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Net-WMS - Towards a New Generation of Networked Warehouse Management Systems by Bruno Le Dantec Net-WMS is a new project managed by ERCIM with the objective to integrate virtual reality and optimisation techniques in a new generation of networked businesses in Warehouse Management Systems under constraints. The project has been set up in the frame of the ERCIM Working Group 'Constraints'. Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) are evolving from controlling goods movement and storage to light Net-WMS project participants. manufacturing, transportation and order management. Demands from end users are asking for WMS solutions with decision-making applications and networked environment. The Net-WMS project proposes a software solution enabling the expected new generation of networked businesses WMS. Net-WMS will handle networked communication and co-operation processes through the integration of decision-making technologies, generic 3D placement primitives, virtual reality for 3D visualisation, interactivity to design packing models, knowledge modelling. The added value and competitiveness increase of the Net-WMS solution will be characterised by shared expertise, easy deployment and maintenance, flexibility, interoperability, better resource handling and access to remote services. The Net-WMS achieved prototype applications for processes in a networked WMS will include: • a packing modeller of items based on virtual reality and optimisation techniques • a palletiser tool using optimisation techniques • a dispatcher with the virtualisation of a truckload JOINT ERCIM ACTIONS a• set of interfaces will enable Net-WMS communication between several planning components across a network. Net-WMS-generated knowledge will be shared in networked warehouses, thanks to its interoperability and user friendly interface designed for plant level technician users. Net-WMS optimisation developments will also be made available for the whole community through the enhancement of the Choco opensource system. The achieved optimisation technologies will enable 20% saving for packaging costs. The project gathers nine European organisations having a recognised expertise in logistical and packing problems as well as software development in supply chain optimisation. Net-WMS complementary and multidisciplinary consortium includes 3 SMEs, 2 large manufacturers and 4 academics and research centres. Net-WMS began in September and has a duration of three years. The project is partly funded by the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission. The project consortium is composed of nine partners from research and industry, including the ERCIM members SICS and INRIA. Link: http://net-wms.ercim.org Please contact: Bruno Le Dantec, ERCIM office E-mail: bruno.le_dantec@ercim.org 6 6 ERCIM News No. 67, October 2006
7 Joint DELOS – MUSCLE Summer School on Multimedia Digital Libraries by Remi Ronchaud For the first time, the DELOS and MUSCLE Networks of Excellence organised a joint summer school. The event was held in San Vincenzo, Italy from 12 to 17 June 2006 and the topic covered was Multimedia Digital Libraries. About one hundred European universities and research centres have been involved over the last few years in initiatives addressing multimedia data analysis, computer vision and object recognition, multimedia management in large audio and video collections. Currently, two Networks of Excellence, MUSCLE and DELOS, are addressing these subjects. The networks are partially funded by the European Commission within the sixth EU Framework Programme, and coordinated by ERCIM. In the scope of their respective dissemination and training activities, MUSCLE and DELOS organized a joint summer school in June in San Vincenzo, Italy, with the support of CNR Pisa, INRIA, CWI and the University of Modena. The summer school presented software tools and research strategies to enable users to move away from labor-intensive case-by-case modelling of individual applications, and allow them to take full advantage of generic adaptive and self- Invited lecturer James Wang from Pennsylvania State University. learning solutions that need minimal supervision in the field of new generations of digital libraries. Technologies for multimedia digital libraries span over many disciplines: information systems, knowledge representation, computer vision, audio and image processing, compression and storage, machine learning and information retrieval, multimedia data mining, cross-media analysis, user interfaces and interoperability. Highly qualified lecturers and international researchers have been invited to address theoretical approaches and practical solutions. Among the invited researchers were: • James Wang, Pennsylvania State University • Fernando Pereira, Instituto Superior Tècnico Lisboa • Nicu Sebe, University of Amsterdam • Milind Naphade, IBM T J Watson Research Center • Alex Hauptmann, Carnegie Mellon University JOINT ERCIM ACTIONS • Padraig Cunningham, Trinity College Dublin • Jia Li, Pennsylvania State University • Alan Smeaton – Dublin City University. This summer school highlighted leading research achievements and improved general knowledge in these fields. It also defined a common vision of future research orientations in multimedia datamining, and provided a significant opportunity to exchange experiences, share views and address common problems. Hopefully, this initiative will stimulate the emergence of new research collaborations. Links: Presentations: http://www-rocq.inria.fr/imedia/ DelosMuscleSummerSchool2006/ MUSCLE: http://www.muscle-noe.org/ DELOS: http://www.delos.info/ Please contact: Remi Ronchaud, ERCIM office E-mail: remi.ronchaud@ercim.org Summer school participants. ERCIM News No. 66, Otober 2006 7
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