Welcome to IEEE TENCON 2016!

TENCON is a premier international technical conference of IEEE Region 10, which comprises 57 Sections, 6 Councils, 21 Subsections, 514 Chapters and 1159 Student Branches in the Asia Pacific region. The theme for TENCON 2016 is Technologies for Smart Nation.

TENCON 2016 is expected to bring together researchers, educators, students, practitioners, technocrats and policymakers from across academia, government, industry and non-governmental organizations to discuss, share and promote current works and recent accomplishments across all aspects of electrical, electronic and computer engineering, as well as information technology. Distinguished people will be invited to deliver keynote speeches and invited talks on trends and significant advances in the emerging technologies.


Key Dates

Paper Submission Deadline: 20 June 2016 (Final Extension)      

Notice of Acceptance: 28 August 2016

Final Manuscripts Submission: 18 October 2016 (Final Extension)

Authors/Early Bird Registration Deadline: 18 October 2016 (Final Extension)*      

*Please note that the papers not registered by above deadline
will not be included in the program.

IEEE Publiction /Catalog Numbers

ISBN: 978-1-5090-2596-1

Part No: CFP16TEN-USB

Online ISSN: 2159-3450





























Key Dates

Paper Submission Deadline: 20 June 2016 (Final Extension)

Notice of Acceptance: 28 August 2016

Final Manuscripts Submission: 18 October 2016 (Final Extension)

Authors/Early Bird Registration Deadline: 18 October 2016 (Final Extension)*

*Please note that the papers not registered by above deadline will not be included in the program.



























Call For Papers


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The scope of conference papers and exhibits include but not limited to the following areas:

  • Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
  • Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting
  • Renewable Energy Sources and Technology
  • High Voltage Engineering, HVDC-FACTS
  • Switching Circuits and Power Converters
  • Power System Monitoring, Control and Protection
  • Power Quality
  • Grid Impact of Large-Scale Renewable
  • Micro Grids and Distributed Generation
  • Solar, Wind, Hydro, Fuel Cells and Utility Interface Issues
  • Control Communication and Monitoring of Smart Grid
  • Energy Storage System
  • Motors and Drives
  • Forecast and Power Management of Renewable Sources in a Micro Grid
  • Signal Processing
  • Image Processing
  • Video Processing
  • Pattern Recognition and Object Tracking
  • Audio and Electro-acoustics
  • Antennas, Propagation and Computational EM
  • RF/Millimeter-wave Circuits and Systems
  • Wireless Communications and Networks
  • Optical Communications
  • Modulation and Coding Techniques
  • Neural Networks
  • Fuzzy Systems
  • Swarm and Evolutionary Computation
  • Machine Learning
  • Computing Architectures and Systems
  • Software and Database System
  • Graphics and Animation
  • Multimedia Engineering
  • Network and Cyber Security
  • Electronic Devices and Materials Processing
  • Nano-electronics
  • Power Electronic Devices and Components
  • Analog and Mixed Signal ICs
  • Biomedical Signal Processing and Instrumentation
  • Wearable Sensors for Healthcare monitoring
  • Biomedical Imaging
  • 3D Printing/Flexible Electronics
  • Internet of Things
  • (Big) Data Analytics
  • Aerospace Technologies
  • Marine and Offshore Engineering
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Robotics, Control, Instrumentation and Automation
  • Photonic Technologies
  • Lasers, Amplifier and Detectors
  • Humanitarian Technologies
  • SS01: Computational Intelligence Techniques and Applications
  • SS02: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
  • SS03: Power Electronics and Drives
  • SS04: Recent Advances in Security and Safety for Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • SS05: Magnetics and Spintronics
  • SS06: Monitoring and Prognostics
  • SS07: New Satellite Technologies and Applications
  • SS08: Computer Vision and Machine Learning
  • SS09: Renewable Energy-based Microgrids and Sustainable Development
  • SS10: Smart Distribution Systems: Technologies and Management
  • SS11: Wireless Technology and Internet of Things (IoT) for Healthcare
  • SS12: Enhancing Power Quality, Reliability and Economic Performance of Microgrids
  • SS13: Lighting: Controls, Technology and Applications
  • SS14: Recent Advancements in Power Systems
  • SS15: Human-Machine Intelligent Interfaces (HMII)
  • SS16: Wearable Medical Devices and Healthcare Computing
  • SS17: Action, Behavior Recognition and Understanding (ABRU)
  • SS18: Smart Power Flow Control and Self Healing Grid Architecture for Large Interconnected Power Network
  • SS19: Smart and Ubiquitous Computing for Vehicle Navigation Systems
  • SS20: Wireless Power Transfer
  • SS21: Terahertz Technology for Smart Sensing, Imaging and Communications
  • SS22: Engineering in Medicine and Biology
  • SS23: IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)
  • SS24: Computer Graphics, Vision and Imaging
  • SS25: Evolutionary Optimization Methods Applied to Smart Grid
  • SS26: Recent Advances in Intelligent Video Surveillance Systems
  • SS27: Advances in Sensing and Data Analytics of Active Power Distribution Networks
  • SS28: Privacy and Security Challenges in ICT for Smart Nation
  • SS29: Methodologies for VLSI System Optimization and Recent Advances
  • SS30: Recent Challenges in Biomedical Applications
  • SS31: Humanitarian Technologies

TENCON 2016 will feature both invited and contributed papers. The best papers will be selected from the contributed papers for awards. The presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore which is indexed by major databases.

Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers that are three to four pages, with double column IEEE Conference format. Manuscript templates for LaTeX and Microsoft Word are available from IEEE.




























Committee


Honorary Chairs
Lawrence Wong, NUS, Singapore
Lalit K. Goel, NTU, Singapore

General Chair
Arokiaswami Alphones, NTU, Singapore

General Co-Chairs
Rajnish Gupta, SP, Singapore
Michael Ong, I2R, Singapore

Technical Co-Chairs
Sahoo S. K, NUS, Singapore
P. N. Suganthan, NTU, Singapore
Maode Ma, NTU, Singapore
 Finance Chair
Michael Ong, I2R, Singapore

Publicity Chair
Li Wei, ETPL, Singapore

Publicity Co-Chair
Amit K. Gupta, Rolls-Royce, Singapore

Publication Chair
Muhammad Faeyz Karim, I2R, Singapore

Secretariat
Mr. Ra. Sankaran
C & M Consultants
#02-11 Lorong Bakar Batu, Blk 12
Singapore 348745
sankaran@cmsweb.com.sg


























Keynote Speakers



Keynote 1

Responding to the Digital Revolution

Speaker

Mr Tan Kok Yam, Head, Smart Nation Programme Office, Smart Nation Programme Office in the Prime Minister's Office, Singapore


Biography

Mr Tan Kok Yam is the Head of the Smart Nation Programme Office in the Prime Minister's Office. In this role, he coordinates the Singapore Government's plans, and engagements with the public and private sectors to use information technology in a concerted, integrated manner to achieve maximum positive impact to citizens.

Prior to his current post, Mr Tan served in a number of other Ministries within the Singapore Public Service. As the Director of Manpower in the Ministry of Defence, he was in charge of both the human resource and national service policies of the Singapore Armed Forces. He also served previously in the Ministry of National Development and the Ministry of Education, dealing with public housing and higher education policies respectively.

Mr Tan is an engineer by training, having graduated from the University College London in 1997 with a Bachelor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a Master of Science in Telecommunications. He also completed the 1-year Sloan Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business as a Fulbright Scholar.

Abstract
The digital revolution has brought about a staggering pace of change for societies, companies and individuals. There will be new opportunities and also new risks, from dis-intermediation to cyber-attacks. The Smart Nation Programme encapsulates Singapore's approach to make the best use of this change, to improve urban living, and create value and opportunity. Fundamental to this is our collective ability to engineer new ways of solving old problems.


Keynote 2

Accelerating Technology & Innovation for Vision 20 and Beyond

Speaker

Dr. B. Bhangu, Director of Rolls-Royce, Singapore


Biography

B. Bhangu holds a BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham, an MSc in Control Systems from the University of Sheffield, PhD in Advanced Machines and Drives from the University of Sheffield and an MBA in Technology Management. He is Fellow of the IET, a Chartered Engineer and an Adjunct Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. B. Bhangu is Director Singapore at Rolls-Royce. Previously he was the Vice President at Rolls-Royce Marine Services and had the global responsibility for Marine Equipment Health Monitoring (EHM) offering. Prior to this he was the Chief of Electrical Power and Control Systems at Rolls-Royce and was responsible for start-up, growth and technology development of advanced electrical systems, power electronics and electrical generators. In 2009 he was recipient of the prestigious Sir Henry Royce Technical Innovation award for his work on integrated electrical power & gas turbine propulsion systems.

