MELECON 2016

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

http://melecon2016.org/

Mar. 8th, 2016

MELECON 2016 18TH MEDITERRANEAN ELECTROTECHNICAL CONFERENCE

INTELLIGENT & EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES & SERVICES FOR THE CITIZEN APRIL 18 - 20, 2016, LIMASSOL, CYPRUS

ORGANISED AND SPONSORED BY

CO-ORGANISED AND CO-SPONSORED BY

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Table of Contents

I. Message 3 II. Information For Oral Presentations 4 III. Information For Poster Presentations 4 IV. Melecon 2016 Preliminary Schedule 5 V. Melecon 2016 Preliminary Programme 7 VI. Plenary Sessions 9 VII. IEEE REGION 8 Students Paper Competition 17 VIII. Melecon 2016: Students Paper Competition Finalists (Top 10) 18 IX. Melecon Technical Program 20

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I. Message The Conference programme is presented below in session format. Authors have to search for their papers based on the EasyAcademia paper number. Apologies for the inconvenience caused, but we had to run to announce this preliminary version given the request of numerous colleagues. Moreover, information for oral and poster presentations are given. Also two lists of the Student Paper Competitions are available at the end of the programme.

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II. INFORMATION FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS

All lecture rooms will be equipped with a computer running Microsoft Windows 7/8, Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat Reader. Please save your presentation in either Office 2003 / 2007 / 2010 format or pdf with the following filename: PRESENTER_DATE_TIME_first four words of TITLE. Use the date and time format as in this example: Smith_Sept2_0900_title first four words.ppt (or pptx, or pdf). No computer running Mac OS will be available.

Please transfer your file to the computer in the room where your presentation is scheduled, as early as possible and at least 1 hour before the start of your session. Place the file (and all accompanied media) in the appropriate folder on the desktop and check that is running well. If you experience any problems, please come up to the Easy Conferences desk.

Introduce yourself to the session chair upon arrival at the presentation room.

Please take any presentation materials away with you; anything left at the end of the conference will be discarded.

III. INFORMATION FOR SHORT PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Please note that all short paper presentations will also be accompanied with poster presentations. Short presentations will be carried out for 2 minutes with 2 slides per presentation.

Poster presentations will be considered for the Poster Paper Competition.

Papers will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

Q1. Is the scientific contribution of the work to the field real and identifiable? (35%);

Q2. What is the technical quality of the paper? (35%);

Q3. Is the paper formatted and put together well (30%).

First, Second, and Third place winners will be selected based on the technical merits of the work and professionalism of the presentation.

The three overall winners will receive an engraved plaque and an honorarium of 300 Euro for the first place winner, 200 Euro for the second place winner, and 100 Euro for the third place winner.

Information for Poster Preparation

The poster format is portrait with dimensions of max. 90 cm wide and 120 cm high. We recommend a size of 85 cm wide and 120 cm high (DIN A0 size)

All posters must be brought in printed form, please note that printing facilities will not be available at the conference site.

Poster boards will showcase on them the poster number that is noted in the conference programme. You do not need to print your poster number on the poster.

Make sure your title, authors and affiliated institution/s are clearly visible at the top of your presentation; it is common to include your institution logo on the poster.

The key to a good poster is not to include too much text. Short sentences and paragraphs, or even bullets, along with visual aids to present the findings (such as graphs), make the poster more attractive and easier to follow.

We recommend that you have copies of a handout with your details and, if possible, an A4/Legal version of your presentation to give to interested delegates.

The posters should be mounted in Megaron A&B room on the morning of Monday the 18th

of April and should be dismounted by the end of the day on Tuesday the 19

th of April. Posters

remaining after the end of the day on Tuesday the 19th of April will be removed and recycled.

Please be present near your poster during the coffee and lunch breaks on Monday the 18th of April

and Tuesday the 19th of April.

A 2 minute poster presentation (2 slides) is scheduled on Monday the 18th

of April. Please bring this presentation with you and make sure it is uploaded on the conference system at least one hour before the session (more instructions will follow).

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IV.Melecon 2016 Preliminary Schedule 18/04: Parorama as main meeting room. Phoenix and Megaron C as parallel rooms. Poster session on that day will be held at Megaron A&B (combined). 19 & 20/04: Panorama as main meeting room. Megaron B and Megaron C as parallel rooms.

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Conference

Dinner

Opening

Ceremony and

Coctail Reception

T1.2(5) T2.2(6)

EXCURSION

Lunch Break

POSTER SESSION T6.1(5)

T2.1(6) T8.1(5) T1.4(6) T2.3(6) T8.3(5) T1.6(6) T5.2(6)

T1.7(6) T4.1(6)T1.5(6) T3.1(3) T5.1(3)

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Sunday April 17 2016 Monday April 18 2016 Tuesday April 19 2016 Wednesday April 20 2016

Conference

Registration

Coffee Break

T1.1 (6)

Closing Ceremony/Coffee

Regis tration Desk wi l l be open from 17:00 to 19:00 on Sunday, 08:00 to 18:00 on Monday and Tuesday and from 08:00 to 12:00 on Wednesday

PLENARY

SESSION 1

PLENARY

SESSION 2

PLENARY SESSION

3 (COST)

T7.1(7)T1.8(7)

Coffee Break

T1.3(7)SS1 R8 SPC

T8.2(5)

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Tracks: T.1 Electric Power Systems and Renewable Energy Sources T.2 Information and Communication Technologies T.3 Internet of Things, Cloud-Based Systems and Big Data Analytics T.4 Virtual Environments, 3D Simulations and Serious Games T.5 Security and Networking T.6 Micro and Nano Electronic Systems T.7 Smart, Green and Integrated Transport T.8 Emerging Environmental Systems and Applications Special Sessions: SS1: Special Session on Towards Power Systems relying primarily on variable SS2: Special Session on Memristors

http://melecon2016.org/ss5.html


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V. Melecon 2016 Preliminary Programme

Please track your paper based on the EasyAcademia paper number.

Oral Presentations (112 papers)

T1.1 (6): Renewable energy sources – 198, 5, 27, 31, 96, 175

T1.2 (5): Electric vehicles and transportation – 41, 166, 65, 201, 199

T1.3 (7): Microgrids and electricity markets – 92, 211, 128, 95, 101, 73, 11

T1.4 (6): Synchrophasors/wide area monitoring - 107, 43, 150, 54, 39, 106

T1.5 (6): Electric machines and cables – 232, 30, 88, 222, 37, 14

T1.6 (6): Power system control – 114, 237, 249, 204, 173, 119

T1.7 (6): HVDC and power electronics – 195, 155, 69, 6, 223, 234

T1.8 (7): Power system modeling and planning – 64, 263, 180, 121, 93, 187, 196

T2.1 (6): Intelligent Systems, Embedded Systems and Robotics – 216, 160, 22, 238, 185, 58

T2.2 (6): Communication Systems – 241, 205, 62, 108, 139, 200

T2.3 (6): ICT Systems – 40, 47, 165, 66, 21, 171

T4.1 (6) Recent advances in 3D Virtual Environments - 134, 53, 38, 112, 44, 137

T5.1 (3): Network Security – 183, 217, 262 & T3.1 (2): IoT - 61, 127

T5.1 (6): Networking – 18, 202, 142, 212, 247, 56

T6.1 (5): Electronics, Devices and Transducers – 33, 45, 111, 265

T7.1 (7): Intelligent Transport Systems - 214, 221, 25, 118,191, 209, 203

T8.1 (5): Environmental Pollution, Climate Change and Environmental Public Health – 240, 102,

186, 257, 46

T8.2 (5) - Environmental Modelling and Optimization of decision making in Environmental

Management – 87, 208, 176, 109, 220

T8.3 (5) - Remote Sensing and Geo-Spatial Environmental Systems – 231, 255, 151, 104, 163

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SS1 - Special Session on Towards Power Systems relying primarily on variable – 251, 181, 250, 82, 253

SS2 - Special Session on Memristors – Chairperson: 246, 260, 264, 266.

Short Paper Presentations (SP):

Please note that all short paper presentations will also be accompanied with poster presentations. Short presentations will be carried out for 2 minutes with 2 slides per presentation.

SP1:

Track 1: Papers (12): 153, 226, 239, 75, 228, 57, 159, 258, 143, 215, 189, 2

Track 7: Papers (3): 122, 68, 261

Track 8: Papers (3): 256, 259, 164

SP2:

Track 2: Papers (14): 218, 177, 168, 15, 71, 99, 124, 60, 219, 206, 227, 229, 50, 129

Track 3: Papers (3): 162, 194, 48

Track 4: Papers (3): 152, 67, 85

SP3:

Track 6: Papers (11): 178, 188, 86, 20, 81, 169, 100, 133, 213, 13, 149

Track 5: Papers (6): 136, 98, 29, 36, 77, 158



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VI. PLENARY SESSIONS

PLENARY SESSION – APRIL 18TH

Engineering Leadership for Success

Nicos M. Timotheou

Director & Managing Consultant, NAN Strategic Change Consultants Ltd, Cyprus

Abstract

Business success equals creation and DELIVERY of value to all stakeholders.

Engineers and especially Engineering Leaders ask themselves:

Who are my stakeholders and what value do they expect from me?

How will I lead and manage so as to create and deliver the maximum value to my stakeholders in an

optimum, sustainable way?

To what should I primarily devote my energy: Formulating and executing my unit’s / my own value

proposition and delivery, in the context of my unit’s / own Mission or formulating and executing my

unit’s / my own strategy, in the context of my unit’s / my own Vision?

Which are my main duties and in what mix and balance?

Biographical Sketch

The IEEE Life Senior Member, Nicos M. Timotheou, offers consulting services in the areas of ICT, BoD

and Executive Management Performance, Business Intelligence and Performance Management, Strategy,

Business Process Management and Corporate Governance. He serves as Non-executive Director and as

consultant to the CEO/MD in a number of companies. He served for nine years as CEO of the Cyprus

Telecommunications (CYTA), from where he retired in 2007 after a 34-year successful career. He has

served as a NED of BoD/University of Cyprus, CPEA, BoC/IMSC/USC/LA/USA and as Chairman, IEEE

Cyprus Section and of EBENCY. He has been a CEng, FIEE and is a Member/ETEK (S&TCC) and MCPEA.

He is a Dipl Eng (E&M), NTUA, Athens, Greece and holds a Diploma in Management. He followed

postgraduate professional studies in Advanced Telecommunications in Germany. He has participated and

talked at numerous conferences, symposia, seminars and workshops in Europe, USA, Africa and the Far

East.

http://www.strategic-change-consultants.com/index.php/our-areas-of-expertise-our-services/management-processes/corporate-mission-management

http://www.strategic-change-consultants.com/index.php/our-areas-of-expertise-our-services/management-processes/corporate-vision-management

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Big data and cognitive computing in healthcare: weathering the perfect storm

Matthias Reumann Sustainable Resilient Health Systems Research, IBM Research – Zurich, Switzerland Global Leadership Team of IBM Research for Healthcare and Member of the Leadership Team IBM DACH Healthcare and Lifescience

Abstract

Pending

Biographical Sketch

Matthias Reumann (1978) received the Masters of Engineering in Electronics with the Tripartite Diploma from

the University of Southampton, UK, in 2003 and continued his PhD studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of

Technology with Prof. Olaf Doessel at the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH).

Reumann focused on translational research in cardiac models and his PhD with summa cum laude in 2007.

