THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND SENSOR COMPUTING

THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND SENSOR COMPUTING

Venue

SSN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
Old Mahabalipuram Road,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India.

REGISTRATION & FEES

REGISTRATION

Online : Registration

Offline : PDF , Word

Postal Address
ICWCSC 2010
SSN College of Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR)
Kalavakkam - 603 110, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
E-mail: icwcsc2010@ssn.edu.in

FEES DETAILS

Conference *

Student

IEEE Member Rs.1500
Non-Member Rs.2000

Academicians

IEEE Member Rs.2500
Non-Member Rs.3000

Industrial Persons

IEEE Member Rs.4000
Non-Member Rs.4000

Tutorial

Indian (Rs.) 2000
Foreign (US $) 50

* Accompanying Person Rs.1500

IMPORTANT DATE

Last Date for paper submission:
20th September,2009

Acceptance Notification:
15th October,2009

Submission of camera ready copy & Registration:
30th Novemeber,2009

CALL FOR PAPERS

Original contributions based on the results of research and developments are solicited on the wide range of topics listed below. Prospective authors are requested to submit their papers in not more than 6 pages, prepared in the two-column IEEE format. The paper should contain the e-mail addresses, postal addresses and affiliations of the author(s).

CONFERENCE TOPICS

* Distributed Algorithms in WSN

* Security Issues in WSN

* Cross Layer Design Issues in WSN

* Physical Layer Design of WSN

* Topology Control and Management

* Distributed Collaborative Information Processing

* Algorithms and Modeling for Localization, Target Tracking and Mobility Management

* Architectures of Sensor Networks

* MAC Protocols for Sensor Networks

* Performance Evolution and Modeling of Sensor Networks

* Middleware and Service Architecture

* Computation and Programming Models

* Fault Tolerance and Security

* Application of Network Coding to WSN

* Abstractions for Modular Design

* Cognitive Radio

* Ad Hoc Networks

* Application of Sensors in Underwater Communication

* Other Selected areas in Wireless Communication

Manuscript Submission Guidelines

All paper must adhere to the IEEE formatting requirements. Papers will be reviewed to make sure that they exactly match the guidelines. Papers that are not adhering to the guidelines will be immediately rejected. Hence the authors are encouraged to use Latex for formatting the paper.

All papers should adhere to the appearance of the standard IEEE two column format that is used for IEEE Transactions Margins: Papers must use a 10pt font on US Letter paper with margins no smaller than 0.75in for the top margin, 1.0in for the bottom margin, and 0.625in for side margins.

For complete formatting specifications, the IEEE format definition table and glossary can be downloaded (Format Definition Table and Glossary).

Papers must be submitted in PDF and compatible with Acrobat reader, the paper must be able to display and print at our side. Also ensure that figures and graphs in the paper to are legible without colour in case of colour diagrams.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Go to http://www.ssnicwcsc2010.in:8040/alogin.jsp

Log in using the username and password which you have obtained already as the part of your registration from our conference website.

From this link, you will be able to:

* Upload your final paper

* After submitting your paper, you will get the Paper ID which will be used for paper status.

Note:

* After Registered author can be able to upload maximum of 5 papers.

* If you want to upload the same paper with modifications, upload with the same filename.

For information about Paper Format & Paper Template

If you have any clarifications, please contact Organizing Secretary at icwcsc2010@ssn.edu.in

CONFERENCE BROCHURE

EMI Design Techniques for Microcontrollers in Automotive Applications

EMI Design Techniques for Microcontrollers in Automotive Applications

ABSTRACT

Electronic contents of automobiles and other vehicles has grown rapidly in recent years. Embedded microcontrollers are used in a wide range of vehicle applications for control, convenience, and comfort Examples range from sophisticated engine and braking controls to automated radios and individual passenger temperature controls.

As the electronics content of vehicles have increased, so have the electromagnetic interference (EMI) problems. These range from annoyances (jamming an on-boardAM of FM radio) to upset or damage (blowing out an engine control module due to power transients.) The problems are expected to get worse as system clock speeds and logic edge rates increase, due to increased EMI emissions and decreased EMI immunity.

This application note describes the automotive EMI environments, and then discusses how to identify and prevent many common EMI problems at the design stage. Although a range of solutions will be addressed, emphasis is on printed circuit board design methods.

This application note also describes some recent Intel sponsored research efforts that investigate EMI to onboard FM radio receivers. Several different design approaches were tested, using both two layer and multiplayer circuit boards. The test program was based on an ABS (anti-lock braking system) control module that uses the Intel 80C196KR microcontroller. The results and recommended “low noise” design concepts, however, apply to any microcontroller design used in vehicular applications.

DYNAMIC POWER MANGEMENT FOR EMDEDDED SYSTEM

DYNAMIC POWER MANGEMENT FOR EMDEDDED SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

Power management for computer systems has traditionally focused on regulating the power consumption in static modes such as sleep and suspend. These are de-activating states, often requiring a user action to re-activate the system. There are usually significant latencies and overheads for entering and exiting these states, and in desktop and server systems a firmware layer typically supports these modes.
Dynamic power management refers to power management schemes implemented while programs are running, many architectures provide the equivalent of a halt instruction that reduces CPU power during idle periods. The operating system and device drivers may also manage power of peripheral devices. Highly integrated processors with on-board peripherals often include software-controlled clock management capabilities to reduce power consumed by inactive peripherals and peripheral controllers. The memory subsystem also provides a profitable area for dynamic power management, either through the memory controller implementation or through software-based schemes.The dynamic power state of the system must be implemented in the operating system.

AUTOMATION WITH ROBOTICS

AUTOMATION WITH ROBOTICS

ABSTRACT

Tone was the past when manufacturing of product was not time bound. In this competitive age mass production with high quality, precision work, zero rejection are the only means for survival in market and for this automation is the only tool available to the manufacturer.
In recent trend in automation is Robotics. Robotics is a relatively young field of modern technology that crosses traditional engineering boundaries. It is a multidisciplinary branch of engineering, which covers the knowledge of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, systems and industrial engineering, computer science, economics, and mathematics.
This paper is concerned with fundamentals of robotics, including robot configuration, drives and various applications like material handling, machine tending, welding and dispensing in detail.

