- Holds seven patents in the area of systems engineering and complex product development. Full references to these patents are outlined below.
- Lead author of the Systems Modeling Language (SysML) standard at the object management group (OMG). Designed and wrote part of the standard specification as a contribution from IBM to the standard. Today, SysML is at the core of the new Rational systems growth strategy (linked to the Telelogic acquisition) and a central piece to our IBM offerings for product development and management. This was a three-year effort from inception to the release of the standard.
- Established the Industry Solutions research group at the Tokyo Research Lab. The research group focuses on creating innovative solutions for the systems engineering and product development industry. These solutions center on the use of SysML as a data management platform for product development and management. The group is led by Hiroyuki Akatsu and has approximately 25 members.
- Led the IBM Research team, from 2002 through 2005, in creating Systems Data Management assets. IBM Global Business Services and IBM Software Group use these assets as the core component to support the Product Development Integration Framework (PDIF) that was announced in 2006 by Steve Mills as one of the major integration strategies for product lifecycle management solutions.
- Invited professor at the new graduate school for Systems Engineering and Management at Keio University in Japan. The school helps educate engineers for the product development industry in Japan. Laurent teaches a course at the school on innovative engineering and management techniques.
- Created one of the first models of a realistic industrial system (Rain Sensing Wiper model) that is used across the industry as an example of model-based management for a realistic industrial product.
Bio
Dr. Laurent Balmelli is currently a manager at IBM in charge of architecting the new generation of offerings and tools for Systems Engineering and Product Development. He has been a research staff member at T.J. Watson Research Center and IBM Tokyo Research Labs, and a member of several leadership councils in IBM since 2000. Since 2003, Dr. Balmelli has represented IBM within the SysML standard team and is one of the lead authors of the SysML language specification. He was recently awarded the position of invited professor at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, where he currently resides. He can be reached at balmelli@us.ibm.com.
Books
Published articles and interviews
Overview of the Systems Modeling Language for Product Development (PDF, 683KB)
Requirements modeling for system engineering using SysML, the Systems Modeling Language
- Nominated for the ASME Robert Fulton best paper award in 2004.System Data Management: An inter-disciplinary collaboration architecture for systems engineering (PDF, 245KB)
Presentations
The Systems Modeling Language - Overview Presentation (PDF, 1.6MB) (for Japanese audience)
Systems and Product Development Patents (filed and issued)
Method and apparatus for using design specifications and measurements on manufactured products in conceptual design models, L. Balmelli et al., IBM Research Division, JP820060617, World wide patent filed, December 2006.
Automatic Creation of Glossary for Text Analytics, L. Balmelli et al., YOR820060290, IBM Research Division, U.S. Patent filed, June 2006.
Method and system to create software client applications, L. Balmelli et al., YOR820050988, IBM Research Division, U.S. Patent, U.S. Patent filed, May 2006.
Method and apparatus for the computer-assisted creation of tradeoff studies for System Engineering application, L. Balmelli et al., YOR820050248, IBM Research Division, U.S. Patent filed, May 2005.
Requirements Semantics, L. Balmelli et al., IBM Research Division, World-Wide Patent Filed, IL820040086, Sept 2004.
Methods and appartus for mapping generic system engineering methodology viewpoints and model levels to specific viewpoints of customers, L. Balmelli et al, YOR820050073, U.S. Patent Filed, April 2005.
Method and system to support systems engineering best practices and manage the lifecycle of systems engineering development artifacts, L. Balmelli et al., YOR820041107, IBM Research Division, U.S. Patent Filed, March 2005.