The research was awarded with two prestigious research awards by both clinical and biomedical professional

societies. Reumann continued research in multi-scale systems biology at the IBM T. J. Watson Research

Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. His work focused on creating high resolution heart models that scale on

supercomputers that yielded several high profile publications in Science Translational Medicine, the Journal

of the American College of Cardiology and Supercomputing. He expanded his research interest to Genomics

in 2010 at the IBM Research Collaboartory for Lifesciences – Melbourne, investigating higher order

interaction of single nucleotide polymorphisms in breast and prostate cancer in collaboration with Prof. John

Hopper. In 2011, Reumann build up and the healthcare research team at the IBM Research – Australia

laboratory with focus areas in healthcare analytics, medical image processing and genomics. The goal in

genomics was to bring next generation sequencing into a production environment in a public health

microbiology diagnostic unit. Reumann moved back to Europe in December 2013 and joined the IBM

Research – Zurich laboratory where his research focusses on sustainable, resilient health systems research

to bridge the divide from bench to bedside to society. Reumann is associate editor of the IEEE Journal on

Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, Senior Member of the IEEE and has served on the

Administrative Committee of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society from 2009 – 2013 as well

as on the IEEE Technical Advisory Board form 2011 – 2012. His research is mentioned in editorials and

reviews

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PLENARY SESSION – APRIL 19TH Modelling and control challenges of sustainable power systems Jovica V Milanovic Professor of Electrical Power Engineering, Deputy Head of School and Director of External Affairs in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Manchester, UK Abstract The future power systems will be characterised by blurred boundaries between transmission and distribution

system, by mix of wide range of electricity generating technologies (conventional hydro, thermal, nuclear and

power electronic interfaced stochastic and intermittent renewable generation), responsive and highly flexible,

typically power electronics interfaced, demand and storage with significant temporal and spatial uncertainty,

proliferation of power electronics (HVDC, FACTS devices and new types of load devices) and significantly

higher reliance on the use of measurement data including global (Wide Area Monitoring) signals for system

identification, characterization and control and Information and Communication Technology embedded

within the power system network and its components.

In order to successfully control such complex system its parts and components and to ensure its stability and

security at acceptable cost, the system modelling and analysis need to cater for significantly increased

uncertainties, both in terms of model uncertainties and operational uncertainties, and for efficient knowledge

extraction from large amount of data coming from different types of local and wide area distributed data

acquisition devices and monitors.

This presentation identifies some of the challenges associated with the modelling and analysis of such

complex systems, suggests possible approaches to deal with them and gives examples of methodologies

that can be used to successfully model, analyse and control them.

Biographical Sketch

Jovica V Milanovic received Dipl.Ing. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Ph.D.

degree from the University of Newcastle, Australia, and D.Sc. degree from The University of Manchester,

UK. Prior to joining The University of Manchester, UK, in 1998, he worked with “Energoproject”, Engineering

and Consulting Co. and the University of Belgrade in Yugoslavia, and the Universities of Newcastle and

Tasmania in Australia. Currently, he is a Professor of Electrical Power Engineering, Deputy Head of School

and Director of External Affairs in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of

Manchester, UK, Visiting Professor at the University of Novi Sad and the University of Belgrade, Serbia and

Conjoint Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He was chairman of 3 international conferences

, editor or member of editorial/technical boards of 50+ international journals and conferences, research

project assessor for 12 international government research funding councils, member of 7 (convenor of 2)

past or current IEEE/CIGRE/CIRED WG and consultant or member of advisory boards for several

international companies. Professor Milanovic published over 400 research papers and reports, gave many

key note speeches at international conferences and presented over 120 courses/tutorials and lectures to

industry and academia around the world. Professor Milanovic is a Chartered Engineer in the UK, Foreign

member of the Serbian Academy of Engineering Sciences, FIET, FIEEE, Distinguished IEEE PES Lecturer

and currently serves on IEEE PES Governing Board as Regional Representative for Europe, Middle east

and Africa.

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COST Special Session COST in a nutshell

Ralph Stübner

Science Officer, COST Association, EU

Abstract

COST is the longest-running European framework supporting trans-national cooperation among researchers,

engineers and scholars across Europe. As a pan-European intergovernmental framework, COST (European

Cooperation in Science and Technology) mission is to enable breakthrough scientific and technological

developments leading to new concepts and products, thereby to contribute strengthening Europe’s research

and innovation capacities. Through its networks, the COST Actions, it allows for researchers, engineers and

scholars to jointly develop their own ideas and new initiatives across all scientific disciplines through trans-

European coordination of nationally funded research activities. A short introduction to COST Actions, their

activities and how to join or create them will be given.

Biographical Sketch

Dr Ralph Stübner has been a Science Officer at the COST Association since 2011, responsible for COST

Actions addressing information and communication technologies, materials and/or physics. Prior to joining

COST, he had worked for three years as Project Officer at the European Commission, in the area of Future

and Emerging Technologies, Directorate General Information Society and Media, nowadays DG Connect.

Before joining the European Commission, he worked for ten years for Infineon Technologies in the

development of smart power technologies for automotive applications. He studied physics at the Technical

University of Berlin and made his PhD at Siemens AG investigating the electrochemical properties of solid

oxide fuel cells.

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CRYPTACUS, promising development in IoT security

Julio Hernandez-Castro and Gildas Avoine

School of Computing, University of Kent (UK) and INSA Rennes (France)

Abstract

Pending

Biographical Sketch

Julio Hernandez-Castro is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Security at the University of Kent's School of Computing. His research interests are wide, covering from RFID Security to Lightweight Cryptography, and including Steganography and Steganalysis and the design and analysis of CAPTCHAs, to name only a few. He worked before for the University of Portsmouth and Carlos III University in Madrid, Spain. He has been a pre-doctoral Marie Curie fellow and a postdoctoral INRIA fellow. He is also affiliated with the Cybersecurity Center of Kent's University. He is currently the vice-chair of the EU COST project CRYPTACUS. He receives research funding from InnovateUK project aS, EPSRC Project 13375 and EU H2020 project RAMSES.

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Evolution from 3D video to light field coding and transmission over future media networks

Pedro A. Amado Assunção

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electronics and Multimedia Communication Systems at

the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal

Abstract

Three-dimensional (3D) images and video have been around for decades in a variety of formats and

supported by different technologies. In the recent past, these technologies have been given increasing

attention from both academia and industry mainly due to advances in capture, coding, transmission and

display technologies. 3D video has evolved from stereoscopic towards multi-view video plus depth, enabling

immersive and interactive experiences. One of the last important advances in 3D content acquisition is the

Plenoptic or Light-Field technology, which has the capability of capturing a dense set of light rays coming

from the 3D scene. This is foreseen as a promising technology for 3D multimedia applications and services,

which is driving research and technological developments not only due to the huge amount of data required

for Light Field representation, but also due to the limited performance of current technology. In this

technological context, COST Action IC1105, 3D-Content Creation, Coding and Transmission over Future

Media Networks (3D-ConTourNet), is intended to bring together researchers from all the spectrum of the 3D

multimedia technology chain to research problems of common interest. In its activities, 3D-ConTourNet has

dealt with 3D video, from stereoscopic to Light Field, from content representation and coding to transmission,

display and quality measurement involving human factors. This article describes the research context of 3D-

ConTourNet, mostly covering recent advances in 3D video communications.

Biographical Sketch

Pedro A. Amado Assunção received the Licenciado and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the

University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 1988 and 1993, respectively, and the Ph.D. in Electronic Systems

Engineering from the University of Essex, UK, in 1998. He is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer

Engineering, Electronics and Multimedia Communication Systems at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and

senior researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal. He has been involved in several projects in the

field of multimedia communications and he served as a reviewer and/or technical programme committee of

many international conferences and journals. He is author/co-author of more than one hundred papers

published in international scientific conferences and journals, one book, eight book chapters and four US

patents. His current research interests include UHD, multiview and light-field video coding, communications

and processing, video codec complexity control and networking adaptation based on user-driven

approaches, error concealment and quality assessment. He is the Chair of the EU COST Action IC1105, 3D

Content Creation, Coding and Transmission over Future Media Networks (3D-ConTourNet) and Senior

Member of the IEEE.

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EU COST Action IC1401 – Pushing the Frontiers of Memristive Devices to Systems”

Julius Georgiou

Associate Professor, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Abstract

European Union COST Actions provide the opportunity for researchers who are geographically dispersed to

work together towards an ambitious, multidisciplinary goal, whilst learning from each other and avoiding effort

duplication. This paper gives a brief overview of work done by, but not limited to, members of EU COST

Action IC1401. The presented work summary is organized around the four workgroups that tackle devices,

circuit theory, circuit implementations, bioinspired and sensory systems.

Biographical Sketch

Julius Georgiou (IEEE M’98-SM’08) s an Associate Professor at the University of Cyprus. He received his

M.Eng degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Ph.D. degree from Imperial College London in

1998 and 2003 respectively. For two years he worked as Head of Micropower Design in a technology start-

up company, Toumaz Technology. In 2004 he joined the Johns Hopkins University as a Postdoctoral Fellow,

before becoming a faculty member at the University of Cyprus from 2005 to date. Prof. J. Georgiou is a

member of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, is the Vice-Chair of the BioCAS Technical Committee, as

well as a member of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Analog Signal Processing Technical Committee.

He served as the General Chair of the 2010 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference and is the

Action Chair of the EU COST Action ICT-1401 on “Memristors-Devices, Models, Circuits, Systems and

Applications - MemoCIS”. Prof. Georgiou has been selected as an IEEE Circuits and Systems Society

Distinguished Lecturer for 2016-2017. He is also is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on

Biomedical Circuits and Systems and Associate Editor of the Frontiers in Neuromorphic Engineering Journal.

He is a recipient of a best paper award at the IEEE ISCAS 2011 international symposium and at IEEE

BioDevices 2008 Conference.

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EU COST Action MP1307 – Unravelling the Degradation Mechanisms of emerging Solar Cell

Technologies

Tom Aernouts 1), Francesca Brunetti 2), Jesus de la Fuente 3), Nieves Espinosa 4), Marta Fonrodona 5),

Yulia Galagan 6), Harald Hoppe 7), Eugene Katz 8), Monica Lira Cantu 5), Marta Ramos 9), Moritz Riede

10)*, Antonio Urbina 11), Koen Vandewal 12), Sjoerd Venstra 13), Elizabeth von Hauff 14)

Affiliations:

1) imec, Leuven, Belgium; 2) University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; 3) Graphenea, Donostia/San

Sebastián, Spain; 4) Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark; 5) Catalan Institute of

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Barcelona, Spain; 6) Holst Centre, Eindhoven, The Netherlands;

7) Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jeny, Germany; 8) Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; 9)

University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; 10) University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; 11) Technical University of

Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain; 12) Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; 13) ECN, Petten,

The Netherlands; 14) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract

Organic and hybrid perovskite based solar cells have a huge potential to significantly contribute to a clean

electricity supply of the future. However, so far they exhibit complex and hierarchical degradation paths and

their understanding can only be acquired through the application of complementary chemical and physical

characterization techniques. This limited device stability is the main hurdle for a successful and large

scale market introduction of these emerging solar cell technologies. Our StableNextSol Action has created a

highly interdisciplinary network of laboratories, as well as corresponding industry, overall more than 120

partners, with complementary analytical techniques for the study and understanding of the degradation

mechanisms occurring in state-of-the-art devices. Our Action integrates and generates fundamental

knowledge and expertise to foster disruptive innovations targeted to mitigate device failure and to propose

and develop new concepts for more stable solar cells. Value is added to the entire value chain of

photovoltaic research at European and international level, as well as variety decision makers in the public

sector by supporting specialisation policy and standards still lacking in this research field. The outcome of the

Action will contribute to resolve the global challenges facing the industry and this COST Action initiative has

brought together all these expertises and resources to promote the cooperation between different sectors,

academia, public authorities and industry.

