 | Mahmoud Alahmad
Tel:
University of Nebraska-Linoln
| | Dr. Alahmad Graduated with a PhD. in Electrical Engineering in 2005, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1991 and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1989 from the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA. Dr. Alahmad holds a Professional Engineering (PE) license since 1996. Dr. Alahmad joined the Architectural Engineering Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA in fall 2006, and currently is an assistant professor. Industry experience includes over ten years of electrical distribution system design for new and renovated facilities and electrical distribution system infrastructure planning and analysis for a university campus. Research interest includes real time monitoring and control in the built environment, energy conservation and generation using renewable energy systems, electrical system analysis, design, distribution and protection; power management system design and implementation using Reconfigurable architectures; battery power management and renewable energy alternatives. Dr. Alahmad has more than twenty journal papers, conference papers and conference presentation in this field as an author or co-author. |
 | Assoc.Prof. Dr. Mihail Hristov Antchev
Tel: +359-2-965-212
Technical University - Sofia
Bulgaria, Sofia 1797, Department of Power Electronics, Blvd Kl. Ohridski 8 | | Dr. Mihial Antchev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1955. He received the M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees in Power Electronics from Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Technology, Technical University - Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1981 and 1990, respectively. From 1981 to 1986, he worked as an engineer in Technical University -Sofia. During his first years as an engineer, he was sent in specialisation in London at Brunel University and in Moscow at Technical University - Moscow. From 1986 to 1993, he worked as assistant in Department of Power Electronics. In 1993, he became an associate professor in discipline Industrial Electronics. Currently, Dr. Antchev is an associate professor in Technical University - Sofia. From 1995 to1999, he was a vice-dean of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Technology, TU - Sofia, and, during 1999-2005 - technical tutor of the College of Electronic Systems in Sofia with Technical University - Sofia. His special research interests are in power electronics devices, theirs energy factors, harmonics, compensation of reactive power, power quality, dynamics and control systems. He is author or co-author in more than 60 papers published in magazines, transactions and conferences. He is a member of Power Electronics Society and IEEE. |
 | Prof. Elmar Bollin
Tel: +49-781 205-126
Hochschule Offenburg
Germany | | Professor for Control Techniques, Building Services, Building Automation, Solar Engineering and Energy Conversion Techniques at the University of Applied Sciences Offenburg in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering; Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems |
 | Dr. Dietmar Bruckner
Tel: +43-1-58801-38423
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Dietmar Bruckner was born 1979 in Zwettl in Lower Austria. After graduating at the HTL Karlstein he started studying Electrical and Computer Engineering at the TU Vienna in 1999. He received a MSc. in 2004 and a PhD. in 2007. Since January 2004 he is staff member of the ICT. His research activities cover: Video Compression, Digital Signal Processing, Bayes' Statistics and Building Automation ("Intelligent Environment") |
 | MPS Chawla
Tel: +91-98260-41821
G.S Institute of Tech. and Science
Indore (M.P)(India)-452003 | | MPS Chawla was born in Harda, India, in 1966. He received Gold Medals in BE (Electrical) and ME (Power Electronics) degrees from Govt. Engineering College, Ujjain, India, and G.S. Institute of Tech. and Science, Indore, India, from Departments of Electrical Engineering in 1988 and 1992, respectively. From 1989 to 1995, he worked as Lecturer and 1995 to 2000, as Senior Lecturer, Astt Professor from 2000 to till date in Department of Electrical Engineering, G.S. Institute of Tech. and Science, Indore, India. Presently, he is also Head of Department, Professor in-charge, in Dept of Biomedical Engineering at G. S. Inst. of Tech & Science, Indore, India, since April 2009 to till date. He has 21 years of experience in teaching Under Graduate and 18 Years in teaching Post Graduate courses. His special research interests are in Power Electronics, Devices, Intelligent Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering, Signal Processing, Advanced Instrumentation Systems, Soft Computing, Higher Order Statistical Techniques and Control Systems. He is author or co-author in more than 40 papers published in magazines, transactions and conferences. He is a Member of IEEE, Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and System Society of India (SYSI). He has published 31 papers in International and National conferences and 8 International Journal papers in Journals like Elsevier (Cardiology), CMMM (Taylor & Francis), NCA (Springer) and JMMB (WSPC) and One (01) National Journal Paper in Institution of Engineers, IE (India). He has Reviewed 10 International Journal Papers in International Journals like Elsevier (BSPC, CMB, Cardiology), NCA (Springer), MBEC (Springer), IEEE (TBME), BME-Online, etc. He has attended IEEE International Conferences in USA and Singapore in 1992 and IEE International Conference MEDSIP-06, Glasgow, UK in 2006. He was Publicity chair, in IEEE Int. Conference, CICSYN-09, held at Indore, India, during 23-25, July, 2009. His PhD in the area of Biomedical Engg from Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (India) is complete and is due for Submission at an early date. |