Abstract

At Rolls-Royce, our vision is to be the market-leader in high performance power systems where our engineering expertise, global reach and deep industry knowledge deliver outstanding customer relationships and solutions. We operate across five businesses: Civil Aerospace, Defence Aerospace, Power Systems, Marine and Nuclear.

In 2015, Rolls-Royce invested £1.2 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position our engineers at the forefront of scientific research.

In Singapore our Applied Technology Group (ATG) is an important part of our R & D investment, developing advanced technologies to support core business areas. These include research of materials support technology, computational engineering, electrical power and control systems and manufacturing technology.

Building on our advanced data analytics, Rolls-Royce continues to invest in digital capability including R & T, digital manufacturing, developing digital platform solutions for our customers and creating 'Facilities of the Future' for maintenance repair and overhaul.


Keynote 3

How Advances in Technology are Changing Face of Leadership

Speaker

Professor Barry L. Shoop, IEEE President and Chief Executive Officer


Biography

Barry L. Shoop is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. During his 20 years at West Point he has served in a number of key leadership positions including Director of the Photonics Research Center and Director of the Electrical Engineering Program. Currently as Professor and Head he is responsible for an undergraduate academic department with over 79 faculty and staff supporting ABET accredited programs in electrical engineering, computer science, and information technology. The department engages over 1800 students each year and has 4 affiliated research centers including the Cyber Research Center, Network Science Center, Photonics Research Center and a burgeoning Robotics Program. Dr. Shoop holds 1 patent and has authored or co-authored 8 books and book chapters, and over 146 publications. He received a B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University in 1980 and Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1992, both in electrical engineering. His research interests include optical information processing, neural networks, image processing, disruptive innovations and educational pedagogy. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, OSA and SPIE, and a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Sigma Xi. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Abstract

Technology has reshaped our world repeatedly since the foundations of IEEE were laid over a century ago; it continues to reshape it today. Recently, however, the role and influence of technology on the human experience has fundamentally changed. Previously, technology played a secondary and supportive role while social, political and cultural dimensions played a primary role. Today, technology is actually leading these dimensions in the influence on humanity. To be successful in this changed environment, increased emphasis and value is being placed on written and oral communication skills, teamwork, critical thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship. While some leadership skills are immutable, there are others that technology professionals will need to add to be competitive and successful.



























Special Sessions

SS01: Computational Intelligence Techniques and Applications
SS02: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
SS03: Power Electronics and Drives
SS04: Recent Advances in Security and Safety for Intelligent Transportation Systems
SS05: Magnetics and Spintronics
SS06: Monitoring and Prognostics
SS07: New Satellite Technologies and Applications
SS08: Computer Vision and Machine Learning
SS09: Renewable Energy-based Microgrids and Sustainable Development
SS10: Smart Distribution Systems: Technologies and Management
SS11: Wireless Technology and Internet of Things (IoT) for Healthcare
SS12: Enhancing Power Quality, Reliability and Economic Performance of Microgrids
SS13: Lighting: Controls, Technology and Applications
SS14: Recent Advancements in Power Systems
SS15: Human-Machine Intelligent Interfaces (HMII)
SS16: Wearable Medical Devices and Healthcare Computing
SS17: Action, Behavior Recognition and Understanding (ABRU)
SS18: Smart Power Flow Control and Self Healing Grid Architecture for Large Interconnected Power Network
SS19: Smart and Ubiquitous Computing for Vehicle Navigation Systems
SS20: Wireless Power Transfer
SS21: Terahertz Technology for Smart Sensing, Imaging and Communications
SS22: Engineering in Medicine and Biology
SS23: IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)
SS24: Computer Graphics, Vision and Imaging
SS25: Evolutionary Optimization Methods Applied to Smart Grid
SS26: Recent Advances in Intelligent Video Surveillance Systems
SS27: Advances in Sensing and Data Analytics of Active Power Distribution Networks
SS28: Privacy and Security Challenges in ICT for Smart Nation
SS29: Methodologies for VLSI System Optimization and Recent Advances
SS30: Recent Challenges in Biomedical Applications
SS31: Humanitarian Technologies












 Special Session 1: Computational Intelligence Techniques and Applications

Chair: Dr. Teng Teck Hou

Computational Intelligence Techniques and Applications

Computational intelligence (CI) techniques encompass good-old-fashion AI (GOFAI), soft computing and deep learning techniques. The ebb and flow of these CI techniques closely tracks the technology cycles. CI techniques such as evolutionary techniques, swarm intelligence, artificial neural network (ANN) and fuzzy logic were mere research topics for decades before suitable computing hardware is available for their use in a broad spectrum of industrial and consumer applications. Recent computing hardware and sensor technologies have also fast-tracked the research and development of many emerging CI techniques.


Topics and Areas of Interest

This special session solicits papers addressing original works in topics and areas of interest including, but are not limited to

1. Fundamental CI Methodologies

  • Deep learning techniques
  • Reinforcement learning techniques
  • Supervised learning techniques
  • Unsupervised learning techniques
  • Evolutionary computing techniques
  • Artificial Neural Networks
  • Swarm Intelligence
  • Graphical Models
  • Bayesian Statistics

2. CI in Real-World Applications

  • Time Series Prediction
  • Sensor Networks
  • Recommender Systems
  • Robotic Systems
  • Intelligent Transportation System
  • Big Data
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Vision and Image Understanding
  • Intelligent Control Systems

Contacts

Justin Dauwels, Nanyang Technological University
Erdal Kayacan, Nanyang Technological University
Teng Teck Hou, Singapore Management University












 Special Session 2 : Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

Chair: Dr Qing Xianming, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology provides wireless identification and tracking capability that is more convenient than the use of bar codes and optical scanners. The RFID uses wireless and semiconductor-based technology as a means of identifying and tracking items, it is an exciting multidisciplinary field with numerous applications. In this session, we target to invite both academic and industry peers to interact the new progress in development and market of RFID technologies and applications.

Contacts
Dr Qing Xianming, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)
Dr. Lau Pui Yi, Invengo














 Special Session 3 : Power Electronics and Drives

Chair: Dr. SEE Kye Yak, Nanyang Technological University

Power Electronics and Drives














 Special Session 4 : Recent Advances in Security and Safety for Intelligent Transportation Systems

Chair: Dr. Guo Huaqun, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)

Co-Chair: A/Prof. Justin Dauwels, Nanyang Technological University

Recent Advances in Security and Safety for Intelligent Transportation Systems

The cities of the future will increasingly be smart and intelligent for people’s everyday lives, which are supported by various cyber-physical infrastructures. For today’s urban transportation systems like metro/subway rapid transit system or Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, buses, and for future systems like those involving autonomous vehicles, there is the inherent complexity due to both the coupling of cyber and physical components and the interactions between various sub-systems and humans. Thus, for a city with dense population, the security, safety and reliability of its intelligent transportation systems are critical. This track will present the advanced technologies and research results in Security and Safety for Intelligent Transportation Systems.














 Special Session 5 : Magnetism and Spintronics

Chair: Dr. S. N. Piramanayagam, Nanyang Technological University

Magnetism and Spintronics

The Magnetics and Spintronics session of Tencon will feature about four invited talks, covering various aspects of magnetism and Spintronics. The invited speakers are from various parts of the world and present work on spin-torque oscillators, ferrite thin films for microwaves, magnetostrictive materials and magnonics. In addition, papers focusing on magnetism and Spintronics will be presented.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scope and Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Hard Magnetic materials
  • Soft Magnetic materials
  • Magnetic devices
  • Spintronic materials
  • Spintronic devices
  • Magnonics
  • Spin wave physics
  • Magnetic recording













 Special Session 6 : Monitoring and Prognostics

Chair: Dr. Abhisek Ukil, Nanyang Technological University

Monitoring and Prognostics

In many industries, particularly engineering ones, condition monitoring and device diagnostics are of utmost importance, as schedule-based maintenance is increasingly becoming difficult due to cost and performance reasons. Based on real-time monitoring, prognostics, i.e., prediction of the remaining useful lifetime is very valuable as well. This session will cover the current and best practices on those topics from industry and academia. Topics would include case-studies utilizing electrical machines, automation devices, signal processing, sensors, analog/digital electronics, etc.

