Professor Valeriy Vyatkin
Visiting Scholar
Distributed Information and Automation Laboratory
Background
Prof Valeriy Vyatkin is with The University of Auckland, New Zealand where he is Director of Industrial infomechatronics and industrial automation lab.
Prof Vyatkin completed engineer degree in applied mathematics at Taganrog State University of Radio Engineering (TSURE), in 1988, a PhD degree in 1992 and higher level doctorates Dr Sci in 1998 (Russia), and the Dr Eng degree (Japan) in 1999. His previous faculty positions were with Martin Luther University of Halle–Wittenberg, Germany (1999–2004), and with TSURE (1991–2002). His research work focused in the area of software engineering for industrial automation systems, distributed architectures and multi-agent systems, reconfigurable manufacturing. Prof Vyatkin is also active in research on dependability provisions for industrial control systems, such as methods of formal verification and validation, and theoretical algorithms for improving their performance.
Prof Vyatkin was involved in joint research projects with companies in the USA, Canada, Austria, New Zealand, Germany and Russia. He is the principal investigator in SmartGrid research project of FREEDM program, funded by the National Science Foundation (USA). He held visiting professor positions at Universities of Cambridge (UK), University of New Brunswick (Canada), University of Paris-Sud (France), Tampere University of Technology (Finland) and Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany).
Prof Vyatkin served guest editor for journals: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Control Engineering Practice (Elsevier), International Journal of Manufacturing Research (Taylor & Francis), EURASIP Journal of Embedded Systems (Springer).
Recently he has been invited keynote speaker at 3 major international conferences.
Research interests
Industrial control & automation:
- distributed automation systems
- software engineering of industrial automation systems
- artificial intelligence in automation
- reconfigurable industrial systems
dependable automation systems:
- formal methods for modelling, verification, validation and synthesis
- simulation and emulation environments
- software languages and tools
specific areas of applications:
- logistics, material handling and baggage handling
- smartgrid
- smart homes and buildings
- flexible reconfigurable manufacturing
- infomechatronics
Professional affiliations
- Co-founder of o3neida– international network of networks, currently operating worldwide for the advancements of intelligent industrial automation
- International Electrotechnical Commission (SC65b, Workgroups 5 and 13)
- Member of CIGRÉ working group 5.43 on Protection and Automation of Future Networks
- IFAC working group 5.1 on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
- IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
- International Journal of Discrete Event Systems – editorial board member
- International Journal of Software Engineering – editorial board member
- Editor in Chief of ICST Transactions on Energy Web
- Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
- Chair of the NZ North IEEE Computer Society chapter
- General co-Chair of the 4th International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multiagent systems (HoloMAS 2007)
- Member of IEEE IES technical committees on industrial agents, standards and SmartGrid
Publications
Books
1. Vyatkin, V., IEC 61499 Function Blocks for Embedded and Distributed Control Systems Design, 297 pp., Instrumentation Society of America, USA, October, 2011 – Second Edition (first – 2007)
2. V. Marik, V. Vyatkin, A. Colombo (Eds), Holonic and Multi-agent systems in Manufacturing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4659, Springer Verlag, 2007
3. Vyatkin, V., Ivanov, G.I., Efficient Implementation of Control Programs, Taganrog, Russia, Taganrog State Radio Engineering University Publishers, p1-162, 2000
4. Vyatkin, V., Ivanov, G.I. Application programming in industrial control systems, Taganrog, Russia, Taganrog State Radio Engineering University Publishers, 1998, pp. 1-104
Recent book chapters
1. V. Vyatkin, M. De Sousa, A. Zoitl, ‘Communication aspects of IEC 61499 architecture’, Industrial Electronics Handbook, Chapter 54, 2010, Taylor & Francis, USA
2. G. Black, V. Vyatkin, ‘On Practical Implementation of Holonic Control Principles in Baggage Handling Systems using IEC 61499’, in Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4659, pp. 314-325
3. Y. Al-Safi, V. Vyatkin, An Ontology-based Reconfiguration Agent for Intelligent Mechatronic Systems, in Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4659, pp. 114-126
4. Hanisch H.-M., V. Vyatkin: Achieving Reconfigurability of Automation Systems by Using the New International Standard IEC 61499: A Developer’s View, Integration Technologies for Industrial Automated Systems, R. Zurawski (ed.), CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, July 2006, ISBN: 0849392624
5. Hanisch, H.M., Vyatkin, V. 'Achieving Reconfigurability of Automation Systems by Using the New International Standard IEC 61499: A Developer's View', In: Richard Zurawski(ed.), The Industrial Information Technology Handbook., USA, CRC Press, p.661-680, 2005
Journal editorials
1. L. Ferrarini, J. L. Martinez Lastra, A. Martel, A. Valentini and V. Vyatkin, “Embedded Systems Design in Intelligent Industrial Automation”, EURASIP Journal of Embedded Systems, 2008, Article ID 194697
2. R.W. Brennan, L. Ferrarini, J.M. Lastra, and V. Vyatkin ‘Automation objects: enabling embedded intelligence in real-time mechatronic systems’, Int. J. Manufacturing Research, Vol.
