D.Sc., researcher

Information and Computer Systems in Automation Staff

Contact details

• Location: TUAS building, room 1563
• Telephone: +358 9 470 25968
• Email: seppo.sierlatkk.fi

Projects

• KOVERA: Development process for networked control systems in a mobile working machine – KOVERA
• USVA: Uusien tekniikoiden ja standardien vaikutus automaation suunnitteluprosessiin
• ANTI: Application Strategies of New Technologies in Industrial Automation
• OHJAAVA-3: A Geographically Distributed Monitoring and Control System
• OHJAAVA-2: Modern distribution solutions in open control systems

Publications

• Publications in the library database (total: 35)

• Doctoral dissertation (2007)

• Master's thesis (2003)

Publications in 2011

• Pekka Aarnio, Seppo Sierla and Kari Koskinen,
  "A lightweight element matching method for industrial terminology harmonization: Exploiting minimal semantics based on naming,"
  in Proc. KEOD 2001 - International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, Paris, Oct 26-29 2011, Paris: 2011, pp. 390-395.
• Jarmo Alanen, Seppo Sierla and Teppo Pirttioja,
  "Ensuring systems engineering data integrity with a central data repository,"
  in Automaatio XIX SEMINAARI 15.-16.3.2011, Arto Visala (toim.), Helsinki: Suomen Automaatioseura ry, 2011, 6 pp.
  Electronic publication
• Jarmo Alanen, Iiro Vidberg, Heikki Nikula, Nikolaos Papakonstantinou, Teppo Pirttioja and Seppo Sierla,
  Engineering data model for machine automation systems,
  Espoo: 2011. (VTT Tiedotteita).
• Nikolaos Papakonstantinou, David Jensen, Seppo Sierla and Irem Tumer,
  "Capturing interactions and emergent failure behavior in complex engineered systems at multiple scales,"
  in Proc. ASME 2011 - International Design Engineering Technical Conferences IDETC, Washington, Aug 28-31 2011, Washington: 2011, 10 p.
• Nikolaos Papakonstantinou, Seppo Sierla and Kari Koskinen,
  "Generating and validating product instances in IEC 61131-3 from feature models,"
  in Proc. ETFA 2011 - IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technology & Factory Automation, Toulouse, Sep 5-9 2011, 2011, 8 p.
• Nikolaos Papakonstantinou, Seppo Sierla and Kari Koskinen,
  "Object oriented extensions of IEC 61131-3 as an enabling techology of software product lines,"
  in Proc. ETFA 2011 - IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technology & Factory Automation, Toulouse, Sep 5-9 2011, Toulouse: 2011, 8 p.
• Jukka Peltola, Seppo Sierla, Timo Vepsäläinen and Kari Koskinen,
  "Challenges in industrial adoption of model-driven technologies in process control application design,"
  in Proc. 9th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics INDIN, July 26-29, 2011, Lissabon, Lissabon: 2011, pp. 565-572.
• Jari Rauhamäki, Outi Laitinen, Seppo Sierla and Seppo Kuikka,
  "The role of user guidance in the industrial adoption of MDE approach,"
  Electronic Communications of the European Association of Software Science and Technology, Vol. 34, 12 pp, 2011.
  Electronic publication

Publications in 2010

• Jarmo Alanen and Seppo Sierla,
  "Koneenohjausjärjestelmien suunnitteluprosessi turvakuriin,"
  Automaatioväylä, Vol. 3, pp. 26-28, 2010.
• Jarmo Alanen, Risto Tiusanen, Seppo Sierla, Nikolaos Papakonstantinou and Kari Koskinen,
  "Rigorous work flow and data model for risk assessments of machine control systems,"
  in Proc. The 6th International conference on Safety of Industrial Automated Systems SIAS 2010, 14-15 June 2010, Tampere, Finland, 2010.
• Nikolaos Papakonstantinou, Seppo Sierla, Jarmo Alanen and Kari Koskinen,
  "Reducing Redesign of Safety Critical Control Systems by Early Risk Assessment,"
  in Proceedings of 8th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics INDIN 2010, 2010.
• Jari Rauhamäki, Outi Laitinen, Seppo Sierla and Seppo Kuikka,
  "The Role of User Guidance in the Industrial Adoption of MDE approach,"
  in Proceedings of the 6th Educators’ Symposium: Software Modeling in Education at IEEE MODELS 2010, 2010.
• Timo Vepsäläinen, Seppo Sierla, Jukka Peltola and Seppo Kuikka,
  "Assessing the Industrial Applicability and Adoption Potential of the AUKOTON Model Driven Control Application Engineering Approach,"
  in Proc. 8th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN 2010),Osaka, Japan, 13-16th July 2010, 2010.

Publications in 2009

• Jari Rauhamäki, David Hästbacka, Timo Vepsäläinen, Seppo Kuikka, Teemu Tommila, Teemu Mätäsniemi, Jukka Peltola and Seppo Sierla,
  "UML-mallipohjainen kehitysprosessi automaatiosovellusten tuottamisessa,"
  in Automaatio XVIII 2009 - Proceedings, Matti Ketonen (ed.), Helsinki, Finland: Suomen Automaatioseura ry, 2009.
• Timo Vepsäläinen, David Hästbacka, Jari Rauhamäki, Seppo Kuikka, Jukka Peltola, Seppo Sierla, Nikolaos Papakonstantinou, Teemu Mätäsniemi and Teemu Tommila,
  "Työkaluketju automaatiosovellusten UML-mallipohjaiseen suunnitteluun,"
  in Automaatio XVIII 2009 - Proceedings, Matti Ketonen (ed.), Suomen Automaatioseura ry, 2009.