List of Topics

Condition Monitoring, Prognostics, Remaining Useful Lifetime, Physics of Failure, Electrical Machines, Motor, Generator, Transformer, Circuit Breaker, Process Instrumentation, Sensor, Signal Processing, Real-time Embedded Systems.

Contacts

Dr. Abhisek Ukil, Nanyang Technological University
Dr. Wang Dan Wei, Nanyang Technological University














 Special Session 7 : New Satellite Technologies and Applications

Chair: Dr. Low Kay Soon, Nanyang Technological University

Co-Chair: Dr. Soh Wee Seng, Nanyang Technological University

Co-Chair: Dr. Peng Xiaoming, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

New Satellite Technologies and Applications

The rapid advancement of space technology and new approaches has resulted in the miniaturizing of the size and weight of the satellites. Satellites that weigh less than 150kg such as micro-satellites and nano-satellites have been very actively researched and developed by both the industry and university in recent years. Various applications such as communication, navigation, climate study, remote sensing and scientific experiment have been reported. In this special session, we invite authors to submit papers related to microsatellite and nanosatellite missions. This special session provides an opportunity for the academic researchers and the satellite communities from the industry to present their research findings or share their latest satellite's results on performance analysis, development methodology, in-orbit experimental results, new control and sensing technique, and new applications.














 Special Session 8 : Computer Vision and Machine Learning

Chair: Dr. Zhang Lei, Chongqing University, China

Computer Vision and Machine Learning

Transfer learning, domain adaptation and multi-task learning methods are emerging topics in machine learning, intelligent systems, computer vision and heterogeneous data analysis. Heterogeneous data is often caused by many factors such as sensing devices (e.g. image sensor parameters), sensing principle (e.g. angles or views), sensing environment (e.g. illumination), etc. In vision applications, the (target) domain of interest contains very few labeled samples with limited knowledge, while an existing (auxiliary or source) domain is often available with a large number of labeled examples and useful knowledge but lying different distribution from target domain. This special session serves as a forum for researchers all over the world to discuss their works and recent advances in machine learning techniques and applications in heterogeneous data analysis.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scope and Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Transfer learning and domain adaptation for large-scale multimedia analysis
  • Supervised/semi-supervised/un-supervised adaptation methods
  • Transfer/cross-domain deep learning methods for multimedia analysis
  • Multi-view/Multi-task transfer learning for vision analysis
  • Heterogeneous olfaction/electronic nose data analysis
  • Transfer learning for concept drift compensation
  • Structured semantic transfer for multimedia understanding
  • Knowledge transfer based representation learning
  • Cross-domain subspace learning
  • Sparse/low-rank representation for subspace transfer learning
  • Face recognition/object recognition/image classification/action recognition













 Special Session 9 : Renewable Energy-based Microgrids and Sustainable Development

Chair: Dr. Taha Selim Ustun, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Renewable Energy-based Microgrids and Sustainable Development

Scope and Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Novel techniques for Rural Electrification
  • Sustainable Development through Electrification
  • Novel technologies, business models enabling Rural Electrification
  • Policy issues regarding implementation and financing of electrification projects
  • Water-Energy-Developmen Nexus
  • Use of Microgrids for post-disaster recovery in developing/developed countries













 Special Session 10 : Smart Distribution Systems: Technologies and Management

Co-Chair: Dr. Sivanand Kumar, National University of Singapore

Ch-Chair: Dr. Dipti Srinivasan, National University of Singapore

Smart Distribution Systems: Technologies and Management

Smart grid is an emerging paradigm of transforming the legacy electric power systems into a more advanced, eco-friendly and intelligent systems to allow the plug-and play operations of distributed renewable generation sources, energy storage systems, controllable loads and smart loads. Among various components of smart grid, smart distribution systems are most vital and attracted major focus of the technology innovators and stake-holders due to the integration of on-site generation and storage systems. However, the active nature induced into the distribution systems by integrating distributed energy generation and storage systems presents new challenges in their management. Besides the active nature, the two way data communication requirements to control and coordinate with various components in the system brings in more opportunities for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and challenges for electric utility operators in moving towards the smart power distribution systems.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Authors are invited to submit the papers of their original and unpublished work. Topics of interest include:

  • Microgrids and Distributed Generation (DG): DG placement and sizing, microgrid control and management, smart microgrids, advances in renewable energy generation forecast
  • Energy Efficiency and Demand side Management: Energy analytics and demand response
  • Active Distribution Network Management: Energy management systems, energy storage integration and their socio-economic effects, voltage control and reactive power management.
  • Uncertainty management: Impact of supply uncertainties and their handling strategies, measurement data uncertainty handing, distribution systems state estimation
  • Electric Vehicles: Impact of EV integration, cost-effective charging strategies, V2G management, ancillary service support, charging standards, battery swapping station management.
  • Self-healing systems: Technologies for building the resilient distribution systems,new protection schemes, for active distribution networks, fault or outage management strategies, Automation

    • Please be informed that the topics not covered by the above listed areas will fall out of the scope of this special session.














 Special Session 11 : Wireless Technology and Internet of Things (IoT) for Healthcare

Co-Chair: Dr. S.M. Sameer, National Institute of Technology Calicut, India

Co-Chair: Jithin Krishnan, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, India

Wireless Technology and Internet of Things (IoT) for Healthcare

The domain of Healthcare is witnessing tremendous changes and growth propelled by the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT). In IoT, devices gather and share information directly with each other and the cloud, making it possible to collect, record and analyze new data streams faster and more accurately. With the help of sensors, high-speed connectivity, efficient algorithms, signal processing techniques, wearables and healthcare apps, wireless IoT devices are contributing heavily to this exciting area. Healthcare providers who are under increasing pressure to maximize patient outreach and minimize costs look for technology solutions to optimally collect, process and infer huge volume of sensitive data. Wireless IoT in healthcare enables many patients to live more independently without the need for in-hospital care or constant medical appointments and also better serves the underserviced and remote populations. Further supporting people living in remote areas, widely available LTE/Wi-Fi will facilitate services that require high-speeds such as remote video consultation and specific diagnostic procedures. Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) based healthcare applications are in early development stage but offer valuable contributions to support to IoT enabled services with lower power consumption and better networking features. As the health information is very sensitive and vital, security must be ensured at all stages of data processing in healthcare application. Hence Wireless Technology and IoT for Healthcare manifest as an exciting area where researchers from Academia, R&D organizations, and Industries can collaborate and contribute.

Scope and Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Algorithms and protocols for IoT in Healthcare
  • Big data analysis techniques for patient data management
  • Wireless sensor networks (WSN) as applied to healthcare systems
  • Telemetric medicine
  • Electronically controlled drug delivery
  • Patient monitoring and chronic disease management through IoT
  • Wireless body area networks (WBANs)
  • RFID applications for healthcare
  • Transmission Technologies for IoT in Healthcare
  • Design of sensors and medical wearables
  • Privacy, security and trust management in IoT based healthcare
  • Cloud computing techniques for healthcare
  • Safety measures for healthcare
  • Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications in IoT for healthcare
  • Cyber-physical and other IoT systems for healthcare













 Special Session 12 : Enhancing Power Quality, Reliability and Economic Performance of Microgrids

Co-Chair: Dr Gooi Hoay Beng, Nanyang Technological University

Co-Chair: Dr Abhisek Ukil, Nanyang Technological University

Enhancing Power Quality, Reliability and Economic Performance of Microgrids

Microgrids as a platform to incorporate renewable and alternative energy resources can provide intelligence for monitoring and control of distribution systems. They can mitigate the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources and can improve the power balance between supply and demand, the reliability and economic performance of microgrids as well as the power quality of the supply. For these purposes, forecasting and generation scheduler, intelligent energy management, demand response management (DRM), real-time maximum demand control, hybrid energy storage, e.g., batteries and supercapacitors, and unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) are highly required in microgrid applications. This session will cover the current and best practices on those topics from industry and academia. Topics would include case studies utilizing forecast, generation scheduling and dispatch, power optimization, hybrid energy storage, battery, supercapacitor, fuel cell, UPQC, power electronics converters, demand response, etc.

