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3rd International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications series
15–30 Nov 2016
- Go to the Sessions
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- A. Biosensors
- B. Chemical Sensors
- C. Physical Sensors
- D. Sensors Networks
- E. Applications
- P. Posters
- S1. MEMS and NEMS
- S2. Smart Systems and Structures
- S3. Fiber Optic Sensors
- S4. Factories of the Future
- S5. Sensing Technologies for Water Resource Management
- S6. Sensors for the Monitoring of the Low Voltage Distribution Network and Transition to the Smart Grid
- S7. Foreword
- Event Details
Call for Papers
The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications will be held from 15–30 November 2016 in the internet environment. This event will solely be an online proceeding which allows the participation from all over the world with no concerns of travel and related expenditures, while at the same time making rapid and direct exchanges about the latest research findings and novel ideas in sensors. All proceedings will be held online at https://sciforum.net/conference/ecsa-3.
The conference aims to bring the scientists working in the field onto a common platform and promote and advance the exciting and rapidly changing field of sensing technologies and applications along the following 5 main themes and 7 specific sessions:
- Biosensors (Section A)
- Chemical Sensors (Section B)
- Physical Sensors (Section C)
- Sensor Networks (Section D)
- Applications (Section E)
- Posters: In this section, posters can be presented without an accompanying proceedings paper. Posters will be available online on this website during and after the e-conference. However, will not be added to the proceedings of the conference.
- MEMS and NEMS (Specific Session S1)
- Smart Systems and Structures (Specific Session S2)
- Fiber Optic Sensors (Specific Session S3)
- Factories of the Future (Specific Session S4)
- Sensing Technologies for Water Resource Management (Specific Session S5)
- Sensors for the Monitoring of the Low Voltage Distribution Network and Transition to the Smart Grid (Specific Session S6)
Abstracts (in English) should be submitted by 5 October 2016 online at https://www.sciforum.net/login. For accepted abstracts, the full paper can be submitted by 10 November 2016. The conference itself will be held from 15–30 November 2016.
Paper Submission GuidelinesFor information about the procedure for submission, peer-review, revision and acceptance of conference proceedings papers, please refer to the section "Instructions for Authors": https://www.sciforum.net/conference/ecsa-3/page/instructions.
Conference Chairs
stefano.mariani@polimi.it
francesco.ciucci@ust.hk
dirk.lehmhus@uni-bremen.de
thomas.messervey@r2msolution.com
alberto.vallan@polito.it
sbosse@uni-bremen.de
Sessions
B. Chemical Sensors
C. Physical Sensors
D. Sensors Networks
E. Applications
P. Posters
S1. MEMS and NEMS
S2. Smart Systems and Structures
S3. Fiber Optic Sensors
S4. Factories of the Future
S5. Sensing Technologies for Water Resource Management
S6. Sensors for the Monitoring of the Low Voltage Distribution Network and Transition to the Smart Grid
S7. Foreword
Instructions for Authors
Submissions should be done by the authors online by registering with www.sciforum.net, and using the "New Submission" function once logged into system.
- Scholars interested in participating with the conference can submit their abstract (about 200-250 words covering the areas of manuscripts for the proceedings issue) online on this website until 5 October 2016.
- The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, based on the submitted abstract, whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications. All authors will be notified by 10 October 2016 about the acceptance of their abstract.
- If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author is asked to submit the manuscript, optionally along with a PowerPoint and/or video presentation of his/her paper (only PDF), until the submission deadline of 10 November 2016.
- The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available on sciforum.net/conference/ecsa-3 for discussion during the time of the conference 15-30 November 2016.
- The Open Access Journal Sensors will publish Special Issue of the conference and accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference itself. After the conference, the Conference Committee will select manuscripts that may be included for publication in the Special Issue of the journal Sensors (the submission to the journal is independent from the conference proceedings and will follow the usual process of the journal, including peer-review, APC...).
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must have the following organization:
First page:
- Title
- Full author names
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
- Abstract (200-250 words)
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusions
- (Acknowledgements)
- References
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Besides their active participation within the forum, authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. If you are interested in submitting, please contact the conference organizer – ecsa@mdpi.com to get to know more about the procedure. This is an unique way of presenting your paper and discuss it with peers from all over the world. Make a difference and join us for this project!
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- Paper Length: The conference proceedings paper should not be longer than 6 pages. The conference manuscript should be as concise as possible.