AUTOMATION TRENDS USING FIBER OPTIC LINKS

AUTOMATION TRENDS USING FIBER OPTIC LINKS

ABSTRACT

An optical fiber (or fiber in British English) is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. Fiber optics is the branch of science and engineering concerned with optical fibers. ,
The optical fiber can be used as a medium for telecommunication and networking because it is flexible and can be bundled as cables. Although fibers can be made out of either plastic or glass, the fibers used in long-distance telecommunications applications
are always glass, because of the lower optical absorption of glass. The light transmitted through the fiber is confined due to total internal reflection within the material. This is an important property that eliminates signal crosstalk between fibers within the cable and allows the routing of the cable with twists and turns. In telecommunications applications, the light used is typically infrared light, at wavelengths near to the minimum absorption wavelength of the fiber in use.
Fibers are generally used in pairs, with one fiber of the pair carrying a signal in each direction.
Because of the remarkably low loss and excellent linearity and dispersion behavior of single-mode optical fiber, data rates of up to 40 Gbit/s are possible in real-world use on a single wavelength. Wavelength division multiplexing can then be used to allow many wavelengths to be used at once on a single fiber, allowing a single fiber to bear an aggregate bandwidth measured in terabits per second.
Modern fiber cables can contain up to a thousand fibers in a single cable, so the performance of optical networks easily accommodate even today’s demands for bandwidth on a point-to-point basis. However, unused point-to-point potential bandwidth does not translate to operating profits, and it is estimated that no more than 1% of the optical fiber buried in recent years is actually ‘lit’. Recent advances in fiber technology have reduced losses so far that no amplification of the optical signal is needed over distances of hundreds of kilometers.
This has greatly reduced the cost of optical networking, particularly over undersea spans where the cost reliability of amplifiers is one of the key factors determining the performance of the whole cable system. Longer-range systems still have to use optical amplifiers

The Global Positioning System (GPS)

The Global Positioning System (GPS)

ABSTRACT

The Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite network is operated by the U.S. Air Force to provide highly accurate navigation information to military forces around the world. The network is also being used by a growing number of commercial products.

The GPS space segment consists of into six orbital planes, requiring a minimum of four satellites in each to operate. The GPS control segment consists of five monitoring stations three ground antennas & a Master Control station located at Schriever AFB in Colorado. The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System is managed by the NAVSTAR GPS Joint Program Office at the Space and Missile Systems Center, California.

The idea for a global positioning/navigation system was first proposed in 1940. GPS makes it possible to answer the simple question “Where am I?” almost instantaneously and with breathtaking precision. The new technology utilizes atomic clocks that keep time to within a billionth of a second. They were created by scientists who had no idea that the clocks would someday contribute to a global system of navigation. Today, GPS is saving lives, helping society in many other ways & generating jobs in a new multi-billion-dollar industry. Advances in integrated-circuit technology, technology used to make computer chips soon will lead to GPS receivers and transmitters the size of credit cards, so small and so inexpensive that virtually any vehicle can have one installed and any person can carry one.

InterPlanetary Internet

InterPlanetary Internet

Abstract

This document describes the Interplanetary Internet (IPN): a communication system to provide Internet-like services across interplanetary distances in support of deep space exploration. In this paper, we discuss the expansion of internet beyond Earth to form an interplanetary network of Internets reaching to Mars and beyond. An application would be to help facilitate communications between Mars and Earth. By placing required infrastructure in place around Mars individual spacecraft on Mars would not require as much communications capability as is presently the case. This could allow mission designers to either use smaller spacecraft, or devote more weight and volume to scientific payloads. This paper discusses this and other potentials of IPN. The potential applications of an Interplanetary Internet extend well beyond the management of space missions. IPN would look like internet on Earth and similar ones on other planets linked by Gateways. These Gateways are satellites, which relay the information between the Internets. There is still a lot of research and challenges to overcome before the IPN becomes reality. The paper also discusses these problems. The paper also looks at protocol suite called Space Communications Protocol Standards (SCPS).

Radio frequency identification (RFID)

Radio frequency identification (RFID)

ABSTRACT

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID). RFID tags are small integrated circuits connected to an antenna, which can respond to an interrogating RF signal with simple identifying information, or with more complex signals depending on the size of the IC.RFID use a semiconductor in a tag or label to transmit stored data when the tag or label is exposed to radio waves of the correct frequency.

It has variety of applications in several areas like:
-Library management.
-Traffic control.
-Human and animal identification.
-In hospitals
-Supply Chain Management.
Any application of RFID needs to result in obvious business benefits. The last few years have seen several developments that have sped up the adoption of this technology. The emergence of major consumer applications that bring RFID from an experimental technology into the mainstream. As it gains understanding and credibility through highly visible consumer applications that prove its effectiveness, its place as a solution in
supply chain automation also grows.

Voice over Internet Protocol(VOIP)

Voice over Internet Protocol(VOIP)

Abstract

Most people are familiar with NetMeeting and other software that let you talk to others over the internet. VOIP is similar. However, it also uses your phone - the interface we’re all familiar with.
Instead of connecting your phone to the wall, you connect it to a box that ‘modem’ along with highspeed/broadband internet. Your modem plugs into modem and now it can ‘talk’ between your phone and the internet.
The VoIP application allows to convert analog voice signals such as telephone calls and faxes into digital IP(internet protocol) packets and distribute these packets across a wide area network. In VoIP technology, a digital signal processor (DSP) segments the voice signals into frames and stores them in packets.
The term “Voice over IP” (VoIP) describes the transport of voice over IP based networks, it is a generic term that covers deployments ranging in complexity from hobbyists using the internet to get free phone calls on a peer to peer basis.
In carrier networks VoIP has been mainly deployed in enterprise networks or as a trunking technology to reduce transport costs in voice backbone networks.

WiMAX

WiMAX

Introduction

WiMAX is a wireless digital communications system, also known as IEEE 802.16, that is intended for wireless “metropolitan area networks”. WiMAX can provide broadband wireless access (BWA) up to 30 miles (50 km) for fixed stations, and 3 - 10 miles (5 - 15 km) for mobile stations. In contrast, the WiFi/802.11 wireless local area network standard is limited in most cases to only 100 - 300 feet (30 - 100m).

With WiMAX, WiFi-like data rates are easily supported, but the issue of interference is lessened. WiMAX operates on both licensed and non-licensed frequencies, providing a regulated environment and viable economic model for wireless carriers.

WiMAX can be used for wireless networking in much the same way as the more common WiFi protocol. WiMAX is a second-generation protocol that allows for more efficient bandwidth use, interference avoidance, and is intended to allow higher data rates over longer distances.

The IEEE 802.16 standard defines the technical features of the communications protocol. The WiMAX Forum offers a means of testing manufacturer’s equipment for compatibility, as well as an industry group dedicated to fostering the development and commercialization of the technology.

WiMax.com provides a focal point for consumers, service providers, manufacturers, analysts, and researchers who are interested in WiMAX technology, services, and products. Soon, WiMAX will be a very well recognized term to describe wireless Internet access throughout the world.
Intel has called 802.16 “the most important thing since the Internet itself”, and even allowing for a dose of self-serving, it is not talking entirely in hyperbole.
In July, WiMAX showed off its first system profiles and interoperability tests at the WCAannual conference in Washington DC, in a significant step towards making the 802.16astandard, ratified by the IEEE in March, a commercial technology.
While a fully mobile version of WiMAX is in the wings, this first release will cover fixed wireless, and its supporters are focusing in particular on broadband last mile in unwired areas, and on backhaul for hotspots.