 | Dr. Tuan Dang
Tel: +33-1-30877918
EDF R&D
France, 78400 Chatou, 8, Quai Watier | | Dr. Tuan Dang is a Senior Research engineer at "Performance Optimization of Industrial Process" Department of EDF R&D. He graduated his Ph.D from the "Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Paris" in 1994 and his engineering degree from the "Ecole Centrale de Nantes" in 1990. He has worked for Matra MS2i, Essilor International and Air Liquide in the field of signal processing and embedded systems, ophthalmic optical I&C, industrial information systems and telecontrol for On-site Gas Production before joining EDF R&D Division in 2001, where he has led a project on Telecontrol Infrastructure for Distributed Power generation. He is responsible for the animation of a core team in I&C for the EDF Group. His research interest concerns industrial messaging protocols and open system and communication architectures for automation. |
 | Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Deutsch
Tel: +43-1-58801-38421
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Tobias Deutsch was born 1975 in Vienna/Austria. After graduating at the HTL Ungargasse he started studying Computer Science at the TU Vienna in 1996 and completed his degree in March 2007. Since October 2005 he is staff member of the ICT. His current research focuses on cognitive intelligence, building automation and autonomous agents on the Vienna University of Technology at the Institute of Computer Technology. |
 | Prof. Dr. Dietmar Dietrich
Tel: +43-1-58801-38410
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Dietmar Dietrich became professor of Computer Technology at the ICT in 1992, and Head of the Institute in 1999. Prior to this, he worked in the air- and space industry (computer architecture and bus systems) and later in communication industry (mainly in ISDN development). In 1986 he was appointed as professor of Computer Science in Bielefeld (Germany). He focused his research on communication systems (especially on fieldbus systems) and ASIC design, also including built-in test systems, boundary scan, smart card technology, architecture of process control and control units for communication systems. Dietmar Dietrich is vice-president, convenor, chair and member (advisory board, ...) of various national and international organizations (OVE, OGMA, LNO...) and also delegate of the OVE and NO for CEN and CENELEC. In 1994 he founded the Center of Excellence for Fieldbus Systems, and initiated the, today internationally established in IFAC, Fieldbus Conference FeT in 1995. He has been a co-organizer of various tracks and conferences in IEEE (for example WFCS 2004 in Vienna). He has produced 120+ papers and books and international conference presentations. |
 | Prof. Dr. Peter Fischer
Tel: +49-231-91 12-290
Dortmund University of Applied Sciences
Germany, 44139 Dortmund, Sonnenstrasse 96 | | Peter Fischer received the diploma degree in electrical Engineering from the University in Karlsruhe and the Ph.D. from the Vienna University of Technology. Before he became a professor for Information Technology at the University of Applied Sciences Dortmund in 1992 he was with two companies in building automation and control business. In both companies he was in charge for the development of communication systems for building automation and control applications. Since 1987 Peter Fischer is chair, co-chair or member in several national (GI, VDMA, DIN-NHRS, LNO, BMA-BTL), European (CEN, KNX Association, B.I.G-EU) and international organisations (ISO). He has produced 50+ papers and books and international conference presentations. |
 | Prof. Dr. José Fonseca
Tel: +351-234-37 03 30
University of Aveiro
Portugal, 3810-193 Aveiro, | | José Alberto G. Fonseca (IEEE Member since 2000) was born in Aveiro, Portugal, in 1957. He graduated in electronics and telecommunications engineering and received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, in 1980 and 1992, respectively. He has been an Associate Professor in the Electronics and Telecommunications Department of the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, since 2000. His current research interests are embedded systems, distributed real-time systems, and industrial communications. He has been coordinating several research projects funded by the Portuguese government in the field of distributed embedded systems and he participates in two European projects. Since 1992, he has authored or coauthored more than 80 technical papers and has recently submitted two patents for fieldbus-based systems. |
 | Prof. Dr. Heinz Frank
Tel: +49-7940-1306-124
Reinhold Wuerth University
Germany, 74653 Kuezelsau, Daimlerstr. 35 | | Heinz Frank received the diploma degree in electrical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 1979 and the Ph.D. from the same university in 1985. Until 1991 he was at a machine tool company in charge for the development of computer control systems for manufacturing systems. In 1991 he became a professor for automation engineering at the Reinhold Würth University in Künzelsau. His current projects have their focus on communication systems in the area of automation engineering. |
 | Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Gerstinger
Tel: +43-1-58801-38457
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Andreas Gerstinger was born in Graz in 1973, where he has also completed his academic studies. However, during this time, he has spent one year in a High School in North Carolina (USA), and one year at the Royal Holloway College in London (UK). He studied telematics (which is a combination of mainly computer science with some aspects of telecommunication technology) at the University of Technology in Graz. His master thesis was about the industrial application of the formal method VDM in software engineering. During this work, contact to the company Frequentis was established, where he has spent almost 6 years. He worked in the fields of System Safety, Reliability and Software Quality. Now he is employed at the Institute of Computer Technology, where he works in a project about Safety and Reliability for the companies Frequentis and Alcatel. One of the goals is the scientific research of practically relevant issues, and the further build-up of competence in this area in the institute. |
 | Prof. Dr. Luís Gomes
Tel: +351-212948336
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Portugal, 2829-516 Monte de Caparica, Edificio X - Gab. 2.22 | | Luís Gomes is professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal and a researcher at UNINOVA Institute, Portugal. From 1984 to 1987, he was with EID, a Portuguese medium enterprise in the area of electronic system design, in the R&D engineering department. His main interests include the usage of formal methods for embedded systems co-design, like Petri nets and other concurrency models, emphasizing reconfigurable devices and SoC based implementations. He was the responsible for the organization of the Petri Nets Conference in 1998, and served as general co-chair for IEEE ETFA-2003 Conference, both at Lisbon. |
 | Dr. Jan Haase
Tel: +43-1-58801-38465
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Jan Haase received his diploma in computer sciences at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. He then became a research assistant at the technical informatics department at Frankfurt University. There he focused on the field of computer architectures, dynamic and distributed parallel computation, middlewares, and embedded systems, resulting in his PhD thesis about the scalable, dataflow-driven virtual machine (SDVM). Since 2007, he is project leader at the Vienna University of Technology. His research interests include hardware/software co-design, design methodologies for heterogeneous (AMS+HW/SW) systems, power consumption optimization and automatic parallelization. He is IEEE senior member and current IEEE Austria Section Chair. He is author and co-author of more than 60 publications in journals, books, and conference proceedings. He served and serves as program (co-) chair or member in several program committees of international conferences like AFRICON, IECON, DATE, FDL, CSNDSP, ICIEA, Austrochip, and smaller workshops. |
 | Prof. Dr. Hani Hagras
Tel: +44-1206-873601
The University of Essex
UK, England, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Wivenhoe Park | | Professor Hagras is a Professor of Computer Science in the University of Essex. His major research interests are in the areas of Intelligent Environments, Ambient Intelligence, Embedded Agents, Ubiquitous Computing and Computational Intelligence. He is also strongly interested in the areas of Robotics and intelligent control of industrial processes. He has authored more than 100 papers in international journals, conferences and books. He was the principal investigator and co-investigator of many projects in the areas of intelligent environments, ambient intelligence and embedded agents which received funding from EU, DTI, EPSRC, Korea-UK S&T fund and many industrial companies which totaled to about £ 2 Million in the last five years. He is Senior Member of the IEEE a Fellow of the IET (IEE) and he is also a member of the Executive Committee of the IEE Robotics and Mechatronics Professional Network. He is associate editor in the International Journal of Robotics and Automation. |
 | Prof. Dr. Seung Ho Hong
Tel: +82-31-400-5213
Hanyang University
Korea, 425-791 Ansan, 1271 Sa-1-dong | | Seung Ho Hong is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Hanyang University in Korea. He holds a PhD from the Pennsylvania State University in the USA. He has over 15 years of experience doing industrial communication network systems research. Specifically, he is interested in: performance analysis of industrial communication network systems using mathematical, simulation and experimental models; optimization of industrial communication network systems using bandwidth allocation schemes; analysis, design and implementation of building automation and control networks and home networking systems; network-based intelligent sensors and actuators; network-based distributed control and automation systems, as well as standardization of industrial communication networks. He has produced 40+ papers and international conference presentations and has lead numerous research projects as principal investigator. |
 | Prof. Dr. Klaus Kabitzsch
Tel: +49-351-463-38 289
Dresden University of Technology