- Formatting / Style: The paper style of the Journal Sensors should be followed. You may download the template file to prepare your paper (see above). The full titles and the cited papers must be given. Reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [4] or [1-3], and all the references should be listed separately and as the last section at the end of the manuscript.
- Authors List and Affiliation Format: Authors' full first and last names must be given. Abbreviated middle name can be added. For papers written by various contributors a corresponding author must be designated. The PubMed/MEDLINE format is used for affiliations: complete street address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and email address should be added. All authors who contributed significantly to the manuscript (including writing a section) should be listed on the first page of the manuscript, below the title of the article. Other parties, who provided only minor contributions, should be listed under Acknowledgments only. A minor contribution might be a discussion with the author, reading through the draft of the manuscript, or performing English corrections.
- Figures, Schemes and Tables: Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color. Full color graphics will be published free of charge. Figure and schemes must be numbered (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, etc.) and a explanatory title must be added. Tables should be inserted into the main text, and numbers and titles for all tables supplied. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. Please supply legends for all figures, schemes and tables. The legends should be prepared as a separate paragraph of the main text and placed in the main text before a table, a figure or a scheme.
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List of accepted submissions (45)
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sciforum-008610 | An FPGA Platform Proposal for real-time Acoustic Event Detection: Optimum platform implementation for audio recognition with time restrictions | , |
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Nowadays, monitoring of people and events is a common matter in the street, in the industry or at home, and acoustic event detection is commonly used. This increases the knowledge of what is happening in the soundscape, and this information encourages any monitoring system to take decisions depending on the measured events. Our research in this field includes, on one hand, smart city applications, which aim is to develop a low cost sensor network for real time noise mapping in the cities, and on the other hand, ambient assisted living applications through audio event recognition at home. This requires acoustic signal processing for event recognition, which is a challenging problem applying feature extraction techniques and machine learning methods. Furthermore, when the techniques come closer to implementation, a complete study of the most suitable platform is needed, taking into account computational complexity of the algorithms and commercial platforms price. In this work, the comparative study of several platforms serving to implement this sensing application is detailed. An FPGA platform is chosen as the optimum proposal considering the application requirements and taking into account time restrictions of the signal processing algorithms. Furthermore, we describe the first approach to the real-time implementation of the feature extraction algorithm on the chosen platform. |
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sciforum-008660 | Analysis of Bluetooth-based Wireless Sensor Networks Performance in Hospital Environments | , , , , , | N/A |
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In this work, the performance of Bluetooth-based Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) deployed within hospital environments is analyzed. Due to the complexity that this kind of scenarios exhibit in terms of radio propagation and coexistence with other wireless communication systems and radiant elements such as magnetic resonances and other electric appliances, the deployment of WSNs becomes a complex task which requires an in-depth radio planning analysis. For that purpose, measurements within real scenarios as well as simulation results obtained by the aim of an in-house developed 3D Ray Launching method are presented. The analyzed scenarios are located at the Hospital Complex of Navarre (HCN), in the city of Pamplona. As hospitals have a wide variety of scenarios, the analysis has been carried out in different zones such as the Emergency room of the HCN, where the interferences are expected to have a low impact since it is a kind of waiting room, and operating rooms area, where the patient security is a major issue and it can be a harsh environment in terms of interference and coexistence with other wireless equipment. The obtained simulation results have been validated with the measurements, and they show how Bluetooth-based WSNs behave within hospital environments in terms of coverage, Signal to Noise Ratio and capacity. Therefore, the presented analysis can aid in obtaining the optimal network configuration and performance of the Bluetooth-based WSNs, making them attractive for the developing of applications for hospital environments. |
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sciforum-008736 | High frequency inductive energy harverster for the maintenance of electric assets | , | N/A |
