Technical Program

Location:
Rectory and Administration Building
Universidade de Aveiro

WEDNESDAY, 9th July

08:30H-09:20H Registration Sala de traduções

09:20H–09:30H Welcome address Sala de Actos

09:30H–10:30H Keynote Speech I Sala de Actos
Chair: Jean-Pierre Thomesse

Intelligent Instrumentation: The Data Source for Technical Management of Industrial Plants
Dario Fantoni, CLUI/EXERA, ITALY

Coffee break

11:00H–12:00H Session 1.1 Sala de Actos
WEB technologies and fieldbuses
(joint session with FET 2003)
Chair: Jean-Dominique Decotignie

Distributed Control System Based on Intranet
Huang Wei

Supervision and Control System of Metropolitan Scope Based on Public Communication Networks
Victor M Sempere, Javier Silvestre, Teresa Albero

Web-based Control Experiments on a Foundation Fieldbus Pilot Plant
Rafael Zeilmann, João Silva, Alexandre Bazanella, Carlos Pereira

IT-Based Management of Maintenance Process in Fieldbus-Based Automation Systems
Martin Wollschlaeger, Thomas Bangemann

Lunch

14:00H–16:00H Session 1.2 Sala de Actos
Communications
Chair: Peter Neumann

A Multi-Protocol On-Line Monitoring System for Distributed Automation Systems
R. Hüsemann, Carlos Pereira

Quality of Service Support in Powerline Communication Networks
LiPing Lu, YeQiong Song, Gangyan Li

Robust and Secure Reconfiguration of Industrial Devices over Internet
Philippe Dallemagne, Jean-Dominique Decotignie, Antonio Restrepo-Zea

Scimps: An Integrated Approach to Distributed Processing in Sensor Web
David Andrews, Joe Evans, Venumadhav Mangipudi, Aditya Mandapaka

Study of the Average Number of Messages within a Group for a Prioritized Distributed Mutual Exclusion Algorithm
Ahmed Housni, M. Trehel

Coffee break

16:30H–18:10H Parallel Session 1.3.1 Sala de Actos
Education
Chair: Alessandro de Carli

A Virtual Laboratory Environment for Real-Time Experiments
Giuseppe Carnevali, Giorgio Buttazzo

Didactical Aspects of Mechatronics Education
Heinz-Hermann Erbe

A Web-Based Remote Laboratory for Control Education
Rafael Zeilmann, J. M. Gomes da Silva JR., A. S. Bazanella, Carlos Pereira

Distributed-Control with Ethernet; Adaptations to the Engineering Curriculum
Max Felser; Thomas Müller;

16:30H–18:10H Parallel Session 1.3.2 Sala do Senado
Localization
Chair: Anibal Ollero

A Sound Localizer for Reverberant Environments
Jose Vieira, J. Fontes, D. Gonçalves, L Almeida

Real Time Implementation of Acoustical Beamforming
Pierpaolo Bergamo, Daniela Maniezzo, Kung Yao

Instrumentation and Localisation in Quasi-Structured Environments for AGV Positioning
Abílio Azenha, Adriano Carvalho

Mobile Robot Self-Localization by Matching Successive Laser Scans via Genetic Algorithms
George Martinez

THURSDAY, 10TH JULY

09:00H–10:00H Keynote Speech II Sala de Actos
Chair: Urbano Nunes

Marine Robots: Instruments for Ocean Exploration
António Pascoal, I.S.T., Portugal

Coffee break

10:30H-12:30H Session 2.1 Sala de Actos
Robotic navigation and control
Chair: António Pascoal

Trajectory Extrapolation for Mobile Robots using Dual-Rate High-Order Holds
Leopoldo Armesto, Josep Tornero

Fractional Controller for Guidance of Autonomous Ground Vehicles
A. Rodríguez-Castaño, A.Ollero, B. M. Vinagre, Y. Q. Chen

An Embedded DSP-Based Low Level Controller for the Romeo-4R Vehicle
J. Ferruz, V. Blanco, A. Ollero, J.V. Acevedo

Airship Robot for Cooperative Robot Tasks
Jörg Kuhle, Hubert Roth, Brian S. Lewis, R. Rees Fullmer

Motion Planning and Control: From Virtual Environments to the Real World
Omar Orqueda, José Figueroa, Osvaldo E. Agamennoni

Lunch

14:00H-16:00H Session 2.2 Sala de Actos
Special Session: AWAKE Project
Chair: Evangelos Bekiaris

Human-Machiine Interface for a Hypovigilance Warning System
Manfred Dangelmaier, Claus Marberger

Functional and Physical Structure of a Driver’s Monitoring and Hypovigilance Warning System: AWAKE System Architecture
Angelos Amditis, A. Polychronopoulos

Driver Hypovigilance Monitoring from a User's Perspective
Evangelos Bekiaris, Stella Nikolaou