Germany, 01062 Dresden, TU Dresden, Mommsenstrasse 13 | | Klaus Kabitzsch holds a Diploma and a Ph.D. (1982) in electrical Engineering and communications technology from the Ilmenau Technical University. He worked in the following years in the industry in the area of control of machines and equipment. After 1989 he worked at the universities in Leipzig and Dresden and focused his research on fieldbuses, distributed systems, real time software and automation. Klaus Kabitzsch became professor and head of the department of technical computer sciences in 1993 and vice dean of the faculty of computer science at the Dresden University of Technology in 2000. His current projects have their focus on wireless networks and their application in the automation domain, component based software design and performance engineering for fieldbuses, design tools for networked building automation, energy management in buildings and low power WPAN protocols. He is member or chair of various national and international organizations (VDE, CEN, LNO) and founded in Dresden the fieldbus competence center in 1995 and the SAP ubiquitous computing laboratory in 2004. He is author or co-author of 70+ scientific publications, 5 books and 9 patents. |
 | Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kastner
Tel: +43-1-58801-183 20
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Treitlstraße 1/4 | | Wolfgang Kastner received the Dipl.-Ing. and Dr. techn. degrees in computer science from the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria in 1992 and 1996, respectively. Since 1992, he is with the Institute of Automation, Vienna, Austria, where he has been holding the position of Associate Professor of computer science since 2001. From 1992 to 1996, he was working on reliable transmission protocols for distributed real-time systems. Since 1997, his research interests are in the area of field area networks and automation systems, with a special focus on spontaneous networking and home and building automation networks. Dr. Kastner has been a member of the program committee of numerous IEEE conferences and workshops. |
 | Rolf Kistler
Tel: +41 41 349 33 35
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences CEESAR-iHomeLab
Technikumstrasse 21, CH-6048 Horw | | Rolf Kistler is a Researcher at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences where he also received his degree in Electrical Engineering (Industrial Informatics). After graduation, he spent 6 years as an embedded software engineer and technical project leader conducting projects in industrial automation and communication systems at bbv Software Services and Ascom. Currently, he is performing research and couching projects in the field of building automation and smart homes with focus on energy efficiency, smart metering, human building interaction, unified communication networks, wireless sensor networks and plug and play protocols at the CEESAR Research Centre (www.ceesar.ch) and the iHomeLab - The Swiss Think Tank and Research Laboratory for Intelligent Living (www.iHomeLab.ch). |
 | Prof. Alexander Klapproth
Tel: +41 41 349 35 99
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences CEESAR-iHomeLab
Technikumstrasse 21, CH-6048 Horw | | Alexander Klapproth is a Professor at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences. He has a strong industry background, having been among others systems engineer and head of firmware development group at Landis&Gyr, Switzerland. He is Head of the CEESAR Research Center consisting of 15 Researchers in the area of Embedded and Wireless Technologies for energy efficient and intelligent buildings (www.ceesar.ch) and initiator of the iHomeLab - The Swiss Think Tank and Research Laboratory for Intelligent Living (www.iHomeLab.ch). Partnerships with leading industry companies are grown on his profound experience in introducing emerging technologies into industrial devices. His Research is centered around the topics Energy Efficient Buildingautomation, Ambient Assisted Living and Human-Building-Interaction. Professor Klapproth was teaching courses on Infotronics, Microcomputer Technologies and Product Development for students of the Faculties of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies and coaches Masterstudents. |
 | Mag. Arch. Sandrine von Klot
Tel: +43-1-729 94 99
svk-architecture
Austria, 1020 Wien, Böcklinstr. 110/3 | | After having studied in Berlin and Vienna, Sandrine von Klot received her Master Degree of Architecture at SCI ARC, Los Angeles (US) in 1996. In 1997 she became Cofounder of ´Escape*spHere´, an architectural practice based in Vienna. The evolving range of projects oscillated between technological research work, interactive installation work in various art context based locations (Ars Electronica Linz 01) and build projects in Vienna. (www.escapesphere.at) In cooperation with A.Fitz (cultural theorist) she curated the exhibition `Trespassing´ at the Secession in Vienna in 2002. Since 2003 she works in the context of `svk-architecture´, an architectural platform based in Vienna, which aims to link aspects of research, education and construction know-how. (www.svk-architecture.at) Since 1998 Sandrine von Klot has been teaching at various universities, in fall 2002 she became guest-professor at the southern Californian Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. Her current work includes the following: //_content-production `Architecture + Media´ as future extension of internet based `Media Art Net´ //_research project `Ecstatic Architecture.´ supported by the BKA //_Social housing project in Vienna, 23rd district //_Public Art Project at Boerseplatz, Vienna. |
