Plenary Lecture

Fuzzy Techniques for Sensors


Associate Professor Valentina E. Balas
“Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Automation and Applied Informatics
Romania
E-mail: balas@inext.ro

Abstract: A good strategy to improve the technologies is to provide them with useful pieces of deterministic previous knowledge about the processes and the equipment. The lecture is focused on the industrial systems, implemented with low level devices that need knowledge on the controlled plants as well as on the general theoretical foundations. This can be done by the help of internal models, or with planners whose design is performed by simulations. A particular architecture of sensors relying on modeling techniques and some internal model estimators for different applications is presented.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Valentina E. Balas is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Automatics and Applied Informatics at the Faculty of Engineering, University “Aurel Vlaicu” Arad (Romania). She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from Polytechnic University of Timisoara since 2003. She is author of more than 90 research papers in refereed journals and International Conferences. Her research interests are in Intelligent Systems, Fuzzy Control, Smart Sensors, Information Fusion, Modeling and Simulation.
She is Editor-in Chief to International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms (IJAIP) and member in Editorial Boards for national and international journals.
She participated in many international conferences as General Chair, Organizer, Session Chair and member in International Program Committee
Dr. Valentina E. Balas has a great experience in research projects. She is member of EUSFLAT, ACM and a Senior Member IEEE.