Scope and Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Intelligent Energy Management: Demand Response Market and Management, Maximum Demand Control, Contracted Capacity Optimization and Time-of-Use Tariffs and Electricity Pricing for Smart Grid.
  • Enhancing Power Quality and Reliability of Microgrids: Energy Storage, Battery, Supercapacitor, Unified Power Quality Conditioner, DC/DC Converters, and DC/AC Inverters.
  • Forecasting and Generation Scheduling for Microgrids: Power Forecast, Generation Scheduling and Their Applications in Renewable Energy Resources such as PV, Wind with Intermittencies and Uncertainties.













 Special Session 13 : Lighting: Controls, Technology and Applications

Chair: Dr. Ciji Pearl Kurian, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University, India

Lighting: Controls, Technology and Applications

Recent studies have shown that energy savings in lighting applications can be affected by a combination of higher efficacy lamps, more efficient luminaires, better controls and intelligent use of light. Energy savings with the benefit of visual and thermal comfort can be achieved when systems integration strategies are competently designed. They require a high level of expertise and familiarity with new design techniques. Solid-State Lighting is revolutionizing the lighting market, which represents a transformational change in how interiors and exteriors are lit. LED luminaires are versatile and incredibly energy-efficient, and as their color stability and lumen efficacy continue to increase, they are finding their way into an ever expanding range of general illumination applications. Multi-channel LED luminaires are getting importance in many different lighting applications, by spectral tuning it is possible to derive, multi-color effects as well as white color stabilizing which finds its suitability for various societal and environmental applications. This platform will provide an opportunity for academics, industry participants and researchers to contribute towards the evolving world of lighting. This session also commemorates the initiative taken by the UN in raising global awareness about how light-based technologies promote sustainable development and provide solutions to global challenges.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scopes and topics of interest include, but not limited to:

  • Daylight - Artificial light integration
  • Solid state lighting and controls
  • Communication protocols and networking
  • Human centric lighting
  • Advances in sensors and controls
  • Modelling and simulation
  • Building energy management
  • Interior and exterior lighting design
  • Street lighting
  • Automobile lighting
  • Lighting for horticulture
  • IOT for lighting
  • Lighting market and applications
  • Standards, commissioning and certification
  • Lighting devices and materials











 Special Session 14 : Recent Advancements in Power Systems

Co-Chair: Dr. S. Prabhakar Karthikeyan, VIT University, India

Co-Chair: Dr. Sarat Kumar Sahoo, VIT University, India

Recent Advancements in Power Systems

Development in the field of power systems has given rise to new challenges and issues in the system. Transferring bulk power from generating station to the load point, special protection schemes which can suit the complex power system network and the unsolved problems in deregulation of electricity markets are some among them.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scopes and topics of interest include, but not limited to:

  • High Voltage AC and DC transmission technologies
  • Application of PMUs/Micro PMUs -placements, calibration, testing
  • Remedial Action Schemes (RAS)/System Integrated Protection schemes (SIPS), numerical relaying schemes
  • Voltage Stability/Frequency stability -monitoring, control under steady state/dynamic conditions
  • Application of Nano technology for power systems problems
  • Grid congestion, restructuring and deregulation of electricity market
  • Load forecasting and reactive power management













 Special Session 15 : Human-Machine Intelligent Interfaces (HMII)

Chair: Dr. Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India

Human-Machine Intelligent Interfaces (HMII)

With the advancement of computing technologies, human affects are becoming the key issues to study and development of affective computing interfaces which will demonstrate the robust algorithms and systems that can recognize, interpret, process and simulate the mental states and emotional affects of human beings. Investigating of socially and emotionally adept spontaneous technologies is becoming necessity in modern days for understanding of inference of various human actions including body postures, gestures, facial expressions, vocal nuances and other physiological signals as well as it will become an interesting study to bring humanistic actions in robotic devices, avatars, biometric systems and other intelligent interfaces. Human emotions are fundamental in influencing cognition, perception, learning, randomized actions, communication, knowledge representation, perceptual interpretations and decision making. To understand and demonstrate the key areas of affective computing, this special session on Human-Machine Intelligent Interfaces aims to provide a vibrant forum for experienced and young researchers, academics and industry people to discuss the problems, new proposals, exchange ideas and finding solutions for the existing as well as for new the problems of human affects computing and raw ideas on human - machine interactions.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scopes and topics of interest include, but not limited to:

  • Psychological models of human affects
  • Intelligent interfaces - both software and hardware based
  • Cognitive reasoning
  • Computational models of intelligence
  • Human activity recognition
  • Mood detection
  • Emotion recognition
  • Human behaviour and physiological affects
  • Facial expressions, gesture and posture analysis in identity verification
  • Affective interfaces (games, learning, knowledge representation and interpretations, etc.)
  • Affective data representation and database indexing techniques
  • Human robot interactions
  • Social aspects of affective computing
  • Intelligent diagnostic interfaces
  • Emotions in machines and intelligent devices
  • Humanistic analysis of mental and psychological affects
  • Biometrics (face, fingerprint, palm, ear, gait, iris, signature, etc.)
  • Vocal affects inference
  • Robots for autism
  • Mind reading machines
  • Affects in virtual reality
  • Theoretical aspects of human emotions
  • Environmental effects on bodily manifestations













 Special Session 16 : Wearable Medical Devices and Healthcare Computing

Co-Chair: Dr. M. Sabarimalai Manikandan, Indian Institute of Technology (Bhubaneswar), India

Co-Chair: Dr. R. Barathram Ramkumar, Indian Institute of Technology (Bhubaneswar), India

Wearable Medical Devices and Healthcare Computing

This special session aims to establish an international forum for academic, industry and medical professionals to present their research experiences and the recent technological and scientific developments in this area, and to explore and discuss various developmental issues of wearable medical devices, medical cyber physical systems, internet of things, medical imaging system technologies and their applications. This special session will provide excellent opportunities for the presentation of interesting new research clinical and experimental results, leading to knowledge transfer and the generation of new ideas. The authors are invited to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development in the areas emerging and developing in the field of wearable medical devices and healthcare computing. All submitted papers will be judged based on their originality, technical and/or research content, relevance to conference, contributions, and readability through peer-review process.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scopes and topics of interest include, but not limited to:

  • Biosignal Processing: Noise Removal, Signal Quality Assessment, Event Detection and Classification, Delineation and Parameter Extraction, Compression and Encryption
  • Medical Image Processing: Image Enhancement, Segmentation, Registration, Watermarking, Compression, Quality Assessment
  • Biomedical Circuits: Compressive Sensing, ASIC design and System-on-Chip (SoC)
  • Applications of Physiological Signals: Human Physical Activity, Biometric and Affective Recognition
  • Body and Personal Area Networks
  • Embedded Medical Systems
  • Mobile and Pervasive Healthcare Computing
  • Security and Privacy Issues in Wearable Medical Devices
  • Point-of-Care Devices
  • Assisted Living and Rehabilitation Systems
  • Cloud Computing in Healthcare
  • Bigdata Analytics in Healthcare
  • IoT for Healthcare
  • Healthcare ICT- m-Health and e-health, Telemedicine
  • Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality
  • Robotic Surgery













 Special Session 17 : Action, Behavior Recognition and Understanding (ABRU)

Chair: Dr. Md. Atiqur Rahman Ahad, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Action, Behavior Recognition and Understanding (ABRU)

Action, activity and behavior analysis, understanding, recognition, etc. are very crucial vision problems for diverse applications. This special session concentrates on the developments of these arenas in the field of computer vision, HCI, robotics, etc. All accepted papers in this session will be invited for a Special Journal Issue in the International Journal of Computer Vision and Signal Processing and another (working on for another journal’s special issue). For any query or before submitting papers, please contact atiqahad@du.ac.bd.