 | Dipl-.Ing. Friederich Kupzog
Tel: +43-1-58801-38424
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Friederich Kupzog was born in 1979 in Cologne, Germany. He attended secondary school at Hansa Gymnasium, Cologne before he did one year of alternative civilian service at Drogenhilfe Köln e.V. (Cologne drugs aid). He studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at RWTH Aachen University of Technology . Besides he run a littly one-man company "Kupzog Electronics & Software (see www.kupzog.de/fkmk_uk). After an 6 month industrial placement at Adaptive Communication Systems Ltd., ECIT Institute, in Belfast, Northern Ireland he achieved the Diploma degree at RWTH Aachen in 2006 with his thesis about a hardware implementation of a high-throughput data packet sorter circuit for next generation internet router applications. He joined the ICT in February 2006. |
 | Reinald Kutschera Msc
Tel: +33-1-30878019
EDF R&D
France, 78400 Chatou, 8, Quai Watier | | Mr Reinald Kutschera graduated from ENSAM Paristech and Technical University of Karlsruhe in mechanical engineering. He performed his Master's Internship at ATR International in Keihanna, Japan. Since 2005, he is Research Engineer at EDF R&D, France. He is member of the German VGB working group "Betriebsführung und Informationssysteme" and member of the US EPRI working Group "Remote Monitoring Technology". |
 | M. Sc. E. E. Pawel Kwasnowski
Tel: +48-12-6380567
AGH - University of Science and Technology Krakow
Poland, 30059 Krakow, KANiUP Al. Mickiewicza 30, B1 | | Pawel Kwasnowski holds a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from AGH - University of Science and Technology of Krakow, Poland. Senior lecturer at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Electronics of AGH-UST. Since 1977 involved in university teaching and researches in industrial applications of digital control systems based on PLCs and SCADA (for metallurgic, cement and kiln industries). Active promoter of open systems technology and animator of LonWorks community in Poland, co-founder of Polish LonUsers Group - PLUG. President of ZDANiA – university spin-off technology transfer company. Member of Polish Standardization Committee (PKN) of TC173 of Home and Building Electronic Systems and Polish delegate to TC247 of European Standardization Committee (CEN) WG4 and WG5. Team member and leader of many scientific projects, author and co-author of 46 articles, 3 patents, 35 reports, 28 presentations at international conferences. Experienced in industrial applications - project manager of ca. 30 (involved in 60) industrial applications of huge, multilevel PLC and SCADA control systems and several building automation systems. |
 | Dipl.-Ing. Roland Lang
Tel: +43-58801-38458
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Roland Lang was born 1978 in Vienna/Austria. He finished his studies of electronics, especially control engineering and telecommunications in June 2001. His current research focuses on cognitive automation (project ARS) on the Vienna University of Technology at the Institute of Computer Technology. As an IEEE Member he joined the Organizing Committee of the INDIN2007, is organizing officer of the IEEE Region 8 Section Austria and Secretary of the IEEE Student Branch Vienna. |
 | Dr. Dietmar Loy
Tel: +43-1-4020805-22
Loytec electronics GmbH
Austria, 1170 Vienna, Blumengasse 35 | | Dietmar Loy holds a M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in electrical Engineering from the Vienna University of Technology. From 1992 till 1999 he held a research and teaching position at the University of Technology Vienna. From 1999 until 2002 he held a management position for Embedded System Design at Coactive Networks, USA. Since 2003 Dietmar Loy is CTO at LOYTEC electronics Vienna. In thisposition he is responsible for current and future research and development activities in the field of building automation. Dietmar Loy has published 30+ publications and books on control networks. He is a reviewer for IEEE transactions and international conferences. |
 | Dr. Stefan Mahlknecht
Tel: +43-1-58801-38447
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Stefan Mahlknecht holds a Diploma and a Ph.D. in electrical Engineering from the Vienna University of Technology. He spend one year at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champain (USA), where he focused on communication networks and protocols. He is currently a research and teaching assistant at the University of Technology Vienna. His doctoral thesis dealt with the topic of energy-self-sufficient wireless sensor networks. His research interests are devoted to low power wireless technologies, home automation as well embedded systems and robotics. |
 | Najums Saqib Malik
Tel: +43-1-58801-38435
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Najmus Saqib completed his Master degree in Software Engineering from COMSATS Institute of Inforamtion Technology, Pakistan in 2003. He joined the same institute as a faculty member and involved in teaching activities. In 2006, he started PhD studies at Institute of Computer Technology, Vienna University of Technology. He worked as a guest researcher in University of California, Davis from Nov. 2008 to April 2009. His research focuses on security issues in mobile agent based automation and embedded system. |
 | Tadashi Matsumoto
Tel: +81-6-6909-913
Panasonic Electric Works Co.