The initial version of the standard operates in the 10-66GHz frequency band and requires line of sight towers, but the 802.16a extension, ratified in March, uses the lower frequency of2-11GHz, easing regulatory issues, and does not require line of sight. It boasts a 31 mile range compared to Wi-Fi’s 200-300 yards, and 70Mbps data transfer rates.

Code Division Multiple Access

Code Division Multiple Access

Abstract

This report discusses the application of CDMA technology to communicate input port sand output ports inside a switch. The emphasis is on high-speed optical applications. The report discusses 1)History 2)How signal is it generated,3)How/why does it travel,4)How is it modulated,5)How can it be coded/decoded, how can it be shared among several transmitters6)CDMA:basic principles,7)Advantages/disadvantages communications. At least 9 modes should be used for error-free transmission at 1 Gbit/s for the laser we investigated in this work.. The optic code division multiple access (OCDMA) technique, where different users are assigned different “signature codes”, is a promising candidate for next-generation broadband Access networks. As it allows many users to share the same transmission channel, it has unique advantages inherently allowing dynamic allocation of bandwidth, protocol transparency, and a fully asynchronous operation mode with low latency that is suitable for the burst traffic environment. It also offers robust signal security, permitting quality of service guarantees to be managed at the physical layer by assigning different weight codes to different users, and simplified management of large numbers of users by only requiring minimal network control and the coding operation in CDMA can be roughly optical source should have a relatively high speed for temporal spreading and broadband optical spectra for spectral coding, as well as a high time-bandwidth (TB) product. Access, a digital cellular technology that uses spread-spectrum techniques. Unlike competing systems, such as GSM, that use TDMA. CDMA does not assign a specific frequency to each user. Instead, every channel uses the full available spectrum. Individual conversations are encoded with a pseudo-random digital sequence. CDMA consistently provides better capacity for voice and data communications than other commercial mobile technologies, allowing more subscribers to connect at any given time, and it is the common platform on which 3G technologies are built. Once the information became public, Qualcomm claimed patents on the technology and became the first to commercialize it.

EMBEDDED SYSTEM

EMBEDDED SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

These papers give a simple and precise introduction about Embedded System with a brief knowledge about the processor software (here C++) used in embedded system. One of the most important applications of the Embedded System used for Security by the use of Smart Card is also explained. Through these papers, a small attempt is made to highlight the importance of the Embedded System.
Embedded system is one of the emerging technology nowadays. In the design of embedded system RTOS, electronic and hardware implementation is carried out. It has its various applications like in medical field, control systems, device drivers, electronic consumer devices etc. Hence, embedded system can lead towards more automated and convenient life.
Today almost every electronic device contains embedded software in it. There is software hidden away inside our watches, microwaves, VCRs, cellular phones and pagers; the military uses embedded software to guide smart missiles and detect enemy aircraft; communication satellites and space probes would be nearly impossible without it. Each embedded system is unique and highly customized to the application at hand. As a result, embedded system programming is a widely varying field that can take years to master.
Most embedded systems are small enough to sit on the end of your thumb and are usually hidden within much larger and more complex mobile computing or electronic devices, so they often go unnoticed. But embedded systems actually represent the vast majority of semiconductor sales. According to the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics blue book, there are an estimated 5 billion embedded microprocessors in use today - a whopping 94 percent share of the world market. (By comparison, unit sales of high-profile PC processors, such as the Intel Pentium and Motorola PowerPC, check in at only 6 percent market share.)

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Wireless communication

Wireless communication

ABSTRACT

Wireless communications are being driven by the need for providing network access to mobile or nomadic computing devices. The need for wireless access to a network is evident in current work environments. The wireless technologies are an active area of research and applications. These technologies of wireless networking may save you from physical hassle connecting computer hardware but with consideration of standards, installation and security. Combine wireless “anything“ with the daily activities and challenges of your business and understand the difficulties that have to be faced every day. In this paper, different wireless technologies like Bluetooth, Wi Fi etc are discussed .They have become the focus of great attention by both businessmen and consumer users with advent of low cost, efficient and high speed data transmission.
Future wireless networks are projected to integrate not only the services (to provide multimedia), but also encompass an integration of technologies. The technology integration has two aspects, namely, the integration of the same technology from different parts of the world, and secondly, the integration of different technologies in the same country. Future generations of wireless communication systems, such as fourth generation (4G) mobile communication systems, broadband wireless access networks are expected to provide a wide variety of services (e.g. multimedia, broadcasting, etc.) through reliable high data rate wireless channels. The high data rate wireless channel can be obtained with wide signal bandwidth in high frequency bands such as microwave ka-band and millimeter wave. Recently smart antennas have been proposed as a promising solution that can significantly increase the data rate and improve the quality of wireless transmission which is limited by interference, local scattering, and multipath propagation.

BLUETOOTH

BLUETOOTH

Abstract:

Communication can take many forms –audio, visual, written, electronic and so on. In the realm of electronics, analog and digital communications are so pervasive in modern society that they are taken for granted. The exchange of data using these forms of communication has led to use of terms such as information industry and information age from telephones to computers to televisions, communication in many respects makes the world go around. Bluetooth wireless technology is one of the forms of electric communications. In this paper we are presenting some of the fundamentals and specific characteristics.
Describing the main concept of Bluetooth the paper travels in a fashion that at the end reader will quite familiar with the technology. Starting with an introduction, paper illustrates various technology details in order to let reader understand various features of this technology.
Bluetooth has emerged as the best solution for wireless communication for the mobile devices such as laptop, mobile phones etc. Here in this paper we have included few of such important applications.

VLSI Implementation of Encryption Using Rijndael

VLSI Implementation of Encryption Using Rijndael

Abstract:

Cryptographic algorithms can be efficiently implemented in custom hardware than in software running on general- purpose processors. Implementation of encryption using Rijndael can be done on the proposed design using VHDL, and can be targeted to Xilinx FPGA device. Compared to software implementation, hardware implementations provide more physical security as well as higher speed. In this paper VLSI architectural optimisations such as parallelism and distributed memory are discussed, and several hardware design techniques are employed to increase performance and reduce area consumption. This implementation will be useful in securing data, whenever data is transmitted across an accessible medium (wires, wireless, etc.) and also in the case of electronic financial transactions.

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION

ABSTRACT

With rapid phase out of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), however many researchers and users are looking at an alternative or not in kind technologies for performing heating and cooling duties. The magnetic refrigeration is nothing but the same not in kind technology. The report deals with the construction, working & advantages of the system.
The magnetic refrigeration is based on the magneto-caloric effect i.e. ability of some material to get heated when some magnetic field is applied to them & get cooled when magnetic field is removed.
The currently used refrigeration system i.e. vapor compression refrigeration system is not environmental friendly. Since it is causing depletion of ozone layer & thus promoting Global Warming. Hence alternative system is required.
Compare with the vapor compression refrigeration system, magnetic refrigeration system offers no. of advantages on part of space & efficiency but the main thing is that it is environmental friendly.

