5th International Conference on Technology and Automation (ICTA’05)

 

Program Overview

 

 

Saturday, 15 October 2005

Hall 3

Hall 5

8:30-10:00

 

10:00-11:00

Registration

 

 Opening session

11:00-11:30

Coffee break

11:30-13:30

Automation, Instrumentation & Measurements, AIM-I

Intelligent Control Systems, ICS-I

13:30-14:30

Coffee / Lunch break

14:30-16:30

Signal and Image Processing, SIP-I

Automatic Control and Systems Modelling, ACSM-I

16:30-17:00

Coffee break

17:00-19:30

Automation Instrumentation & Measurements, AIM-II

Robotics

21:00

Conference Banquet

 

Sunday, 16 October 2005

Hall 3

Hall 5

9:00-11:00

Signal and Image Processing, SIP-II

Intelligent Control Systems, ICS-II

11:00-11:30

Coffee break

11:30-14:00

Automation, Instrumentation & Measurements, AIM-III

Automatic Control and Systems Modelling, ACSM-II

14:00-14:30

Closing Session

 

Analytical Program

 

 Saturday, 15th October 2005

  • 08:30-10:00    Registration

  • 10:00-11:00    Opening Session

  • 11:00-11:30    Coffee Break

 

Hall 3

  • 11:30-13:30 AIM-I,  Automation, Instrumentation and Measurements (Saturday, 15 Oct.)

Chairmen: A. Pouliezos, S. Manesis

Minimising the Number of Tool Switches with Tools of Different Sizes

C. Raduly-Baka1, T. Knuutila2 and O. Nevalainen2

1Elcoteq Design Center Oy, Salo, Finland,  2Univ. of Turku, Finland

Performance Improvement of the Induction Motor Drive by Using Robust Controller

S. Selvaraj, V. Geetha and N. Devarajan

Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

Decentralized Load-Frequency Control of a Two-Area Power System via Linear Programming and Optimization Techniques

C. Parisses1, N. Asimopoulos1 and P. Fessas2

1Technol. Educ. Inst. of West Macedonia, Kozani, Greece,  2Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

Periodic Disturbance Suppression in a Steel Plant with Unstable Internal Feedback and Delay

C. Furtmueller1, L. del Re1, H. Bramerdorfer2 and K. Moerwald2

1Johannes Kepler Univ., Linz, Austria,  2VOEST-ALPINE Industrieanlagenbau GmbH & Co.,  Austria

Evaluation of Industrial Networked Control Systems Using Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation

T. Mellios, C. Kansoulidou and G. Hassapis

Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

On the Derivation of the Monodromy Matrix of the Buck Converter

D. Giaouris, B. Zahawi and V. Pickert 

Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

  • 13:30-14:30  Coffee / Lunch Break (Saturday, 15 Oct.)

  • 14:30-16:30  SIP-I,  Signal and Image Processing (Saturday, 15 Oct.)

Chairmen: A. Hatzopoulos, C. Caraiscos

Image De-Noising Based on the Statistical Modelling of Wavelet Coefficients and Quad-Tree Decomposition

J. Ellinas1 and D. Manolakis2  

1Technol. Educ. Inst. of Piraeus, Greece,  2Alexander Technol. Educ. Inst. of Thessaloniki, Greece

A Hardware Structure for Time-to-Impact Computation Using Log-Polar Images

A. Gasteratos, P. Gonidis and I. Andreadis

Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

Analog Signal Processing Circuits Using Floating Gate MOS Transistors

M. Drakaki1, G. Fikos2 and S. Siskos2

1Alexander Technol. Educ. Inst. of Thessaloniki, Greece,  2Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

Towards Text Recognition in Natural Scene Images

B. Gatos, I. Pratikakis and S. Perantonis

Inst. of Informatics and Telecommunications, NCSR “DEMOKRITOS”, Athens, Greece

Plant Leaves Classification Based on Morphological Features and a Fuzzy Surface Selection Technique

P. Tzionas1, S. Papadakis2  and D. Manolakis1

1Alexander Technol. Educ. Inst. of Thessaloniki, Greece,  2Technol. Educ. Inst. of Kavala, Greece

Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Cellular Automata

K. Konstantinidis, G. Sirakoulis and I. Andreadis

Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

Enhancement of Sight Effectiveness by Dual Infrared System: Evaluation of Image Fusion Strategies

G. Corsini1, M. Diani1, A. Masini1 and M. Cavallini2

1Univ. di Pisa, Italy,  2Galileo Avionica, Firenze, Italy

  • 16:30-17:00  Coffee Break (Saturday, 15 Oct.)

