CICSyN 2009

 1st International Conference on

Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks

 

23-25 July 2009, Indore, India

 

Keynote Speakers

 

Plenary Abstract-1

 

Grid Computing: Tenfold Acceleration on the Internet/Grids

 

Professor Frank Zhigang wang

Chair in e-Science and Grid Computing

Director of Centre for Grid Computing

Cambridge-Cranfield High Performance Computing Facility(CCHPCF)

Cranfield University Campus

United Kingdom.

 

Prof Wang and his group have developed a grid-oriented storage (GOS) platform, which beats classic ones by a factor of 2 - 25 over a real-world link. This protocol is the first of its kind worldwide. Best of all, this platform requires no changes in the way users work with their applications since it conforms to the existing IT infrastructures. During his presentation, he will show a demo of using this protocol to accelerate applications, ranging from IBM DB2, MySQL, Office, Firefox Web Browser, Google Earth to Media Player. The GOS work has won an ACM/IEEE Super Computing Award.

 

 

Biography

 

 

Prof. Frank Zhigang Wang

Chair in e-Science and Grid Computing

Director of Centre for Grid Computing

Cambridge-Cranfield High Performance Computing Facility(CCHPCF)

Cranfield University Campus

United Kingdom.


Prof. Frank Wang is a Fellow of British Computer Society, Professor and Chair in e-Science and Grid Computing, Director of Centre for Grid Computing within the context of Cambridge-Cranfield High Performance Computing Facility (CCHPCF). His appointment is seen as crucial to the initiative of the CCHPCF, which is a collaborative research facility in the Universities of Cambridge and Cranfield, with an investment size of 40 million GBPs. Prof Wang has a publication record including an edited book titled "Encyclopaedia of Grid Computing", 67 journal papers [14 IEEE Transactions, 5 JAP, 1 APL, 3 ACM publications, etc] and 49 conference papers. Prof Wang is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Encyclopedia of Grid Computing, Co-Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing. Prof Wang is also on the Editorial Board of another 4 international journals. He serves the High End Computing Panel for Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). He was elected as the Chairman (UK & Republic of Ireland Chapter) of the IEEE Computer Society in 2005. He serves the UK e-Science Project Panel. Frank is the holder of a number of EPSRC/DTI/EC grants, totalling 3.5 million euros. He has been invited to report his work at Princeton University, Carnegie Mellon University, Oxford University, Edinburgh University, Manchester University, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Taiwan Tsinghua University, Jawaharlal Nehru University (India) and King's College London, etc. He has fostered a number of collaborations with industrial giants, including IBM, Microsoft, BBC, Xerox, CERN, Rolls Royce, HP and EADS.

 

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Plenary Abstract-2

 

Microwave High Power Amplifiers for Satellite Communication

 

Professor Raghuvir Tomar

LNM Institute of Information Technology

Jaipur, India.

Email: tomar.raghuvir@gmail.com; rtomar@lnmiit.ac.in

 

 

Biography

 

Prof. Raghuvir Tomar earned a B.Tech. (Electronics Engineering) from MITS Gwalior in 1975; an M.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) from IIT Kanpur in 1978 and a Ph. D. (Electrical Engineering) also from IIT Kanpur; in1983. Between 1984 and 1986 he carried out research work at post-doctoral level at the University of Ottawa, Canada. His industrial experience includes RF Engineer, Bolriet Technologies, Canada (Sept1986-Aug1988), Member of Scientific Staff, Bell Northern Research, Canada (Aug1988-May1992), Senior Engineer, NORTEL Networks, Canada (May1992-May1999), Senior Systems Engineer, EMS Technologies, Canada (May1999-April2003), Visiting Scientist, Communications Research Centre, Canada (May2003-June2004) and Principal Engineer, NATEL Engineering Co., California, USA (June2004-Dec2005).

 

In December 2005 he was appointed Professor at the LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur. His long hands-on experience with microwave and wireless industry including defense industry spans a period of some nineteen years. He has authored more than forty-five research papers (nine in IEEE) and technical reports in peer-reviewed journals and forums of the highest international repute. He co-authored a book on millimeter-wave printed antennas published by Artech House, Massachusetts, USA. A second book titled ‘Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Theory’ is in progress.

