Process Information Technology:
From Research to Industry

Background

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites you to participate in a 1.5-day workshop to address issues surrounding the advancement of process information technology.

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together vendors, end users, and researchers from different manufacturing-related disciplines to discuss matters of common interest relative to the advancement of process information technology. Interest in the advancement of process information technology has grown dramatically over the past few years. This includes, but is not limited to, process modeling, analysis, execution, and monitoring as well as process information management and exchange. Recent research efforts have focused on the advancement of process information technology, with a strong emphasis on identifying and defining the terminology related to manufacturing, enterprise and workflow processes. The underlying premise is that with a common set of terms, or at least common meaning of concepts behind those terms, process information will be easier to use, manage, and exchange. With much of this work still in its early stages, this is the time for researchers and industry to come together to determine what future directions these efforts should take to ensure they address the needs and challenges that companies are facing today and expect to face in the future. This is precisely the purpose of this workshop.

The workshop will have presentations from researchers, vendors, and end users, break-out sessions to address specific researchers', vendors', and users' needs, a panel discussion on process information technology and its current strengths and drawbacks, and a seminar to explore in-depth issues pertaining to the advancement of process information technology.

For further information, please contact Craig Schlenoff at pit98@cme.nist.gov or 301-975-6536.

Workshop Objectives

The primary objective of this workshop is to provide an open forum for researchers and industry representatives to discuss how current and future research efforts can further address the process information technology needs of industry.

Specific workshop goals include the following:

• to identify, discuss, and propose solutions to issues in current technology with input from vendors, end users, and researchers in the process information technology field
• to raise the awareness of needs in the area of process information technology and of current research efforts;
• to determine the need for standards for process information and the role of NIST in this effort;
• to educate participants by providing an in-depth look at various aspects of process information technology.

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