 Special Session 18 : Smart Power Flow Control and Self Healing Grid Architecture for Large Interconnected Power Network

Chair: Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pandey, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India

Smart Power Flow Control and Self Healing Grid Architecture for Large Interconnected Power Network














 Special Session 19 : Smart and Ubiquitous Computing for Vehicle Navigation Systems

Co-Chair: Dr. P. K. Gupta, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Co-Chair: Dr. S.K. Singh, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India

Smart and Ubiquitous Computing for Vehicle Navigation Systems

With the growth of technology and advancements in computing field, it has now become possible to connect the billions or trillions number of objects using the internet for their monitoring. Smart and Ubiquitous computing eases the existing traffic scenarios on roads. It enables the users to find the best route, inform about traffic jams, road accidents, blockage of roads etc. Technologies like Internet-of-Things, Cloud computing, Context aware computing, Sustainable computing, etc. allows users to design applications for building smart nations. The nature of these applications may vary from traditional desktops to wearable navigational systems focusing into many sectors like eTransportation, smart operations, environment monitoring, and smart security solutions, etc. Smart and ubiquitous computing provides the platform for designing such type applications. However, there are many challenges such as security, interoperability, and communications are associated with smart and ubiquitous computing that needs to be addressed by the industry and academia.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scopes and topics of interest include, but not limited to:

  • Smart and ubiquitous computing for intelligent environments
  • Human-object interaction using ambient and IoT in smart cities
  • IoT and Ubiquitous Sensing in eTransportation
  • Ubiquitous computing in industrial application.
  • Smart computing for analysing traffic pattern
  • RFID based ubiquitous vehicle navigational systems
  • IoT-based cloud computing for secure and faster transmission of information













 Special Session 20 : Wireless Power Transfer

Co-Chair: Dr. Van-Tung Phan, Newcastle University, UK (Singapore campus)

Co-Chair: Dr. Kishore Naik Mude, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Bengaluru campus, Bangalore, India

Wireless Power Transfer

The impact of various technologies is growing at a faster face to meet society needs, and one of such technologies is Wireless Power Transfer (WPT). Charging using wireless power transfer technology is gaining momentum due to its convenient feature of transferring power without contacts to charge the batteries of mobiles, electronic gadgets and electric vehicle. Recent advancements in WPT charging are evolving towards cost-effective and efficient systems. Nevertheless, need of much innovations in this technology is required to profligate the charging infrastructure. This special session intends to collect scientific and technical papers dealing with WPT pertaining to WPT and its applications. We are inviting researchers from both academia and industry to present technological trends, original solutions and in-progress research pertaining to WPT system.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scopes and topics of interest include, but not limited to:

  • Physics of the WPT
  • Modeling, simulations and control of WPT systems and components
  • WPT system and component design
  • Wireless data communication in WPT systems
  • WPT system monitoring
  • EMI/EMC and shielding methodologies
  • WPT safety requirements
  • WPT for consumer electronics
  • WPT for Bio-medical applications











 Special Session 21 : Terahertz Technology for Smart Sensing, Imaging and Communications

Chair: Dr. Ranjan Singh, Nanyang Technological University

Terahertz Technology for Smart Sensing, Imaging and Communications

Terahertz (THz) Waves for smart sensing, imaging, spectroscopy and communication have seen rapid development of technology recently. Considered as an extension of the microwave and millimeter wave bands, the THz frequency offers greater communications bandwidth than is available at microwave frequencies. The development of sources and detectors for this frequency domain has been driven by other applications such as spectroscopy, imaging, impulse ranging, and sensing. Only recently modulators and filters have been added to enable the development of communications applications. Therefore, the significance of terahertz waves in the areas of spectroscopy, sensing, imaging, and communications could be unprecedented even in the context of developing the next generation technologies for a smart nation.

Topics and Areas of Interest

This special session would be focused on original works on terahertz science and technology for practical THz sensing, imaging, and communication. The list of topics are as follows:

  • Terahertz modulators
  • Terahertz portable sources and detectors for communication system
  • Terahertz filters
  • Terahertz plasmonics
  • Terahertz metamaterials
  • Terahertz active photonics
  • Terahertz wireless communications
  • Terahertz sensors
  • Terahertz Imaging
  • Terahertz antennas













 Special Session 22 : Engineering in Medicine and Biology

Chair: Dr. Chee-Kong Chui, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Co-Chair: Dr. Damon Wong, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Engineering in Medicine and Biology

This special session focuses on the development and application of engineering concepts and methods to provide new solutions to medical, biological and healthcare problems for example, computer aided surgery which encompasses robotics, imaging, image processing and visualization, preoperative planning, training, operating room control and simulation. The multidisciplinary field demands mechanical/electrical engineers and computer scientists who know biomedical sciences and biomedical engineers. The special session serves as a forum for researchers and engineers to discuss their work and recent advances in engineering in medicine and biology.

Topics and Areas of Interest

This special session solicits papers addressing original works in topics and areas of interest including, but are not limited to:

  • Biomechanics
  • Biomedical and Health Informatics
  • Biomedical Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Imaging, Image Processing and Visualization
  • Diagnostic Systems and Computer Aided Diagnosis
  • Medical Instrumentation and Sensors
  • Medical Robotics
  • Medical Simulation and Education
  • Personalized Medicine
  • Physiological and Multiscale Modeling
  • Surgical Navigation
  • Therapeutic Systems

Contacts

Dr. Chee-Kong CHUI, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr. Damon WONG, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Dr. Jiayin ZHOU, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore














 Special Session 23 : Topics and Areas of Interest

Chair: Dr. Hla Nu Phyu, Data Storage Institute, Singapore

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) special session is dedicated to promoting the profile of women scientists and engineers for better recognition in the work place and empower them for career advancement to contribute in the technological developments in science and engineering. We would like to invite Women engineers, scientists, educators, students and policymakers from academic sector, government, industry and non-governmental organizations to discuss, share and promote current works and recent accomplishments across all aspects of electrical, electronic, computer engineering and information technology as well as women empowerment in workforce.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scope and Topics of interest of this special sessions are aligned with the conference theme:

  • Power, Energy and Power Electronics (PEPE)
  • Signal and Image Processing (SIP)
  • Communication Systems (CS)
  • Computational Intelligence (CI)
  • Computing Technologies (CT)
  • Devices, Materials and Processing (DMP)
  • Biomedical Engineering (BE)
  • Emerging Technologies (ET)
  • Transportation Technologies (TT)

Contacts

Dr. Hla Nu Phyu, Data Storage Institute, Singapore
Dr. Huang Shaoying, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore














 Special Session 24 : Computer Graphics, Vision and Imaging

Chair: Dr. Rajesh Siddavatam, Pro Vice Chancellor, Adamas University, Kolkata, India

Computer Graphics, Vision and Imaging

The recent advances in cancer detection and allied areas of Computer Graphics and Visualization in conjunction with Computer Vision and Imaging are an important facet of today’s research in Health-care. Many methods of imaging and vision will help us to understand the behaviour and process of cure in health care. Computer Graphics, Vision and Imaging increasingly rely on one another in Computer Science and real world applications. High Quality Research papers are solicited in Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Geometry Processing, Virtual Reality, Machine Vision and Imaging Technology under this Special Session.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scope and Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Computer Graphics: Modeling, Rendering, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Games, Scientific Visualization, Information Visualization, Computer-aided design, Animation, Virtual/Augmented Reality
  • Computer Vision: Motion and Video Analysis, Stereo Vision, 3D Shape and Structure Analysis, 3D Modeling and Visualization, Pattern Analysis and Recognition, Satellite Data Analysis and Interpretation, Stereo and Structure from Motion, Illumination and Reflectance Modeling, Shape Representation and Matching, Early and Biologically-Inspired Vision, Computational Photography and Video, Robot Vision
  • Imaging: Image and Video Retrieval, Imaging Model and Simulation, Image Security, Biometric Image Processing, Image Forensics, Video Forensics, Image Reconstruction, Image Compression

Contacts

Dr. Rajesh Siddavatam, Pro Vice Chancellor, Adamas University, Kolkata, India

Dr. Sachi Nandan Mohanty, KIIT University , India














 Special Session 25 : Evolutionary Optimization Methods Applied to Smart Grid

Chair: Dr. Dipti Srinivasan, National University of Singapore

Chair: Co-Chair: Dr. Anupam Trivedi, National University of Singapore

Evolutionary Optimization Methods Applied to Smart Grid

The operation of modern power systems with an increasing focus on incorporating the smart grid features such as distributed generation, energy storage systems, plug-in electric vehicles, and demand-side management, has become a complex problem. Hence, new algorithms are necessary for the efficient operation of the modern power systems. This special session is intended to bring together the most recent advances in the application of Evolutionary Algorithms to Smart Grid problems. The submissions can focus on addressing the challenges and opportunities to enhance the future power systems’ sustainability, reliability, and efficiency.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Development and application of Evolutionary Algorithms for problems related to design and control of Smart Grid such as:

