Computer-Aided Innovation (CAI) IFIP 20th World Computer Congress, Proceedings of the Second Topical Session on Computer-Aided Innovation, WG 5.4/TC 5 Computer-Aided Innovation, September 7-10, 2008, Milano, Italy

Computer-Aided Innovation (CAI) is emerging as a strategic domain of research and application to support enterprises throughout the overall innovation process. The 5.4 Working Group of IFIP aims at defining the scientific foundation of Computer Aided Innovation systems and at identifying state of the art and trends of CAI tools and methods. These Proceedings derive from the second Topical Session on Computer- Aided Innovation organized within the 20th World Computer Congress of IFIP. The goal of the Topical Session is to provide a survey of existing technologies and research activities in the field and to identify opportunities of integration of CAI with other PLM systems. According to the heterogeneous needs of innovation-related activities, the papers published in this volume are characterized by multidisciplinary contents and complementary perspectives and scopes. Such a richness of topics and disciplines will certainly contribute to the promotion of fruitful new collaborations and synergies within the IFIP community. Gaetano Cascini th Florence, April 30 20 08 CAI Topical Session Organization The IFIP Topical Session on Computer-Aided Innovation (CAI) is a co-located conference organized under the auspices of the IFIP World Computer Congress (WCC) 2008 in Milano, Italy Gaetano Cascini CAI Program Committee Chair gaetano.cascini@unifi.it

Podium Presentations.- Optimization with Genetic Algorithms and Splines as a way for Computer Aided Innovation.- Methodology development of human task simulation as PLM solution related to OCRA ergonomic analysis.- Measuring patent similarity by comparing inventions functional trees.- Representing and selecting problems through contradictions clouds.- How an ontology can infer knowledge to be used in product conceptual design.- Developing DA Applications in SMEs Industrial Context.- Comparison of non solvable problem solving principles issued from CSP and TRIZ.- Engineering Optimisation by Means of Knowledge Sharing and Reuse.- Innovation in Information Systems applied to the Shoes Retail Business.- Virtual Product Development Models: Characterization of Global Geographic Issues.- Poster Presentations.- DEPUIS project: Design of Environmentally-friendly Products Using Information Standards.- PML, an Object Oriented Process Modeling Language.- Innovative PLM-based approach for collaborative design between OEM and suppliers: Case study of aeronautic industry.- Development of the ALIS IP Ontology: Merging Legal and Technical Perspectives.- A systematic innovation case study: new concepts of domestic appliance drying cycle.- Towards a Framework for Collaborative Innovation.- Communication and Creative Thinking in Agile Software Development.- Product Lifestyle Design: Innovation for Sustainability.- Web-based Platform for Computer Aided Innovation.- A Conceptual Framework of the Cooperative Analyses in Computer-Aided Engineering.- TRIZ-Based Patent Investigation by Evaluating Inventiveness.