VIMS 2001 TECHNICAL PROGRAM 19 May 2001, Saturday 08.30AM - Registration 08.50AM - Opening Remarks H.J.W. Spoelder, Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands E. Ladd, ISA, the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society, USA M. Siegel, CMU, USA C. Alippi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy 09.00AM - Keynote Speech 1 Chairperson: E.M. Petriu, University of Ottawa, Canada The Whole Picture H. Goldberg, Analogic Corporation, USA 10.00AM - Session 1: Qualitative Inference- based Measurement Systems Chairperson: P. Wide, Örebro University, Sweden Sensor Fusion for a Network of Processes/Systems with Highly Autonomous Sensors F. Figueroa, X. Yuan, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA A Fuzzy Cooperative Fusion System for Seismic Image Interpretation L. Valet (1), G. Mauris (1), P. Bolon (1), N. Keskes (2) (1) LAMII/CESALP, Annency Cedex, France; (2) ELF Acquitaine, Pau Cedex, France 11.00AM - Coffee Break 11.15AM - Session 2: Measurements and Virtual Environments Chairperson: H.J.W. Spoelder, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands A Virtual Environment for EMC Testing M. Bertocco, C.Offelli, A. Sona, Padova University, Padova, Italy Development of Distributed Self-Adaptive Instrumentation Networks using JINI Technology J-M. Dricot, P. De Doncker, M. Diericks, F. Grenez, H. Bersini, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium Three-Dimensional Motion System ("Data Gloves"): Application for Parkinson's Disease and Essential Tremor Y. Su (1), D. Geng (1), C.R. Allen (1), D. Burn (2), G.D. Bell (3), R. Rowland (4) (1) University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK; (2) Newcastle General Hospital, UK; (3) Sunderland University, Sunderland, UK; (4) University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 12.45AM - Lunch 02.00PM - Session 3: Intelligent Measurement Systems I Chairperson: M. Siegel, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Intelligent Monitoring System Used to Control Asynchronous Production Systems B. Szabados, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada Quality Analysis Measurement for Laser Cutting G. Roggero (1), F. Scotti (1), F. Soncini Sessa (1), V. Piuri (2) (1) Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy; (2) University of Milan, Crema, Italy Support Vector Regression for Voltage Reference Elements Monitoring I. Nancovska, Faculty of Education, Ljuublijana, Slovenia 03.30PM - Coffee Break 03.45PM - Panel: "Grid: Wide Area Distributed Computing Challenges Instrumentation and Measurement" Moderator: H.J.W. Spoelder, Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands 04.30PM - Session 4: Intelligent and Virtual Components and Environments Chairperson: C. Alippi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Digital Alternative Sinusoidal Current Waveform for Virtual Resistance Measurements K.N. Tarchanidis (1), C. Koukourlis (2) (1) Kavala Institute of Technology and Education, Kavala, Greece; (2) Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece Virtual Environment for Fast Development of Distributed Measurement Applications M. Bertocco (1), S. Cappellazzo (1), A. Carullo (2), M. Parvis (2), A. Vallan (2) (1) Universitŕ di Padova, Padova, Italy; (2) Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy Development of a Virtual Instrument for Automatic Calibration of Anemometers F. López Pena, A. Barro Eiroa, R.J.Duro, Universidade de Coruna, Ferrol, Spain An Application of the Merging Algorithm with the Discrete Wavelet Transform to Extract Valid Speech-Sound J.O. Kim (1), D.J. Hwang (1), H.W. Paek (2), C.H. Chung (2) (1) SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, Korea; (2) Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea Development of a Force-sensing Device for General Dental Practitioners to Evaluate and Control Brushing Force in Dental Patients M. Baszynski (1), C.R. Allen (1), Z. Moron (2), P.M. Heasman (3) (1) University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK; (2) Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland; (3) Newcastle Dental School, Newcastle, UK A Poly-time Analysis of Robustness in Feedforward Neural Networks C. Alippi, M. Moioli, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy High Speed Stand-alone Mobile Visual Decision Maker Device Based on Focal Plane Analog Processor Array Chip L. Török, A. Zarándy, T. Roska, Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary 06.30PM - VIMS Steering Committee Meeting 07.30PM - Banquet 20 May 2001, Sunday 09.00AM - Keynote Speech 2 Chairperson: V. Piuri, University of Milan, Italy How Artificial Intelligence has Helped and Hindered Calibration D.W. Braudaway, Metrology Consultant, retired from Sandia National Laboratories, Sandia Park, USA 10.00AM - Session 5: Intelligent Measurement Systems II Chairperson: T. Yeap, University of Ottawa, Canada Sensor Modeling and Simulation: Can it Pass the Turing Test? M. Siegel, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Computer Controlled Human Operators E.M. Petriu (1), T.E. Whalen (2), H.J. Spoelder (3), P. Wide (4), A. Cornell (5) (1) University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; (2) Communications Research Center, Ottawa, Canada; (3) Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (4) Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; (5) Bringham Young University, Provo, USA 11.00AM - Coffee Break 11.15AM - Session 6: Neural Network-based Measurement Systems Chairperson: G. Mauris, Université de Savoie, France Detection of Continuous Symmetries in 3D Objects from Sparse Measurements through Probabilistic Neural Networks P. Chiaberti, M. Costa, E. Pasero, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy The Neural Network Algorithm for Correction of Signals Distorted in Photodetectors V. Apanasovich, V. Lutkovski, P. Nazarov, Belarus State University, Minsk, Belarus Achieving Optimal Bayesian Classification Performance Using a Novel Approach: the 'Race to Attractor' Neural Network Model G. Ferland, T. Yeap, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada 12.45AM - Closing Session 01.00PM - Lunch