WELCOME TO PANELSESSION- EIWAC 2010 “FUTURE OF AUTOMATION IN AIR
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND
RELATED INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS”

Panelists
Shinji Suzuki (University of Tokyo)
Peter Hecker (Technische UniversitaetBraunschweig)

Toshiyuki Inagaki (University of Tsukuba)Kimihiko Ito (Civil Aviation Bureau Japan)
Yuji Hirao (Nagaoka University ofTechnology)

Francisco Javier Sáez Nieto (University ofMadrid)2

Future ATM, assisted byautomated systems
Back ground of the Future ATM (1)Traffic Increase in airport/airspaceReduction of operation cost3

Back ground of the Future

ATM (2)

Reduction of environmental impact
Increase safetyKeep Competitiveness4In order to respond suchdemands for Future ATM …
Trajectory Based Operation is a Key!
4D trajectory
management

SESAR

Project
1: Limited space & time
2: Business Trajectories
3: Information exchange
4: Separation assurance

5What is Trajectory BasedOperation?
Reserved 4D
coordinate
Safe &Smooth
Merging
KeepSeparation

Update of thetrajectory
Strict time based operation

as train diagramAccurate trajectory
prediction

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To realize this Operation …
Common Data Exchange
Integrated OperationAssistanceCollaborative Decision
MakingSafety Management

Adaptive tooperational andtechnicalvariations
To attain thegoals …

AutomatedSystem!
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To introduce or develop
such automated system …
The system must be safe no matter …
What have happened,Where the system is used,When the system is employed,
How the system is used,Who uses the system.

Other traffic system?
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Present Status for Safety
and Automation …
a. Safety: Philosophies andfeatures of …
Railway
Automobile
Aircraft
Air operation
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b. Present problems
To keep safety under theenvironment of introducing/developing new technologies for …

RailwayAutomobile
Aircraft
Air operation
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c. Prospect of Automation
How to realize smooth
introduction of automation to …
Railway
Automobile
Aircraft
Air operation11

Practical applications ofautomated systems …
No man train
Automaticbraking system
UAV
12Open discussion (1)•Other difficulties?
•Similarities in manufacture?

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Coffee/Tea break …

Will be back in 10 minutes …
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Refreshed?

Challenges to realize
Future ATM
Be convinced of safety, risk
analysis & estimation necessary inall traffic systems …

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a. Risk analysis & estimation
generally conducted in …
Railway
Automobile
Aircraft
Air operation
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b. Another difficulty of risk

analysis & estimation …
Human - Machine Interface(HMI) problems facing in …
Railway
Automobile
Aircraft
Air operation
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Practical questions about

HMI problems …
Automobiles withnew operation
systemBoeing & Airbus
airplanes
New ATC displays18

c. Task Sharing in future Air

Operation …
Pilot, ATC, Operator,
AirportAnd …

Man and automatedsystemTerminal Area
Traffic
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Questions …
•How to share a task among parties?
•Who is responsible for the totalsystem?
•How to conduct “CollaborativeDecision Making”?
•Possibility of fully CentralizedSystem?
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d. (Far) Future ATM Model …
Pilot, ATC, Operator, Airport etc.
•Monitor the total system normally.
•Appropriate and quick response torecover anomaly only in case ofimpending hazards …

Is it our goal?
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Open discussion (2)•Question & Comment fromother point of views?
• ????

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Concluding Commentsfrom All Panelists
Prof. Suzuki
Prof. Hecker
Prof. Inagaki
Mr. Ito
Prof. Hirao
Prof. Nieto
Yamamoto23Thank you very much foryour attention andparticipation!

Welcome Session at
UDX Building!

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