Development and application of knowledge-based subject group integration platforms:A case study of Shanghai Institute of Ceramics,CAS

Purpose:According to the different requirements of research group users,we established the knowledge-based subject group integration platforms of Shanghai Institute of Ceramics,the Chinese Academy of Sciences(abbreviated as SIC CAS hereinafter),which were designed and constructed to better meet the needs of CAS research groups for their development,collaboration and communication.Design/methodology/approach:We first identified the requirements of users via preliminary investigation,and then chose CASI1 P,iLibrary and XKE technology,respectively as the building tools compatible with the major demands of users.These steps helped us complete the layout design of SIC CAS integration platforms,as well as its knowledge organization and integration.Findings:According to the need of users,we applied three types of platform construction technologies to five SIC integration platforms,and formulated standard norms for the further construction process,which could provide useful reference for a sustainable development for the extensive construction in CAS institutes.Research limitations:In order to make the SIC integration platforms more intelligent and have more functions,we need to enlarge the scale of the Platforms and upgrade the building tools for the platform construction.Practical implications:The nature of SIC sub-project integration platforms is to construct a content-sensitive environment which can embed knowledge services and knowledge applications seamlessly into scientific activities,so the Platform is expected to be a useful tool to help researchers better understand the recent development of the research field and form collaborations with their peers.Originality/value:SIC integration platforms are the only pilot construction that used 3different platform technologies in the first batch of knowledge-based subject group integration platforms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.The construction is user-centered throughout the whole process,namely,from the technology selection,content construction to the sustainable development of the platforms,which are all based on user requirements.During this process,we have not only established sustainable mechanisms for both the personalized feedback and security management of the institutional knowledge of SIC CAS,but also formed a service team for the sustainable development of SIC integration platforms.

Innovation and Practice of Teaching Methods in Digital and Adaptive Learning:Taking Communication Engineering Major as an Example

This paper proposes teaching reforms in communication engineering majors,emphasizing the implementation of digital and adaptive teaching methodologies,integrating emerging technologies,breaking free from the constraints of traditional education,and fostering high-caliber talents.The reform measures encompass fundamental data collection,recognition of individual characteristics,recommendation of adaptive learning resources,process-oriented teaching management,adaptive student guidance and early warning systems,personalized evaluation,and the construction of an integrated service platform.These measures,when combined,form a comprehensive system that is expected to enhance teaching quality and efficiency,and facilitate student development.

ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION PLATFORM BASED ON SERVICEORIENTED ARCHITECTURE

To achieve information integration, process integration and application integration of enterprise, an enterprise integration platform （EIP） based on service-oriented architecture （SOA） is built. The enterprise integration model depending on encapsulating the business processes as well as the enterprise applications by the neutral and standard web services is presented. The problem how to discover the existed enterprise resources and share them was resolved depending on the mechanism of publishing and discovering the services. The EIP is integrated closely with product lifecycle management （PLM） system so that the process integration as well as orchestration of the business process services is implemented by encapsulating the workflow engine of PLM system. Not only process integration and application integration, but also information integration based on the bill of material （BOM） conversion driven by process are achieved. Finally, an interpretive, qualitative case study on EIP is conducted for this research.

A CORBA-Based Integration Platform of Product Development Process Management for Concurrent Engineering

Product development process management plays an important role in concurrent engineering (CE). The integration platform is a useful tool for effectively supporting the software development and integration. Based on the analysis of practical requirements for product development process management for CE, a CORBA-based integration platform of product development process management (IP-PDPM) is designed and developed. The design principles for IP-PDPM are described. The system architecture and functions of the platform are given, the key technologies for the implementation of IP-PDPM are presented, the application integration mechanism and its implementation techniques are also detailed.

Event-Driven SOA Based Integration Platform for Mold Making Industry

The platform consists of three administers the infrastructure of the whole platform; layers： the management service layer the integration service layer provides the core integration functions and the user service layer satisfies the enterprise integration demands. For the purpose of accommodating the characteristics of mold making companies, an event-driven enterprise service bus working as the heart of the platform is realized. A prototype system combining Web services, Business Process Execution Language （BPEL） and Web Ontology Language （OWL） is implemented. The clients and suppliers and the applications of mold making company are integrated in a loosely-coupled way through the services provided by the platform. Meanwhile the sharing of data and knowledge, and the coordination of business process are realized. By adopting the platform, a new approach is provided to solve the problem of design and manufacture integration for intra and inter mold making companies.