 

He received ‘Outstanding contributor’ award in the NORTEL RNS440 Radio Project, 1994 (Montreal, Canada) and the ‘Cambridge Blue Book Man of the Year’ award, 2005, for significant contributions to Electrical Engineering.  This is a peer-nominated award given annually by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England to a select few outstanding researchers.

 

Areas of interest include radio frequency and microwave circuit design; SATCOM systems; radar warning receivers; and microwave measurement techniques. He is a firm believer in using knowledge and technology to improve human living standards.

 

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Plenary Abstract-3

 

Throwing of Objects: a New Technology for Factory Automation

 

Prof. Dr. Heinz Frank

Reinhold Würth University

Germany, 74653 Künzelsau, Daimlerstr. 35

Email: frank@hs-heilbronn.de

Tel: +49-7940-1306-124

 

In a research project at the Reinhold-Wuerth-University in Künzelsau, Germany, a new approach for logistic functions in production systems is investigated. Objects are thrown by throwing devices and captured by capturing devices. With this approach for the separation, transportation and commissioning of work pieces, tools, packaging etc. the features of high speeds, high flexibilities and the need of few resources are expected to be achieved in future.

 

At the beginning an overview will be given for this new technology. It was inspired by observations in nature, where the fastest movements can be watched at flying. When this basic idea is implemented in a technical environment, the functions can be subdivided in launching of the objects, measuring the objects on their trajectories and capturing the objects.

 

In the second section the physical basics for the ballistic of flying objects will be considered. At flying objects in particular the thrust (driving respectively braking force), the gravitational force, the drag force and the lift force have to be considered. With these forces a mathematical model for the trajectories can be deduced. These forces are also determining the stability of the object orientation during flight. Different methods will be presented for the flight stabilization of cylinders.

 

For the realization of the throwing technology two basic concepts have to be distinguished.

 

- Throwing with indirect hits: When objects are thrown, which are unsymmetrical or not identical, their trajectories are depending on sensitive influences like different conditions during the acceleration by a throwing device or the influence of the gravitation and the aerodynamic forces during the flight. In this case the objects must be detected on their trajectories by a sensor system and a robot has to move a capturing device during the flight to the final capturing point.

 

- Throwing with direct hits: If the objects can be thrown into a capturing device with a direct hit, the visual tracking of the objects on their trajectories and the tracking of the capturing device are not required.

 

Several approaches for throwing devices, sensor systems for measuring the objects on their trajectories, robots for moving capturing devices and capturing devices will be presented for these concepts.

 

Finally an outlook with some visionary applications will be given. Examples like throwing of workpieces from one machine to another, throwing of objects over obstacles and the commissioning of goods by throwing shall illustrate the potential of the new technology for the factory automation in the future.

 

 

Biography

 

http://www.ies-bacm.org/img/Frank.jpgHeinz Frank received the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Control- and Automation Engineering, from the Stuttgart University, Germany, in 1979.  In the same year he joined the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Equipment at the same university, were he received his Ph.D in 1985. From 1985 to 1991 he worked at the machine tool company Liebherr Verzahntechnik, Kempten, Germany. There he was in charge for the development of control systems for flexible manufacturing systems and production lines for the automotive industry.

Since 1991 he has been with the Reinhold-Wuerth-University of the Heilbronn University in Kuenzelsau, Germany.

 

His fields of teaching are electrical engineering and automation engineering.  In his research work he has two fields of interest, which are fast mechatronic systems and industrial communication systems. Currently his main projects are throwing/shooting as a new technology for logistic functions in production systems and the application of the new standard IEC 61850 for distributed energy resources.

 

He is a member of several learned societies including the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society and in the TC-BACM (Building, Automation, Control, and Management) of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. He is also active with several other scientific groups in Germany.

 

e-mail:                     frank@hs-heilbronn.de

Website:                http://iaf.hs-heilbronn.de/wiki/HeinzFrank

Phone:                    +49-7940-1306-124

Fax:                         +49-7940-1306-120

Address:                Reinhold-Würth-University of the Heilbronn University,

Daimlerstr. 3574653

Künzelsau

Germany

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