François Vernadat
Encyclopedia
François B. Vernadat is a French and Canadian computer scientist
, who has contributed to Enterprise Modelling
, Integration and Networking over the last 25 years specialising in enterprise architecture
s, business process modelling, information systems design and analysis, systems integration and interoperability and systems analysis using Petri nets.
, France, where received a MA in Electronics and Automatic Control and a PhD in 1981. He has been a research officer first at the National Research Council of Canada
(NRCC), Ottawa, from 1981 until 1988, and then at Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (INRIA), France, until Sept. 1995. Since 1995 he has been a professor at the University of Metz in automatic control and industrial engineering, the head of the Department Automation and Industrial Engineering (AGIP) and the director of the Laboratory for Industrial and Mechanical Engineering (LGIPM). At the end of 2001, he joined the European Commission
, DG Eurostat in Luxemburg, as an administrator in the IT Directorate and then moved to DG Informatics (DIGIT) until Jan 2008. Since then he is the head of the IT Infrastructure departmetn of the European Court of Auditors, another European institution.
He serves as an associate editor for "Computers in Industry", "International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing" and "International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems", and is on the editorial board of "International Journal of Production Research".
, enterprise integration
, information systems design and analysis, CIM
and various aspects of industrial engineering
, such as facility layout, performance evaluation, cost estimation, and competency modelling.
Articles, a selection:
Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
, who has contributed to Enterprise Modelling
Enterprise modelling
Enterprise modelling is the abstract representation, description and definition of the structure, processes, information and resources of an identifiable business, government body, or other large organization....
, Integration and Networking over the last 25 years specialising in enterprise architecture
Enterprise architecture
An enterprise architecture is a rigorous description of the structure of an enterprise, which comprises enterprise components , the externally visible properties of those components, and the relationships between them...
s, business process modelling, information systems design and analysis, systems integration and interoperability and systems analysis using Petri nets.
Biography
F. Vernadat studied from 1973 until 1981 at the University of ClermontBlaise Pascal University
Blaise Pascal University , also known as"Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand II" or just Clermont-Ferrand II, is a public university with its main campus on in Clermont-Ferrand, France, with satellite locations in other parts of the region of Auvergne, including Vichy, Moulins, Montlucon,...
, France, where received a MA in Electronics and Automatic Control and a PhD in 1981. He has been a research officer first at the National Research Council of Canada
National Research Council of Canada
The National Research Council is an agency of the Government of Canada which conducts scientific research and development.- History :...
(NRCC), Ottawa, from 1981 until 1988, and then at Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (INRIA), France, until Sept. 1995. Since 1995 he has been a professor at the University of Metz in automatic control and industrial engineering, the head of the Department Automation and Industrial Engineering (AGIP) and the director of the Laboratory for Industrial and Mechanical Engineering (LGIPM). At the end of 2001, he joined the European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
, DG Eurostat in Luxemburg, as an administrator in the IT Directorate and then moved to DG Informatics (DIGIT) until Jan 2008. Since then he is the head of the IT Infrastructure departmetn of the European Court of Auditors, another European institution.
He serves as an associate editor for "Computers in Industry", "International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing" and "International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems", and is on the editorial board of "International Journal of Production Research".
Work
F. Vernadat's research work has been dealing with enterprise architectures, enterprise modellingEnterprise modelling
Enterprise modelling is the abstract representation, description and definition of the structure, processes, information and resources of an identifiable business, government body, or other large organization....
, enterprise integration
Enterprise integration
Enterprise integration is a technical field of Enterprise Architecture, which focused on the study of topics such as system interconnection, electronic data interchange, product data exchange and distributed computing environments....
, information systems design and analysis, CIM
CIM
CIM may refer to:Institutions and companies:* California Institution for Men, a state prison in the USA* Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum* Canadian Investment Manager designation of the Canadian Securities Institute...
and various aspects of industrial engineering
Industrial engineering
Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis...
, such as facility layout, performance evaluation, cost estimation, and competency modelling.
Publications
He is the author of over 260 scientific papers in journals, conferences, and edited books. A selection:- 1993. CIMOSA: Open System Architecture for CIM. Edited by ESPRIT Consortium AMICE, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
- 1993. Practice of Petri Nets in Manufacturing. Authored with F. DiCesare, G. Harhalakis, J.M. Proth, M. Silva, Chapman & Hall, London.