Current State and Development Trends for Integration Platforms

The integration platform (IP) is an advanced support tool for application software development and integration. This paper analyzes the shortcomings of traditional software programming methods, introduces the background and development of integration platforms and presents the basic functions and system architecture of computer integrated manufacture computing environment (CCE) IP as well as the integration framework. Computer integrated manufacturing system (CIMS) application IP is defined in relation to the IP requirements for CIMS implementation within a company. The CIMS application IP is not only a support tool for application software development, but also a support tool for software integration and system operation. Therefore, the behavior and functions of a CIMS application IP must also include software integration and system operation. The development trend for CIMS application Ips is discussed in view of software technology development trends.

Production System of Integrated Agriculture

In the research, the definition of production system of integrated agriculture was proposed, and the theoretical basis （system theory, information theory, cybernetics and operational research） and the key technologies were analyzed. Furthermore, IDEFO of production system of integrated agriculture was established and the constituents of different subsystems were analyzed. In addition, the components of the integrated platform, involving operational system, network, distributed database, communication services, information services, development tools, management and application services and platform entrance, were discussed. In agricultural integrated system, relationship among subsystems should be well considered under guidance of system theory in order to better improve controllability and productivity of agricultural activity.

Design and application of integrated automation system platform of mine based on PON

This article analyzes the design and integrates application of a mine integrated automation system platform based on PON. At the beginning, the paper analyzes the basic principle and structure of PON. The set of integrated automation network platform according to the information transmission characteristics of mine based on access network and Ethernet of PON is designed. The paper descripes the platform in detail from aspacts of designs of system hardware, software and others. The results show that the system platform can improve the efficiency and reduce the cost.

Research on the Construction of Intelligence Community Integrated Information Service platform

With the constructions of ＂intelligence city＂, intelligent life quietly came to the people. As the ＂cell＂ of the city, the construction of intelligence community arises. Resident service system and e-government application system have been used in the traditional information community, but these systems are independent of each other, lack of interconnectedness, which results in the phenomenon of information isolated island. Intelligence community integrated information service platform can integrate information service resources and provide residents with efficient and convenient life. From the meaning, operation mode, we can design the cooperative, open and extensible system architecture.

Enterprise service bus and standard based hospital integration platform and its application research

For healthcare organizations, there is increasing needs to share data among applications to deliver qualitypatient care. It is a key for successful diagnosis and treatment to view accurate and up-to-date patient data in a single information dashboard in real time. But the fact is that many hospitals and healthcare providers today are struggling with legacy system or internally developed systems that cannot easily scale to support new interfaces; the plethora of inflexible point-to-point interfaces make changing in one system deleteriously impact other systems; some systems could not support information sharing; and the standards followed by different systems are not compatible to each other. This is making it increasingly difficult to meet the rapidly changing and demanding of healthcare service.

Development of a Support Tool for Rapid Application Integration of CIMS

Computer intergrated manufacturing system (CIMS) applications in manufacturing enterprises need new advanced support tools for application integration. This paper presents the system architecture and functions for CIMS application integration platform for manufacturing enterprises (MACIP). MACIP integrates a set of application software products and development tools as a complete system for CIMS implementation. MACIP includes a communication system, a global information system, three domain application sub integration platforms, an internet interface and an operation management and control system. The Client/Server structure, the object oriented method and the agent technique were used in developing MACIP. Good system openness, scalability, and maintenance are ensured by conforming to international standards and by using advanced system design software and management tools. MACIP can significantly reduce the implementation complexity, time, and cost of CIMS.

CORBA Based CIMS Application Integration

Common object request broker architecture (CORBA) provides the framework and the mechanism for distributed object operation. It can also be applied to computer integrated manufacturing system (CIMS) application integration. This paper studies the CIMS information service requirement, presents a CORBA based integration approach including the CORBA based CIM information system architecture and the application integration mechanism, and discusses the relationship between CORBA and the CIM application integration platform.

Crop 3D a LiDAR based platform for 3D high-throughput crop phenotyping

With the growing population and the reducing arable land, breeding has been considered as an effective way to solve the food crisis.As an important part in breeding, high-throughput phenotyping can accelerate the breeding process effectively. Light detection and ranging(LiDAR) is an active remote sensing technology that is capable of acquiring three-dimensional(3 D) data accurately,and has a great potential in crop phenotyping. Given that crop phenotyping based on LiDAR technology is not common in China,we developed a high-throughput crop phenotyping platform, named Crop 3 D, which integrated LiDAR sensor, high-resolution camera, thermal camera and hyperspectral imager. Compared with traditional crop phenotyping techniques, Crop 3 D can acquire multi-source phenotypic data in the whole crop growing period and extract plant height, plant width, leaf length, leaf width, leaf area, leaf inclination angle and other parameters for plant biology and genomics analysis. In this paper, we described the designs,functions and testing results of the Crop 3 D platform, and briefly discussed the potential applications and future development of the platform in phenotyping. We concluded that platforms integrating LiDAR and traditional remote sensing techniques might be the future trend of crop high-throughput phenotyping.