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Extracting tiny amounts of energy from non-conventional sources using Peltier cells, piezoelectrics, antennas or inductive probes has become very popular in recent years to power low-consuming sensors in IoT applications and smart grids. These energy harvesting methods rely on the continuous generation of small quantities of electrical energy scavenged from heat, vibration or electromagnetic emissions. This energy is stored in batteries or capacitors reaching low-voltage levels that cannot be used directly to power any device. In general, the voltage is boosted to more appropriate levels with a converter. Using inductive sensors to harvest energy from electrical power lines is common knowledge. Obtaining this energy from high-power low-frequency signals is currently possible and, in some cases, reliable and profitable. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the possibility of harvesting energy from extremely low-power and high-frequency events that occur in electrical assets when the insulation is damaged. These events, called partial discharges, are used in electrical maintenance to detect possible defects in the insulation. Evaluating partial discharge activity is a common protocol in all utilities that requires the use of expensive sensors and acquisition systems, and in most occasions, decommissioning the asset to connect the measuring system. The energy from these phenomena is stored in capacitors and the use of a high-frequency voltage multiplier allows to reach voltages close to 1 V. This voltage is proportional to the number of partial discharges in a certain time span. Therefore, if the number of partial discharges per time-unit has increased noticeably, the insulation has deteriorated and the asset should be decommissioned to evaluate the damages. The paper tests the possibility of using this method as an early-warning system in the maintenance of electrical assets. |
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sciforum-008753 | Automatic detection of fractures during tensile testing using vibroacoustic sensors | , , , , |
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The detection of structure-borne sound can be used to monitor the structural health of solid structures and machine parts. One way to achieve such an implementation is to place vibroacoustic sensors in contact with the structure. The sensors will typically generate an electric signal in response to the acoustic emissions caused by specific events, such as fractures in the structure. In this paper, vibroacoustic sensors were used to detect structure-borne sound during static tensile testing of metallic samples until complete fracture. The samples used were sections of longitudinal beams made out S700 MC steel. Two different types of piezoelectric sensors were used: PVDF film sensors glued to the sample, and ceramic sensors attached to the sample with a magnet adapter. The bandwidth of the signals was expected from previous studies to be of up to 2 MHz. Simultaneously, force and displacement were measured at the testing machine. An algorithm was written to process the data acquired from the piezo elements and automatically detect relevant events via a simple comparison with a pre-defined voltage threshold to detect signals above the background noise level. The comparison of the detected events with the force measurements from the tensile test showed a very strong correlation between actual fractures (both the initial fracture and its posterior propagation) and the automatic classification carried out by the algorithm. Thus, the vibroacoustic sensor could with little calibration substitute the other standard measurement systems. |
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sciforum-008767 | Iterative Learning for Human Activity Recognition from Wearable Sensor Data | , , |
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Wearable sensor technologies are a key component in the design of applications for human activity recognition, in areas like healthcare, sports and safety. We present an iterative learning framework to classify human locomotion activities (e.g. walk, stand, lie and sit) extracted from the Opportunity dataset by implementing a data-driven architecture. Data collected by 12 3D acceleration sensors and 7 inertial measurement units are de-noised using a wavelet filter, prior to the extraction of features such as roll, pitch, yaw, single magnitude vector and the principal components (PCA-2D). Our intention is to combine these features pairwise, in order to extract the best candidates for building the training dataset. This iterative process is based on the Euclidean distances between each class member and the centroid of the corresponding cluster. The resulting dataset is used to identify the best learning parameters for a SVM multi-classifier that produces the lowest prediction error. The methodology presented in this paper produced a model accuracy of over 86% for activity classification, exceeding the values reported in other studies, while using a much lower number of training samples and being more robust to variations in the quality of input data. |
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Keynote Speakers
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Mohammad I. Younis received a Ph.D. degree in engineering mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA, in 2004. He is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, and the State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton, NY, USA. He serves as the Director of the MEMS and NEMS Characterization and Motion Laboratory. Dr. Younis is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in 2012, the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award in 2009, and the Paul E. Torgersen Graduate Research Excellence Award in 2002. He holds several U.S. patents in MEMS sensors and actuators. He serves as an Associate Editor of Nonlinear Dynamics, the Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, and the Journal of Vibration and Control. He has authored the book entitled MEMS Linear and Nonlinear Statics and Dynamics (Springer, 2011). He has authored more than ninety archival journal papers, all on the fields of MEMS and NEMS. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Francisco Falcone (M05, SM09) received his Telecommunications Engineering Degree (1999) and PhD in Communications Engineering (2005), both at the Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) in Spain. From 1999 to 2000 he worked as Microwave Commissioning Engineer at Siemens-Italtel. From 2000 to 2008 he worked as Radio Network Engineer in Telefónica Móviles. In 2009 he co-founded Tafco Metawireless, a spin off devoted to complex EM analysis. From 2003 to 2009 he was also Assistant Lecturer at UPNA, becoming Associate Professor in 2009. His research area is artificial electromagnetic media, complex electromagnetic scenarios and wireless system analysis. He has over 280 contributions in journal and conference publications. He has been recipient of the CST Best Paper Award in 2003 and 2005, Best PhD in 2006 awarded by the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, Doctorate award 2004-2006 awarded by UPNA, Juan Lopez de Peñalver Young Researcher Award 2010 awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain and Premio Talgo 2012 for Technological Innovation.