  • 17:00-19:30 AIM-II,  Automation, Instrumentation and Measurements (Saturday, 15 Oct.)

Chairmen: C. Furtmueller, G. Hassapis

Improving the Pickups of Components on a Gantry-Type Placement Machine

S. Pyöttiälä, T. Knuutila and O. Nevalainen

Univ. of Turku, Finland

Identifying the Problematic Units in the Chains of Supplies of Industrial Clusters

M. Velev

Technical Univ. of Sofia, Bulgaria

Sensor Fault Detection in Building Energy Management Systems

D. Kolokotsa1, A. Pouliezos2 and G. Stavrakakis2

1Technol. Educ. Inst. of Crete, Chania, Greece,  2Techn. Univ.  of Crete, Chania, Greece

An Adapted Partial Method for Schedule Preparation for the Start and Finish of the Mechanical Machining of Lots in Virtual Cellular Manufacturing System

I. Dakov and A. Petkova

Technical Univ., Sofia, Bulgaria

Tactile Displays: a Short Overview and Recent Developments

V. Chouvardas, A. Miliou and M. Hatalis

Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

Robust Control of A Speed Sensorless Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive

A.A. Hassan and M. Azzam

El-Minia Univ., Egypt

Modeling and Control of Industrial Tunnel-Type Furnaces for Brick and Tile Production

P. Michael and S. Manesis

Univ. of Patras, Greece

Optimal Control of Electric Drive Rotational Mechanisms Accounting for the Mechanical Components

R. Gerasimjak1, L. Melnikova1 and A. Shestaka2

1Odessa National Polytechnic Univ., Ukraina,  2JV Trans Service, Odessa, Ukraina

  • 21:00  Conference Banquet (Hall 1) (Saturday, 15 Oct.)

 

Hall 5

  • 11:30-13:30 ICS-I,  Intelligent Control Systems (Saturday, 15 Oct.)

Chairmen: G. Stavrakakis, A. Masini

Tuning of PI Speed Controller in DTC of Induction Motor Based on Genetic Algorithms and Fuzzy Logic Schemes

S.M. Gadoue, D. Giaouris and J. W. Finch

Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Intelligent Technologies for Energy Efficiency and Comfort in a Building Environment

A.I. Dounis and C. Caraiscos

Technol. Educ. Inst. of Piraeus, Greece

Intelligent Monitoring of Robotic Systems with PIC Microcontrollers and a Petri-Net based Approach

D. Koutandos

McQuay Hellas S.A., Athens, Greece

Intelligent Robust-Switching PID Controller Design for a Micro-Actuator

M. Vagia, G. Nikolakopoulos and A. Tzes

Univ. of Patras, Greece

Application of GA Based Fuzzy Neural Networks for Measuring Fouling in Condenser

F. Shao-Sheng1 and W. Yao-Nan2  

1Changsha Univ. of Science and Technology, China,  2Hunan Univ., Changsha, China

  • 13:30-14:30  Coffee / Lunch Break (Saturday, 15 Oct.)

  • 14:30-16:30 ACSM-I,  Automatic Control and Systems Modeling (Saturday, 15 Oct.)

Chairmen: B. Mertzios, A. Gogoussis

On the Cancelation of Decoupling Zeros at s = ∞

A.I.G. Vardulakis and M. Rapti

Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

Second Order Sliding Mode Control of Nonlinear Multivariable Systems

E. Punta

Inst. of Intelligent Systems for Automation, Genova, Italy

Nonlinear Predictive Adaptive Controllers for General Nonlinear Systems

M. Mrabet1, F. Fnaiech1 and K. Al-Haddad2

1Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia,  2Chaire de Recherche du Canada, Canada

Minimal Covering with Stability

A.Yannakoudakis

Technol. Education Inst. of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Realization Problem for Positive Multivariable Continuous-Time Systems with Delays

T. Kaczorek

Bialystok Technical Univ., Poland

Revision on the Strict Positive Realness

M. Hakimi-M1 and H. Khaloozadeh2

1Ferdowsi Univ. of Mashhad, Iran,,  2K.N. Toosi Univ. of Technology, Tehran, Iran

A Complete 3-D Canonical Piecewise-Linear Representation

C. Wen and S. Wang

Tsinghua Univ. Beijing, China

  • 16:30-17:00  Coffee Break (Saturday, 15 Oct.)