Experiment on Leader Propagation Characteristics of Air Gaps in UHVDC Transmission Towers Under Positive Switching Impulse Voltages

Rapid developments in EHV/UHV transmission systems require a deeper understanding of the mechanism of long air gap discharge.Leader propagation is one of the main processes in long gap breakdown.In this paper,the leader propagation characteristics of real size±800 kV UHVDC transmission tower gaps under positive switching impulse voltages(185/2290μs)are investigated.An integrated observation platform consisting of an impulse voltage divider,a coaxial shunt,a high-speed video camera,and a set of integrated optical electric field sensors(IOES),is established.The waveforms of impulse voltage,discharge current,electric field variation at specific positions,and time-resolved photographs of discharge morphology are recorded.Axial leader velocity and the relationship between leader advancements and injected charge are obtained.The typical value of leader stable propagation velocity is 1.7–2.2 cm/μs,which varies slightly with the gap length and applied voltage amplitude.The leader velocity in the re-illumination process is much higher,and is seen as varying from 5 cm/μs to 30 cm/μs,with an average value around 10 cm/μs.The charge in leader channel per unit length is 20–40μC/m,which illustrates a near-direct proportion relationship between discharge current and leader velocity.The observed parameters are important for further simulation of the tower gap breakdown processes.

Quantum dot lasers and integrated optoelectronics on silicon platform Invited Paper

Chip-scale integration of optoelectronic devices such as lasers, waveguides, and modulators on silicon is prevailing as a promising approach to realize future ultrahigh speed optical interconnects. We review recent progress of the direct epitaxy and fabrication of quantum dot （QD） lasers and integrated guided-wave devices on silicon. This approach involves the development of molecular beam epitaxial growth of self- organized QD lasers directly on silicon substrates and their monolithic integration with amorphous silicon waveguides and quantum well electroabsorption modulators. Additionally, we report a preliminary study of long-wavelength （〉 1.3 μm） QD lasers grown on silicon and integrated crystalline silicon waveguides using membrane transfer technology.

Integrating EMIS in CIMS

Enterprise management information system (EMIS) in Manufacturing CIMS Integrating Platform (MACIP), refers to a computer system that manages the information for running an enterprise. A typical EMIS consists of a group of closely connected functions such as production planning, material management, accounting, quality management, etc. The EMIS exchanges information with the CAD/CAPP system in the design department, and the shop floor controller (SFC) in the manufacturing department, while the global information system (GIS) of MACIP supplies the mechanism for information sharing within the enterprise. This paper introduces the EMIS model for a typical manufacturing enterprise, then analyses the interface of the EMIS with the CAD/CAPP system and the SFC. A technical scheme for integrating the EMIS with the GIS is given. This scheme considers the integration of some MRPII systems in the market, and adopts advanced industrial standards to ensure its flexibility and reusability.

More Discussion on High Efficiency & Low Cost Clean Steel Production Platform

The construction of high efficiency, low cost clean steel platform is one of the common key technologies concerning efficiency, quality and cost. It is basic and universal and not only applicable in the R&D and production of "high-end" products, but also in the production of bulk ordinary steel products. The platform of high efficiency, low cost clean steel is the important direction of modern steel technology progress and has great significance on the competitiveness of each steel plant. The research of high efficiency, low cost platform not only involves the production and management of the steel plant, but also the academic research field (process engineering and dynamic operation) and theories and methods innovation of engineering design (theory and method of dynamic-precision design). The integrated theory and method of high efficiency and low cost clean steel platform is the binding point of metallurgical process engineering and material engineering. Different types of high efficiency, low cost clean steel platform should combine with the corresponding rolling process and iron making process so that high efficiency, low cost clean steel manufacturing system would come into being.

Shanghai Tower

Owner:Shanghai Tower Construction & Development Co.,Ltd.Contractor:Shanghai Construction Group Co.,Ltd.Architectural Designer:Gensler,USA Structural engineer:Thornton Tomasetti,USA Construction Drawing Designer:Tongji Architectural Design(Group)Co.,Ltd.With a height of 632 m,the Shanghai Tower stands