Conference Schedule
- Conference Open: 15-30 November 2016
- Abstract Submission: 5 October 2016
- Notification of Acceptance: 10 October 2016
- Proceedings Paper Submission Deadline: 10 November 2016
Conference Organizers
Dr. Stefano Mariani
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Editorial Board Member and Guest Editor of several
Special Issues of the Journal Sensors
Dr. Francesco Ciucci
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Dr. Dirk Lehmhus
ISIS Sensorial Materials Scientific Centre
University of Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Dr. Thomas B. Messervey
CEO and Co-Founder, Research to Market Solution s.r.l. Pavia, Italy
Dr. Alberto Vallan
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Politecnico di Torino
Turin, Italy
Dr. Stefan Bosse
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Germany
Scientific Advisory Committee
Dr. Stefano Mariani, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Dr. Francesco Ciucci, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Dr. Dirk Lehmhus, ISIS Sensorial Materials Scientific Centre, University of Bremen, Germany
Dr. Thomas B. Messervey, CEO and Co-Founder, Research to Market Solution s.r.l., Italy
Dr. Alberto Vallan, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Dr. Stefan Bosse, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Germany
Dr. Francisco Falcone, Universidad Publica de Navarra, UPNA, Spain
Dr. Cinzia Caliendo, Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology, IFN, National Research Council of Italy, CNR, Italy
Prof. Dr. Caterina Ciminelli, Optoelectronics Laboratory, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Dr. Peter Cragg, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, UK
Prof. Dr. Jamal Deen, Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Canada
Dr. Ye Fang, Biochemical Technologies, Science and Technology Division, Corning Incorporated, USA
Prof. Dr. Juan A. Gomez-Pulido, Computer Architecture and Logic Design Group (ARCO), Department of Technologies of Computers and Communications, University of Extremadura, Spain
Prof. Dr. Vinod Gupta, FWIF, FNASc., Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Prof. Dr. Dusan Losic, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Australia
Prof. Dr. Huangxian Ju, Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, China
Prof. Dr. Spas Kolev, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Dr. Shinya Maenosono, School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Dr. Kwang W. Oh, SMALLab (Sensors and Microactuators Learning Lab), Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, USA
Dr. Roberto Pilloton, 1st Researcher at CNR Institute for Atmospheric Pollution CNR, Italy
Dr. Matteo Tonezzer, IMEM - CNR Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism – Italian National Research Council, Italy
Prof. Dr. Maurizio Valle, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering, and Naval Architecture, University of Genova, Italy
Conference Secretariat
Mr. Harry Fu
MDPI Branch Office, Wuhan
E-Mail: ecsa@mdpi.com
Ms. Lin Li
MDPI Branch Office, Beijing
E-Mail: ecsa@mdpi.com
For information regarding sponsoring opportunities, please contact the conference secretariat.
A. Biosensors
Section Chair:
Dr. Stefano Mariani, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Session Chair
Dr. Stefano Mariani, Politecnico di Milano
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B. Chemical Sensors
Section Chair:
Dr. Francesco Ciucci, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Session Chair
Dr. Francesco Ciucci
C. Physical Sensors
Dr. Dirk Lehmhus, ISIS Sensorial Materials Scientific Centre, University of Bremen, Germany and Dr. Alberto Vallan, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Session Chair
Dr. Dirk Lehmhus, Fraunhofer IFAM
D. Sensors Networks
Section Chair:
Dr. Stefano Mariani, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Session Chair
Dr. Stefano Mariani, Politecnico di Milano
E. Applications
Section Chair:
Dr. Thomas B. Messervey, CEO and Co-Founder, Research to Market Solution s.r.l., Italy
Session Chair
Dr. Thomas Messervey
P. Posters
In this section, posters can be presented without an accompanying proceedings paper. Posters will be available online on this website during and after the e-conference. However, will not be added to the proceedings of the conference.