  • 17:00-19:30  Robotics (Saturday, 15 Oct.)

Chairmen: V. Petridis, E. Punta

A Controller for Changing the Yaw Direction of an Underactuated Unicycle Robot

S. Majima and T. Kasai

Univ. of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Modelling and Interfacing Remote Virtual Robots

Z. Doulgeri, N. Zikos and A. Delopoulos

Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

Controlling the Loop-Gain for Robust Adaptive Control of a Mechatronic System

C. Westermaier, H. Schuster and D. Schroeder

Technical Univ. of Munich, Germany

Optimal Kinodynamic Planning for Autonomous Vehicles

S. Vougioukas

Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

Velocity Detection Application of HDNS2000 in Robot Soccer

J. Zhou, C.-L. Lin, G.-A. Wang and X. Zhou

Hohai Univ., Chang Zhou, China

Optimization of Velocity Control of Soccer Robot

J. Zhou, W. Wu, K. Li and C. Lin

Hohai Univ., Chang Zhou, China

Modelling and Robust PID-Control of a Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Haptic Finger

E. Kolyvas, Y. Koveos, G. Nikolakopoulos and A. Tzes

Univ. of Patras, Greece

Robust Adaptive Neural Network Controller Based on Variable Structure System

N. Sadati, R. Ghadami and M. Bagherpour

Sharif Univ. of Technology, Tehran, Iran

  • 21:00  Conference Banquet (Hall 1) (Saturday, 15 Oct.)

 

 

Sunday, 16th October 2005

Hall 3

  • 09:00-11:00 SIP-II, Signal and Image Processing (Sunday, 16 Oct.)

Chairmen: I. Andreadis, Y. Boutalis

Full Interactive MPEG-Based Wireless Video Streaming

K. Psannis and Y. Ishibashi

Nagoya Inst. of Technology, Japan

On the Reduction of Congestion for Multimedia Streaming in Diffserv Networks

P. Fouliras and C. Georgiadis

Univ. of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece

Image Analysis Using Moments

L. Kotoulas and I. Andreadis

Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

Realization of a Signature Verification System Based on Morphological Transformation and Using the TMS320C6713 Digital Signal Processor

E. Zois, E. Pikasis, Z. Kotsidimou, P. Tsitouras, and A. Nassiopoulos

Technol. and Educ. Inst. of Athens, Greece

Weather Predictor for Feedforward Control Working on the Summer Data

A. Mountis and G. Levermore

Univ. of Manchester, UK

User Profiling for Fraud Detection in Telecommunication Networks

C. Hilas1 and J. Sahalos2

1Technol. Educ. Inst. of Serres, Greece,  2Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

  • 11:00-11:30  Coffee Break (Sunday, 16 Oct.)

  • 11:30-14:00 AIM-III,  Automation, Instrumentation and Measurements (Sunday, 16 Oct.)

Chairmen: T. Knuutila, B. Gatos

A SysML Extension for Bond Graphs Support

S. Turki and T. Soriano

LISMMA, Toulon, France

An Automatic System for Aircraft Collision Avoidance in Free Flight: The 3-D Case

M. Christodoulou1, S. Kodaxakis1 and Y. Boutalis2

1Techn. Univ. of Crete, Chania, Greece,  2Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation Applied to the Three-Level Voltage Inverter

H. Djeghloud and H. Benalla

Mentouri-Constantine Univ., Constantine, Algeria

Modeling and Parameter Estimation of a Catalyst Deactivation Fluidized Bed Reactor

S. Papadopoulou1, G. Kokolaki1, I. Anastasiou1, S. Voutetakis2 and P. Seferlis2

1Alexander Technol. Educ. Inst. of Thessaloniki, Greece,  2Chem. Proc. Eng. Res. Inst./CERTH, Thessaloniki, Greece

Determination of Quality Parameters of Hoisting Electric Drive Systems with 3-Phase Induction Motors

K. Khandakji1 and K. Zdrozis2

1Tafila Technical Univ., Jordan,  2Alexander Technol. Educ. Inst. of Thessaloniki, Greece