Biographical Sketch

Moritz Riede is currently Associate Professor for Soft Functional Nanomaterials in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, UK. Before moving to Oxford in 2013, he worked in Germany at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and the University of Freiburg as a PhD student (2002-2006), as well as at the Technische Universität Dresden as PostDoc and head of a junior research group (2007-2013). His academic research is focused on emerging solar cell technologies that have potential to transform the way we use solar energy, in particular organic solar cells.

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VII. IEEE REGION 8 Students Paper Competition 2016

270 Serban Mihalache, Florin-Silviu Dumitru, Current-Mode Capacitance Multiplier with Reduced Parasitic Elements, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania 267 Marko Bizjak, The segmentation of a point cloud using locally fitted surfaces, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia 268 Laszlo Pinter, Statistical Analysis of the Electric Vehicle Chargers' Impacts on the Low-voltage Distribution System, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary 269 A.J. van den Biggelaar, A Fast, Flexible and Accurate Algorithm for Shaping the 3D Radiation Pattern of an AAS, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands 271 Stefan Wunsch, Reducing the Processing Loss of Windowed Transforms Using Linear Discriminant Analysis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

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VIII. MELECON 2016: PHD STUDENTS PAPER COMPETITION – LIST

OF FINALISTS (TOP 10)

18th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference

3 Prices: 1st, 2nd and 3rd, The First Author must be the student presenting g the paper.

Paper: 127 – Catalin Gosman, Tudor Cornea, Ciprian Dobre, Constandinos Mavromoustakis, George

Mastorakis, Security policies in Intelligent Transportation Systems

Track: Internet of Things, Cloud-Based Systems and Big Data Analytics

Affiliation: University Politehnica of Bucharest, Computer Science, Bucharest, Romania

Paper 101 – Grigoris Dourbois, Pandelis Biskas, Dimitris Chatzigiannis, Andreas Vlachos, Anastasios

Bakirtzis, A nodal-based day-ahead market clearing with multi-period products and transmission security

constraints

Track: Electric Power Systems and Renewable Energy Sources

Affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece

Paper 121 – Elena Polykarpou, Elias Kyriakides, Parameter Estimation for Measurement-based Load

Modeling Using the Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm (Score 4.33).


Affiliation: KIOS Research Center / University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia,

Cyprus

Paper 195 - Haibo Zhang, Francois Gruson, Diana Florez, Christophe Saudemont, Improved Overvoltage

Limitation Control Approach of a DC Series Offshore Wind Farm Based on MMC


Affiliation: Ecole des Hautes Etudes d’Ingenieur (HEI), Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and Power

Electronics of Lille (L2EP), Lille, France

Paper 231 – Qin Yan, Tatjana Dokic, Mladen Kezunovic, GIS-Based Risk Assessment for Electric Power

Consumers Under Severe Weather Conditions

Track: Emerging Environmental Systems & Applications

Affiliation: Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical Engineering, College Station, United States

Paper 202 - Omar Gatera, Haci Ilhan, Ahmet H. Kayran, LMS-BLM Receiver in AF Based Cooperative Relay

Networks (Score 4.17).

Track: Security and Networking

Affiliation: Istanbul Technical University, Telecommunication Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey

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Paper 208 – Alexis Kyriacou, Michalis Michaelides, Christos Panayiotou, Automatic Building Partitioning for

Effective Contaminant Detection and Isolation

Track: Emerging Environmental Systems & Applications

Affiliation: University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

Paper 43 – Nand Kishor, Avinash Kumar, Sanjay Singh Negi, Kjetil Uhlen, Signal Processing and

Classification of Synchro-phasor data (Score 4.0).


Affiliation: MNNIT Allahabad, Electrical Engineering, Allahabad, India

Paper 96 – Lenos Hadjidemetriou, Anastasis Charalambous, Panayiotis Demetriou, Elias Kyriakides,

Dynamic Modeling of IEEE Test Systems Including Renewable Energy Sources


Affiliation: University of Cyprus - KIOS Research Center, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia,

Cyprus

Paper 114 – Rodrigo Trentini, Rudiger Kutzner, Lutz Hofmann, State-Space Generalized Minimum Variance

Controller based PSS for damping of interarea modes


Affiliation: Hochschule Hannover, Faculty I, Hannover, Germany

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X. Melecon Technical Program

Monday, 18 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 1/19

MELECON 201618th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference

Monday, 18 Apr8:30 - 10:30 Plenary Session 1

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 T1.1 -Renewable Energy SourcesChair: Constantinos SourkounisRoom: Parorama

11:00 Modelling and torque control for active minimization of drivetrain oscillations in high power wind turbinesPavlos Tourou, Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute for Power Systems Technology and Power Mechatronics,Bochum, GermanyAlexander Broy, Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute for Power Systems Technology and Power Mechatronics,Bochum, GermanyConstantinos Sourkounis, Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute for Power Systems Technology and PowerMechatronics, Bochum, Germany

11:15 Algorithm for Steady-State Stability Assessment under High Penetration of Probabilistic Renewable EnergyGeneration ConditionsCatalin Chimirel, Polytechnic University Bucharest, Power Systems, Bucharest, RomaniaMircea Eremia, Polytechnic University Bucharest, Power Systems, Bucharest, RomaniaSebastian Enache, Wind Power Energy SRL, WPR, Constanta, Romania

11:30 A Low-Power MPPT Architecture for Micro-Scale Photovoltaic TransducersAhmed Mohieldin, Cairo University, EECE, Giza, EgyptMahmoud Ibrahim, Cairo University, EECE, Giza, EgyptMohamed Aboudina, Cairo University, EECE, Giza, Egypt

11:45 Integrated Wind-Solar Power Generation System for National Guard FacilityAhmad Al Khedair, ARAMCO, Engineering, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaSalem AlShahrani, King Fahd University, Electrical Engineering, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

12:00 Dynamic Modeling of IEEE Test Systems Including Renewable Energy SourcesLenos Hadjidemetriou, University of Cyprus - KIOS Research Center, Electrical and Computer Engineering,Nicosia, CyprusAnastasis Charalambous, University of Cyprus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia,CyprusPanayiotis Demetriou, University of Cyprus - KIOS Research Center, Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering, Nicosia, CyprusElias Kyriakides, University of Cyprus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

12:15 Evaluation of dynamic response in isolated power grids: Terceira islandAgurtzane Etxegarai, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Department of Electrical Engineering,Bilbao, SpainPablo Eguia, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bilbao,SpainEsther Torres, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bilbao,SpainAraitz Iturregi, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bilbao,SpainGarikoitz Buigues, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bilbao,Spain

11:00 - 12:30 T2.1 - Intelligent Systems, Embedded Systems and RoboticsChair: Georgios Ellinas, University of Cyprus, CyprusRoom: Phoenix

11:00 Robot Activity Adaptation for Safe Human-Robot Collaboration based on Probabilistic Risk ModelingFrank Dittrich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics (IAR),Karlsruhe, GermanyHeinz Woern, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics (IAR),Karlsruhe, Germany

Monday, 18 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 2/19

11:15 Optical Sensor in Control of LEGO RobotRadek Doskocil, University of Defence, Faculty of Military Technology, Brno, Czech RepublicVaclav Krivanek, University of Defence, Faculty of Military Technology, Brno, Czech RepublicAlexandr Stefek, University of Defence, Faculty of Military Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

11:30 FPGA Vendor-agnostic IP-XACT- and XSLT-based RTL Design GeneratorRui Machado, Universidade do Minho, Departamento de Electronica Industrial, Guimaraes, PortugalSandro Pinto, Universidade do Minho, Departamento de Electronica Industrial, Guimaraes, PortugalAdriano Tavares, Universidade do Minho, Departamento de Electronica Industrial, Guimaraes, Portugal

11:45 High Dimensional Local Binary Patterns for Facial Expression Recognition in the WildBogdan Smolka, Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Automatic Control, Gliwice, PolandKrystian Radlak, Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Automatic Control, Gliwice, Poland

12:00 Landmarks Detection on 3D Face Scans Using Local Histogram DescriptorsMarwa Chendeb el Rai, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, Electrical and ElectronicDepartement, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesNaoufel Werghi, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, Electrical and ComputerEngineering Departement, abu dhbai, United Arab Emirates

12:15 A Robust Magnetic Resonance Imaging Method Based on Compressive Sampling and Clustering ofSparsifying CoefficientsHenry Kiragu, University of Nairobi, Electrical and information, Nairobi, Kenya

11:00 - 12:30 T8.1 - Environmental Pollution, Climate Change and Environmental Public HealthChair: A. Paschalidou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece & A.N. Skouloudis,European Commission, JRC, ItalyRoom: Megaron C

11:00 Improved Population Health Surveillance and Chronic Disease Management Using Secure eMail; Applicationof the DIRECT, IEEE 11073, HITSP, and IHE Standards and ProtocolsElliot Sloane, Center for Healthcare Information Research and Policy, (CHIRP), Osprey, FL, United StatesVijay Gehlot, Villanova University, Computing Sciences, Villanova, PA, United States

11:15 Health impact assessment for mortality associated with high temperatures in CyprusHaritini Tsangari, University of Nicosia, Finance and Economics, Nicosia, CyprusClare Heaviside, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England, Oxon,United KingdomSotiris Vardoulakis, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England,Oxon, United KingdomAnastasia Paschalidou, Democritus University of Thrace, Forestry & Management of the Environment andNatural Resources, Orestiada, GreeceKyriakos E. Georgiou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Centre for European and International Affairs, Nicosia,CyprusPavlos Kassomenos, University of Ioannina, Department of Physics, Ioannina, GreeceEdna N. Yamasaki, University of Nicosia, Life and Health Sciences, Nicosia, Cyprus

11:30 Big data for innovative air-pollution assessments in the era of verifiable regulatory decisions.David Rickerby, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, IHCP, Ispra, ItalyAndreas N. Skouloudis, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, IES, Ispra, Italy

11:45 Heat related mortality in Cyprus under the A1B emissions scenario: Is additional air-conditioning anappropriate mitigation strategy?Panayiotis Kouis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus International Institute for Environmental andPublic Health, Limassol, CyprusPanayiotis Yiallouros, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus International Institute for Environmental andPublic Health, Limassol, CyprusTheodoros Zachariadis, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Environmental Science, Limassol,CyprusStefania Papatheodorou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus International Institute for Environmentaland Public Health, Limassol, Cyprus

12:00 Air Pollution Monitoring in Lemesos using a Wireless Sensor NetworkMichalis Michaelides, Cyprus University of Technology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering andInformatics, Lemesos, CyprusTheofylaktos Pieri, Cyprus University of Technology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering andInformatics, Lemesos, Cyprus

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 - 15:00 Megaron A&B

Monday, 18 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 3/19

T1 - Electric Power Systems and Renewable Energy Sources

Voltage Profile Improvement in Radial Distribution Networks with Analytical Method of Simultaneous OptimalDG SizingMohsin Shahzad, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Energy Department, Vienna, AustriaIshtiaq Ahmad, AIT, Austrian Institute of Technology , Vienna, Austria, Energy Department, Vienna, AustriaWolfgang Gawlik, Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Energy Systems and Electrical Drives,Vienna, AustriaPeter Palensky, Delft University of Technology, Department of Electrical Sustainable Energy, Vienna, Austria

Performance analysis of doubly fed induction generators operating in weak power systemsPavlos Tourou, Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute for Power Systems Technology and Power Mechatronics,Bochum, GermanyMichael Schael, Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute for Power Systems Technology and Power Mechatronics,Bochum, GermanyConstantinos Sourkounis, Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute for Power Systems Technology and PowerMechatronics, Bochum, Germany

