Program of the EANN'99 conference

Speakers are in the bold face.
All talks are 20 minutes, including discussion. If you need any special arrangments (for example, computer screen projector or slide projector) please let us know in advance, otherwise only a standard transparency projector will be provided.

Monday 13th September 1999

8.30-9.30 Registration and Coffee

9.30-9.40 Welcome talk

Image Analysis

Chaired by: Dimitris Tsaptsinos and Abhay Bulsari

9:40   Cinematographic motion images segmentation using cellular neural networks.
D. Amanatidis, P.R. Giaconne, G.A. Jones and D. Tsaptsinos (UK)
10:00 Designing ranked neural networks for image segmentation
L. Bobrowski and C. Boldak (Poland)
10:20 Neural networks application to the correlation-based stereo-images matching
B. Cyganek (Poland)
10.40 Detecting Partial Occlusion of Humans using Snakes and Neural Networks
K. Tabb, N. Davey, R. Adams and S. George (UK)
11:00 Operating characteristic of image classification neural network
S. O'Keefe and J. Austin (UK)

 11.20  Break for Coffee/Tea

Meteorology and Control

Chaired by: Silas Michaelides
11.40 Cloud classification from satellite imagery with artificial neural networks
K. Kyriakou, S.C. Michaelides, C. Pattichis and C. Christodoulou (Cyprus)
12.00 Identification of synoptic patterns on weather charts by artificial neural networks
F. Liasidou, C.S. Michaelides, C.C. Neocleous and C.N. Schizas (Cyprus)
12.20 Automated neural model design for a CSTR using a tabu search algorithm.
B. Cannas, A. Fanni, M. Marchesi and F. Pilo (Italy)
12.40 Fuzzy vs. gain scheduled control architecture for a nonlinear dynamic system
M. Swiercz and A. Sobolewski (Poland)

13.00    Break for free lunch

Control Applications

Chaired by: J. Fernandez de Canete, R. Baratti

14.20   Design of recurrent neural networks for modelling of raw water membrane filtration
Vincent N. Delgrange, N. Cabassud, M. Cabassud, L. Durand-Bourlier, J.M. Lainé (France)
14.40 Neuro-fuzzy control of a distillation column
J. F. de Cañete, T. Cordero, D. Guijas and J. Alarcon (Spain)
15.00 Design of a global strategy based on neural networks for the control of LPCVD reactors
K. Fakhr-Eddine, M. Cabassud, M.V. Le Lann and J.P. Couderc (France)
15.20 Development of a multivariable neural network controller for pulsed liquid-liquid extraction columns
A. Chouai, M. Cabassud, M.V. Le Lann, C. Gourdon and G. Casamatta (France)

  15.40   Break for Coffee/Tea

Chaired by: A. Ruano, C. Kuroda
16.00   Analysis of Heat Transference in the Cycle of a Thermal Power Plant
F. Ortega, C. Menendez and F. Flano (Spain)
16.20   Monitoring a gas turbine with a self organising map
J-P. Jalkanen (Finland)
16.40 Neural network modeling for operation in fractionation process of plasma proteins
H. Matsumoto, H. Irie and C. Kuroda (Japan)
17.00 Modelling of coagulant dosage in a water treatment plant
N. Valentin and T. Denoeux (France)
17.20 On-line Adaptation of Neural Networks
J. M.G. Lima and A. E. Ruano (Portugal)

17.40 Close of Day One

18.00 Conference Dinner

Tuesday 14th September 1999

9.00-13.00    Sightseeing trip with guide, including Warsaw Castle

13.00 Break for free lunch

Time series analysis, forcasting, prediction

Chaired by: N. Davey, P. Zufiria

14.20 Neural network processing of satellite data for nowcasting and very Short Range Forecasting
P. Zufiria A. Berzal, M.Á. Martínez and J.M. Fernández Serdán (Spain)
14.40 A class-based neural network system for patch load prediction
E. T. Fonseca, M. M. B. R. Vellasco, P. C. G. da S. Vellasco, M. Aurélio C. Pacheco and S. A. L. de Andrade (Brasil)
15.00 Times Series Prediction and Neural Networks.
N. Davey, R.J. Frank and S.P. Hunt (UK)
15.20 Prediction of building thermal load using recurrent neural network
A. Osman (USA)
15.40 Improved generation of daily/hourly solar irradiation artificial series using neural networks
L. Hontoria, J. Riesco-Prieto, P. Zufiria and J. Aguilera (Spain)

