The MITIM Genoa Center operates on the basis of the DIP University of Genoa.

The MITIM Genoa Center activity is largely devoted to the design of new product and processes for manufacturing plants, as well as logistics, and management of new technologies.

The MITIM Genoa Center research teams consist of about twelve professors/assistants, plus several PhD Students.

MITIM manages approximately 30 thesis students a year. Each year, about 25 present theses in Design, Modelling and Implementation of new Software Tools/Procedures applied to Industrial Engineering (i.e. simulation, training equipment, virtual realities).
The members of MITIM has been working in the Simulation environment since ‘60s in co-operation with International Universities and Societies and with the major Italian companies (steel-producers, top management, power plants: ILVA, Italimpianti, Ansaldo).

The research team focuses in all the sector related to the Industrial Simulation: Evaluation of New Tools & Languages for Simulation, Evaluation and Development of new Methodologies, Application of Artificial Intelligence to Industrial Sectors, On-Line Real-Time Simulation, Design of Industrial Simulators, Analysis by Simulation of Industrial Problems.

Officially, MITIM-Genoa opened in early 1997 with offices in the new campus of Genoa University in Savona, 25 miles west of Genoa, on the coast; the new campus extends over a very large area with huge potential for development. It was obtained by the University due to the deactivation of the NATO barracks.
The new campus has been in operation for 6 years, and has about 1000 students in Management Engineering, Logistics and Prod. Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Resources Engineering & Environment.

• simulation of logistics systems;
• simulation of transportation systems;
• simulation of manufacturing systems;
• optimization through simulation;
• simulation-based metamodelling

• Multipurpose: Java, C/C++, Visual Basic,
• Discrete-event: Modsim III, Automod, Simul8
• Continuous: Matlab/Simulink
• Virtual Reality: SuperScape, VEGA, Multigen

SGI & IBM Workstations

1 Thesis Student Lab in Genoa 6 PC

1 Thesis Student Lab in Savona 8 PC

1 HLA Lab in Savona 8 PC

1 HLA Mobile Unit 5 Laptops

SAMS: Manufactionr Lab with 2 Heavy Robots, 1 Measurement Robot, 2 AGV

1 Master Thesis on Simulation for Project Management in Software Industry

3 Master Thesis on Simulation for Service in Power Plants

2 Master Thesis on Simulation for Railways Maintenance

3 Master Thesis on Simulation in Manufacturing

1 Master Thesis on Simulation for Supply Chain Management in Steel Industry

1 Master Thesis on Simulation for Supply Chain Management in Automotive Industry

• SIREN: M&S, HLA, VV&A ~60 Students from companies (Alenia, Fincantieri, Piaggio etc.)
• SSI11X: Project Management ~100 Students from Universities (PhD, Masters, Ass.Professors)

1. WILD: Web Integrated Logistics Designer (Coordinator of seven University involving Milan and Bari Politechnic, Genoa, Aquila, Florence, Naples and Salerno University), MURST - 2 years
2. IEPAL: Intensive Educational Program in Advanced Logistics (EU Coordinator of 3 Universities involving Magdeburg, Marseille, Genoa and CFLI Consortium in cooperation with USA consortium: Boston College, Stevens Institute, Bradley Univ., NCS), DGEAC & FIPSE -3 years
3. FRINE: Forecast Robust Intelligent Evaluator - MARCONI Telecommunications - 6 months
4. FLODAF: Fuzzy Logic Data Fusion, Italian Navy Mariteleradar - 6 months
5. NIAG SG60: Simulation Based Design and Virtual Prototyping - NATO 2 year
6. DICO-SAP2000: Supervision SAP R/3 Implementation - COOP Liguria 1 year
7. MASC2000: Modelling Analysis for Satisfaction of Customers - COOP Liguria 1 year
8. CARNI2000: Modeling for Slaughtering Process Re-Engineering - COOP Liguria 1 year
9. PUMA: Project for Ultimate Maintenance - Ansaldo Energia - 1 year
10. OMG Company: Laser Welding Technologies - PSTL - 6 months
11. CORMIN Company: Mechanical Constructions - PSTL - 6 months
12. Benchmarking in SME - PSTL - 6 months

A) Books:

• Bruzzone A.G, Gambardella L.M., Giribone G.., Merkuryev Y. (2000) "Harbour, Maritime & Multimodal Logistics Modelling & Simulation", SCS, Genoa, ISBN 1-56555-207-5

• Bruzzone A.G, Mosca R., Revetria R., Rapallo S. (2000) "Risk Analysis in Harbour Environments Using Simulation", International Journal of Safety Science

