Message from the DIAS 2015 Workshop Chairs

Increasing complexity of industrial automation systems imply the wider application of distributed computing architectures. This brings new challenges, related to the lack of proper design patterns, middleware, software tools, verification techniques, etc. Thie DIAS workshop aims at presenting new emerging results related to various aspects of distributed automation systems design. The target audience are researchers from the automation, embedded systems, communication, software engineering and cyber-physical systems.