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On the ETFA 2005 Conference report Orazio
Mirabella and Richard Zurawski, the Conference General Chairmen.
The ETFA Conference was held for the tenth time in Catania Italy on
September 19-22, 2005. The event was cosponsored by the University of
Catania and the Industrial Electronics Society. The conference was
attended by close to 300 delegates representing authors, guests, industry
representative, and attendees. Close to 270 papers were presented at the
conference in sixty sessions out of 370 submitted. The conference
featured four keynote presentations to include: “Human Adaptive Mechatronics Interaction and Intelligence” presented by Prof. Fumio
Harashima of Tokyo Denki University; “Waves and locomotion control of
bio-inspired robots” presented by Prof. Luigi Fortuna of University of
Catania; “Fieldbus Technology and Industrial Automation” presented by
Prof. Jean-Pierre
Thomesse of Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine; and
“Distributed Data Security for Factory Automation” presented by Prof.
Alfred C. Weaver of Universty of Virgna.
The ETFA 2005 Technical Program was preceded by the Industry Day held on
September 19 organized by Prof. Salvatore Cavalieri of University of
Catania. The Industry day is a unique event to the ETFA and WFCS
conference series and intended to stimulate interaction between industry
and academia. The Industry Day
had a focus on the industrial communication technology aspects in
industrial and factory automation and featured presentations by Konnex
Association, iconcs, OpenTech EDV-Research GmbH, Siemens, Feldbus
Foundation, Schneider Electric, Wonderware, Woodhead, and ST
Microelectronics.
The tenth edition of the ETFA conference, which started in 1992, was an
occasion to acknowledge contributions of many people who made this event
such a success and the largest and most important IEEE Conference
dedicated to industrial automaton. Among those individuals, four
Honorary, General, and International
Advisory Committee Chairs, who particularly excelled in supporting the
ETFA Conference Series, were honored at the conference gala dinner. They
were Fumio Harashima, James C. Hung, J. David Irwin, and Alfred C.
Weaver.
Two best paper awards were presented at the gala dinner held in a
historic 16 century Palazzo del Toscano; The Fumio Harashima Best Paper
Award for Emerging Technologies went to the paper "Tracking Multiple
Moving Objects for Mobile Robotics Navigation" authored by Jorge
Almeida, Antonio Almeida, Rui Araujo; The James C. Hung Best Paper Award
for Factory Automaton went to the paper “Assessment of PROFBUS Networks
using a Fault injection Framework “ by José Augusto Carvalho, Adriano
Silva Carvalho, and Paulo José Portugal.
To appreciate better the beautiful city of Catania, the attendees
had a chance to participate in the Catania walking tour on the last day
evening. Certainly the place is beautiful. The conference was a must to
attend! Plan for the ETFA 2006 conference in Prague on September 20-22
2006.
Orazio Mirabella and Richard Zurawski
General Chairs ETFA 2005
Some of the photos from the gala
dinner:
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from left: Thilo Sauter,
Dave Irwin,
James C. Hung and wife
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Orazio
Mirabella
(standing)
and Fumio
Harashima |
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Fumio
Harashima
honored in appreciation for his contribution to the ETFA
Conference Series
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James C. Hung
honored in appreciation for his contribution to the ETFA
Conference Series |
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Dave Irwin
honored in appreciation for his contribution to the ETFA
Conference Series
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Alfred Weaver
honored in appreciation for his contribution to the ETFA
Conference Series
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Dan Wilamowski,
IES President, addresses the dinner participants |
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Th ilo
Sauter,
ETFA05 Program Co-Chairmen, addresses the dinner participants
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The Fumio
Harashima
Best Paper
Award in Emerging Technologies presented by Fumio
Harashima
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The James C. Hung Best Paper Award in Factory Automation presented
by James C. Hung |
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