and is rapidly defining the nature of software development for the 21st century. For Industrial Automation companies like ABB in emerging markets such as India, these opportunities are both exciting we well as immensely challenging. They present problems that are incredibly different from similar-sized western markets and require a significant amount of innovation and creativity to develop robust, sustainable, yet significantly low-cost solutions for such markets. In this talk, I will present an overview of ABB in India and its research activities, specifically in the areas of Industrial Communications and Industrial Software Systems.

Biography: Dr. Srini Ramaswamy transitioned from an academic to a corporate research career in 2010, as the head for Industrial Software Systems research at ABB India Corporate Research Center, in Bangalore, India. His primary role is in research team building and leadership, developing university relationships and engaging in applied research for the creation and execution of projects with transformative value for the company's power technologies and process automation business units. On the academic front, he also serves as a visiting professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a honorary adjunct professor at the Indian Institute of Information Technology – Bangalore. His research interests are on intelligent and flexible control, behavior modeling, analysis and simulation, software stability and scalability; particularly in the design and development of complex software systems. Specific applications include real-time control issues in automation and manufacturing, data mining and distributed real-time applications. His work is motivated by the desire to understand the various requirements to build scalable, intelligent software systems with the inherent ability to successfully respond to observed and reported behavioral changes in their environment.

Host: Vice Dean Raghu Raghavendra

Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 324

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Janice Thompson