RIVER TRAINING WORKS BY USING COMPUTER APPLICATION

RIVER TRAINING WORKS BY USING COMPUTER APPLICATION

ABSTRACT

Floods River may develop meanders may break through embankments, attack towns/important structures, bypass bridges & in general causes loss of life and properties. Therefore river training works are generally undertaken aimed at achieving objectives such as flood control, bank protection, sediment control, navigation, improving approach conditions to bridges, barrages & river intakes etc. Several software’s are currently available for dealing with these problems. In this paper the “cross-data” software developed by CWPRS, Pune is used to obtain various parameters of the design. The paper is a design of protection works in the form of porcupines. Also a physical modeling study of rigid bed of the river is also done.

EIA Methodologies, Evaluation, Predictive Techniques and Management of Water Resource Projects

EIA Methodologies, Evaluation, Predictive Techniques and Management of Water Resource Projects

ABSTRACT

Water Resource Development (WRD) has become a lifeline progress and property for India. WRD projects are indispensable as they are inexorably linked to the Indian economy, besides their need for the welfare of the growing masses. The main difficulty in the present situation arises from the fact that most of the people associated with
environmental activism and press overstressing one or two environmental aspects of the problem in isolation of complex problems associated with water resource projects. This technical article aims to cover crucial aspects of Environmental Impact Assessment methodologies and presents the procedure for evaluation and environmental impacts and to manage environmental aspects in concern with water resource developmental projects. Water resource developmental projects ensure the requirement of sustainable development/ environment and limit the stress/load within to ‘carrying capacity’ if and only if preceded by a comprehensive EIA study. Beneficial environmental impacts of water resource project is done to improve public health due to ample domestic water supplies, recreational facilities, micro climate in vicinity of project area, develop wildlife sanctuaries, fisheries etc., While the adverse impacts include rehabilitation and resettlement of people, loss of forest and agricultural lands, reservoirs are subject to silting, reservoirs induced seismicity (RIS) increases the susceptibility of earthquakes, post – project effects like salinity, water-logging etc., Methodologies for impact assessment have been developed to present the result of an assessment, few are Adhoc method, Checklist method, Network approach, matrix approach, Overlay method etc., The predictive technologies include mathematical models, physical models and experimental models. The development and management of water resources should contribute to amelioration of the basic problems of human beings while avoiding serious damage to ecological populations and environmental quality.

INNOVATIONS IN EARTHQUAKE PROOF STRUCTURES

INNOVATIONS IN EARTHQUAKE PROOF STRUCTURES

ABSTRACT

The objective of our paper is to put forth innovations in earthquake proof structures . Different methods have been developed all around the world to reduce the effect of earthquakes on buildings for reducing the losses , some of the innovations have been discussed in this report . The innovations we have covered in our report are Geogrids, Carbon fibers and Base isolation technique . We have presented base isolation technique in detail . Base isolation is an effective way to protect large structures from earthquake damage. It is a costly approach, as the entire structure must be supported on elastomeric or sliding bearings. Viscous dampers distributed throughout an otherwise conventional structure can achieve the same result at significantly lower cost. This paper describes how to install viscous dampers in a structure, and gives several examples. Further the paper describes fluid viscous damping, and shows how it works and how it can benefit a structure. A detailed description of a typical fluid viscous dampers comes after this, followed by a comparison of base isolation and fluidic damping as ways to reduce earthquake excitation of structures.

HIGH VOLUME FLY ASH CONCRETE

HIGH VOLUME FLY ASH CONCRETE

Abstract

For a variety of reasons, the concrete construction industry is not sustainable. First, it consumes huge quantities of virgin materials. Second, the principal binder in concrete is portland cement, the production of which is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions that are implicated in global warming and climate change. Third, many concrete structures suffer from lack of durability which has an adverse effect on the resource productivity of the industry. Because the high-volume fly ash concrete system addresses all three sustainability issues, its adoption will enable the concrete construction industry to become more sustainable. In this paper, a brief review is presented of the theory and construction practice with concrete mixtures containing more than 50% fly ash by mass of the cementitious material. Mechanisms are discussed by which the incorporation of high volume of fly ash in concrete reduces the water demand, improves the workability, minimizes cracking due to thermal and drying shrinkage, and enhances durability to reinforcement corrosion, sulfate attack, and alkali-silica expansion. For countries like China and India, this technology can play an important role in meeting the huge demand for infrastructure in a sustainable manner.

SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES

SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES

ABSTRACT

Smart materials, which have the functions of actuator, sensor, self-healing and so forth, are expected to be used not only as advanced functional materials but also as key materials to provide structures with smart functions. Smart systems sense changes in structure variations in vibration, noise or temperature, for example process the information and then respond appropriately to automatically correct possibly detrimental problems. They tell the structure to alter its properties to prevent damage, optimize performance, correct malfunctions or alert users to a needed repair. Smart materials technology applies to a huge range of products including buildings, bridges, computers, cameras, aircraft, even skis. Think about the way in which excessive vibration in a machine on the shop floor may result in overheating, or parts that don’t meet the manufacturer’s specifications. Then, imagine the problems that could occur if a similar situation happened on an aircraft and you begin to understand the scope and value of smart material applications.
The best way to understand the smart material concept is to look at its uses. Smart materials may work completely on their own or as part of a larger smart system. For example, doctors may use shape memory alloy staples used to set broken bones. In this case, the material works as both a sensor and an actuator as the patient’s body heat activate the staple to close and thereby clamp the break together. This report deals with the available smart materials, their properties and some of their areas of application and future prospects.

SEEPAGE IN BUILDING AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES

SEEPAGE IN BUILDING AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES

INTRODUCTION

Leakage / dampness in any type of structure is one of the major problems. If such seepage or leakage is allowed to continue unchecked, unhygienic conditions will prevail and also the building may deteriorate to the extent that ultimately it becomes uninhabitable .the seepage occurs as a result of neglected maintenance, poor design and poor quality of construction in structure.
Water is the main reason for leakage, seepage in the structures. The source of which can be from rainwater, leakage in poplins, condensation and ground water.

INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT

INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT

ABSTRACT

As we know that wastewater generally contain 99.9% water and 0.1% of solid impurities, therefore wastewater have a large potential as a source of water after its treatments for different purposes about 50% to 60 % of water demand of any city is generally consumed by the industries. Therefore the treatment of this industrial wastewater is important, to generate alternative source of water. To minimize the loat on existing sources of water for fulfilling demand of that city.
In this paper I have tried to represent the general aspect of industrial wastewater treatments related to different characteristics of industrial wastewater and the permissible limits as per the rules and regulation of pollution control boards. The emphasis is mainly on methods of treatment and there suitability related with economy and environments.
Industrial wastewater treatment method which we have been covered in this paper based on Physical, Chemical and Biological treatments related with conventional wastewater treatments including Filtration, Activated Sludge Process and Non-conventional methods including Oxidation ponds, Aerated lagoons, Oxidation ditch, Oxidation lagoon followed by aerated lagoons.
Advance non-conventional methods of industrial wastewater like Up flow An aerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB). Physical treatment methods related with removal of colours, odour and floating impurities. Chemical treatment methods discussed with related to dissolved chemical impurities or solid chemical impurities present in the wastewater. Biological treatments methods explain in this paper are related stabilization of unstable organic matter present in the wastewater.

National Conference on Virtual and Intelligent Instrumentation November 13-14, 2009

National Conference on Virtual and Intelligent Instrumentation
November 13-14, 2009
BITS, Pilani - 333031 (Rajasthan) India

NCVII-09

Easy and low cost availability of powerful PCs, microprocessors, microcontrollers and DSP processors have accelerated the emergence of virtual and intelligent instrumentation with wide range of applications. They encourage a synergistic combination including computational capability, electronics and controls, information, and artificial intelligence. Virtual instruments use graphical programming software like LabVIEW; de facto academic and industry standard, to create user-defined solutions that meet specific needs - very different from the proprietary, fixed functionality of traditional instruments. Intelligent instruments use powerful computational capability of processors to perform multi and varied functions involving monitoring, evaluating, decision making, and controlling operations. Leveraging these and other commercial technologies, virtual and intelligent instrumentation has enhanced the performance of electronics and instrumentation systems.

NCVII-09 aims at bringing together experts from academia, R&D organizations, and industry in the fields of virtual and intelligent instrumentation, and allied fields to a common platform. It would give an opportunity to the participants to network with peer group and leaders in the field.

Conference Theme

The conference would discuss current and emerging trends in the field of virtual and intelligent instrumentation, and their applications. The conference includes keynote address, plenary and invited talks. The application areas covered would include but not limited to:

• Automated test and measurement
• Industrial process control and automation
• Sensor technology and wireless sensor networks
• VLSI & embedded systems
• Communication, speech and image processing
• System modeling and controls
• Robotics & Mechatronics
• Bio-medical instrumentation

Registration

Registration Form can be downloaded here:
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Fee (by Oct. 1, 2009)

Students	Rs. 500
Teachers	Rs. 1500
R&D/Industry	Rs. 3000

Registration fee covers conference proceeding, working lunch and tea/refreshments during the conference. The registration fee should be sent to Prof. R. P. Khare (Contact) by DD in favour of BITS Pilani payable at Pilani at UCO/SBBJ/SBI banks.

Registration after October 1, 2009 would be possible with an addition amount of Rs. 200/-.

Submission of Abstracts

Abstracts are invited on the subjects relevant to theme of the conference.

An Extended Abstract of about 600 words should contain title of the paper, authors’ names and their affiliation, email, postal address, fax and telephone number of the corresponding author.

Abstracts would be peer reviewed and authors of accepted abstracts would be intimated for submission of full papers in the prescribed format. Papers would be selected for oral and poster presentations and quality presentations would be awarded. A book of accepted Extended Abstracts would be published, and proceeding of conference would be brought out in CD.

Abstract should be emailed to ncvii09@gmail.com by Sept. 15, 2009.

Important Dates

Oct 01, 2009 - Early bird registration
Sep 15, 2009 - Submission of extended abstract
Sep 30, 2009 - Notification of acceptance
Oct 20, 2009 - Submission of full paper

Accommodation

Charges (per person)

Accommodation will be arranged on prior request. The appropriate charges (see below) may be included in the registration fee or sent separately to Dr. Shikha Tripathi (Contact) by DD in favour of BITS Pilani payable at Pilani at UCO/SBBJ/SBI banks.

1. Hostel: Rs 100/- per day
2. VFAST Guest House:
   • Twin sharing (Non A/C): Rs. 200/- per day
   • Twin sharing (A/C): Rs. 400/- per day
   • Triple sharing (A/C): Rs. 350/- Per day

Correspondence/Contact Us

Prof. R. P. Khare
Secretary, NCVII-09
Instrumentation Group
BITS, Pilani - 333031 (Rajasthan) India

Phone: +91-1596-245073 (Ext: 318)
Fax: +91-1596-244183
email: khare@bits-pilani.ac.in

Conference Organizer

Organized by:

Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) and Instrumentation Groups
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Pilani (Rajasthan) 333031

National Conference on Smart & Electronic Materials and Devices October 23-24, 2009

National Conference on Smart & Electronic Materials and Devices October 23-24, 2009

Objectives

Smart materials or functional materials have been in use for many years. Their relatively recent integration with electronics has opened up a world of possibilities. With built-in intelligence, these materials and systems today find applications in areas as diverse as aeronautics, space systems and drug delivery.

Organized jointly by the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science of the Amrita School of Engineering in Coimbatore and the Indian Society for Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (ISAMPE), Coimbatore Chapter, the conference aims at disseminating recent developments in the field among students, faculty, and research.

The conference will feature invited speakers from institutions such as NAL, ADA, IISc, ISAC, BELL, IITs, DAE, GM, CGCRI, ISRO, JNCASR, CMET.

Topics will include piezo materials, shape memory alloys, pH sensitive polymers, temperature response polymers, chromic materials, magnetorheological fluids, smart composites, chiral materials, tunable dielectrics, photonic materials. In addition, devices such as flat panel displays, microelectronic sensors, MEMs, solar cells, batteries and energy storage systems, fuel cells, magnetic memories, organic thin-film transistors, opto-electronics and microwave devices will also be covered.

Call for Papers

Paper are invited from a wide range of interdisciplinary fields.

Conference topics will include piezo materials, shape memory alloys, pH sensitive polymers, temperature response polymers, chromic materials, magnetorheological fluids, smart composites, chiral materials, tunable dielectrics, photonic materials. In addition, devices such as flat panel displays, microelectronic sensors, MEMs, solar cells, batteries and energy storage systems, fuel cells, magnetic memories, organic thin-film transistors, opto-electronics and microwave devices will also be covered.

Please note the following important dates –

Receipt of Abstract
(max 300 words in Word doc format) July 31, 2009
Acceptance of Abstracts August 31, 2009
Receipt of Complete Paper September 30, 2009

Registration

Download Registration Form

Completed forms may be mailed to

Organizing Secretary/Convenor

National Conference for Smart & Electronic Materials and Devices
Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Amrita School of Engineering,
Coimbatore - 641 105

Registration Fee

Industry Participants: Rs 1200/-
Academic Institutions / R & D Organisations / ISAMPE Members: Rs 750/-
Research Scholars / Students: Rs 250/-

All queries regarding the conference may be directed to

Organizing Secretary/Convenor
National Conference for Smart & Electronic Materials and Devices
Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Amrita School of Engineering,
Coimbatore - 641 105

Phone: 0422-2656422, Extn : 527

Website : www.amrita.edu/sem2009

About the Conference

The world-wide market for polymer electronic products is estimated to be over 15 Euro billon by 2015. By 2025, it is expected to touch 125 Euro billon. If we add to this, the polycrystalline silicon based electronics, we will be doubling these figures.