- 1993. Advances in factories of the future, CIM, and robotics. Edited with Michel Costaftis, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
- 1995. Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering. Edited with Pierre Ladet, Chapman & Hall, London.
- 1996. Enterprise Modeling and Integration: Principles and Applications, Chapman & Hall, London.
- 1999. Information control in manufacturing 1998 : (INCOM '98) : advances in industrial engineering : a proceedings volume from the 9th IFAC Symposium, Nancy-Metz, France, 24-26 June 1998. Edited with G. Morel.
- 1999. Techniques de Modélisation en Entreprise : Applications aux processus opérationnels, Economica, Paris.
Articles, a selection:
- 1990. "CIM-OSA Part I: Total Enterprise Modelling and Function View", Authored with H. Jorysz. In: Int. J. Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 3(3), 144-156.
- 1990. "CIM-OSA Part II: Information View", Authored with H. Jorysz. In: Int. J. Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 3(3), 157-167.
- 1994. "Standards and Prenorms in Design, Manufacturing and Automation". In: Handbook of Design, Manufacturing and Automation, Edited by R.C. Dorf and A. Kusiak, Wiley Interscience, New-York, Chap. 49, pp. 993-1019.
- 1995. "The M*-OBJECT methodology for information system design in CIM environments", Authored with G. Berio, A. Di Leva and P. Giolito. In: IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC-25 (1), 68-85.
- 1995. "The CIMOSA business modelling process", Authored with M. Zelm and K. Kosanke. In: Computers in Industry, 27, 123-142.
- 1998, 2006. "The CIMOSA Languages". In: Handbook on Architectures of Information Systems, Edited by P. Bernus, K. Mertins and G. Schmidt, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 251-272.
- 1999. "Process and Data Nets: The Conceptual Model of the M*-OBJECT Methodology", Authored with G. Berio, A. Di Leva and P. Giolito. In: IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC-29 (1); Part B, 104-114.
- 1999. "New Developments in Enterprise Modelling Using CIMOSA", Authored with G. Berio. In: Computers in Industry, 40 (2-3), 99-114.
- 2002. "Enterprise Modeling and Integration (EMI): Current Status and Research Perspectives". In: Annual Reviews in Control, 26, 15-25.
- 2002. "UEML: towards a unified enterprise modelling language". In: Int. J. Production Research, 40 (17), 4309-4321.
- 2004. "Standards on Enterprise Integration and Engineering – A state of the art", Authored with D. Chen. In: International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 17 (3), 235-253.
- 2005. "Internet-based Enterprise Architectures". In: The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing, Edited by M. P. Singh, Chapman & Hall/CRC Boca Raton, Chap. 22, pp. 22-1 - 22-23.
- 2006. "Analysis and modeling of individual competencies: toward better management of human resources", Authored with M. Harzallah and G. Berio. In: IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 36 (1), 187-207.
- 2006. "Industrial performance measurement: An approach based on the aggregation of unipolar or bipolar expressions", Authored with L. Berrah and G. Mauris. In: Int. J. on Production Research, 44 (18-19), 4145-4158.
- 2007. "Reengineering the Organization with a Service Orientation". In: Service Enterprise Integration: An Enterprise Engineering Perspective, Edited by Cheng Hsu, Springer Science, New-York, Chapt. 3, pp.77-101.
- 2007. "Interoperable Enterprise Systems: Principles, Concepts, and Methods". In: Annual Reviews in Control, 31(1), 137-145.
- 2007. "Enterprise Integration and Networking: Issues, trends and vision", Authored with A. Molina, D. Chen, H. Panetto and L. Whitman. In: Studies in Informatics and Control, 16(4), 353-369.
- 2008. "Architectures for Enterprise Integration and Interoperability: Past, present and future", Authored with D. Chen and G. Doumeingts. In: Computers in Industry, 29(3), 647-659.
- 2009. "Enterprise Integration and Interoperability". In Handbook of Automation, Edited by S. Nof, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Chap. 86, pp. 1529-1538.