1, No. 4, pp.379–381, 2006
Recent Journal Papers
1. C.-H. Yang, V. Vyatkin, “Distributed Modelling and Simulation Framework for Hybrid Systems based on IEC 61499 Function Blocks and MATLAB Simulink”, Control Engineering Practice, 2012, accepted
2. W. Dai, V. Vyatkin, “Redesign Distributed PLC Control Systems Using IEC 61499 Function Blocks”, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 9(2), 2012, pp. 309-401
3. V. Dubinin, V. Vyatkin, “Semantics-robust Design Patterns for IEC 61499”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2012, 8(2), pp.279-290
4. G. Zhabelova, V. Vyatkin, “Multiagent Smart Grid Automation Architecture Based on IEC 61850/61499 Intelligent Logical Nodes”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2012, 59(5), Page(s): 2351 - 2362
5. C. Suender, V. Vyatkin and A. Zoitl, “Formal Validation of Downtimeless System Evolution in Embedded Automation Controllers”, ACM Transactions on Embedded Control Systems, 2012, in print
6. V. Vyatkin, “IEC 61499 as Enabler of Distributed and Intelligent Automation: State of the Art Review”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 7(4), 2011, pp. 768-781
7. N. Higgins, V. Vyatkin, N. Nair and K. Schwarz, Intelligent Decentralised Power Distribution Automation with IEC 61850, IEC 61499 and Holonic Control, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Machine and Cybernetics, Part C, 41(1), 2011, pp.81-92
8. G. Black, V. Vyatkin, “Intelligent Component – based Automation of Baggage Handling Systems with IEC 61499”, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2010, 7(2), pp. 337-351
9. V. Vyatkin, “The IEC 61499 Standard and its Semantics”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, 3(4), pp. 40-48, 2009
10. Zoitl, V. Vyatkin, “IEC 61499 Architecture for Distributed Automation: the ‘Glass Half Full’ View”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, 3(4), pp. 7-23, 2009
11. V. Vyatkin, V. Dubinin, “Refactoring of Execution Control Charts in Basic Function Blocks of the IEC 61499 Standard”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2010, 6(2), pp. 155-165
12. Y. Al-Safi, V. Vyatkin, “Ontology-based Reconfiguration Agent for Intelligent Mechatronic Systems in Flexible Manufacturing”, International Journal of Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 26, 2010, pp. 381–391
13. L.H. Yoong, P.S. Roop, V. Vyatkin, Z. Salcic, “A Synchronous Approach for IEC 61499 Function Block Implementation”, IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 58(12), 2009, pp. 1599-1614
14. V. Vyatkin, H.-M. Hanisch, C. Pang, J. Yang, “Application of Closed-Loop Modelling in Integrated Component Design and Validation of Manufacturing Automation”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Machine and Cybernetics - C, No.1, vol. 39, 2009, pp. 17-28
15. M. Minhat, V. Vyatkin, X. Xu, S. Wong, Z. Al-Baya, “A Novel Open CNC Architecture Based on Step-NC Data Model and IEC 61499 Function Block”, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 25, pp. 560-569, 2009
16. Vyatkin V., Salcic Z., Roop P., Fitzgerald, J., “Information Infrastructure of Intelligent Machines based on IEC61499 Architecture”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, 2007, 1(4) pp. 17-29
17. Vyatkin, V., “The Potential Impact of the IEC 61499 Standard on the Progress of Distributed Intelligent Automation”, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 8, (1), 2006
18. V. Dubinin and V. Vyatkin, “On Definition of a Formal Model for IEC 61499 Function Blocks,” EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems, vol. 2008, Article ID 426713, 10 pages, 2008
Selected Conference Papers
1. C. Pang, J. Yan, V. Vyatkin, S. Jennings, “Distributed IEC 61499 Material Handling Control based on Time Synchronization with IEEE 1588”, IEEE International Conference on Clock Synchronisation, Munich, 2011
2. V. Vyatkin, G. Zhabelova, N. Higgins, K. Schwarz, N. Nair, “Towards Intelligent Smart Grid Devices with IEC 61850 Interoperability and IEC 61499 Open Control Architecture”, IEEE Conference on Transmission and Distribution, New Orleans, April, 2010
3. V. Vyatkin, J. Chouinard, “On Comparisons the ISaGRAF implementation of IEC 61499 with FBDK and other implementations”, 6th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, (INDIN’08), Daejeon, Korea, July 2008
4. V. Vyatkin, V. Dubinin, Sequential Axiomatic Model for Execution of Basic Function Blocks in IEC 61499, 5th IEEE Conference on Industrial Informatics INDIN 2007, Vienna, p.1183-1188, 2008
5. V. Dubinin, V. Vyatkin, “Modelling And Verification Of IEC 61499 Function Blocks And Applications Using Prolog” , 11th IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA’06), Proceedings, Prague, 2006
6. V. Vyatkin, M. Hirsch, H.-M. Hanisch, “Systematic Design Of Distributed Controllers in Industrial Automation”, 11th IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA’06), Proceedings, Prague, 2006
7. Vyatkin V., “Execution semantic of function blocks based on the model of net condition/event systems”, 4th IEEE Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN ‘06), Proceedings, Singapore, 2006
8. Vyatkin, V. 'Intelligent Mechatronic Components: Control System Engineering using an Open Distributed Architecture', 9th IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies in Factory Automation (ETFA'03), Proceedings, Lisbon, Portugal, September 18-20, 2003, p.277-284
9. Cai, X., Vyatkin, V., Hanisch, H.M. 'Design and Implementation of a Prototype Control System According to IEC 61499', 9th IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies in Factory Automation (ETFA'03), Proceedings ETFA'03, Lisbon, Portugal, September 18-20
10. Vyatkin, V., Hanisch, H.M. 'Formal-modeling and Verification in the Software Engineering Framework of IEC61499: a way to self-verifying systems', 8th IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies in Factory Automation, Proceedings ETFA'01, Nice, France, September, 2001
11. Vyatkin, V., Hanisch, H.M., Starke, P., Roch, S. 'Formalisms for verification of discrete control applications on example of IEC1499 function blocks', "Verteilte Automatisierung" (Distributed Automation), Proceedings, Magdeburg, Germany, March, 2000