Modeling the Microgrid Based on the Russky Island Power NetworkOlga Gorte, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Department of Automated power systems, Novosibirsk,RussiaVyacheslav Zyryanov, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Department of Automated power systems,Novosibirsk, RussiaMikhail Khmelik, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Center for Power Systems, Moscow, RussiaAndrey Grobovoy, Novosibirsk State University, Department of Automated Power Systems, Novosibirsk,RussiaVladimir Markin, Far Eastern Federal University, Department of Electrical power and Power Engineering,Vladivostok, RussiaNikolay Silin, Far Eastern Federal University, Department of Electrical power and Power Engineering,Vladivostok, Russia

Localization and Sizing of FACTS Devices for Optimal Power Flow in a System Consisting Wind PowerUsing HBMOMohammad R Aghaebrahimi, University of Birjand, Power Engineering, Birjand, IranReza Kazemi Golkhandan, University of Birjand, Electric Power Engineering, Birjand, IranSajad Ahmadnia, University of Birjand, Electric Power Engineering, Birjand, Iran

Solar Energy Processor based on Packed U-Cells 7-Level Inverter for Grid ApplicationsJulie Metri, Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Beirut, LebanonHani Vahedi, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Electrical Engineering, Montreal, CanadaHadi Y. Kanaan, Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, Faculty of Engineering - ESIB, Electrical and MechanicalEngineering, Beirut, LebanonKamal Al-Haddad, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Electrical Engineering, Montreal, Canada

Performance Evaluation of ANPC Topology for Different Cooling Water Temperature and Glycol ContentIlknur Colak, ABB, PSSS-DC, Turgi, Switzerland

The Effect of Not Reconnecting Distributed Generation on Intentional Islanding and the Cost of Energy NotSupplied in Active Distribution NetworksAlireza Abdolabadi, University of Birjand, Electric Power Engineering, Birjand, IranHamid Reza Najafi, University of Birjand, Electrical Power Engineering, Birjand, IranMohammad R Aghaebrahimi, University of Birjand, Power Engineering, Birjand, Iran

Study of ROCOF Relay Suitability for Micro Grid ProtectionTarek Kandil, AlJouf University, Electrical Engineering, Sakaka, Saudi ArabiaHammad Alnuman, AlJouf University, Electrical Engineering, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia

PFC Topologies for AC to DC Converters in DC Micro GridMuhammad Rashad, The University of Lahore, Electrical Engineering, Lahore, PakistanDaud Mustafa Minhas, The University of Lahore, Electrical Engineering, Islamabad, PakistanMuhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Electrical Engineering, Islamabad, PakistanSajjad Hussain, Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Electrical Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan

Set-membership methodology for multiple fault detection and isolation in DC-DC Buck ConvertersRihab el Houda Thabet, IRSEEM/ESIGELEC, seine maritime, Rouen, FranceHoucine Chafouk, Full Professor with IRSEEM/ESIGELEC, Saint Etienne du Rouvray, Rouen, France

MCSR and SCSR Control Algorithms for Providing Power Quality in Electrical GridsBoris Oleksyuk, National Research University "MPEI", Department of Electrical Power Systems, Moscow,RussiaRinat Karymov, SKRM, Engineering Department, Moscow, RussiaVictor Cioban, SKRM, Management, Moscow, Russia

Monday, 18 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 4/19

Optimised Controllers for Excitation system of Conventional Power System and Wind Turbines to Mitigatesmall signal and transient stabilitybahman khaki, Golsoft, Engineering, Tehran, Iran

T2 - Information and Communication Technologies

High-Speed FPGA Implementations of Volterra DFEs Based on Iterated Short ConvolutionMerkourios Katsimpris, University of Patras, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Patras, GreeceAndreas Emeretlis, University of Patras, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Patras, GreeceGeorge Theodoridis, University of Patras, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Patras, Greece

High-Rate Turbo Code Design for Block-Fading ChannelsGhassan Kraidy, Notre Dame University - Louaize, Electrical, Computer, and Communication Engineering,Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

Processor Performance Modeling using Regression MethodJoseph Issa, Notre Dame University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

Construction of Variable-Length Error-Correcting Codes using MOGAVictor Buttigieg, University of Malta, Department of Communications and Computer Engineering, Msida,MaltaPaula Vella, University of Malta, Department of Communications and Computer Engineering, Msida, Malta

Towards Hardware-accelerated Suffix Array Construction Architecture for the de novo DNA SequenceAssemblyAgathoklis Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dpt., Nicosia, CyprusManolis Christodoulakis, University of Cyprus, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dpt., Nicosia, CyprusTheocharis Theocharides, University of Cyprus, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dpt., Nicosia, Cyprus

Design of a packaging machine encompassing modular Hardware-In-the-Loop SimulationRita Tessari, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, DISMI, Reggio Emilia, ItalyCesare Fantuzzi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, DISMI, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Monoscopic Inpainting Approach using Depth InformationDylan Seychell, University of Malta, Department of Communications and Computer Engineering, Msida,MaltaCarl James Debono, University of Malta, Communications and Computer Engineering, Msida, Malta

Dynamic Monitoring of Taxi Demand Profiles Utilizing Location-Specific Information in Large MetropolitanAreasLoukas Dimitriou, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusChristina Christodoulou, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental, Nicosia, CyprusElena Kourti, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusSymeon Christodoulou, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

Environment-Motivated Real-Time Bandwidth Allocation for Collaborative Robots TeleoperationMohamad El Hariri, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, LebanonImad H. Elhajj, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, LebanonChadi Mansour, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, LebanonElie Shammas, American University of Beirut, Mechanical Engineering, Beirut, LebanonDaniel Asmar, American University of Beirut, Mechanical Engineering, Beirut, Lebanon

Optimization of Losless Image Compression Method for GPGPULuka Strižić, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Department of Controland Computer Engineering, Zagreb, CroatiaJosip Knezović, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Department ofControl and Computer Engineering, Zagreb, Croatia

Energy Minimization in Humanoid GaitNoel Maalouf, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, LebanonImad Elhajj, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, LebanonDaniel Asmar, American University of Beirut, Mechanical Engineering, Beirut, LebanonElie Shammas, American University of Beirut, Mechanical Engineering, Beirut, Lebanon

Interactions of Zynq-7000 Devices with general-purpose computers through PCI-express: a case studyArtjom Rjabov Rjabov, Tallinn University of Technology, Department of Computer Engineering, Tallinn,EstoniaAlexander Sudnitson, Tallinn University of Technology, Department of Computer Engineering, Tallinn,EstoniaValery Sklyarov, University of Aveiro, Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics,Aveiro, PortugalIouliia Skliarova, University of Aveiro, Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics,Aveiro, Portugal

Monday, 18 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 5/19

High Precision CMOS Multifunctional Structure Using Computational CircuitsPopa Cosmin, UPB, DCAE, Bucharest, Romania

T3 - Internet of Things, Cloud-Based Systems and Big Data Analytics

External Network Control on Quality of Service of M2M Mission-Critical Applications in 4GEvelina Pencheva, Technical University of Sofia, Faculty of Telecommunications, Sofia, BulgariaIvaylo Atanasov, Technical University of Sofia, Faculty of Telecommunications, Sofia, BulgariaRozalina Dimova, Technical University of Varna, Telecommunications department, Varna, Bulgaria

Sensor Observation Service (SOS) / Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) Proxy DesignJuan Pradilla, Universitat Politècnica de València, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros deTelecomunicación, Valencia, SpainRegel González, Universitat Politècnica de València, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros deTelecomunicación, Valencia, SpainManuel Esteve, Universitat Politècnica de València, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros deTelecomunicación, Valencia, SpainCarlos Palau, Universitat Politècnica de València, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros deTelecomunicación, Valencia, Spain

Monitoring of the Medication Distribution and the Refrigeration Temperature in a Pharmacy based on Internetof Things (IoT) TechnologyElie Ngomseu Mambou, University of Johannesburg, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science,Johannesburg, South AfricaStephane Martin Nlom, University of Johannesburg, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science,Johannesburg, South AfricaTheo Swart, University of Johannesburg, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, Johannesburg,South AfricaKhmaies Ouahada, University of Johannesburg, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science,Johannesburg, South AfricaRichard Ndjiounge, University of Johannesburg, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science,Johannesburg, South AfricaHendrik Ferreira, University of Johannesburg, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, Johannesburg,South Africa

T4 - Virtual Environments, 3D Simulations and Serious Games

Single Image Super Resolution with Guided Back-Projection and LoG SharpeningBoniface Ngocho, University of Nairobi, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Nairobi,KenyaElijah Mwangi, University of Nairobi, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Nairobi, Kenya

Think Energy Efficiency-The Energy Book for Building Human InteractionNastaran Asadi Zanjani, EPFL, IEL, Lausanne, SwitzerlandJohann Bigler, EPFL, IEL, Lausanne, SwitzerlandJean-Charles Fosse, EPFL, IEL, Lausanne, SwitzerlandAlexandre Ringwald, EPFL, IEL, Lausanne, SwitzerlandMaher Kayal, EPFL, IEL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Playful and Interactive Environment-Based Augmented Reality to Stimulate Learning of ChildrenWalter Fuertes, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Computer Science, Sangolquí, EcuadorClaudia Arcos, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Computer Science, Sangolquí, EcuadorCésar Villacís, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Computer Science, Sangolquí, EcuadorMargarita Zambrano, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Computer Science, Sangolquí, EcuadorTatiana Noboa, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Computer Science, Sangolquí, EcuadorAna Tacuri, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Computer Science, Sangolquí, EcuadorHernán Aules, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Computer Science, Sangolquí, EcuadorTheofilos Toulkeridis, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Computer Science, Sangolquí, Ecuador

T5 - Security and Networking

A new approach to dynamic routing in SDN networksSlavica Tomovic, University of Montenegro, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Podgorica, MontenegroNedjeljko Lekic, University of Montenegro, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Podgorica, MontenegroGordana Gardasevic, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Banja Luka, Bosnia andHerzegovinaIgor Radusinovic, University of Montenegro, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Podgorica, Montenegro

An IMS-Based LTE-WiMAX-WLAN Architecture with Efficient Mobility ManagementHanaa Ali, Zagazig University, Electronics & Communications, Zagazig, EgyptReem Hamada, Zagazig University, Electronics & Communication, Zagazig, EgyptMahmoud Abdalla, Zagazig University, Electronics & Communication, Zagazig, Egypt

Monday, 18 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 6/19

Proposed enhancement of RFID data standards within the UK library sectorIan Pratt, ZigZagee Ltd., R & D, Loughborough, United Kingdom

Innovative Mobile Payments in the Cloud for Connected Citizen: the MobiSIM ProjectPascal Urien, Telecom ParisTech, UMR 5141, Paris, France

RANDOM DELAYS TO LIMIT ON/OFF COVERT CHANNELAnna Epishkina, NRNU MEPhI, Cybernetics and Information Security, Moscow, RussiaAnna Belozubova, NRNU MEPhI, Cybernetics and Information Security, Moscow, RussiaKonstantin Kogos, NRNU MEPhI, Cybernetics and Information Security, Moscow, Russia

Efficient Encryption Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks Using One-Time PadsKwasi Boakye-Boateng, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, School of Technology,Accra, GhanaEric Kuada, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, School of Technology, Accra, GhanaEmmanuel Antwi-Boasiako, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, School ofTechnology, Accra, Ghana

T6 - Micro and Nano Electronic Systems

A Low-Power Automatic Supply Multiplexer for Reconfigurable Step-up/down Switching DC-DC ConvertersAhmed Mohey, Ain Shams University, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Cairo, Egypt, EgyptSameh Ibrahim, Ain Shams University, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Cairo, Egypt, EgyptIsmail Hafez, Ain Shams University, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Cairo, Egypt, Egypt