16.00 Break for Coffee/Tea

Forcasting and Robotics

Chaired by: L. Bougrain, I. Jagielska

16.20   Recurrent neural networks for mobile phone cell planning using topological information.
L. Bougrain and F. Alexandre (France)
16.40 Selecting features for datamining with neural networks using rough sets
I. Jagielska (Australia)
17.00 A robust position control of a robot manipulator using a neural approach
S. Battistella, E. R. De Pieri and M. R. Stemmer (Brasil)
17.20 Tuning fuzzy model by neural networks to drive a robot avoiding obstacles
X. B. Olabe, I. López and G. A. Aramendía (Spain)
17.40 Fuzzy reinforcement learning control for compliance tasks of robotic manipulators
G.G. Rigatos and S.G. Tzafestas (Greece)

18.00 Close of Day Two

Wednesday, 15th September 1999

Technical, biological and biomedical applications

Chaired by: W. Duch, R. Baratti
9.00 Inverse Design of Airfoils - a Novel Data Fusion Approach
N. Hazarika, I. Tuncer and D. Lowe (UK)
9.20 Neural methods for analysis of psychometric data.
W. Duch, R. Adamczak and K.Grabczewski (Poland)
9.40 Identification of a Biofilter via Neural Modeling
R. Ghini, R. Baratti, N. Boniardi and A. Servida (Italy)
10.00 Neural network estimation of enzyme active site
Y. Kuhara, K. Shimizu and J. Doi (Japan)
10.20   Simulation of fermentation kinetics of bacillus thuringiensisby a neural network
J. Barrera-Cortes, F. Lopez-Valdez, R. R. Farrera-Rebollo and M. M. De-La-Torre-Martinez (Mexico)
10.40 Comparison of Neural-Network-Based Pattern Classification Methods with Application to Human Motion Recognition
K. Takahashi and J. Ohya (Japan)

11.00 Break for Tea/Coffee

General Engineering Applications I

Chaired by: J. Kasperkiewicz, N. Capuano

11.20 Dynamic models and learning: an application of neural approach to induction motor stator's and rotor's fluxes estimation.
B. Beliczynski and L. Grzesiak  (Poland)
11.40 Neuropredictive scaling telemanipulation robust to variable time-delays
P. A. Prokopiou and S. G. Tzafestas (Greece)
12.00 User authentication with neural networks
N. Capuano, M. Marsella, S. Miranda and S. Salerno (Italy)
12.20 Dynamic model updating by neural networks.
L. Ziemianski, B. Miller and G. Piatkowski (Poland)
12.40 Classification and interpolation - ANNs in engineering materials design
J. Kasperkiewicz (Poland)

13.00    Break for free lunch

General Engineering Applications II

Chaired by: L. Bobrowski

14.20 Comparison of strategies for neural parameter adaptation in hydro-engineering
O.H. Schleider and K-P. Holz (Germany)
14.40 Using the neural networks on the basis of adaptive resonance theory to quality testing in semiconductor industry.
E. Sapozhnikova, V. Lunin, L. Ludwig and W. Rosenstiel (Germany)
15.00 Neural network identification of concrete properties
L. Putanowicz and Z. Waszczyszyn (Poland)
15.20   Analysis of bolted steel connections by neural network based on dynamic behavior
W. Lakota and L. Ziemianski (Poland)
15.40 A neural network approach for stick-slip friction model identification
I. Baruch, R. Garrido, A. Mitev and B. Nenkova (Mexico and Bulgaria)

16.00 Break for Coffee/Tea

Chaired by: Z. Waszczyszyn

Civil Engineering

16.20 Some new results and prospects of the neural analysis of building vibration problems
Z. Waszczyszyn, K. Kuzniar, R. Obiala and M. Slonski (Poland)
16.40   Neural network supported computational analysis of elastoplastic structures
Z. Waszczyszyn, E. Pabisek and S. Lukaszyk (Poland)
17.00 Neural network estimation of proximal femur strength
L. Ziemianski, L. Putanowicz and Z. Waszczyszyn (Poland)
17.20 The use of neural networks for damage detection in eight story frame structure
L. Ziemianski and G. Harpula (Poland)

17.40 Close of the Conference

17.45 - 18.30   Informal discussion: The Future of EANN

Papers that were not presented, but accepted:

Zvi Boger, The Potential of Large Scale Artificial Neural Networks in Distillation Processes Operation