1048, Kadoma, Osaka 571-8686, Japan | | Tadashi Matsumoto was born in Japan, 1979. He received his B. S. and M.S. degrees in information engineering from the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, in 2002 and 2004, respectively. He is an employee of Research & Development Center in Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.. His research interests include field bus network and wire communication engineering. He is a member of The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. |
 | Sidonia Mesentean
Tel: +49-7940-1306-143
Reinhold-Würth-Hochschule
Daimlerstraße 35,74653 Künzelsau | | Sidonia Mesentean is born in Musatesti (Romania), on March 11th, 1976. She graduated the Avram-Iancu high school, and she obtained her degree in chemistry informatics at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. In 2001 she went on to obtain a Ph.D. in bio-informatics at Heidelberg University. Recognizing that a revolution was beginning in the energy world, she changed fields and started to work at a project proposed by the Reinhold Würth University of the Heilbronn University in Künzelsau. During this project she started to get experience in the field of IEC 61850. |
 | Dipl.-Ing. M.Arch. A. Susanne Metzger M.S
Tel: +43-1-58801-27034
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Karlsplatz 13 | | Susanne Metzger is a Research Specialist at the Institute of Building Sciences at Vienna Technical University, Austria. She received her Master of Science and Master of Architecture degrees from Virginia Tech, USA, and her Engineering Diploma in Architecture from Technical University of Munich, Germany. She has worked in research positions in academia and the industry, including at Johnson Controls, Controls Group Research, Milwaukee, and the Center for the Built Environment at UC Berkeley. Her research interests are experimentation and testbeds for room control and automation, and performance of building control and automation systems for indoor environmental quality. |
 | Wisam Nader
Tel: '+1-402-7073271
University of Nebraska-Linoln
7070 Capital CT, #874, Omaha, NE 68132, USA | | Wisam Nader is Research Assistant at the Architectural Engineering Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. He does research on micro controllers and electric devices. |
 | Dr. Mario Neugebauer
Tel: +49-351-463-38066
SAP Research CEC Dresden
Germany, 01187 Dresden, SAP | | Mario Neugebauer holds a Dipl.-Ing. in electrical engineering and communication systems of the Dresden Technical University. His research interests are performance analysis and wireless sensor networks. Since 2002 he is applied at the Institute of Communication Systems and since 2004 also member of the SAP laboratory on ubiquitous computing. |
 | Prof. Dr. Hiroaki Nishi
Tel:
Keio University
3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohokuku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan | | Prof. Hiroaki Nishi is an Associate Professor of Keio University. He received B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from Keio University, Japan, in 1994, 1996, and 1999, respectively. Since 2002, He has been with the Department of System Design Engineering at Keio University. The main theme of his research is in building of the total network system including development of hardware and software architecture. He places great importance on considering what is required for the highly-networked information society in future. He exerts himself for research of the Next generation IP router architecture and Effective Network Systems for Electricity Transaction and Energy Saving. |
 | Dr. Thomas Novak
Tel: +43-1-58801-38427
Vienna University of Technology
Austria | | Dr. Thomas Novak was born in Vienna, Austria and received a master's degree in electrical engineering in Austria in 2005 and a Ph.D. for his work in the research field of functional safety and system security in building automation from the Vienna University of Technology in 2008. From 2005 until 2008 he was project assistant and project leader at the Vienna University of Technology. He was chair member of the Austrian Smart Card Association (ASA) and expert in his field of research in the European Standardization CEN, Technical Committee (TC) 247, Working Group (WG) 4. Additionally, he is member of the IEEE IES technical committee building automation, control and management (TC BACM). Since 2009 he is with the Austrian company SWARCO Futurit that develops variable message signs. He is concerned with the engineering of highly reliable and available embedded software. In addition, he holds meetings where he presents topics relating to System and Software Safety Engineering. |
 | Dr. Peter Palensky
Tel: +43-664-235 1904
Austrian Institute of Technology
Giefinggasse 2, 1210 Vienna, Austria | | Peter Palensky holds a Diploma and a Ph.D. in electrical Engineering from the Vienna University of Technology. He was working in Academia and Industry and is now with the Austrian Institute of Technology. He is active in international standardisation committees like ISO or CEN. His main research fields are automation networks, home and building automation and energy management. |
 | Dr. Tae Jin Park
Tel: +82-42-865-4713
Samsung Heavy Industries
103-28, Munji-dong, Yuseong-du, Daejeon, Korea | | Taejin Park received B.E. and Master degree in control and instrumentation engineering from Hanyang University in 1997 and 1999 respectively. After 6 years' practical research and development experience, he returned to school and received Ph.D. degree from the dept. of electronic, electrical, control and instrumentation from Hanyang University in 2007. Since 2007, he is with Samsung heavy industries as a senior research engineer. His research interests include design, implementation and analysis of network-based control system; performance analysis and improvement of industrial communication system; integrated network solution for automation systems such as domotics, buildings, factories, mechatronics, robots and so on. |
