Collaborative Engineering Laboratory

1. Collaborative engineering environments:

• distributed tools integration (TRMS -Tool Registration and Management Services)
• workflow definition and management of distributed design processes/tools (e.g. use of Petri nets)
• collaborative workspaces (e.g. CURE)
• synchronous communication (e.g. video conferencing tools)
• security frameworks
• customisable work environments
• relevant standards

2. Engineering in collaborative networks

• creation and management of source networks
• investigation of engineering services available through collaborative engineering networks
• R&D of new design services

3. Knowledge-based approach to distributed collaborative engineering:

• visual knowledge modelling (Active Knowledge Modelling) of collaborative networks, design processes and engineering products
• engineering ontologies
• design and task patterns
• engineering information sharing
• modelling of business process management (BPM) and design process management

4. EDA - Electronic Design Automation

• new Hardware Description and Design Languages (HDDLs)
• VHDL in collaborative environments, component models development and analysis technique
• complex IP definition
• IP-based System-on-Chip (SoC) design in distributed environments
• digital engineering libraries