Driving Manufacturing Excellence through Virtual Factories and Intelligent Optimization
Updated: Sep 4

Welcome to a day filled with inspiring presentations highlighting the forefront of research in Virtual Engineering. As VF-KDO reaches its conclusion, we gather to celebrate what has been accomplished, share the lessons learned along the way, and look forward to the ideas, collaborations, and opportunities that will continue to grow from this foundation.
When and where
Date and time: September 8th at 9:30 - 15:00
Agenda
Welcome (prof. Anna Syberfeldt & prof. Amos Ng)
International keynote: Towards general-purpose heuristic optimisation solvers, Prof. Carlos M. Fonseca, Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra
Human-Robot Assembly Workcell Design: A Bi-Level Multi-objective Optimization Framework with Multi-preference Handling, PhD student Siwei Fu
Results from LITMUS - Accelerating the transition from Industry 4.0 to 5.0, Prof. Sunith Bandaru, PhD student Raquel Quesada Diaz and PhD Aitor Iriondo Pascual
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch and networking
13:00 - 14:30 State-of-the-art research presentations
International keynote: Multi-Objective Optimization and Decision Support for Conformal Cooling in Injection Molding, Prof. António Gaspar-Cunha, Professor of Polymer Engineering, University of Minho
Recent Advances in Machining Transfer Lines: Hierarchical Configuration, Reconfiguration, and Energy and Power Considerations, Pedram Beldar PhD student
Plastic deformation simulation in machining and rotary swaging, Assoc. Prof Mahdi Eynian
Key results of the eight-year research profile VF-KDO, Prof. Amos Ng
14:30 - 15:00 Cake and celebration, networking and demos
Sign up
Register for the conference. Deadline is 1 September.
Contact rena.ahmad@his.se for questions.

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