An Efficient Soft Decision Reed-Solomon Decoder for Moderate ThroughputStefan Scholl, TU Kaiserslautern, AG Wehn, Kaiserslautern, GermanySyed Kamran Haider, TU Kaiserslautern, AG Wehn, Kaiserslautern, GermanyNorbert Wehn, TU Kaiserslautern, AG Wehn, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Performance Characterization of Variable Width Square Coils for Inductive Link Wireless Power TransferSondos Mehri, ENIT, Electrical engineering, Tunis El Manar, Belvedere 1002 Tunis, TunisiaAhmed Chiheb Ammari, King Abdulaziz University, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaJaleleddine Ben Hadj Slama, National Engineering School of Sousse, SAGE,, Sousse 4054, TunisiaLotfi Ladhar, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Jeddah,Saudi Arabia

Suppression of spurious products in an electrostatic RF MEMS downconverter having differential drive andsenseJeremy Scerri, University of Malta, ICT, Msida, MaltaIvan Grech, University of Malta, ICT, Msida, MaltaEdward Gatt, University of Malta, ICT, Msida, MaltaOwen Casha, University of Malta, ICT, Msida, Malta

Stretchable ruthenium oxide nanoparticles coated electrodesmahmoud alahmad, uaeu, ee, alain, United Arab EmiratesShereen Hassan, uaeu, ee, alain, United Arab Emirates

Nanoscale FPGA with ReconfigurabilityDevisree S, BITS Pilani, EEE, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAnand Kumar, BITS Pilani, EEE, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesRuasl Raj, BITS Pilani, General Science, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

On/Off Ratio Tuning of Schottky Barrier CNTFETs Based on Quantum Simulation Approachamin ghasemi nejad raeini, golgohar mining and industrial co, golgohar, sirjan, Iranzoheir kordrostami, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shiraz University of Technology,Shiraz, Iran, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, shiraz, Iranhosein eslami, Gol e Gohar Mining and industrial co, Sirjan, Iran, Gol e Gohar Mining and industrial co,Sirjan, Iran, sirjan, Iranhamid sadeghi, Gol e Gohar Mining and industrial co, Sirjan, Iran, Gol e Gohar Mining and industrial co,Sirjan, Iran, sirjan, Iran

Analytical Modeling of an Electrostatically Actuated Torsional MicromirrorJordan Lee Gauci, University of Malta, Department of Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Msida, MaltaIvan Grech, University of Malta, Department of Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Msida, MaltaOwen Casha, University of Malta, Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Msida, MaltaRussell Farrugia, University of Malta, Department of Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Msida, MaltaEdward Gatt, University of Malta, Department of Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Msida, MaltaJoseph Micallef, University of Malta, Department of Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Msida, Malta

Monday, 18 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 7/19

A Compact Triple Band BSF Design Based on Minkowski Fractal GeometryHayder Ahmed, University of Technology, Iraq, Department of Electrical Engineering, Baghdad, IraqAli Salim, University of Technology, Iraq, Department of Electrical Engineering, Baghdad, IraqJawad Ali, University of Technology, Iraq, Department of Electrical Engineering, Baghdad, IraqNasr Hussain, Portland State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Portland,United States

DfT Techniques and Architectures for TSV-Based 3D-ICs: A Comparative StudyKhaled Salah, Mentor Graphics, Electronics, Cairo, Egypt

RF MEMS Capacitive Switch Fixed-Fixed Structure AnalysisRoshdy Abdelrassoul, AAST, ECE, Alexandria, EgyptAbdelmenem Abd el Bary, AAST, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Alexandria, EgyptSalah El Din Nashat, AAST, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Alexandria, Egypt

T7 - Smart, Green and Integrated Transport

A Maturity Model for Smart City Mobility Service SolutionsMichael Strasser, Bosch Software Innovations, Innovation Cluster Connected Mobility, Berlin, GermanyNico Weiner, Bosch Software Innovations, Innovation Cluster Connected Mobility, Berlin, GermanySahin Albayrak, Technical University Berlin, Distributed Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Berlin, Germany

Modelling of Lift Control Strategies Using AnyLogicKyaw Kyaw Lin, Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology, Computer Science, Moscow, RussiaSergey Lupin, Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology, Computer Science, Moscow, RussiaSithu Thantsin, Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology, Computer Science, Moscow, RussiaYuriy Vagapov, Glyndwr University, Computer Science, Wrexham, United KingdomHein Tun, National Research University of Electronic Technology, -, Moscow, Russia

ERON: A PID Controlled Autonomous Surface VesselGiorgos Demetriou, Frederick University, Computer Science and Engineering, Lemesos, CyprusAndreas Hadjipieri, Frederick University, Computer Science and Engineering, Lemesos, CyprusIrene Erica Panayidou, Frederick University, Computer Science and Engineering, Lemesos, CyprusAntonis Papasavva, Frederick University, Computer Science and Engineering, Lemesos, CyprusStelios Ioannou, European University, Computer Science and Engineering, Lefkosia, Cyprus

T8 - Emerging Environmental Systems and Applications

Fire suppression difficulty estimation and mapping in a Mediterranean landscape using Landsat-8 imageryand spatial fire behavior analysisIoannis Mitsopoulos, EMT, Forestry and Natural Environment, Drama, GreeceGiorgos Mallinis, Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Forestry and Management of theEnvironment and Natural Resources, Orestiada, GreeceAnastasia Paschalidou, Democritus University of Thrace, Forestry & Management of the Environment andNatural Resources, Orestiada, GreeceDimitrios Emmanouloudis, EMT, Forestry and Natural Environment, Drama, Greece

Implementation of an Automated Snow Monitoring System using MODIS Products in LebanonMahdi Saleh, Islamic University of Lebanon, Computer and Communication Engineering, Beirut, LebanonGhaleb Faour, National Council for Scientific Research, National Center for Remote Sensing, Beirut,Lebanon

Optimal Multi-Crop Planning System Implemented Under Deficit IrrigationBassam Bou Fakhreddine, lebanese University, UIT, Abbey, LebanonSara Abou Chakra, lebanese University, uit, Abbey, LebanonImad Mougharbel, lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering, Haddath, LebanonAlain Faye, ENSIIE, Master MPRO, Paris, FranceYann Pollet, CNAM, Computer Science, Paris, France

15:00 - 16:30 T1.2 - Electric Vehicles and TransportationChair: Jawad FaizRoom: Parorama

15:00 Optimal Location for Centralized Charging of Electric Vehicle in Distribution NetworkSulabh Sachan, MNNIT Allahabad India, Electrical Engineering, Allahabad, IndiaNand Kishor, MNNIT Allahabad India, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, ALLAHABAD, India

15:15 Neural Network technique for Hybrid Electric Vehicle OptimizationSami Karaki, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, LebanonCarla Majed, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, LebanonRabih Jabr, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, Lebanon

Monday, 18 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 8/19

15:30 Tuning of a Railway Power Quality ConditionerAndrea Mariscotti, University of Genova, DITEN, Genova, ItalyAdel Tabakhpour Langerudy, University of Science and Technology, Department of Railway Engineering,Teheran, Iran

15:45 Energy Consumption and User Behaviour in a Field Test Based Evaluation of Frequent Drivers UtilisingExtended Range Electric VehiclesPhilipp Spichartz, Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute for Power Systems Technology and PowerMechatronics, Bochum, GermanyPhilip Dost, Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute for Power Systems Technology and Power Mechatronics,Bochum, GermanyConstantinos Sourkounis, Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute for Power Systems Technology and PowerMechatronics, Bochum, GermanyDirk Balzer, Adam Opel AG, GME Batteries, Hybrids & EV Controls Integration, Rüsselsheim, Germany

16:00 Evaluation of Potentials for Peak Load Shifting by Means of Electric Vehicles Based on Field TestMeasurementsPhilip Dost, Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute for Power Systems Technology and Power Mechatronics,Bochum, GermanyPhilipp Spichartz, Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute for Power Systems Technology and PowerMechatronics, Bochum, GermanyConstantinos Sourkounis, Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute for Power Systems Technology and PowerMechatronics, Bochum, Germany

15:00 - 16:30 T2.2 - Communication SystemsChair: Zacharoula Andreopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece &Georgios Ellinas, University of Cyprus, CyprusRoom: Phoenix

15:00 Feasibility of a Wearable Textile Antenna Hub Based on Massive MIMO SytemsEstefanía Crespo Bardera, University Carlos III de Madrid, Signal Theory and Communications, Leganés(Madrid), SpainMatilde Sánchez-Fernández, University Carlos III de Madrid, Signal Theory and CommunicationsDepartment, Leganés (Madrid), Spain

15:15 ANDSF-based WLAN Offloading in the Evolved Packet System (EPS)Neco Ventura, University of Cape Town, Department of Electrical Engineering, Cape Town, South AfricaOlabisi Falowo, University of Cape Town, Department of Electrical Engineering, Cape Town, South AfricaJoseph Orimolade, University of Cape Town South Africa, Electrical Engineering, Cape Town, South Africa

15:30 Innovation in National Forest Park Tourism for Regional Development: Rural Broadband InternetChristiana Koliouska, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Forestry and Natural Environment, Thessaloniki,GreeceZacharoula Andreopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Dept. of Forestry and Environment, Lab. ofComputers, Thessaloniki, GreeceBasil Manos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Agricultural Economics, Thessaloniki,GreeceFedra Kiomourtzi, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Laboratory of Informatics in Agriculture, Thessaloniki,GreeceSoulla Louca, University of Nicosia, Management & MIS, Nicosia, Cyprus

15:45 Performance Analysis of NLOS Small Cell Backhaul using 17GHz Point-to-Point Prototype RadioOlabis Falowo, University of Cape Town, Electrical Engineering, Cape Town, South AfricaNeco Ventura, University of Cape Town, Electrical Engineering, Cape Town, South AfricaBessie Malila, University of Cape Town, Electrical Engineering, Cape Town, South Africa

16:00 5G and the Fog - Survey of Related Technologies and Research DirectionsStojan Kitanov, University of Information Science and Technology "St. Paul the Apostle", Ohrid, Faculty ofInformation Systems Visualization Multimedia and Animation, Ohrid, MacedoniaEdmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Dpt Informatics Engineering, Coimbra, PortugalToni Janevski, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and InformationTechnologies, Skopje, Macedonia

16:15 DAIMD: Hybrid Delay-Congestion Control for Multipath TCPRegel Gonzalez, Universitat Politècnica de València, Communications Department, Valencia, SpainJuan V. Pradilla, Universitat Politècnica de València, Communication Department, Valencia, SpainManuel Esteve, Universitat Politècnica de València, Communication Department, Valencia, SpainCarlos E. Palau, Universitat Politècnica de València, Communications Department, Valencia, Spain

Monday, 18 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 9/19

15:00 - 16:30 T8.2 - Environmental Modelling and Optimization of decision making in EnvironmentalManagementChair: A. Paschalidou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece & A.N. Skouloudis,European Commission, JRC, ItalyRoom: Megaron C

15:15 Automatic Building Partitioning for Effective Contaminant Detection and IsolationAlexis Kyriacou, University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusMichalis Michaelides, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and InformationTechnologies, Lemesos, CyprusChristos Panayiotou, University of Cyprus, ECE, Nicosia, Cyprus

15:30 Modeling and Analysis of Urban Water Distribution Networks During Intermittent Water Supply PeriodsAgathoklis Agathokleous, University of Cyprus / Nireas International Water Research Center, Civil andEnvironmental Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusSymeon Christodoulou, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

