Research and application scope of the Control Room of Future.
A new proposal to the RPI KIP program was approved by KIP review committee in June, 2019 to support CISL research on Using Cognitive Computing for the Manufacturing Control Room of the Future. The new project was proposed by Prof. Wayne Bequette, Wayne Gray, James Malazita, David Mendonca, Rich Radke, and Hui Su.
This project will provide a multidisciplinary support platform for manufacturing process operations during start-up, shut-down, and abnormal situations via cognitive computing, data analytics, and use of an immersive environment. An interdisciplinary research team will investigate how cooperative human-computer decision-making can improve control of hazardous processes related to the operations of chemical manufacturing plants through cognitive computing, modeling and simulation, and data analytics.