  • Optimal allocation and management of distributed generation sources
  • Efficient integration and control of energy storage systems
  • Charging scheduling and real-time co-ordination of plug-in electric vehicles
  • Demand response and demand-side management at the grid level
  • Smart home energy management
  • Resilient distribution systems













 Special Session 26 : Recent Advances in Intelligent Video Surveillance Systems

Chair: Dr. Maheshkumar Hanmant Kolekar, Indian Institute of Technology (Patna), India

Recent Advances in Intelligent Video Surveillance Systems

Surveillance is a vital technology which provides assistance for criminal activities detection in companies, home, offices and government organizations. Human action recognition is a growing research field. Comparison between existing techniques and new techniques for action recognition along with hardware applications will give greater insight for real time applications. Human behavior recognition is also vital in predicting any abnormal activity beforehand by detecting suspected activity. Multi-sensor information can be combined for action / behavior recognition for higher accuracy. Tracking a person in crowded environment by solving occlusion problem is a current growing research area and has important practical applications. Analyzing crowd behavior will help to predict any abnormal activity and has a vital contribution in security purposes. This special session serves as a forum for researchers all over the world to discuss their works and recent advances in surveillance application in activity recognition/ single and multi-person behavior recognition and human tracking with single/ multi-sensor fusion analysis.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scope and Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Abnormal Human Activity recognition
  • Human Behavior Analysis
  • Biomedical signal based Person Identification for security purpose
  • Human/ Object Tracking
  • Multi-camera tracking
  • Multi-sensor Data fusion
  • Occlusion Handling Technique
  • Crowd Behavior Analysis
  • Crowd Density Estimation
  • Unattended object detection
  • Applications of surveillance systems at public places like airports, railway stations













 Special Session 27 : Advances in Sensing and Data Analytics of Active Power Distribution Networks

Chair: Dr. Luo Fengji, The University of Sydney, Australia

Co-chair: Dr. KE Meng, The University of Sydney, Australia

Advances in Sensing and Data Analytics of Active Power Distribution Networks

Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and sensing techniques are playing a vital role in modern smart grids. The wide-area and distributed data resources and recent advances in computing and data analytics also provide opportunities to learn knowledge from the unprecedented data volumes and develop data-driven applications to optimize the operations of power distribution networks. These applications include smart home management, controllable load aggregation, load monitoring, renewable forecasting, event-based network management, etc. Therefore, the advanced sensing and optimal utilization of the big data of active distribution networks become a huge challenge in modern smart grid research. This special session aims to publish original research papers and visionary reviews on the technologies, algorithms, and case studies associated with the sensing, data analytics, and data-driven applications of active distribution networks.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scope and Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Advanced load appliance monitoring techniques
  • Cloud-based architecture for demand side data integration and analytics
  • Service oriented architecture and applications of active distribution networks
  • Agent intelligence based smart control technologies for distributed energy resources
  • Architecture and protocols of demand side big data storing and processing of smart grids
  • Data-driven smart home management schemes
  • Pattern analysis and illegal energy utilization behavior discovery of residential users
  • Data-driven distribution network management through controllable load aggregations













 Special Session 28 : Privacy and Security Challenges in ICT for Smart Nation

Chair: Dr. Durgesh Kumar Mishra, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Technology, India

Privacy and Security Challenges in ICT for Smart Nation

A Smart Nation is aimed to improve quality of life of its citizens by using Information and Communications Technology. To achieve the goal, the nation acquires different types of real time data. The data is captured with the help of surveillance devices deployed at public places in the Smart Cities of the Smart Nation. The captured database is continuously analyzed by security agencies to take further actions, and make the life of its citizens more secure. No doubt, the objective is good but privacy concerns are not trivial. The data collected by agencies may violate privacy rights of an individual. The Smart Nation must also rigorously work on this issue by taking feedback about the privacy of the citizens. It must also designate agencies which study the trade-off between the security and the privacy, and must ensure that the security is highest with minimum privacy violations. Best on the feedback regular modifications must be done in the security policies and procedures. Such nations must also make strong regulations which help in preventing misuse of the information gathered to achieve Smart Nation goals. Papers are invited for the session to discuss the above issues and challenges.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scope and Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Information Security
  • Data Privacy
  • Knowledge Mining
  • Big Data Privacy and Security
  • Issues and Challenges for ICT Implementation













 Special Session 29 : Methodologies for VLSI System Optimization and Recent Advances

Chair: Manoj Sharma, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering (BVCOE), New Delhi, India

Methodologies for VLSI System Optimization and Recent Advances

VLSI circuit optimization is a multi-dimensional problem. Circuit design techniques and methodologies are also often constrained by the product application in question. With geometries shrinking towards the picometre realm and mobile devices becoming mainstream, the circuit optimization problem is now more critical than ever. Main parameters like power, delay, and area are inherently interdependent, requiring design engineers make tradeoffs during optimization. Process variations further complicate the optimization process. Numerous techniques have been published and used by designers for VLSI system optimization at various levels. This special session provides a platform for researchers, designers and engineers involved at different stages of the design chain to share and discourse their works and findings with colleagues in the research ecosystem.

Topics and Areas of Interest

Scope and Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Optimization methods for system design, logic design, circuit design, physical design
  • Analog/digital circuit optimization, gate-sizing problem, discrete gate-sizing problem, portioning for optimization, power optimization, leakage optimization, timing-based placement, buffer insertion and driver sizing (BIDS), timing and area optimization, delay detection circuit, timing yield and performance optimization, STA, SSTA, statistical optimization
  • Process variation-aware optimization
  • Fuzzy based optimization, FMP, FGS, nonlinear/programming/piece-wise problem based optimization, piece-wise linear formulation based optimization, statistical optimization methods
  • Uncertainty in critical path delay, variation compensation, timing failure causes, remedies and optimization, green computing and optimization
  • Probability theory based optimization techniques
  • Look-up table based techniques, prediction techniques
  • Clock stretching technique, circuit optimization techniques
  • Routing congestion in VLSI circuits: estimation and optimization
  • CAD capabilities, challenges and optimization













 Special Session 30 : Recent Challenges in Biomedical Applications

Co-Chair: Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Dept. of EEE, BUET, Bangladesh

Co-Chair: Dr. S. A. Fattah, Dept. of EEE, BUET, Bangladesh

Recent Challenges in Biomedical Applications

The field of biomedical engineering faces several challenges because of its interdisciplinary nature. The objective of this special session is to present some recent research results dealing with the challenging issues in the area of biomedical engineering. Advancement in the analysis of ECG, EEG, EMG, PPG signals, medical imaging, and different real time implementation issues for automatic disease detections are some examples of possible topics. The special session will offer concerned authors to exchange ideas and share experience with real life experimentation and enthusiastic audience will be able to get direction on potential future research trend in Biomedical Engineering.














 Special Session 31 : Humanitarian Technologies

Chair: Dr. Parkash Lohana, Usman Institute of Technology, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Humanitarian Technologies

The world is facing a number of challenges today, with global warming, poverty, lack of drinking water, lack of proper sanitation systems, lack of education, lack of access to basic infrastructure. The challenges humanity are facing today perhaps greater than ever before in the history of mankind. Technology has raised quality, quantity, efficiency and working style of individuals. How far it reaches to the socially unprivileged citizens who do not have the means to access the benefits of the technological innovation? This is a real problem and obstacle in making nations’ smart in today’s environment. How to provide the technological solutions to the problems including health services, disaster relief, clean water, and water at desired temperature in both summer and winter seasons, energy, communication, education/training to disabled, etc. for improving the quality of life of unprivileged citizens, here we need solution which in reality called technologies for smart nations.