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S1. MEMS and NEMS
Section Chairs:
Dr. Stefano Mariani, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
The MEMS and NEMS Section is aimed at gathering together contributions on the modelling and analysis of Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) and Nano-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (NEMS), and on their real-life applications. Works on the theoretical, numerical and experimental aspects are solicited, especially those stemming from multi-disciplinary approaches.
Contributions are welcome to address the following topics:
- Multi-physics modeling
- Uncertainty quantification at the micro- and nano-scale
- System identification and control
- Sensor optimization
- Damping phenomena
- Stiction and other contact or proximity phenomena
- Effect of emerging materials, like graphene
Applications to be considered include, but are not limited to:
- Inertial sensors
- Physical sensors
- Chemical sensors
- RF switches
- Micromirrors
- Energy harvesters
Session Chair
Dr. Stefano Mariani, Politecnico di Milano
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S2. Smart Systems and Structures
Section Chairs:
Dr. Dirk Lehmhus, ISIS Sensorial Materials Scientific Centre, University of Bremen, Germany
Dr. Stefan Bosse, Department of Computer Science, Workgroup Robotics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Trends emerging in engineering and micro-system applications such as the development of sensorial materials show a growing demand for distributed autonomous computing in sensor networks consisting of miniaturized low-power smart sensors embedded in technical structures. A Sensor Network is composed of nodes capable of sensor processing and communication. Smart Systems are composed of more complex networks (and networks of networks) differing significantly in computational power and available resources. They provide higher level information processing that maps the raw sensor data to condensed information. They can provide, for example, Internet connectivity of perceptive systems (body area networks...). These smart systems unite the traditionally separated sensing, aggregation, and application levels, offering a more unified design approach and more generic and unified architectures. Smart systems glue software and hardware components to an extended operational unit.
Smart can be defined on different operational and processing levels and having different goals in mind. One aspect is the adaptivity and reliability in the presence of sensor, communication, node, and network failures that should not compromise the trust and quality of the computed information, for example, the output of a Structural Health Monitoring System (SHM). A Smart System can be considered on node, network, and network of network level. Another aspect of "smartness" is information processing with inaccurate or incomplete models (mechanical, technical, physical) requiring machine learning approaches, either supervised with training at design-time or unsupervised based on reward learning at run-time.
Growing system complexity requires an increase in autonomy of distributed data processing systems, addressed, for example, by the deployment of mobile multi-agent systems carrying and processing information. Self-organizing systems are one major approach to solve complex tasks by decomposing them into smaller and simpler task performed by a large group of individuals.
Smart "Functional" Structures extend classical perceptive systems with actuators responding to changes in the environment or load conditions in real-time, enabling Reactive Perceptive Systems.
Topics included but not limited to are:
- Software engineering for sensing applications and sensor clouds
- Data mining in sensing applications
- Autonomous computing systems
- Multi-agent systems and intelligent computing
- Machine learning supporting sensing applications
- Ubiquitous smart systems and applications
- Sensor cloud, cluster and grid computing
- Internet of Things
- Human-computer, human-sensing, and human-machine interaction
- Machine-to-Machine (M2M) networks
- Service-orientated information processing and computing
- Reliable and fault-tolerant system design and algorithms
- Platform design and architectures
- Active perceptive systems coupling sensing + actuation including robotic systems
Session Chairs
Dr. Dirk Lehmhus, Fraunhofer IFAM
Dr. Stefan Bosse, University of Bremen
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S3. Fiber Optic Sensors
Dr. Alberto Vallan, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
This session is focused on Fiber Optic Sensors (FOS) and related applications. In the sensor market, FOS represent a relevant portion which is rapidly growing thanks to the availability of new optical and electro-optical devices characterized by a low-cost, a reduced power consumption and small dimensions. Session topics concern all the aspects related to the use of optical fibers in the sensor field, such as the development and testing of intrinsic sensors, the usage of fibers for extrinsic sensors or to power non-optical sensing devices, and also original fiber sensor applications and in-field results.
