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Dr. Lewoc received the following degrees:
M.Sc. El. Eng. from the Electronic Faculty of the Wroclaw University of Technology in 1977.
M.Sc. Math. Weith High Honour from the University of Wroclaw in 1970,
PhD. in Control Engineering from the Electrical Faculty of the Warsaw University of Technology in 1973.
Dr. Lewoc’s professional carrier began in 1966 in Elwro (the largest Polish manufacturer of computers at that time), working on the material flow monitoring system for the steel rod mill in Warsaw. This was the first Polish computer automation and production co-ordination system. This work involved development of all the process interfaces and software, about 40% of the hardware and 60% of the software of which was developed by Dr. Lewoc. During the commissioning period, he gained practical experience of how to obtain customers acceptance. In the same period, he developed an extended feasibility study for a radioastronomy centre computer control system.
Subsequently Dr. Lewoc was employed at the Institute of Power System Automation (IASE) to design and develop computer monitoring systems for power dispatching (SAPI). He developed the general design of the system, (informally) led the first four applications, was directly responsible for the real-time operating system and various aspects of programming and testing, including of the interface. A slightly modified version of this system has been successfully applied in four power dispatching centres, a power plant and a Training Centre (training simulators of a boiler and a power network). He also led a project on the first Polish implementation of microprocessor automation systems: a microprocessor monitor for power distribution, which realised a "compressed" version of the SAPI functions and was successfully implemented in several area power distribution centres.
Next, Dr. Lewoc was transferred to the Wroc³aw Technical University to lead the project of the X.25 communication subnetwork of the interuniversity computer network MSK. He designed the general software structure, wrote the system kernel and frame routing process and designed the network front-end processor. This project involved successful technology transfer of components of the Phoenix system from the University of Cambridge. Concurrently he developed data bases for medical use.
The largest project Dr. Lewoc has worked on was the design of a complex control, monitoring and management system for a new large power plant (Elektrownia Opole). He was involved in major design choices and assembled a team of about 100 hardware and software engineers to work on this project. In addition to the software and hardware development for this project, he prepared conceptual bases for the development of management aids and computer integrated manufacturing systems. Although external factors led to a halt in construction of this power plant, the systems developed for it have been successfully applied and continue to be used in a number of smaller power plants [1], [11].
After the political change in Poland and unsuccessful technology transfer process which resulted in demolition of the Polish large-scale computer system design industry, Dr. Lewoc established the Design, Research and Translation Agency Leader. He continues his research and development work on ICT design and research problems, being the only actual pioneer of the Polish automation and ICT involved, presently, in significant design and research work. This includes:
- E-training for nurses working with diabetes patients [2,3]. He has developed a concept for a training system E-Train-Diabetes intended to be used in training all Polish Primary Health Care nurses.
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Management systems. He has developed an approach for the development of combined manufacturing and management computer systems [4].
- Performance evaluation/prediction of computer systems and networks. He develops the approximate analytical models for performance evaluation/prediction of novel ICT systems/networks under design and publishes the results of such case studies [5-7].
- Robustness evaluation for ICT system/network topology. He employs successfully the direct definition of the mu function defined by Doyle for investigation of the time-dependent systems [8,9].
- Dr. Lewoc is a member of the IFAC SWIIS (Supplemental Ways of Improving Social Stability) Technical Committee and, within the framework of that TC, he investigates case studies if the technology transfer process to Poland, blowing the whistle to worn of the ill technology policy of the technology providers who adopt the loose-and-loose solution of employing lay labour only: the most competent pioneering staff of the technology transfer beneficiary countries can not get any important job while the technology providers experience failures if their major projects [10-14].
Relevant References
- J.B. Lewoc, M. Rozent and I. Saczuk, The computing power and the computer systems for the power industry in Poland, MICC (IFAC), Prague 1992.
- A. Abramczyk, A. Izworski and J.B. Lewoc, A Case Study: Risks & Challenges of the Network Society, Summer School: RCNS (IFIP), Karlstad 2003.
- J.B. Lewoc, A. Abramczyk and A. Izworski, Nurse training case study: electronic training of nurses in diabetes problems, Nurse Education in Practice 2004..
- J. B. Lewoc, A. Izworski and S. Skowronski, Alsis case study: computer integrated manufacturing and management systems, In Applications of Large Scale Industrial Systems, Helsinki-Stockholm (IFAC), 2006.
- A. Izworski, S. Skowronski and J.B. Lewoc, Simulation and Modelling of Computer Networks, The 3-rd ICCS, Petersburg 2003. J.B. Lewoc, A. Izworski, S. Skowronski . Performance Modelling of a Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Management System. Eurosim Congress, Ljubljana, 2007.
- J. B. Lewoc, A. Izworski, S. Skowronski, G. M. Dimirovski and V. Ojleska, An Approximate Actual Network Performance Evaluation Method. ISMS2010 (Eurosim, IEEE CS), Liverpool, 2010.
- J. B. Lewoc, A. Izworski, S. Skowronski, A. Kieleczawa, T. Czachórski, G. M. Dimirovski, and V. Ojleska. A Case Study: Performance Evaluation for a Computer Integrated Power Plant Network. Eurosim 1010 Congress, Prague, 2010.
- A. Izworski, J.B. Lewoc and S. Skowronski, Robustness Comparison of Enterprise Energy Distribution System of Various Topologies, RSD (IFAC), Milan 2003.
- Jozef B. Lewoc, Antoni Izworski, Slawomir Skowronski, Antonina Kieleczawa and Georgi Dimirovski, Power Generation/Distribution Control Systems Topology Selection Based on Robustness Evaluation, CAO’09, IFAC, Jyvaskyla, 2009.
- A. Izworski, J.B. Lewoc, B. Piwowar, Some Aspects of Technology Transfer – A Case Study, SWIIS ’01 (IFAC), Vienna, 2001.
- J.B. Lewoc, A. Izworski, S. Skowronski and A. Kieleczawa, A Case Study: History of Polish Computer Applications in Power System Control. IFIP Congress. Milano, 2008.
- M.-W. Han, J. B. Lewoc, A. Izworski, S. Skowronski and A. Kieleczawa, Power Industry Computer Control System Design and Implementation Problems: A Case Study of Poland. IFAC Congress, Seoul, 2008 .
- J. B. Lewoc, A. Izworski, S. Skowronski, A. Kieleczawa, G. Dimirovski, M. A. Hersh, N. Bulz and L. Stapleton, Technology Proliferation and Transfer Ethical Aspects: A Case Study of Wroclaw, Poland, SWIIS 2009, IFAC, Bucharest, 2009.
- J. B. Lewoc et al., Technology Change and Transfer Costs: A Case Study of Poland. SWIIS 2010, IFAC, Prishtina, 2010.
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