Scope and Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Technologies for Sustainable Development
  • Technologies for Disaster Management
  • Technologies for Education and Health
  • Technologies for Communication and Keeping environment green
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Tutorials and Industry Track

Date : November 22, 2016
Time : 08:30 - 17:30 hrs
Venue : Marina Bay Sands

Technical Tutorials (08:30-12:00Hrs, Nov 22, 2016) Marina Bay Sands
Track Chair: Associate Professor A. Alphones, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University

Duration

Minutes

Tutorial 1: Lotus Junior Ballroom 4D

Tutorial 2: CANCELLED

08:30-12:00
(including
30 minutes tea break)

210

Computational Intelligence for Optimization, Forecasting and Classification
A/Prof. Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam Suganthan, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University

The Modular Multilevel Converter
A/Prof. Josep Pou, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

12:00-13:30

90

Networking Lunch Break: Melati Junior Ballroom 4011, 4111

Industry Track (13:30-17:30Hrs, Nov 22, 2016), Lotus Junior Ballroom, Marina Bay Sands
Track Chair: Dr. Amit K. Gupta, Chief of Electrical Capability Group, Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte Ltd.

Duration

Minutes

Topic

Speaker

13:30-14:00

30

Challenges for Designing IOT systems for Smart Sensing, 5G Infrastructures and Automotive Radar

Dr. Winfried Simon
Senior Engineer, IMST GmbH
MEDs Technologies Pte Ltd, Singapore

14:00-14:25

25

Electrical and Mechanical Co-Design of a Modern Smart Watch

Dr. Klaus Krohne,
Sales and Support Manager
CST- Computer Simulation Technology

14:25-14:50

25

Frontier of high power IGBT technology: high temperature, high power density and easy expandability

Dr. Kwokwai Ma
Director - Industrial Power Control
Infineon Technologies Hong Kong Ltd

14:50-15:10

20

Technologies for Efficient Simulation of Complex Power Converters

Mr. Orhan Toker, VP Sales & Marketing
Plexim GmbH, Technoparkstr. 1, CH-8005 Zürich

15:10-15:30

20

The path of mobile IoT towards 5G

Dr. Michael Leung, Regional Manager, Internet Infrastructure Solutions, Communications Solutions Group
Keysight Technologies Co. Ltd

15:30-15:50

20

Power Conversions and Distributions Technologies for More Electric Aircraft 

Dr. Amit K. Gupta, Chief of Electrical Capability Group, Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte Ltd.

15:50-16:15

25

Industry Networking Tea Break

16:15-16:30

15

Panasonic's Automotive & Industrial Development Strategy for New Businesses…Reaching 3-5 Years Ahead

Mr. Chan Kim Koon, Head of Singapore Technology Center, Singapore Technology Center, Panasonic Industrial Devices Singapore

16:30-16:45

15

Motor Drives and Power System, the Electronics Cardiology and Neurology

Dr. Clare Loke, Manager Motor Drives and Power Systems, Dyson Singapore Pte Ltd

16:45-17:30

45

Panel Discussion on 'How Industry and Academia can work together to make next generation work force?' The panel includes five distinguished experts from Academic and Industry.




Date / Time

22 November 2016 / 08:30 AM to 10:30 AM (30 mins break), 10.30 AM to 12 Noon (3 hours)

Tutorial 1

Computational Intelligence for Optimization, Forecasting and Classification

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam Suganthan
Associate Professor, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore


Biography

Prof. Dr. Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam Suganthan, received the B.A degree, Postgraduate Certificate and M.A degree in Electrical and Information Engineering from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1990, 1992 and 1994, respectively. After completing his PhD research in 1995, he served as a pre-doctoral Research Assistant in the Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney in 1995-96 and a lecturer in the Dept of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland in 1996-99. He moved to NTU in 1999. He is an Editorial Board Member of the Evolutionary Computation Journal, MIT Press. He is an associate editor of the IEEE Trans on Cybernetics (2012 -), IEEE Trans on Evolutionary Computation (2005 - ), Information Sciences (Elsevier) (2009 - ), Pattern Recognition (Elsevier) (2001 -) and Int. J. of Swarm Intelligence Research (2009 -) Journals. He is a founding co-editor-in-chief of Swarm and Evolutionary Computation (2010 - ), an SCI Indexed Elsevier Journal. His co-authored SaDE paper (published in April 2009) won “IEEE Trans. on Evolutionary Computation” outstanding paper award in 2012. His former PhD student, Dr Jane Jing Liang, won the IEEE CIS Outstanding PhD dissertation award, in 2014. IEEE CIS Singapore Chapter wonthe best chapter award in Singapore in 2014 for its achievements in 2013 under his leadership. His research interests include swarm and evolutionary algorithms, pattern recognition, big data, deep learning and applications of swarm, evolutionary & machine learning algorithms. His publications have been well cited. He was selected as one of the highly cited researchers by Thomson Reuters in 2015 in computer science, also known as the World’s Most Influential Scientists-2015. He served as the General Chair of the IEEE SSCI 2013. He has been a member of the IEEE (S’90, M’92, SM’00, F’15) since 1990 and an elected AdCom member of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) in 2014-2016.

Additional details available at: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/epnsugan/

Abstract
This tutorial will introduce computational intelligence methods such as evolutionary computation, neural networks and decision trees and their applications in optimization, time series forecasting and pattern classification. This tutorial will also present case studies from diverse electrical engineering domains as well as from finance as illustrative examples to cater to the diverse interests of TENCON attendees.






Date / Time

22 November 2016 / 08:30 AM to 10:30 AM (30 mins break), 10.30 AM to 12 Noon (3 hours)

Tutorial 2

The Modular Multilevel Converter

Speaker

Prof. Josep Pou
Associate Professor, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore


Biography

Prof. Josep Pou, received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), in 1989, 1996, and 2002, respectively. He graduated first in the Bachelor graduating class, received the Master Degree with honours, and was awarded the outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award at UPC.

In 1990, he joined the faculty of UPC as an Assistant Professor, where he became an Associate Professor in 1993. From 2003 to 2007, he was Director of the Power Quality and Renewable Energy (QuPER) group, and from 2007 to 2013 he was Director of the Terrassa Industrial Electronics Group (TIEG), both research groups at UPC. From February 2013 to August 2016, he was a Professor with the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. In UNSW, he was technical research stream leader for the Solar Flagships Program Research Agenda, the result of a $19-million investment from the Commonwealth Government of Australia in world class laboratories developed to study solar power conversion and its impact on the grid. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he is co-Director of the Electrical Power Systems Integration Lab @ NTU (EPSIL@N), and Program Director of Power Electronics at the Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N).

From February 2001 to January 2002, and February 2005 to January 2006, he was a Researcher at the Center for Power Electronics Systems, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. From January 2012 to January 2013, he was a Visiting Professor at the Australian Energy Research Institute, UNSW, Sydney. Since 2006, he has collaborated with Tecnalia Research & Innovation as a research consultant. He has authored over 220 published technical papers, is a co-inventor of 7 patents, and has been involved in several industrial projects and educational programs in the fields of power electronics and systems. He has authored the chapter “Multilevel converters: Topologies, Modulation and Control” of the book “Control Circuits in Power Electronics: Practical Issues in Design and Implementation,” (Ed. IET). He has received 6 scholarship and fellowship awards, including the Endeavour Research Fellowship Award, sponsored by the Australian Government – Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. He received the best paper award at the conference IEEE PEDS 2015. His research interests include modulation and control of power converters, multilevel converters, renewable energy generation, energy storage, power quality, and HVDC transmission systems.

He is IEEE Senior Member, and Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronicsand the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. He was invited Chief-Editor of the Special Section on Hybrid Multilevel Converters for the IET Power Electronics.

Abstract
The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is an advanced converter topology that is changing the scenario of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems. The MMC was first proposed in 2003 by Marquardt, and since then it has been an important focus of research for industry and universities. A three-phase MMC is integrated by six arms (two per phase-leg), each of them involving many cascaded submodules. The MMC offers an expandable and redundant configuration capable of generating a large number of voltage levels operating with high efficiency and reduced switching losses. This tutorial will introduce the operation principles of the MMC and some recent research advances, including modulation techniques, capacitor voltage balancing and control techniques for the circulating currents.




























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Tutorial (Full day) on 22nd Nov 2016 Add SGD 100 to the above applicable amount
Additional Items
Attending Tutorial only (Full Day) on 22nd Nov 2016 SGD 150 each SGD 180 each SGD 210 each
Additional Banquet Dinner Ticket SGD 150 each SGD 180 each SGD 200 each
Additional Proceedings SGD 50 each SGD 80 each SGD 100 each

Note: *Papers not registered will not be included in the program.
**Please scan and upload your Student ID proof.