Driver Vigilance Monitoring - New Developments within the AWAKE Project
Alfredo Santana, B. Jamme, S. Boverie, A. Giralt, H. Poulard, J. Thomas

Functional Specification and Architecture for the Traffic Risk Estimation Module
Sergio Damiani, Pier Claudio Antonello, Fabio Tango, Saroldi Andrea

Coffee break

16:30H–17:45H Parallel Session 2.3.1 Sala de Actos
Fault-tolerance
Chair: Francisco Vasques

A Fuzzy Voting Scheme for Real Time Fault Tolerant Systems
G.R. Latif-Shabgahi and A.J.Hirst

Sensor Fault Detection and Isolation
José Ragot, Didier Maquin, Moustapha Alhaj Dibo

Components to Enforce Fail-Silence Behavior in Dynamic Master-Slave Systems
Joaquim Ferreira, L. Almeida, E. Martins, P. Pedreiras, J. A. Fonseca

16:30H–17:20H Parallel Session 2.3.2 Sala do Senado
Manipulator Control
Chair: Tenreiro Machado

Tuning Analysis of a Nonlinear PID/HINFTY Controller for Manipulators
Manuel Ortega, F.R. Rubio

Computed-Torque Scheme for 6 DoF Hybrid Feature/Position-Based Visual Servoing
Manuel Vargas, Francisco R. Rubio

19:00H SYMPOSIUM DINNER

FRIDAY, 11TH July

09:00H–10:30H Parallel Session 3.1.1 Sala de Actos
Industrial Automation
Chair: Carlos Pereira

Agent Support for Operating and Maintaining Automation Systems
Heinz-Hermann Erbe

Evolution Designing of Energy Accounting Intelligent Systems
I. B. Yadykin

Waste Treatment Monitoring using Self-Organizing Map
Hilario López García, Iván Machón González, Soledad Roces Noval

Data Processing for Industrial Automation
Alessandro De Carli, Paolo Di Giamberardino

09:00H–10:30H Parallel Session 3.1.2 Sala do Senado
Soft Control
Chair: Jorge Henriques

Commercial Hardware for Artificial Neural Networks: A Survey
Fernando Morgado Dias, Ana Antunes, Alexandre Manuel Mota

Identification of Induction Motor Parameters using Evolutive Strategies
Cesáreo Raimúndez, Luis Camaño

Genetic Algorithm for LQG/LTR Design Parameters: A Flight Control System Application
Luis García, Manuel Jesus Lopez

SVM Clustering for Identification of Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Models
Miguel González-Mendoza, Neil Hernández-Gress, André Titli

Coffee break

11:00H–12:30H Parallel Session 3.2.1 Sala de Actos
Real Time issues
Chair: Heinz-Hermann Erbe

Communication Jitter Influence on Control Loops using Protocols for Distributed Real-Time Systems on Can Bus
P.Pérez, G.Benet, F. Blanes, J.E. Simó

A Six-Legged Robot: Real-Time Issues and Architectures
Mauro Marinoni, Alessio Carlini, Giorgio Buttazzo

A Real-Time System for Tracking and Catching Moving Targets
Tulio Facchinetti, Giorgio Buttazzo

Temporal Information Modelling in the Context of Intelligent Instruments
Stephane Perrin, Eric Benoit, Laurent Foulloy

11:00H–12:30H Parallel Session 3.2.2 Sala do Senado
Fuzzy Control
Chair: Alexandre Mota

Pole Placement in LMI Region with Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Systems
Elvia Palacios, André Titli

Comparison between Artificial Neural Networks and Neuro-Fuzzy Systems in Modeling and Control: A Case Study
José António Barros Vieira, Fernando Morgado Dias, Alexandre Manuel Mota

Two Step Design Methodology of Near Optimal Fuzzy Logic Controller
Jakub Osmic, Naser Prljaca

A Fuzzy Diagnosis Method in Feedback Control Loops
Chuei Tin Chang, Sheng-Yung Chang

Lunch

14:00H-16:00H Session 3.3 Sala de Actos
Intelligent sensors and actuators
Chair: Serge Boverie

Effect of Frequency Dependent Radiation of Ultrasonic Transducers to Correlation Based Distance Measurement Systems
Hannes Elmer, Herbert Schweinzer

A Smart Sensor for Fall Detection in Daily Routine
N. Noury, A. Tarmizi, D. Savall, P. Boissy, P. Barralon, G. Virone, P. Rumeau

Improving the Accuracy of Analog Encoders via Kalman Filtering
Yaron Zimmerman, Amit Brandes, Yaakov Oshman

Ultrasonic Reflectors Recognition with a Fast Firing System
Fernando Moita, Urbano Nunes

Design and Analysis of Data Fusion Process for Making Probabilistic Models
David Bellot, Anne Boyer, François Charpillet

16:00H Symposium Closing

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