Industrial Automation

Biography

Juan R Pimentel is a Professor of Computer Engineering at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is an expert in the area of Internet of Things, Industrial Internet, safety-critical systems and industrial computer networks, particularly issues related to real-time protocols, safety-critical protocols, dependable automotive embedded distributed systems, and distributed industrial and embedded systems. He is a recognized international expert in the area of industrial communications and real-time and dependable protocols. He has written 3 books on networking, multimedia systems, and safety critical systems. He has worked with major manufacturing and process control projects involving products from companies such as Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider Electric, ABB, and GE-Fanuc. As a 1980 graduate of the University of Virginia, his accomplishments include the co-development of the application layer for Profibus (with Siemens), and the development of FlexCAN, a CAN-based safety-critical architecture. In 2007 he received the “Distinguished Researcher Award” from Kettering University for contributions in the area of industrial communication systems and automotive systems. During the last few years he has been involved with wireless sensor networks (WSNs), telemetry systems using TV white spaces, software define radios (SDR), and platforms for deploying IoT technologies. He is currently writing a book on “Industrial Internet Connectivity”.

Abstract

Abstract : Context aware systems for unstructured environments based on WSNs