Fault Detectability of Double Analogue Measurements Using Probabilistic Analysis

D. Papakostas1 and A. Hatzopoulos2

1Alexander Technol. Educ. Inst. of Thessaloniki, Greece,  2Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

Automation and Flexibility of Analog Systems Diagnostics

P. Bilski and J. Wojciechowski

Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

A Fault Diagnosis Expert System Structure with Knowledge Retrieving Capability from Waveforms

D. Papakostas1 and A. Hatzopoulos2

1Alexander Technol. Educ. Inst. of Thessaloniki, Greece,  2Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

  • 14:00-14:30  Closing Session (Sunday, 16 Oct.)

 

 

Hall 5

  • 09:00-11:00 ICS-II,  Intelligent Control Systems (Sunday, 16 Oct.)

Chairmen: T. Kaczorek, J. Ellinas

Prioritized Adaptive Model Predictive Control Using Evolutionary Algorithms

E. Aggelogiannaki and H. Sarimveis

National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece

A Fuzzy Rule Based Approach for Storing the Knowledge Acquired from Dynamical FCMs

Y. Boutalis1, T. Kottas1, B. Mertzios2 and M. Christodoulou3

1Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece,  2Alexander Technol. Educ. Inst. of Thessaloniki, Greece,  3Techn. Univ. of Crete, Chania, Greece

A Novel Data Fusion Approach in an Integrated GPS/INS System Using Adaptive Fuzzy Particle Filter

A. Asadian1 and B. Moshiri1 and A. Khaki-Sedigh2

1Univ. of Tehran, Iran,  2Univ. of K.N.T, Tehran, Iran

Solving University Timetabling Problems Using Advanced Genetic Algorithms

S. Kazarlis1, V. Petridis2 and P. Fragkou2

1Technol. Educ. Inst. of Serres, Greece,  2Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

Neural Network for Fault Detection and Isolation of the Three-Tank System

P. Tzionas, D. Krontsos and S. Papadopoulou

Alexander Technol. Educ. Inst. of Thessaloniki, Greece

A Comparison and Application of Pattern Recognition Techniques in Materials Selection Using Dimensionless Numbers

J.W. Schmidt-Castaneda,  F. J. Sandoval and D. J. Dorantes- Gonzalez

Inst. Tecnol. y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico

  • 11:00-11:30  Coffee Break (Sunday, 16 Oct.)

  • 11:30-14:00 ACSM-II,  Automatic Control and Systems Modeling (Sunday, 16 Oct.)

Chairmen: A. Vardoulakis, S. Voutetakis

The TOR Design for the Optimal control of Linear Systems

C. Tsiantis1, I. Sarras2 and D. Papachristos1

1Technol. Education Inst. of Athens, Greece,  2Technol. Education Inst. of Piraeus, Greece

Heterarchical Distributed State Estimation and Failure Detection in Dynamic Systems

R.B. Quirino1, and C.P. Bottura2

1Federal Center of Technol. Education of Paraná, Brazil,  2FEEC-UNICAMP, Brazil

Stochastic/Adaptive Sliding Mode Observer for Noisy Excessive Uncertainties Nonlinear Systems

R. Raoufi1 and H. Khaloozadeh2

1Ferdowsi Univ. of Mashhad, Iran,  2K.N.Toosi Univ. of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Quasi-Min-Max MPC with Linear Parameter-Dependent State Feedback Law

Z.Q. Zou1, L.H. Xu1 and M. Yuan2

1Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China,  2The Second Artillery Engineering Inst., Xi-an, China

Nonlinear Control Strategies Incorporating Input-State-Output Models

K. Dimopoulos

City Liberal Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece

Robust Optimal Tracking Control of Hybrid Systems: Based on Dynamical Programming

L. Lin, C. Yangzhou and C. Pingyuan

Beijing Univ. of Technology, China

A Combined QFT/EEAS Design Technique for Uncertain Multivariable Plants

O. Namaki-Shoushtari1, A. Khaki-Sedigh2 and B.N. Araabi1

1Univ. of Tehran, Iran,  2K.N. Toosi Univ. of Technology, Tehran, Iran

A State-Space Approach for Analysing the Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains

C. Papanagnou and G. Halikias

City Univ., London, UK

  • 14:00-14:30  Closing Sesion (Sunday, 16 Oct.)