15:45 Attitudes to systemic risk: the impact of flood risk on the housing market in DublinSalem Gharbia, Trinity College, dublin, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering,Dublin, IrelandRonan Lyons, Trinity College Dublin, Economics, Dublin, IrelandOwen Naughton, National University of Ireland Galway, Civil Engineering, Galway, IrelandVincent Farrelly, Office of Public Works, OPW, Trim, IrelandFrancesco Pilla, Trinity College Dublin, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Dublin, Ireland

16:00 Hierarchical Multi-objective Games of Transport Demand Reallocation for Minimizing Carbon Footprint inDeveloping Urban AreasLoukas Dimitriou, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusThomas Kartsonakis, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus


17:00 - 19:00 T1.3 - Microgrids and Electricity MarketsChair: Mladen KezunovicRoom: Parorama

17:00 Case Study of Voltage Control for MVDC Microgrids with Constant Power Loads - Comparison betweenCentralized and Decentralized Control StrategiesMarco Cupelli, RWTH Aachen University, E.ON ERC/ACS, Aachen, Aachen, GermanyAntonello Monti, RWTH Aachen University, E.ON ERC/ACS, Aachen, GermanyEdoardo De Din, University of Trieste, Department of Engineering and Architecture, Trieste, ItalyGiorgio Sulligoi, University of Trieste, Department of Engineering and Architecture, Trieste, Italy

17:15 Coordinated Voltage Control of Solar PV with MPPT and Battery Storage in Grid-Connected and MicrogridModesEdward Baleke Ssekulima, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Electrical Engineering andComputer Science, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAmer Al Hinai, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering andComputer Science, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

17:30 Cost Effective Bidirectional Power Transactions for Queueing Energy Requests in Smart Micro-gridsDaud Mustafa Minhas, The University of Lahore, Electrical Engineering, Islamabad, PakistanMuhammad Rashad, The University of Lahore, Electrical Engineering, Lahore, PakistanSajjad Hussain, Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Electrical Engineering, Islamabad, PakistanMuhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Electrical Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan

17:45 Low-Cost Real-Time Monitoring of a Laboratory Scale Power SystemLenos Hadjidemetriou, University of Cyprus - KIOS Research Center, Electrical and Computer Engineering,Nicosia, CyprusGeorge Nicolaou, University of Cyprus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusDemetris Stavrou, University of Cyprus - KIOS Research Center, Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering, Niicosia, CyprusElias Kyriakides, University of Cyprus - KIOS Research Center, Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

Monday, 18 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 10/19

18:00 A nodal-based day-ahead market clearing with multi-period products and transmission security constraintsGrigoris Dourbois, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Thessaloniki,GreecePandelis Biskas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Thessaloniki,GreeceDimitris Chatzigiannis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Electrical and Computer Engineering,Thessaloniki, GreeceAndreas Vlachos, Regulatory Authority for Energy, Regulatory Authority for Energy, Athens, GreeceAnastasios Bakirtzis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Thessaloniki,Greece

18:15 Static accuracy of the automated stand for lithium-ion batteries testingAleksandr Fedchenko, Siberian State Aerospace University, Institute of Space Technology, Krasnoyarsk,RussiaEvgeny Kopylov, Siberian State Aerospace University, Institute of Space Technology, Krasnoyarsk, RussiaDmitry Lobanov, Siberian State Aerospace University, Institute of Space Technology, Krasnoyarsk, RussiaEnis Mizrah, Siberian State Aerospace University, Institute of Space Technology, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

18:30 A New Approach for Technological Ancillary Services Measurement and Aggregation by MetrologicalProceduresCatalin Chimirel, CNTEE Transelectrica SA, Power Systems, Bucharest, RomaniaMircea Eremia, Polytechnic University Bucharest, Power Systems, Bucharest, RomaniaMihai Sanduleac, SC ECRO SRL, technical, Bucharest, Romania

17:00 - 18:30 SS1 - Towards Power Systems Relying Primarily on Variable Renewable EnergySourcesChair: Konstantinos Kopsidas, The University of Manchester, UK, Joseph Mutale,The University of Manchester, UKRoom: Phoenix

17:00 Impact of Thermal Uprating and Emergency Loading of OHL Networks on Interconnection FlexibilityKonstantinos Kopsidas, The University of Manchester, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Manchester,United Kingdom

17:15 Analyzing the Resilience and Flexibility of Power Systems to Future Demand and Supply ScenariosMathaios Panteli, University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusAlexandros I. Nikolaidis, University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusYutian Zhou, University of Manchester, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Manchester, United KingdomRuth Wood, University of Manchester, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Manchester, United KingdomSteven Glynn, University of Manchester, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Manchester, United KingdomCharalambos A. Charalambous, University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusPierluigi Mancarella, University of Manchester, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Manchester, UnitedKingdom

17:30 Evaluating the Impact of ICTs on Network ReliabilityCarlos Cruzat, The University of Manchester, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Manchester, UnitedKingdomKonstantinos Kopsidas, The University of Manchester, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Manchester,United KingdomShuran Liu, The University of Manchester, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Manchester, UnitedKingdom

17:45 Comparison of Dynamic models of Battery Energy Storage for Frequency Regulation in Power SystemAtia Adrees, The university of manchester, The school of electrical and electronic engineering, Manchester,United KingdomHooman Andami, The university of manchester, The school of electrical and electronic engineering,manchester, United KingdomJovica Milanovic, The university of manchester, The school of electrical and electronic engineering,Manchester, United Kingdom

18:00 Incorporating storage in network operation to increase the amount of solar PV that can be connected toelectricity networksJoseph Mutale, The University of Manchester, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Manchester, UnitedKingdomIsam Saedi, The University of Technology, Department of Electromechanical Engineering, Baghdad, Iraq

17:00 - 18:30 IEEE Region 8 Students Paper Competition 2016Chair: Paul Micallef, Dept. Communications and Computer Eng., University of Malta,MaltaRoom: Megaron C

Monday, 18 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 11/19

19:00 - 21:30 Opening Ceremony and Cocktail Reception

Tuesday, 19 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 12/19


Tuesday, 19 Apr8:30 - 10:30 Plenary Session 2


11:00 - 12:30 T1.4 - Synchrophasors/wide area monitoringChair: Kamal Al-HaddadRoom: Parorama

11:00 The Impact of PMU Measurement Delays and a Heterogenous Communication Network on a Linear StateEstimatorMarkos Asprou, University of Cyprus/KIOS Research Center, Electrical and Computer Engineering,Nicosia, CyprusAna-Maria Dumitrescu, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Electrical Engineering, Bucharest, RomaniaElias Kyriakides, University of Cyprus, ECE, Nicosia, CyprusMihaela Albu, Politehnica University of Bucharest, El. Engineering, Bucharest, Romania

11:15 Signal Processing and Classification of Synchro-phasor dataNand Kishor, MNNIT Allahabad, Electrical Engineering, Allahabad, IndiaAvinash Kumar, MNNIT, Electrical Engineering,, Allahabad, IndiaSanjay Singh Negi, North Central Railway, Dy. General Manager (General), Allahabad, IndiaKjetil Uhlen, NTNU, Electric Power Engineering, Trondheim, Norway

11:30 Frequency Monitoring of Forced Oscillation in PMU’s Data from NASPILalit Kumar, MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ALLAHABAD, ELECTRICALENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, ALLAHABAD, IndiaNand Kishor, MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ALLAHABAD, ELECTRICALENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, ALLAHABAD, IndiaShweta Sonam, MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ALLAHABAD,ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, ALLAHABAD, India

11:45 Improving Power System Monitoring and Control in Russian Modern MegalopolisesNikita Tomin, Melentiev Energy Systems Institute, Electric Power Systems, Irkutsk, RussiaNikolai Voropai, Melentiev Energy Systems Institute, Electrci Power Systems, Irkutsk, RussiaVictor Kurbatsky, Melentiev Energy Systems Institute, Electric Power Systems, Irkutsk, RussiaDaniil Panasetsky, Melentiev Energy Systems Institute, Electrci Power Systems, Irkutsk, Russia

12:00 Transmission system phase angle footprint based on synchrophasor measurementIgor Ivankovic, HOPS, IT, Zagreb, CroatiaIgor Kuzle, University of Zagreb, Faculty of electrical engineering and computing, Zagreb, Croatia

12:15 A new state-space for unbalanced three-phase systems: Application to fundamental frequency tracking withKalman filteringAnh Tuan Phan, Universite de Haute Alsace, MIPS lab, Mulhouse, FranceGilles Hermann, Universite de Haute Alsace, MIPS lab, Mulhouse, FrancePatrice Wira, Universite de Haute Alsace, MIPS lab, Mulhouse, France

11:00 - 12:30 T2.3 - ICT SystemsChair: Georgios Ellinas, University of Cyprus, CyprusRoom: Phoenix

11:00 Measuring Software Energy Efficiency: Presenting a Methodology and Case Study on DNS ResolversAlbert Hankel, VU University Amsterdam, Computer Science, Amsterdam, NetherlandsEric Hoekstra, University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam, Software Energy Footprint Lab, Amsterdam,NetherlandsRobert van den Hoed, University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam, Software Energy Footprint Lab,Amsterdam, NetherlandsRoland van Rijswijk, University of Twente, Design and Analysis of Communication Systems, Enschede,Netherlands

Tuesday, 19 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 13/19

11:15 A Green Wireless Powered Sensor Network: An Experimental ApproachChristos Kyprianou, University of Cyprus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia,CyprusConstantinos Psomas, University of Cyprus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia,CyprusIoannis Krikidis, University of Cyprus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

11:30 GeoAware: A Hybrid Indoor and Outdoor Localization Agent for Smart BuildingsGeorgios Lilis, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Electronics Laboratory, Lausanne, SwitzerlandAdrien Hoffet, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Electronics Laboratory, Lausanne, SwitzerlandMaher Kayal, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Electronics Laboratory, Lausanne, Switzerland

11:45 Resilient device-to-device communication in emergency situationsPanayiotis Kolios, University of Cyprus, Kios Research Center, Nicosia, CyprusKonstantinos Koumidis, University of Cyprus, Kios Research Center, Nicosia, CyprusChristos Panayiotou, University of Cyprus, ECE, Nicosia, CyprusGeorgios Ellinas, University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

12:00 Fast High Definition Video Rendering on Mobile DevicesMatthew Borg, University of Malta, Department of Computer Science, Msida, MaltaCarl James Debono, University of Malta, Department of Communications and Computer Engineering, Msida,Malta

12:15 Android Voice Recognition Application with Multi Speaker FeatureAbdallah Kassem, NDU-Louaize Lebanon, ECCE, Zouk Mosbeh, LebanonGeorge Frewat, NDU-Louaize Lebanon, ECCE, Zouk Mosbeh, LebanonCharbel Baroud, NDU-Louaize Lebanon, ECCE, Zouk Mosbeh, LebanonRoy Sammour, NDU-Louaize Lebanon, ECCE, Zouk Mosbeh, LebanonMustapha Hamad, NDU-Louaize Lebanon, ECCE, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

11:00 - 12:30 T8.3 - Remote Sensing and Geo-Spatial Environmental SystemsChair: A. Paschalidou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece & A.N. Skouloudis,European Commission, JRC, ItalyRoom: Megaron C

11:00 GIS-Based Risk Assessment for Electric Power Consumers Under Severe Weather ConditionsQin Yan, Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical Engineering, College Station, United StatesTatjana Dokic, Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical Engineering, College Station, United StatesMladen Kezunovic, Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical Engineering, College Station, UnitedStates

11:15 Short-term variability of offshore physical features in the Levantine Basin: the integration of in-situ and remotesensing observationsRana Abu Alhaija, The Cyprus Institute, EEWRC, Nicosia, CyprusCarlos Jiménez, The Cyprus Institute, EEWRC, Nicosia, Cyprus