The blooming market of electronics products has been stimulated by enormous development in microelectronics, smart materials and polymer electronics. Over the past three decades, microelectronics supplied numerous logic and memory devices to the market through innovative, new technologies.

While smart materials or functional materials have been in the use for many years, their integration with electronics have realized innumerable new possibilities of applications. With a built-in intelligence these materials and systems find applications in areas as diverse as aeronauticals, space systems and drug delivery.

Polymer electronics has offered a wide range of products having lighter, flexible and more cost effective alternatives to conventional materials with applications ranging from printed, flexible conductors to novel semiconductor components to intelligent labels, large area displays. Some of these are now beginning to be commercialized.

The conference is organized jointly by the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science of the Amrita School of Engineering in Coimbatore and the Indian Society for Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (ISAMPE), Coimbatore Chapter, as part of the silver jubilee celebrations of ISAMPE.

Dept of Chem Engg and Materials Science

The department has a total of 21 highly qualified faculty members with strong industrial and academic experience. 8 faculty members have doctoral degrees, 4 from the US.

Faculty is pursuing research in frontier areas such as nano-technology, biomedical engineering, conducting polymers, solar energy, computational modeling & simulation, biostatistics, energy engineering & petroleum refining, chemical reaction engineering & kinetics, high performance polymer composites, biotechnology, and biochemical engineering.

The department offers focused groups of electives in the cutting edge areas of nano-technology, material technology, advanced polymer technology, biotechnology, petroleum and petrochemical technology.

Sponsorships

R & D Organisations / Major Industries: Rs 50,000/- and above

SMEs: Rs 10,000/-

About ISAMPE

The India Society for Advancement of Materials & Processing Engineering (ISAMPE) is a body of professionals dedicated to the promotion of professional and technical excellence in the field of materials and process technology in India.
Founded in September 1985, with Bangalore as Headquarters, it aims at establishing and fostering scientific and organized approach to advancement and application in the field of materials and processing through education, research, compilation, dissemination of information, training and interaction among professional of inter-disciplinary fields.
As the members are drawn from various organizations, the deliberations and technical meets of ISAMPE form the basis for planning advanced research by R&D scientists and an opportunity to know about market requirements, new technologies and products.

ISAMPE, Coimbatore Chapter, is celebrating its silver jubilee this year.

TCS-AMRITA Sangam

TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) is one of India’s leading software and services firm. The TCS-AMRITA Sangam is an example of a unique agreement between academia and industry that has facilitated the hosting of numerous national-level workshops in Amrita’s Coimbatore Campus. The major sponsor of this conference is TCS.

National Workshop on Globus Toolkit and Research Directions in Computational Grids on September 17,18 & 19, 2009.

National Workshop on Globus Toolkit and Research Directions in Computational Grids on September 17,18 & 19, 2009.

Welcome

National Workshop on Globus Toolkit and Research Directions in Computational Grids will be held on September 17,18 & 19, 2009. Grid Computing is emerging as a next-generation parallel and distributed computing platform. The research area of Grid Computing is making a rapid progress, owing to the increasing necessity of computation in resolving complex applications. Grid middleware provides users with seamless computing ability and uniform access to resources in heterogeneous Grid environment.

This programme aims to provide the participants, the knowledge about Grid architecture and service. The course also addresses the research issues in the realm of Computational Grids and will focus more on giving hands-on experience to work in Grid middleware (GT 4).

Topics

The topics to be covered in the Workshop include the following:

* Introduction to Computational Grids
* Globus Middleware and its various components
* Globus installation and configuration
* Testing
* Security aspects of Computational Grids

This programme also addresses the research issues in the Computational Grids and will focus more on giving hands-on experience to work in GT 4.

Registration

Faculty members and Research Scholars from Engineering Colleges can apply.

Application for participation in the workshop must be sent to the coordinators , along with the registration fee of Rs. 900 by DD drawn in favour of “The Principal, SSN College of Engineering”, payable at Chennai. To get the registration form click here

Number of participants is restricted to 30 on first come first served basis.

Important Dates:

Last date for the receipt of application form along with DD : September 7, 2009

Selection notification for the participants through E-mail : September 11, 2009

How to reach SSN?:

The particpants can use the public transport to reach our college.

Direct Buses to SSN:

* From Koyembedu : 119, 119B,570
* From Broadway: 521, 521 A, 587
* From West Tambaram: 555, 515,115
* From T.Nagar : 519, M19A

Buses to Kelambakkam: (From Kelambakkam, take any bus to Thiruporur to reach our college)

* From Koyembedu : 570
* From Broadway: 21H
* From Saidapet: 19B, M51D
* From East Tambaram: T151, 551A

The participants can also avail the college bus facility. Click here to know about the college bus routes.

Accomodation

Accomodation will be provided for the required participants at the additional cost of Rs. 100 per day in our college hostel.

Resource Persons

1. Dr. S. Thamarai Selvi,
Prof. and Head,
Dept. of Information Technology,
Madras Institute of Technology,
Chennai
2. Dr. S. Mary Saira Bhanu,
Lecturer(SG),
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering,
National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirapalli
3. Mr. S. Kailash,
Member Technical Staff,
Centre for Developement of Advanced Computing
Chennai
4. Members of CARE Team,
Dept. of Information Technology,
Madras Institute of Technology,
Chennai

Address for Communication

The participants can send the Registration form along with DD to the co-ordinators of the Workshop.

Convener
Dr. Chitra Babu
Prof. & Head, Department of CSE
SSN College of Engineering
Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Kalavakkam - 603 110

Coordinators

Ms.J.Bhuvana
Asst. Prof.,Dept. of CSE
SSN College of Engineering
Rajiv Gandhi Salai
Kalavakkam - 603 110
Mail:bhuvanaj@ssn.edu.in

Ms.R.Rajalakshmi
Asst. Prof.,Dept. of CSE
SSN College of Engineering
Rajiv Gandhi Salai
Kalavakkam - 603 110
Mail:rajalaxmi@ssn.edu.in

Ms.L.Ramaparvathy
Senior Lecturer, MCA Department
SSN College of Engineering
Rajiv Gandhi Salai
Kalavakkam - 603 110
Mail:ramaparvathyl@ssn.edu.in

For enquiries mail to CSE.GCWorkshop@ssn.edu.in or call : (044) 27475063 / 64 / 65

International Conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Computing - ICWCSC 2010, January 2-4, 2010

International Conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Computing - ICWCSC 2010, January 2-4, 2010

CONFERENCE

The International Conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Computing aims to bring researchers, scientists, engineers and research scholars together to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and the research outcome of all possible aspects of Wireless Communication & Sensor Computing; and to discuss the practical challenges encountered, and the solutions adopted. Wireless communication technologies and devices are rapidly evolving to the creation of global wireless network. To build large and sustainable systems, the energy and bandwidth constraints are the present fundamental challenges in developing intelligent, distributive, collaborative, multi-modal networked objects that sense and act in wide areas and in unattended environments. For Wireless Sensor Networks and real-time applications, quality of service, reliability, integrity, robustness and fault tolerance have become the key issues. Wireless Sensor Networks would influence the world through their pervasive nature in remote distributive monitoring and control by taking advantage of the developments in wireless communication.

