Dynamic Digital Nervous Systems (DDNS)
for Enterprise Management
  

Topic: Methodology, tools, and architectures for the management and presentation of knowledge, information, and data for dynamic enterprise systems.

Speakers:

• Dr. Mohammad Modarres, President, DML International, Inc.
  Director, Center for Technology Risk Studies
  University of Maryland at College Park
  
• Dr. Yu-Shu Hu, Chief Technical Officer, DML International, Inc.
  Associate Director, Center for Reliability Engineering
  University of Maryland at College Park

Date & Time: February 7th, 2002

• 9:30am-12pm Morning Session
• 12pm-1pm Lunch
• 1pm-3pm Afternoon Session

Cost: Free and open to the public

Sign-up: Walk-in's are welcome
Contact: Marsha Jones
Phone: (360) 944-9890 x10
Email: mjm@sdiusa.com
Website: http://www.sdiusa.com/DMLSeminar.htm

Abstract:

Today's organizations are comprised of a complex web of people, software, and equipment that interact to provide services and products to customers. Significant amount of data and information continuously flow between these very diverse entities of the organizations. External factors such as customer and competition operating environments, as well as the general technical and economic environment also influence the strategic direction and routine operation of the organizations. Considering the dynamic changes that occur routinely in these organizations, for example in human resources, processes and customer's environment, one would face far-fetched problems to properly manage, make decisions and develop strategies in these complex and principally knowledge driven enterprise systems.

A well established approach to model, simulates, and maximize the economic potential of the enterprise systems requires the use of an array of tools and techniques that can efficiently capture and integrate the knowledge, information and data of the diverse entities of complex organizations. A knowledge modeling technique, called Dynamic Master Logic (DML) diagrams is a proven technique for modeling and logically and systematically representing the knowledge, information, and data of varied entities of these organizations. Together with the DML-based software tools, a powerful architecture called Dynamic Digital Nervous System (DDNS) is devised to support management of knowledge, information, and data in complex dynamic enterprise systems. In this seminar an overview of this architecture along with the DML methodology, associated tools, experiences and some applications will be discussed.

The DML methodology and tools have now been used successfully in a number of industries and applications. Organizations using DML have ranged from the semiconductor and electronics industry to government organizations. Customer include:

• Semiconductor and Electronics: Motorola, Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Corp (TSMC), Macronix, Powertek Components, Faraday Technology, Unimicron Technology as well as others.
  
• Government: Taiwan Gov. National Space Program Office, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission, Taipei City Gov. Service Center.
  
• Other: UBI Asia (Biomedical), Forward Express (Customs Freight Clearance)

DML applications have been varied, including customer and competitor analysis, decision support, fault analysis, risk evaluation and many more.

See the DML website at www.dmlinternational.com for more information about the DML product and services.

Biographies:

Mohammad Modarres is President of the DML International, a Maryland-based knowledge management and information systems firm. He is also a Professor of Systems and Reliability Engineering, Director of the Center for Reliability Engineering and Co-Director of the Center for Technology Risk Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. His expertise includes modeling of complex systems, knowledge management, probabilistic risk assessment, decision making under uncertainty, functional modeling, and real-time intelligent tools for diagnosis. He is a consultant to many U.S. and international governmental and private organizations, and national research laboratories. In his areas of expertise, Dr. Modarres has over 200 papers in professional journals and proceedings of conferences, three books, one handbook, four edited books and 5 book chapters. He is a University of Maryland Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and a fellow of the American Nuclear Society and IEEE. He is the co-founder and president of the International Functional Modeling and Applications Association (IFMAA). Dr. Modarres received his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979, and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977.

Yu-Shu Hu is Chief Technical Officer of the DML International, a Maryland-based knowledge management and information systems firm. He is also Associate Director of the Center for Reliability Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a consultant to many international companies and national research laboratories. His expertise includes quality assurance, reliability engineering, knowledge management, and customer relationship management. He has assisted many companies to implement real-time intelligent tools for diagnosis and decision supporting in the area of semiconductor fabrication, communication, satellite operation, software development, PCB manufactory, biological research, IC Design and nuclear engineering. Dr. Hu received his Ph.D. in Reliability Engineering in 1994, and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1991 from University of Maryland.

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About Systematic Designs International:

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