 | Dipl.-Ing. Joern Ploennigs
Tel: +49-351-463-38066
Dresden University of Technology
Germany, 01062 Dresden, TU Dresden, Mommsenstrasse 13 | | Joern Ploennigs received the Diploma in electrical engineering for automation and control and the Ph.D. degree from the Dresden University of Technology, Germany, in 2001 and 2007, respectively. Since 2002, he has been a Research Assistant at the Chair for Technical Information Systems, working in the area of network performance engineering, fault analysis, and component-based design for building automation networks and wireless sensor networks. In 2009 he worked in the Strategic Research Cluster ITOBO at the University College Cork, Ireland, on wireless networks for energy efficient buildings supported by a Feodor-Lynen fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation. |
 | Nauman Qadeer
Tel: +43-1-58801-38435
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Nauman Qadeer was born in Oct. 1978 in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. He received the B.Sc. (Computer Science) and M.Sc. (Computer Science) degrees from Bahauddin Zakaria University (BZU) Multan, Pakistan (http://www.bzu.edu.pk) in 1998 and 2000 respectively. He was awarded two Gold medals for standing top in academics in B.Sc. and M.Sc. both. He has served as Lecturer in computer science department of Agriculture University Faislabad (UAF), Pakistan (http://www.uaf.edu.pk) from Feb. 2002 to Feb. 2005. During this time, he also completed his MS (equivalent to M.Phil) in Computer Sciences with area of specialization as Software Engineering from the same university (i.e. UAF) with excellent academic standing. Afterwards he served as Lecturer and department coordinator in computer science department of Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Islamabad Pakistan (http://www.fuuastisb.edu.pk) from Sep. 2005 to Nov. 2007. Since August 2008, he joined Institute of Computer Technology (ICT) at Vienna University of Technology as Ph.D. Scholar. He is currently working in Robotics. |
 | Dr. Charlotte Roesener
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Austria | | Charlotte Roesener has studied at Vienna University of Technology Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In November 2002 she graduated her master studies with distinction. The objective of her diploma thesis are special aspects of fault tolerance, in particular defect tracking systems in circuitry, network management, and fault tolerance in the human body (bionics). From May 2003 to March 2005 she worked as a scientific employee at the Institute of Computer Technology. The main focus on her scientific work was intelligent networks in building automation, autonomous behavior arbitration of mobile robots, and information technology for energy networks. She participated in the projects JEVis, IRON et. al. From April 2005 to march 2007 she entered a program to work as a research student in the Yakoh laboratory, Department of System Design Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. In July 2007 she completed her Ph.D. degree with the thesis Adaptive Behavior Arbitration for Mobile service Robots in Building Automation. At present she works as a free-lance researcher. |
 | Dr. Thilo Sauter
Tel: +43-2622-23420-11
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Austria, 2700 Wr. Neustadt, Viktor Kaplan Straße 2 | | Thilo Sauter was born in Biberach, Germany, in 1967. He received his Dipl.-Ing. and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from the Vienna University of Technology in 1992 and 1999, respectively. From 1992 to 1996 he was a research assistant at the Institute of General Electrical Engineering, working in the area of programmable logic and analog ASIC design. Since 1996, he has been with the Institute of Computer Technology, where he was head of the center of excellence for fieldbus systems and leading the factory communications group. He is member of the Austrian technical committee ÖVE MR65SC and delegate in the CENELEC committee TC65SC, both concerned with fieldbus standardization. His current research interests are integrated sensor systems and communication networks in automation, with a focus on interconnection issues of fieldbus systems and IP-based networks. Present teaching activities include fieldbus systems, fault tolerant systems, and the design of analog integrated circuits. Since 2004, he is head of the Research Unit for Integrated Sensor Systems established by the Austrian Academy of Sciences. |
 | Dr. Oliver Schuerer
Tel: +43-1-58801 25122
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 7 | | Currently doing research and teaching as assistant professor in the Department of Architecture Theory at the University of Technology Vienna. Schürer is also an architectural analyst, a curator of architecture events, a freelance author and an editor with numerous publications in Austria and abroad on digital technology and economics in architecture. His recent books include 'beyond the machine' and 'architektur:consulting'. Originally trained as master carpenter he studied architecture at the Technical University Vienna, graduated in 1999 with a diploma on the concepts of space and time in the work of the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. In 2005, he received a doctorate in Architecture for his thesis on 'Automation and Empathy; Evolution of building automation from functionalist concepts to contemporary research concerning conscious systems'. |
 | Dr. Wonseok Song
Tel: +82-31-785-1776
I-Controls
Korea, 463-859 Seongnam, 11, Jeongja-dong, Bundang-gu, | | Won Seok Song is currently a researcher in I-Controls Co, Ltd. He received the Ph.D. degree in control and instrumentation engineering from Hanyang University, Korea. He has been made a research for implementation and analysis of BACnet protocol and building automation systems. He participated in localization for BACnet and ISO 16484 standard in Korea. He developed a BACnet protocol stack software and simulation models to investigate the characteristics of BACnet systems. He is interested in: performance analysis of industrial communication network systems using simulation and experimental models; analysis, design and implementation of building automation and control networks and home networking systems, as well as standardization of industrial communication networks. |