11:30 A drone anti-collision system: maintaining a fixed distance from a target during the flightAndrea Zanobini, University of Florence, Dept. of Information Engineering, Florence, Italy

11:45 Using GIS Based Algorithms for GCMs’ Performance EvaluationSalem Gharbia, Trinity College Dublin, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Dublin, IrelandLaurence Gill, Trinity College Dublin, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Dublin, IrelandPaul Johnston, Trinity College Dublin, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Dublin, IrelandFrancesco Pilla, Trinity College Dublin, Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, Dublin, Ireland

12:00 Evaluation of a Haptic Interface for UAV Teleoperation in Detection of Radiation SourcesGiorgio Micconi, University of Parma, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Parma, ItalyJacopo Aleotti, University of Parma, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Parma, ItalyStefano Caselli, University of Parma, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Parma, Italy

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 - 15:00 T1.5 - Electric machines and cablesChair: Markos AsprouRoom: Parorama

13:30 Doubly Fed Induction Machine Pumped Storage System: Laboratory Set-up and Grid SynchronizationAmel Damdoum, Université de Tunis El Manar, ENIT-L.S.E, Tunis, TunisiaIlhem Slama-Belkhodja, Université de Tunis El Manar, ENIT-LSE, Tunis, TunisiaMaria Pietrzak-David, LAPLACE, INP-ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France

Tuesday, 19 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 14/19

13:45 SIMULATION OF PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS UNDER SHORT CIRCUIT FAULTA. H Exiri, University of Tehran, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tehran, IranH Nejadi-Koti, University of Tehran, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tehran, IranJawad Faiz, University of Tehran, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tehran, Iran

14:00 Synchronous Turbo-Generator Model Accounting for Rotor WhirlGojko Joksimovic, University of Montenegro, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 81000 Podgorica,Montenegro

14:15 Winding fault diagnosis of induction machine connected to a harmonically polluted power systemTsivalalaina David Razafimahefa, University of Corsica, Laboratory SPE-UMR CNRS 6134, Corte, FranceNicolas Heraud, University of Corsica, Laboratory SPE-UMR CNRS 6134, Corte, FranceEric Jean Roy Sambatra, Institut Superieur de Technologie, Departement of Electrical Engineering,Antsiranana, Madagascar

14:30 Influence of Design Parameters and Defects on Electric Field Distributions inside MV Cable JointsIbrahim Metwally, Sultan Qaboos University, College of Engineering, ECED, Muscat, OmanAbdullah AlBadi, SQU, ECE, Muscat, OmanAmer Al-Hinai, SQU, ECED, Muscat, OmanF. Al Kamali, SQU, ECED, Muscat, OmanH. Al-Ghaithi, SQU, ECED, Muscat, Oman

14:45 Setup and preliminary results of an Online Thermal Condition Monitoring System for MV Cable JointsStelios Christou, University of Southampton, EEE, Southampton, United Kingdom

13:30 - 15:00 T5.1 - Network Security & IoTChair: George Hadjichristofi, Frederick University, Cyprus & Nikolas Flourentzou,University of Cyprus, CyprusRoom: Phoenix

13:30 A Low Power Reconfigurable LFSRLama Shaer, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, LebanonTarek Sakakini, American University of Beirut, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut,LebanonRouwaida Kanj, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, LebanonAli Chehab, American University of Beirut, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut,LebanonAyman Kayssi, American University of Beirut, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut,Lebanon

13:45 Detection of Collaborative Cyber-Attacks through Correlation and Time Dependency AnalysisMarios Thoma, University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusChristoforos Hadjicostis, University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

14:00 3-D Trust Modeling in Internet of ThingsGeorge Hadjichristofi, Frederick University, Computer Science and Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusEfthyvoulos Kyriacou, Frederick University, Computer Science and Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusGeorge Kappos, University of Cyprus, Department of Information Systems Services, Nicosia, Cyprus

14:15 Adaptive Modeling and Sampling Methodologies for Internet of Things ApplicationsJoachim van der Herten, Ghent University, IBCN, Ghent, BelgiumIvo Couckuyt, Ghent University, IBCN, Ghent, BelgiumDirk Deschrijver, Ghent University, IBCN, Ghent, BelgiumPiet Demeester, Ghent University, IBCN, Ghent, BelgiumTom Dhaene, Ghent University, IBCN, Ghent, Belgium

14:30 Security policies in Intelligent Transportation SystemsCatalin Gosman, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Computer Science, Bucharest, RomaniaTudor Cornea, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Computer Science, Bucharest, RomaniaCiprian Dobre, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Computer Science, Bucharest, RomaniaConstandinos Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus, Computer Science, Nicosia, CyprusGeorge Mastorakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Business Administration, Heraklion, Greece

15:00 - 19:00 Excursion

19:00 - 22:30 Conference Dinner

Wednesday, 20 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 15/19


Wednesday, 20 Apr8:30 - 10:30 Plenary Session 3 (COST)

10:30 - 11:00 Break Session

11:00 - 12:30 T1.6 - Power System ControlChair: Rabih JabrRoom: Parorama

11:00 State-Space Generalized Minimum Variance Controller based PSS for damping of interarea modesRodrigo Trentini, Hochschule Hannover, Faculty I, Hannover, GermanyRüdiger Kutzner, Hochschule Hannover, Faculty I, Hannover, GermanyLutz Hofmann, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute of Electric Power Systems, Division of Power Supply,Hannover, Germany

11:15 Comparative Study of Different Predictive Torque Control Strategies for Mono-Inverter Dual-PMSM SystemTianyi Liu, Université de Toulouse, INPT, UPS, LAPLACE, ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, FranceMaurice Fadel, Université de Toulouse, INPT, UPS, LAPLACE, ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France

11:30 Discrete-Time Fractional-Order Power System StabilizersReyad El-Khazali, Khalifa University, ECE Department, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesNabeel Tawalbeh, The University of Jordan, EE Department, Amman, Jordan

11:45 Power System Stability Assessment Using Sub-Gramian TechniqueGleb Prankevich, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Automated Electrical Power Systems,Novosibirsk, RussiaNatalya Kiryanova, Novosibirsk State University, Center of energy efficient technologies, Novosibirsk, RussiaAndrey Grobovoy, Novosibirsk State University, Center of energy efficient technologies, Novosibirsk, RussiaDmitriy Kataev, V.A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences RAS, Laboratory of Methods and Hardwarefor Structural Analysis, Control and Scientific Forecasting of Objects State, Moscow, RussiaIgor Yadykin, V.A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences RAS, Laboratory of Methods and Hardware forStructural Analysis, Control and Scientific Forecasting of Objects State, Moscow, RussiaAlexey Iskakov, V.A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences RAS, Laboratory of Methods and Hardwarefor Structural Analysis, Control and Scientific Forecasting of Objects State, Moscow, Russia

12:00 Probabilistic Evaluation of Impacts of High‒Resistance Faults on Digital Distance RelaysHamed Abdollahzadeh, Islamic Azad University, East Tehran Branch, Electrical Engineering, Tehran, IranMostafa Jazaeri, Semnan University, Electrical Engineering, Semnan, Iran

11:00 - 12:30 T5.2 - NetworkingChair: Vasos Vassiliou, University of Cyprus, CyprusRoom: Phoenix

11:00 Comparison of CSMA/CA Protocols Applied in Wireless Body Area Network StandardsDimitra Kaitalidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Thessaloniki,GreeceAlexandros-Apostolos Boulogeorgos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Electrical and ComputerEngineering, Thessaloniki, GreeceFotini – Niovi Pavlidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Electrical and Computer Engineering,Thessaloniki, Greece

11:15 LMS-BLM Receiver in AF Based Cooperative Relay NetworksOmar Gatera, Istanbul Technical University, Telecommunication Engineering, Istanbul, TurkeyHaci Ilhan, Yildiz Technical University, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Istanbul, TurkeyAhmet H. Kayran, Istanbul Technical University, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Istanbul,Turkey

Wednesday, 20 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 16/19

11:30 Full-Duplex MIMO and PLNC for the Y-NetworkFilipe E. Ferreira, University Institute of Lisbon and Instituto de Telecomunicações, Information Science andTechnology, Lisbon, PortugalFrancisco Monteiro, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, and Instituto de Telecomunicações,Information Science and Technology, Lisbon, PortugalIvo Sousa, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, and Instituto de Telecomunicações, Electrical andComputer Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal

11:45 SDN Controllers: A Comparative StudyOla Salman, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, LebanonImad Elhajj, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, LebanonAyman Kayssi, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, LebanonAli Chehab, American University of Beirut, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beirut, Lebanon

12:00 Static Impairement-Aware Multicast Session Provisioning in Metro Optical NetworksTania Panayiotou, University of Cyprus, KIOS Research Center, Nicosia, CyprusKonstantinos Manousakis, University of Cyprus, Kios Research Center, Nicosia, CyprusGeorgios Ellinas, University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

12:15 An Optimization Algorithm for Downstream Wavelength Selection and Scheduling in WDM PON-BasedMobile Backhaul NetworksChrysovalanto Christodoulou, University of Cyprus / KIOS Research Center of Intelligent Systems andNetworks, Electical and Conputer Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusKonstantinos Manousakis, University of Cyprus, Kios Research Center, Nicosia, CyprusGeorgios Ellinas, University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

11:00 - 12:30 SS2 - Special Session on MemristorsChair: Stavros G. Stavrinides, University of Thessaly, GreeceRoom: Megaron C

11:00 Memristive Nanodevices: CMOS Compatibility and Novel ApplicationsQiangfei Xia, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Amherst, United States

11:15 Volterra model of a class of two-memristorAlon Ascoli, TU Dresden, Institute of Circuits and Systems, Dresden, GermanyRonald Tetzlaff, TU Dresden, Institute of Circuits and Systems, Dresden, Germany

11:30 An Analytical Energy Model for the Reset Transition in Unipolar Resistive-Switching RAMsMohamad Moner Al Chawa, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Physics, Electronic Engineering Group, Palmade Mallorca, SpainRodrigo Picos, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Physics, Palma de Mallorca, SpainEugeni Garcia-Moreno, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Physics Dept., Palma de Mallorca, SpainStavros Stavrinides, University of Thessaly, Computer Science, Thessaly, GreeceJ.B. Roldan, Universidad de Granada, Dep. de Elec. y Tec. de los Comp., Granada, SpainF. Jimenez-Molinos, Universidad de Granada, Dep. de Elec. y Tec. de los Comp., Granada, Spain

11:45 Memristor-based chaotic circuit for pseudo-random sequence generatorsFernando Corinto, Politecnico di Torino, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Torino, ItalyOleh V. Krulikovskyi, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Department of Radio Engineering andInformation Security, Chernivtsi, UkraineSerhii D. Haliuk, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Department of Radio Engineering andInformation Security, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

12:30 - 13:30 Break Session

13:30 - 15:00 T1.7 - HVDC and power electronicsChair: Nikolas FlourentzouRoom: Parorama

13:30 Improved Overvoltage Limitation Control Approach of a DC Series Offshore Wind Farm Based on MMCHaibo Zhang, Ecole des Hautes Etudes d’Ingenieur (HEI), Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and PowerElectronics of Lille (L2EP), Lille, FranceFrançois Gruson, Arts et Métiers ParisTech (ENSAM), Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and PowerElectronics of Lille (L2EP), Lille, FranceDiana Flórez, École des Hautes Études d’Ingénieur (HEI), Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and PowerElectronics of Lille (L2EP), Lille, FranceChristophe Saudemont, École des Hautes Études d’Ingénieur (HEI), Laboratory of Electrical Engineering andPower Electronics of Lille (L2EP), Lille, France