REGISTRATION & FEES

REGISTRATION

Online : Registration

Offline : PDF , Word

Postal Address:

ICWCSC 2010

SSN College of Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR)
Kalavakkam - 603 110, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
E-mail: icwcsc2010@ssn.edu.in

IMPORTANT DATES

Last Date for paper submission:
20th September,2009

Acceptance Notification:
15th October,2009

Submission of camera ready copy & Registration:
30th Novemeber,2009

Diamond Jubilee Celebrations(1949-2009) Two-Day Workshop on Power System Security 14th-15th Sept 2009

Diamond Jubilee Celebrations(1949-2009) Two-Day Workshop on Power System Security 14th-15th Sept 2009

Organised by

Department of Electrical Engineering
University college of engineering(A)
Osmania University Hyderabad(07)
ANDHRA PRADESH 500 007, India

Objectives

Power Sector Security is the ability to maintain the flow of electricity from the generators to the customers, especially under disturbed condition. In the past, trasmission systems are owned by regulated vertically intigrated utility companies. They have been design and operated so that condition is closed proximity to security boundaries are not frequently encountered. However in the new access environment, operating conditions tend to be much closer to security boundaries as trasmission is increasing in sudden and unpredictable directions. Transmission unbundling coupled with other regulatory requirements has made new transmission facility construction more complex. Infact there are numerous technical challenges emerging from the new market structure. There is acute need for sharing ideas in new market structures, specially in the areas of voltage security and cogestion management. This workshop mainly deal with some of the issues related to voltage security and cogestion management under deregulated environment.

Registration Fee

Engineera from Industry 2000/-
Teachers from Academic Institution 1000/-
Research Scholars 500/-

The payment of Registration fee is to be made by Demand Draft in favour of “Head,Department of Electrical Engineering,UCE(A),OU”.

Filled in application forms may also be sent by e-mail with a scanned copy of DD to latha_charya@yahoo.co.in. Original DD should submitted at the time of Registration.

Important Dates

Last Date for Receipt of Application 8th Sept 2009
Intimation of selected candidates 10th Sept 2009

Eligibility

The workshop is open to teachers and research scholars from the institution recognised and approved by AICTE, engineers from industry, and other orgnisations associated with power sector.

Faculty

Resource persons are drawn form premire institutions like IISc, IIT, NIT, and reputed orgnisation like GE Energy, PGCIL etc.

Registration Form

Contact

Mrs.N.Srilatha
Asst. Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
University college of engineering(A)
Osmania University Hyderabad(07)
ANDHRA PRADESH 500 007, India

Phone: 040 2709 8628, 09912041450
E-mail: latha_charya@yahoo.co.in.

WORKSHOP ON DEFENCE ELECTRONICS SYSTEM On 12th September, Saturday, 2009

WORKSHOP ON DEFENCE ELECTRONICS SYSTEM On 12th September, Saturday, 2009

Coordinator

Dr. V.M. Pandharipande
Objectives

The Workshop on ‘Defence Electronics Systems’ is being organized to expose the Electronics and Computer Science students to the achievements of Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO)
laboratories in the country. Most of the Directors of DRDO Labs have
accepted invitation to deliver special technical talks highlighting the
progress and milestones in frontier areas such as:-
· Electronics Warfare Systems
· Missile Technology and Avionics
· Missile Control, Guidance and Navigation
· Radar and Communication Systems
· Millimeter Wave Components & Systems
· Modern Communication Systems for Navy, Army, Air force Services
· Broadband Super Components
· Computer Command & Guidance (Software)
These specialized talks will expose and
trigger the students, faculty and

Following Distinguished Scientists, Directors
will deliver Lectures in the Workshop
1. Chief Controller Research and Development (Electronics and Computer Systems) DRDO New Delhi
2. Director DLRL, Hyderabad
3. Director, DRDL, Hyderabad
4. Director, LRDE, Bangalore
5. Director, ANURAG, Hyderabad
6. Director, RCI, Hyderabad
7. Director, DEAL, Dehradun
8. Director, RCMA, Bangalore

Registration

Registration fee Rs. 200/- for students (UG and PG) Rs. 500/- for others. Fee can be paid by cash in CEME office or by DD drawn in favour of Director, CEME, ECE, OU payable at Hyderabad.

Last date for receipts of application along with registration fee is 31st August 2009.

Seats for Workshop are limited; hence the candidates will be admitted on the first come first serve basis.

Registration Form

ADDRESS YOUR ENQUIRIES TO

Dr.V.M.PANDHARIPANDE
DIRECTOR
Centre for Excellence in Microwave Engineering
Dept. of Electronics and Commn. Engineering
University College of Engineering
Osmania University
Hyderabad – 500 007

Phone : 040 – 27682261

WORKSHOP ON DEFENCE ELECTRONICS SYSTEM On 12th September, Saturday, 2009

WORKSHOP ON DEFENCE ELECTRONICS SYSTEM On 12th September, Saturday, 2009

Coordinator

Dr. V.M. Pandharipande
Objectives

The Workshop on ‘Defence Electronics Systems’ is being organized to expose the Electronics and Computer Science students to the achievements of Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO)
laboratories in the country. Most of the Directors of DRDO Labs have
accepted invitation to deliver special technical talks highlighting the
progress and milestones in frontier areas such as:-
· Electronics Warfare Systems
· Missile Technology and Avionics
· Missile Control, Guidance and Navigation
· Radar and Communication Systems
· Millimeter Wave Components & Systems
· Modern Communication Systems for Navy, Army, Air force Services
· Broadband Super Components
· Computer Command & Guidance (Software)
These specialized talks will expose and
trigger the students, faculty and

Following Distinguished Scientists, Directors
will deliver Lectures in the Workshop
1. Chief Controller Research and Development (Electronics and Computer Systems) DRDO New Delhi
2. Director DLRL, Hyderabad
3. Director, DRDL, Hyderabad
4. Director, LRDE, Bangalore
5. Director, ANURAG, Hyderabad
6. Director, RCI, Hyderabad
7. Director, DEAL, Dehradun
8. Director, RCMA, Bangalore

Registration

Registration fee Rs. 200/- for students (UG and PG) Rs. 500/- for others. Fee can be paid by cash in CEME office or by DD drawn in favour of Director, CEME, ECE, OU payable at Hyderabad.