• Bruzzone A., Mosca R. (2000) "Advanced Modelling Simulation & Electronic Commerce ", Proceeding of Websim 2000, San Diego, January
• Giribone P. (2000) " CAD and DBase Integration in Simulation Process", Proceedings ASTC2000, Washington, April
• Bruzzone A.G. (2000) "Virtual Operators for Enterprise Resource Planning & Integration: Architecture and Operative Experiences", Proceedings of Applied Informatics, Innsbruck, February
• Bruzzone A.G. Giribone P., Revetria R., Brandolini M., Briano C. (2000) " Modelling & Identification as A Decision Support System for Retail Chains", Proceedings of MIC, Innsbruck, February
• Bruzzone A.G., Vio F., Capasso S. (2000) "MOSLES: Modelling & Simulation for Transport and Logistic Educatonal Support", Proceedings ITEC2000, The Hague, April
• Bruzzone A.G. (2000) "Fuzzy Logic for Maintenance Re-Engineering", Proceedings ASTC2000, Washington, April
• Bruzzone A., Pietro Giribone and Roberto Revetria (2000) "Using Simulation to Re-Engineer the Supply Chain in Automotive Production" Proceedings of ESM2000, Ghent
• Mosca R., Alessandra Frigato Bonello and Flavio Tonelli (2000) "A Distributed Model of Interconnected Simulators to control the Supply Chain in a Stochastic Configuration", Proceedings of ESM2000, Ghent
• Amico V., R. Guha, Bruzzone A.G. (2000) "Critical Issues in Simulation", Proceedings of Summer Computer Simulation, Vancouver, July
• Bruzzone A.G, Roberto Mosca, Simone Simeoni, Sergio Pozzi Cotto, Enrica Fracchia
  Simulation Systems for Supporting Gas Turbine Service Worldwide", Proceedings of HMS2000, Portofino October

• Bruzzone A., Roberto Mosca, Chiara Briano, Matteo Brandolini Forecast Modelling integrated with ERP Systems", Proceedings of HMS2000, Portofino October
• Bruzzone A., Roberto Mosca, Chiara Briano, Matteo Brandolini (2000) "Models for Supporting Customer Satisfaction in Retail Chains", Proceedings of HMS2000, Portofino October
• Mosca R., Alessandra Frigato Bonello, Flavio Tonelli, Maurizio Schenone (2000) "Management Maintenance Policies and "Capacity Planning" of a Container Terminal by Simulative Approach", Proceedings of HMS2000, Portofino October
• Bruzzone A., Pietro Giribone and Roberto Revetria (2000) "Simulation as Educational Support for Production and Logistics in Industrial Engineering" Proceedings of Wintersim2000, Orlando

3. Tutorials & Invited Presentations

• Bruzzone A.G., Giribone P., Mosca R., Revetria R. (2000) "Applied Neural Networks for Improving Production Capabilities", Special Interest Group on Advanced Techniques in Production Planning & Control, Firenze, March
• Bruzzone A.G. (2000) "WILD Project", Special Interest Group on Advanced Techniques in Production Planning & Control, Firenze, March
• Bruzzone A., Giribone P., Mosca R. (2000) "Impiego della simulazione per il dimensionamento e l'organizzazione dei servizi" Giornata di Studio su Impiego della Simulazione per l’Ottimizzazione degli Impianti, Della Logistica e dei Servizi, Milan, March

Summer School in Logistics in Cooperation with Liophant , Bergeggi September 2000, Italy

~120 attendees from Italy and USA

HMS2001, in Cooperation with Liophant and Riga TU, Portofino October 2000, Italy

~40 attendees from 20 Countries Around the World

SIREN MEETINGS:

M&S September 2000 in cooperation with Liophant, Bergeggi, Italy

HLA October 2000 in cooperation with Liophant, Bergeggi, Italy

VV&A October 2000 in cooperation with Liophant, Bergeggi, Italy

~20 attendees each from 20 Companies

WILD MEETINGS:

HLA Introduction, June 2000 in cooperation with Liophant, Savona, Italy

SHOW Spanning HLA over Web, December 2000 in cooperation with Liophant

~15 attendees each from 7 Universities and 7 companies

Prof.Y.Merkuriev and G.Merkurieva visited Genoa Center in october 2000 and presented a lecture and an Exercise on SIREN M&S to companies

Roberto Revetria visited Riga TU in December 2000 and supervise Genoa student activity over there.

• 2 Master students from the Genova MITIM Center (Enrico Mantero and Giorgio Diglio) worked 3 months in RigaTU;
• 1 student from the Latvian Center (Girts Upenieks) worked 3 months in MITIM Center.
• 1 PhD student from Genoa MITIM (Sergio Pozzicotto) visited Chico CSU in June 2000 and attended course on Java, HLA and HTML.

Prof. Agostino Bruzzone Director of the MITIM Genoa Center DIP University of Genoa
Via Molinero 1
17100 Savona - Italy
Tel. +39 010 353 2275
Fax +39 010 317 750
E-mail: agostino@itim.unige.it
URL: http://st.itim.unige.it/mcleod