Wednesday, 20 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 17/19

13:45 Fault Location in VSC-HVDC section for Grid Integrated Offshore Wind Farm by EMDRehana Perveen, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Electrical Department, Allahabad, IndiaSoumya R. Mohanty, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Electrical Department, Allahabad, IndiaNand Kishor, MNNIT Allahabad, Electrical Engineering, Allahabad, India

14:00 Control of a Hybrid HVDC Link to Increase Inter-regional Power TransferOmar Kotb, KTH, Department of Electric Power Systems, Stockholm, SwedenMehrdad Ghandhari, KTH, Department of Electric Power Systems, Stockholm, SwedenRobert Eriksson, DTU, Department of Electrical Engieering, Copenhagen, DenmarkVijay Sood, UOIT, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oshawa, Canada

14:15 NTV-SV-PWM Controlled Three-Level Converter for Ocean Wave Energy ConversionIlknur Colak, ABB, PSSS-DC, Aargau, Switzerland

14:45 Medium Voltage Planning Tool Based on Utilities Best Practices and Multi-objective OptimizationAnderson Hitoshi Uyekita, Daimon Engenharia e Sistemas, Engenharia, São Paulo, BrazilDário Takahata, Daimon Engenharia e Sistemas, Engenharia, São Paulo, BrazilAndré Meffe, Daimon Engenharia e Sistemas, Engenharia, São Paulo, BrazilPaulo Henrique Baumann, Daimon Engenharia e Sistemas, Engenharia, São Paulo, BrazilAlessandro Mendonça Maciel, Daimon Engenharia e Sistemas, Engenharia, São Paulo, BrazilCarlos César Barioni de Oliveira, Daimon Engenharia e Sistemas, Engenharia, São Paulo, BrazilRenan Bergonsi Muller, Daimon Engenharia e Sistemas, Engenharia, São Paulo, BrazilRoberto Sousa Rocco, Daimon Engenharia e Sistemas, Engenharia, São Paulo, BrazilRicardo Haus Guembarovski, Celesc Distribuição, DVPE, Florianópolis, BrazilNeissan de Alencastro, Celesc Distribuição, DVPE, Florianópolis, BrazilJorge Pinheiro dos Santos, Celesc Distribuição, DVPE, Florianópolis, Brazil

13:30 - 15:00 T4.1 - Recent advances in 3D Virtual EnvironmentsChair: Despina Michael, Cyprus University of Technology, CyprusRoom: Phoenix

13:30 Navigation in Virtual Reality: Comparison of Gaze-Directed and Pointing Motion ControlChris Christou, University of Nicosia, Applied Multimedia, Nicosia, CyprusAimilia Tzanavari, University of Nicosia, Applied Multimedia, Nicosia, CyprusKyriakos Herakleous, Cyprus University of Technology, Immersive & Creative Technologies Lab, Limassol,CyprusCharalambos Poullis, Cyprus University of Technology, Immersive & Creative Technologies Lab, Limassol,Cyprus

13:45 SoundPacman: Audio augmented reality in location-based gamesThomas Chatzidimitris, University of the Aegean, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication,Mytilene, GreeceDamianos Gavalas, University of the Aegean, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication,Mytilene, GreeceDespina Michael, Cyprus University of Technology, Dept. of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, GET Lab,Limassol, Cyprus

14:00 On the Development and Evaluation of a Serious Game for Forensic Examination TrainingMaria Drakou, Cyprus University of Technology, Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Limassol, CyprusAndreas Lanitis, Cyprus University of Technology, Multimedia and Graphic arts, Limassol, Cyprus

14:15 Improved Hybrid Algorithm for Real Time Sound Propagation using Intelligent PrioritizationPanagiotis Charalampous, Cyprus University of Technology, Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Limassol,CyprusDespina Michael, Cyprus University of Technology, Dept. of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, GET Lab,Limassol, Cyprus

14:30 A 3D Virtual Environment for Training Teachers to Identify BullyingKalliopi Evangelia Stavroulia, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and GraphicArts, Limassol, CyprusAntri Ruiz-Harisiou, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Limassol,CyprusElena Manouchou, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Limassol,CyprusKyriakos Georgiou, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Limassol,CyprusSella Francesca, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Limassol,CyprusAndreas Lanitis, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Limassol,Cyprus

Wednesday, 20 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 18/19

14:45 A Feasibility Study on Using Virtual Reality for Understanding Deficiencies of High School StudentsElena Manouchou, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Limassol,CyprusKalliopi Evangelia Stavroulia, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and GraphicArts, Limassol, CyprusAntri Ruiz-Harisiou, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Limassol,CyprusKyriakos Georgiou, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Limassol,CyprusSella Francesca, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Limassol,CyprusAndreas Lanitis, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Limassol,Cyprus

13:30 - 15:00 T6.1 - Electronics, Devices and TransducersChair: Julio Georgiou, University of Cyprus,CyprusRoom: Megaron C

13:30 Design Considerations and Optimization for 3-Axis Anisotropic Magneto-Resistive SensorsBarnaby Portelli, University of Malta, Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Msida, MaltaIvan Grech, University of Malta, Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Msida, MaltaOwen Casha, University of Malta, Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Msida, MaltaEdward Gatt, University of Malta, Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Msida, MaltaJoseph Micallef, University of Malta, Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Msida, Malta

13:45 Active Huygens' Metasurfaces for RF Waveform Synthesis in a CavityAlex Wong, University of Toronto, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Toronto, CanadaGeorge Eleftheriades, University of Toronto, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Toronto, Canada

14:00 Design and Diagnostics of Arc-resistant Electronics for Satellite Telecommunication SystemsVasily Kozhevnikov, Institute of High Current Electronics, Theoretical Physics, Tomsk, RussiaAndrey Kozyrev, Institute of High Current Electronics, Theoretical Physics, Tomsk, RussiaNatalia Semeniuk, Institute of High Current Electronics, Theoretical Physics, Tomsk, RussiaAlexander Batrakov, Institute of High Current Electronics, Vacuum Electronics, Tomsk, RussiaVadim Karaban, Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics, Spacecraft technology,Tomsk, RussiaDenis Kosov, Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics, Spacecraft technology,Tomsk, Russia

14:15 Analysis of an Off-Broadside Zero Beam-Squinting Leaky-Wave Antenna Using MetamaterialsKypros Kossifos, University of Cyprus, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusMarco Antoniades, University of Cyprus, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

15:00 - 17:00 T1.8 - Power System Modeling and PlanningChair: Mathaios PanteliRoom: Parorama

15:00 Statistical Distributions of Validation Performance Indexes for Experimental Data UncertaintyAndrea Mariscotti, University of Genova, DITEN, Genova, ItalyJacopo Bongiorno, University of Genova, DITEN, Genova, Italy

15:15 The impact of Simulation Studies on the Distribution Grid Operation and Planning in CyprusAndreas Armenakis, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Distribution System Operator, Nicosia, CyprusCostas Stasopoulos, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Distribution System Operator, Nicosia, CyprusTheodoros Kaskiris, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Distribution System Operator, Nicosia, CyprusMinas Patsalides, University of Cyprus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FOSSResearch Centre for Sustainable Energy, Nicosia, CyprusVenizelos Efthymiou, University of Cyprus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FOSSResearch Centre for Sustainable Energy, Nicosia, CyprusGeorge Georghiou, University of Cyprus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FOSSResearch Centre for Sustainable Energy, Nicosia, Cyprus

15:30 Integral assessment of electrical grid equipment stateAlexandra Khaliasmaa, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin,Automated electrical systems department, Ekaterinburg, RussiaStepan Dmitriev, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, Automatedelectrical systems department, Ekaterinburg, RussiaEvgenii Kokorin, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, Automatedelectrical systems department, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Wednesday, 20 Apr

08 Mar 2016 17:19 19/19

15:45 Parameter Estimation for Measurement-based Load Modeling Using the Levenberg-Marquardt AlgorithmElena Polykarpou, KIOS Research Center / University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering,Nicosia, CyprusElias Kyriakides, University of Cyprus, ECE, Nicosia, Cyprus

16:00 Development of Sub-Transmission Network Equivalents and After-Diversity-Demand Values: Case Study ofthe UK Residential SectorIgnacio Hernando-Gil, University of Bath, Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Bath, UnitedKingdomFurong Li, University of Bath, Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Bath, United KingdomAdam Collin, The University of Edinburgh, School of Engineering, Edinburgh, United KingdomSasa Djokic, The University of Edinburgh, School of Engineering, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

16:15 Frequency stability of the future continental Europe power systemKarel Máslo, ČEPS, a.s., Transmission System Analysis, Prague, Czech RepublicSilvia Moroni, Terna Rete Italia S.p.A, xxxx, Roma, ItalyRui Pestana, REN - Rede Eléctrica Nacional, S.A, vvv, Sacavém, Portugal

16:30 Genetic Algorithms based Dynamic Transmission Network Expansion PlanningAttila Simo, Politehnica University Timisoara, Power Systems Department, Timisoara, RomaniaStefan Kilyeni, Politehnica University Timisoara, Power Systems Department, Timisoara, RomaniaConstantin Barbulescu, Politehnica University Timisoara, Power Systems Department, Timisoara, Romania

15:00 - 17:00 T7.1 - Intelligent Transport SystemsChair: Soulla Louca, University of Nicosia, CyprusRoom: Phoenix

15:00 A drone-based image processing system for car detection in a smart transport infrastructureGabriele Maria, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Multi-Layer Wireless Solutions, Torino, ItalyEnrico Baccaglini, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Multi-Layer Wireless Solutions, Turin, ItalyDaniele Brevi, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Multi-Layer Wireless Solutions, Turin, ItalyMarco Gavelli, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Multi-Layer Wireless Solutions, Turin, ItalyRiccardo Scopigno, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Multi-Layer Wireless Solutions, Turin, Italy

15:15 ADAPTIVE SHORT TERM PREDICTION OF FREEWAYS TRAVEL TIME DISTRIBUTIONS BASED ONMULTIVARIATE HAZARD MODELSLoukas Dimitriou, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusVana Gkania, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

15:30 Design of daily energy optimal timetables for metro lines using metaheuristicsJonathan LESEL, SIEMENS - L2EP, Nord, Lille, France

15:45 GoSafe: A Power-Efficient Android Application for Road Events Signaling and NotificationOussama Tahan, Lebanese International University, Computer & Communication Engineering, Beirut,LebanonReina Rima, Lebanese International University, Computer and Communication Engineering, Beirut, LebanonSamira Bakri, Lebanese International University, Computer and Communcation Engineering, Beirut, LebanonZaher Merhi, Lebanese International University, Computer and Communication Engineering, Beirut, LebanonSaleem El Deek, Tragging SARL, Research & Development, Tripoli, Lebanon

16:00 A congestion-free vehicle route reservation architectureCharalambos Menelaou, University of Cyprus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusPanayiotis Kolios, University of Cyprus, Kios Research Center, Nicosia, CyprusStelios Timotheou, University of Cyprus, KIOS Research Center for Intelligent Systems and Networks,Nicosia, CyprusChristos Panayiotou, University of Cyprus, ECE, Nicosia, Cyprus

16:15 Roadway Pavement Anomaly Classification Utilizing Smartphones And Artificial IntelligenceCharalambos Kyriakou, University of Cyprus, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusSymeon Christodoulou, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusLoukas Dimitriou, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus

16:30 Automated Detection of Pavement Patches utilizing Support Vector Machine ClassificationGeorgios Hadjidemetriou, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusSymeon Christodoulou, University of Cyprus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, CyprusPatricio A. Vela, Georgia Institute of Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia,United States

17:00 - 18:00 Closing Ceremony / CoffeeRoom: Parorama

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