Suggested topics include:
- Fiber optic sensors for structural monitoring
- Health related applications
- High voltage/current/EM-field measurements
- Sensors for harsh environments
- MRI compliant sensors
- Chemical and biochemical sensors
- Fiber Bragg Gratings
- Interferometric sensors
- Polarimetric sensors
- Disposable fiber sensors
- Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) sensors
- Photonic-crystal fibers, microstructured fibers and other innovative fibers for sensing applications
- Quasi-distributed and distributed sensors
- Sensor testing and characterization procedures
- Multiplexing and remote sensing
- Power-over-fiber for sensor applications
- Modeling and correction of systematic effects and influence quantities
Session Chair
Professor Alberto Vallan, Politecnico di Torino
S4. Factories of the Future
Section Chairs:
Dr. Dirk Lehmhus, ISIS Sensorial Materials Scientific Centre, University of Bremen, Germany
Today, production technology is going through a transformation toward increasingly autonomous manufacturing systems and environments. This change is sometimes seen as being fundamental enough to designate it as the fourth industrial revolution captured in the term “Industry 4.0” first coined in Germany, where mechanization, mass production and computerization are considered the three preceding landmark transformations.
In Industry 4.0, factories will increasingly decide autonomously on aspects like production process parameters, process sequences, production logistics etc. In order to be able to do so, these factories will need large amounts of data, from which the information needed in decision-making has to be derived without or with limited intervention of human beings. In parallel, new (or improved) manufacturing capabilities such as flexible manufacturing, mass customization and additive manufacturing bring new possibilities in terms of how products are made.
The present session invites papers to respond to the data driven demands of this next industrial revolution through the implementation of appropriate sensor systems through all phases of the product life-cycle. Results from ongoing or past European Factories of the Future projects and like research programs worldwide are welcome. Possible topics include:
- Development of new sensors for the monitoring of production processes
- Enabling KPI assessment and use via cost effective sensors and meters
- Application of sensor systems in production engineering on various levels, from the individual sensorized tool to heavily sensor-based, fully automated production systems and facilities
- Sensor data evaluation methods tailored for or transferred to applications in production engineering
- Workpiece-based monitoring of production processes, i.e. use of product-integrated sensors to provide feedback to production equipment
- Use of product-integrated sensors for feedback of life cycle data into the product (re) design phase to enable continuous improvement of products, including concrete examples of implementation of such feedback loops both on conceptual and realization level
Given this scope, the session has links to almost all sections of the conference, the common denominator being the fact that the presentations should target advanced manufacturing as application scenario.
Session Chair
Dr. Dirk Lehmhus, Fraunhofer IFAM
S5. Sensing Technologies for Water Resource Management
Section Chair:
Dr. Thomas B. Messervey, CEO and Co-Founder, Research to Market Solution s.r.l., Italy
The USA documents 237,600 water line breaks each year costing €2.8 billion annually. Normal water leakage instead runs at 7 billion gallons per day (http://www.waterworld.com/articles/print/volume-30/issue-7/editorial-features/patching-up-the-pipes-how-smart-technologies-help-cities-prevent-leaks-and-save-money.html). Globally, 750 million people (1 in 9 people) lack access to safe water (www.water.org). Indeed, most persons would likely be surprised that the water crisis is the #1 global risk based on impact to society (as a measure of devastation), and the #8 global risk based on likelihood (likelihood of occurring within 10 years) as announced by the World Economic Forum, January 2015 (http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2015/#frame/20ad6).
The need for water resource management stands at the intersection of several global challenges and cross-cutting themes which include climate change, aging national infrastructure, increased population and urbanization, and government, corporate and individual responsibilities toward the environment and sustainability. Amongst the range of possible solutions to answer the need for better water resource management is ICT (information communication technologies) in the form of sensors, smart meters, and the analytical platforms and software they make possible through the data they provide. In many cases, knowledge transfer and lessons learned can be taken from the energy and gas markets where work started earlier. It is also noteworthy the correlations between energy auditing and water auditing, carbon footprint assessment and water footprint assessment. Water (as a resource) is a next logical extension of ISO50001 (Energy Management Systems) principles.
Session G invites researchers and industrials working in the area of water sensing technologies for water resource management to present their work. A special invitation is extended to the platform www.ict4water.eu which clusters 10 research projects co-funded by the European Union on this topic area. A special invitation is also extended to industrials with new innovative solutions coming to the market. As the problem is global, papers are encouraged from all parts of the world.
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Dr. Thomas Messervey
S6. Sensors for the Monitoring of the Low Voltage Distribution Network and Transition to the Smart Grid
Dr. Thomas B. Messervey, CEO and Co-Founder, Research to Market Solution s.r.l., Italy
Session Chair
Dr. Thomas Messervey
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