Registration for Authors

  • Each regular registration covers TWO paper presentations and includes ONE banquet ticket. For each additional paper (interactive presentation), S$ 300 is charged.
  • Each student registration covers ONE paper presentation and does not include any banquet ticket. For each additional paper (interactive presentation), S$ 200 is charged.

Regular and Student registration entitlement includes:

  • Admission of one person to all technical sessions
  • Admission of one person to all meals
  • Admission of one person to banquet dinner (Only for regular registraiton and NOT for Student Registration)
  • Conference Kit
  • Program/Abstract booklet
  • e-proceedings in 16GB USB (OTG compliant)

Online Registration & Online Payment:

All major Credit cards are accepted, including MasterCard, Visa and China UnionPay using PayPal.

Authors and participants need to register online.

For authors, please use the same username and password sent to you to upload your Final Paper. If you have not recieved an email with url, usermname and password to upload your Final Paper, please write to : nathan@itekcms.com.

Online Registration & Other Payment Mode:

Wire Transfer/Bank-transfer:

Below are our bank details for you to process the transfer. Please note that your registration can only be confirmed when we have received your transfer. Please remember to scan and upload the proof of the transfer in the registration system to complete your registration.

Beneficiary’s Bank Details:

Bank Account Name: IEEE TENCON 2016
Account No: 695-280792-001
Bank SWIFT Code: OCBCSGSG
Name of the Bank: Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited
Bank Address: 65 Chulia Street, OCBC Centre, Singapore 049513
Bank Code: 7339 (if this information is required when expecting any inward remittances, please omit the `695’ in the account No)

Cheque or Bank Draft – Only in Singapore Dollars:

Please issue cheque or bank draft in SGD Dollars infavor of ‘IEEE TENCON 2016’ and write the Account No. 695-280792-001 at the back and deposit it into any branch of OCBC Bank in Singapore. Please remember to scan and upload the cheque/bank draft as a proof in the registration system to complete your registration. Your registration gets complete and email with link to print online receipt will be sent only after the payment materialize in the conference bank.

Cancellation Policy:

A 50% refund will be made for withdrawals (received in writing or email) on or before 15 October 2016. No refund will be made thereafter. However, a replacement will be acceptable upon prior arrangement at no extra cost. Please inform us of the changes, if any, by email.



























Program


All presented papers will be submitted to IEEE for inclusion in IEEE Xplore without labelling the papers when and how they were presented.

DOWNLOAD Program-At-A-Glance in PDF (Final)

DOWNLOAD Technical Program in PDF (Final)

Oral Interactive Forum: Even though authors are encouraged to bring a color hardcopy print out of A1 (portrait) size, authors may also bring up to 8 hardcopy B&W or color ppt slides. In addition, authors should also present their work orally during their oral interactive forum session.

Even though a basic laptop with windows operating system will be provided for oral presentation, authors are encouraged to bring their own laptop for the oral presentation. Duration of each oral presentation is 15 minutes including Q&A and change over time.









































Accommodation

To book your accommodation at the special rates offered by the conference hotel, please use the following link:

https://resweb.passkey.com/go/Tencon2016

Limited number of rooms are available at the conference venue at a special rate until 21st of October or until all such rooms are reserved. Reserve your room ASAP. If you have any queries related to accommodation, please write to : groups@marinabaysands.com.



























Venue

Marina Bay Sands
10 Bayfront Avenue,
Singapore 018956.
Tel: +65 6688 8868
E-mail: inquiries@marinabaysands.com
http://www.marinabaysands.com/

Accommodation

To book your accommodation at the special rates offered by the conference hotel, please use the following link:

https://resweb.passkey.com/go/Tencon2016

Limited number of rooms are available at the conference venue at a special rate until 21st of October or until all such rooms are reserved. Reserve your room ASAP. If you have any queries related to accommodation, please write to : groups@marinabaysands.com.



























Visa

Visas are required for some nationalities to travel to Singapore for the conference. Please contact your travel agent or the Singapore Consulate/Embassy in your country for exact details on the visa application procedure and the list of documents required. Should you need further assistance, please click on "Contact Us".

Excerpts from Immigration & Checkpoint Authority

Foreigners holding travel documents issued by the following countries/regions will require a visa to enter Singapore:

>>>> Download: Visa Application Form

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
  • Bangladesh (Except Diplomatic/Official/Service passport holders)
  • Commonwealth of Independent States (Except Diplomatic/Official/Service passport holders for a stay of up to 30 days )
    • Armenia
    • Azerbaijan
    • Belarus
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Moldova
    • Russia (Except Diplomatic/Service passport holders for a stay of up to 90 days)
    • Tajikistan
    • Uzbekistan
  • Egypt
  • Georgia (Except Diplomatic/Official/Service passport holders for a stay of up to 30 days)
  • Ukraine (Except Diplomatic/Official/Service passport holders for a stay of up to 90 days)
  • India (Except Diplomatic/Official/Service passport holders)
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jordan (Except Diplomatic/Official/Service passport holders)
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Mali
  • Morocco (Except Diplomatic passport holders for a stay of up to 30 days)
  • Myanmar (Except Diplomatic/Official/Service passport holders)
  • Nigeria (Except Diplomatic/Official/Service passport holders)
  • People’s Republic of China (Except Diplomatic/Service/Public Affairs passport holders for a stay of up to 30 days)
  • Pakistan
  • Saudi Arabia (Except Diplomatic passport holders)
  • Somalia
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tunisia (Except Diplomatic/Official/Service passport holders)
  • Turkmenistan (Except Diplomatic/Official/Service passport holders for a stay of up to 30 days)
  • Yemen

Visitors holding these travel documents also require a visa to enter Singapore:

  • Hong Kong Document of Identity
  • Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Travel Permit
  • Palestinian Authority Passport
  • Temporary Passport issued by United Arab Emirates
  • ##Refugee Travel Document issued by the Middle-East countries

##(These travel documents are subject to assessment of recognition for entry into Singapore)

For information on obtaining a visa, please go to the Visa Application page.

Nationals of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Georgia, Turkmenistan and Ukraine may be granted entry into Singapore without visas# for a stopover stay, if they are on transit to or from a third country (both forward and return leg applies). However, they are required to fulfill the following conditions:

  • They are in transit to or from a third country
  • They hold –
    • A valid passport
    • A confirmed onward air-ticket
    • Entry facilities (including visa) to the third country
    • Sufficient funds for the period of stay in Singapore
  • They continue their journey to the third country within the 96-hour visa free period granted
  • They satisfy Singapore’s entry requirements, as determined by the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority officers at the Singapore Checkpoints.

#Note: The grant of the visa free entry will be upon the assessment and at the discretion of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officer at the Singapore Checkpoint.



























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Workshop

IEEE Region 10 AdHoc Committee on Entrepreneurship, Internship and Innovation

WORKSHOP ON
INNOVATIONS IN FORENSIC, BIOMEDICAL & HEALTH BIOINFORMATICS

Venue: NTU Singapore

Website: http://fhb.dnares.in/

Organizers
Amit Kumar
CEO- BioAxis DNA Research Centre (P) Ltd, Hyderabad India
Convener - IEEE Region 10 Adhoc committee on Entrepreneurship, Internship and Innovation (EII)
Email: amit.kumar@dnares.in

Stefan Mozar
Chair - IEEE R10 EII - Innovations Subcommittee
Past President - IEEE Consumer Electronics Society
Email: s.mozar@ieee.org

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Contacts

Visa Letter & Invitation Letter
Registration Receipt
Mr. Vijay
sec-tencon16@cmswebonline.com
skype: rvijay184

Online Web / Registration
Paper Upload / e-copyright
Mr. Vimal
tencon16@cmswebonline.com
skype: rps-chennai

PDF Compatibility
Ms. Ahila
sec-tencon16@cmswebonline.com
 

Secretariat
C & M Consultants
#02-11 Lorong Bakar Batu, Blk 12
Singapore 348745
Phone : +65-64921137; Fax: +65-6748 2556.
Attn: Mr. Ra. Sankaran
sankaran@cmsweb.com.sg
Mobile & Whatp's Up : +65-96414755
skype: researchpublishing

General Enquiries
Prof. Dr. Arokiaswami Alphones
General Chair

Paper/Technical Enquiries
Prof. Dr. Sahoo S. K
Prof. Dr. P. N. Suganthan
Prof. Dr. Maode Ma