 | Dr. Stefan Soucek
Tel: +43-1-4020805-24
Loytec electronics GmbH
Austria, 1080 Vienna, Stolzenthalergasse 24/3 | | Stefan Soucek was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1974. He received his Dipl.-Ing. and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, in 1999 and 2002, respectively. From 1999 to 2000 he was a research assistant at the Institute of Computer Technology, Vienna, Austria. From 2000 to 2002 he joined the development team for LonWorks/IP routers and control network systems at Coactive Networks, Inc., Calif., USA. Since 2002 he is head of development and research at LOYTEC, Vienna. His special research interests are fieldbus control systems over IP networks, protocol design, and design methods in embedded systems. Currently, he is working on applications in the control network/IP area, focusing on EIA-852 and BACnet. He has produced 20+ publications, books and patents in the field. Further, he is reviewer for IEEE transactions and international conferences and is active in standards development in building automation communications systems. |
 | Prof.(Dr.)Geetam Singh Tomar
Tel: +91-751-2232878
Vikrant Institute of Technology & Mgt
Indore India Under R.G.P.V. (Technical University), Bhopal India | | Geetam Singh Tomar was born 1964 in Morena, Madhya Pradesh State in India. Graduation, Postgraduation and Doctoral degrees in Electronics Engineering from reputed universities of India. He worked in Indian Air Force and since 10 years he is with academic institutes. Presently he is Director of Technical and management institute. His research activities cover: Antennas, wireless Communication, under water communication, Ad Hoc networks, and image processing. |
 | Dipl.-Ing. Albert Treytl
Tel: +43-1-58801-38449
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Albert Treytl received his master degree in electrical engineering (focus on computer technology) at the Vienna University of Technology. From 1996 to 2000 he led the development of a bank simulation programme for the Austrian government. End of 2000 he joined the Institute of Computer Technology as a research assistant in the area of energy management systems and security. The focus of his research lies on security of automation networks such as field busses and wireless ad-hoc networks. The topics of his research projects included web-based interfacing of energy management systems, electronic payment, smart card development and research, and the planning of security architectures. Currently he is responsible for the security architecture of the power line communication system designed within the European project REMPLI and working on security for reconfigurable automation networks. |
 | Yoseba K.Penya
Tel: +34 943 326 600 - ext: 5607
DeustoTech: Deusto Technology Foundation, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (ESTE), University of Deusto
Mundaiz bidea, 50 (20012), Donostia / San Sebastián, Basque Country | | Yoseba K. Peña Landaburu (1977, Basque Country) holds an M.Sc. in Computer Enginnering (University of Deusto, 2000) and a Ph.D. (Vienna University of Technology, 2006) obtained under the guidance of Prof. Dietmar Dietrich (Austrian IEEE Section's President) and Prof. Nick Jennings (University of Southampton). He has been also with the Department of Information Systems - New Media Lab (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration) and currently leads the Smartgrid unit of the eNergy Research area at the Deusto Technology Foundation of the University of Deusto in Donostia (Basque Country). |
 | Adeel Abbas Zaidi
Tel: +43-1-58801-38435
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Adeel Abbas Zaidi was born in 1975 at Karachi, Pakistan. After receiving Engineering degree in Computer Systems from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan, he did MS (Systems Engineering) from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2000. Since October 2000, he is working in an R&D organization in Pakistan. Currently, he is doing PhD from Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Computer Technology. His research focuses on integration of communication technology into the microgrids to make them smart and self-configuring. |
 | Tehseen Zia
Tel: +43-1-58801-38435
Vienna University of Technology
Austria, 1040 Vienna, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/384 | | Tehseen Zia was born 1981 in Sargodha, Pakistan. After graduating at the Punjab University of Pakistan, he studied Computer Science at University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, Pakistan and completed his master degree in 2003. Since April 2005, he is a faculty member at the Department of Computer Science, University of Sargodha. Currently, he is a PhD student at Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Computer Technology. His research foucses on patter recognition |
 | Dr. Gerhard Zucker
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Austrian Institute of Technology
Austria, 1210 Vienna, Giefinggasse 2 | | Gerhard Zucker (né Gerhard Pratl) finished his PhD in April 2006. His research focuses on communication technology in industrial and building automation as well as the integration of classical building automation with psychological and neuropsychoanalytical models. He worked in project ARS and project SENSE (funded by the European Commission), which are the two most relevant projects focusing on this direction of research. Now he is senior scientist at the AIT, working on sustainable buildings and controls. |
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