Last date for receipts of application along with registration fee is 31st August 2009.

Seats for Workshop are limited; hence the candidates will be admitted on the first come first serve basis.

Registration Form

ADDRESS YOUR ENQUIRIES TO

Dr.V.M.PANDHARIPANDE
DIRECTOR
Centre for Excellence in Microwave Engineering
Dept. of Electronics and Commn. Engineering
University College of Engineering
Osmania University
Hyderabad – 500 007

Phone : 040 – 27682261

International Conference on Lated Trends in Simulation Modelling and Analysis (COSMA 2009) December 17-19, 2009

International Conference on Lated Trends in Simulation Modelling and Analysis (COSMA 2009) December 17-19, 2009, NITC, Calicut-673 601, Kerala, India

Organised by

Department of Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology Calicut
NIT Campus Post, Calicut – 673 601
Kerala, India.

Coordinators

Dr. R. Sridharan
Dr. V. Madhusudanan Pillai
Dr. T.Radha Ramanan

OBJECTIVES

Research and development activity is considered as an essential component of higher education, due to its role in creating new knowledge, insight and dynamism in the teaching-learning process. The conference has the focus on the frontier themes of Simulation modelling and analysis. Simulation modelling is a technology that has contributed to the design and analysis of many manufacturing systems broadly classified as manufacturing system design and manufacturing system operations. By creating a model of the proposed system, engineers are able to predict the performance of the resources / equipment, minimizing over design and thus reducing cost. The conference is aimed at getting a better understanding of the process of building a simulation model.

The conference includes keynote addresses, technical papers from academic and industry and poster sessions. This International conference on Simulation Modelling and Analysis will provide a platform for researchers to discuss the more recent contributions in the field of Simulation Modelling and Analysis. A feature of COSMA’09 is the state-of-the art exhibition of Simulation Technology in Manufacturing Systems. The exhibit includes contribution from the suppliers of simulation packages.

SCOPE/THEME

The topics given below are only guidance. There is no bar or restriction for good papers that is relevant to the conference theme.

Download Brochure

Conference Topics / Application Areas

Manufacturing Systems

* Distributed simulation approaches
* Simulation of manufacturing operations
* Integrating simulation and design
* Integrating process mapping and simulation
* Manufacturing modelling methods
* Cellular manufacturing systems
* Flexible manufacturing systems

Logistics and Transport

* Integrated planning of production and logistic systems
* Value stream mapping
* Physical distribution
* Logistic network design
* Warehousing decisions

Industrial Engineering

* Process planning
* Production planning
* Scheduling
* Queueing systems
* Human factors in engineering & design

Modelling Methodology

* Web based modelling
* Distributed simulation
* Network modelling

Analysis Methodology

* Simulation optimization
* Input analysis
* Output analysis

SUBMISSION PAPERS

Authors can upload the full paper based on original research work in the following format - MS Word, Times New roman, 10 point, and double column. The paper should have an abstract not exceeding 150 words. Authors’ names, affiliations and contact address should appear only on the cover page. The full paper should be limited to 6 pages including figures and tables. Click here for the template for preparing the full paper.
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All the submitted papers will be subjected to a peer review process. Papers conforming to the template only will be considered for the peer review process.
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Language: The working language of the conference is English.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Selected papers presented in the conference will be considered for publication after a further review in International Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (JIMS).

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control (IJMIC) has accepted to bring out a special issue on the conference. Selected papers presented in the conference will be considered for publication in the special issue after a further review.

Participant Registration

It is essential that one of the authors of the accepted papers registers to participate in the conference, for including in the conference proceedings. Registration can be done online. Registration also can be done by mailing the filled-in registration form along with demand draft for registration fee. The registrtaion form can be downloaded from the website.
Registration Fee Structure

a) Industries and Professionals: (USD 500) Rs.5000
b) Academic Institutes : (USD 400) Rs.2500
c) Student Participants : (USD 125) Rs.1000

Registration fee will cover the conference kit, proceedings, working lunch and refreshments at the conference venue.

Mode Of Payment

* Payment By Demand Draft

The registration fee shall be paid through crossed demand draft drawn inrnfavour of Coordinator, COSMA 2009, payable at State Bank of India, NITrnCalicut Branch (Code 2207)

* Online Payment

Online Payment Will be enabled soon……….

Submit Online

Registration for Paper Presentation

KEY SPEAKERS

Agent based simulation -

Fuzzy modelling and intelligent systems -

Simulation optimization -

Input modelling -

Important Dates / Schedule

Communication of Full Paper

Closing date: 01-10-2009

Intimation of Acceptance

Closing date: 26-10-2009

Receipt of camera ready paper & Registration Fee

Closing date: 20-11-2009

Important Downloads

1 Paper submission template Click Here

ACCOMMODATION

Limited number of single / shared accommodation shall be arranged within the institute campus on payment basis and on advance request. Arrangements for accommodation in star hotels are possible based on request.

POST QUERY

QUANTITATIVE FINANCE WORKSHOP December 17-20, 2009 at IGIDR, Mumbai, INDIA

JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), INDIA
[http://www.igidr.ac.in]

Industrial and Management Engineering (IME) Department
Indian Institute Of Technology Kanpur, INDIA
[http://www.iitk.ac.in/ime]

Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
[http://lallyschool.rpi.edu]

Objectives

A four-day ‘Quantitative Finance’ workshop is being launched by three premier institutes as one of their collaborative activities this year. The workshop, built on the expertise of highly distinguished faculty members from the three collaborating institutions, is an excellent opportunity for a superior learning experience. The workshop is designed to guide the participants along the difficult terrain of Quantitative Finance, using exciting class lectures, innovative and up to date course materials, and hands on tutorials.

Who can attend the workshop

This workshop is specifically meant for dynamic professionals from industry, academically oriented post graduate and doctoral students, business faculty members who have an aptitude and interest in Financial Economics, Statistics, Financial Engineering and Management and Financial Mathematics. People in academia and industry or anyone keen to gain knowledge about quantitative finance and its application are strongly encouraged to apply for this exclusive and unique workshop.

How to Apply

Please look for the Registration Form on IGIDR website:
http://www.igidr.ac.in/qf_workshop/QF_RegistrationForm.pdf

The seats for the workshop are limited. The applicants are advised to send their application at their earliest convenience. Please fill the attached form, and send two bank drafts, one for course registration fee and the other for application fee (for amounts see below).

The fees should be paid by demand draft favoring “Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research – QF Workshop” payable at Mumbai. The course registration fee includes the supply of course materials, snacks and lunch on all four days of the program.

Candidates are required to bring their own laptops for the hands-on sessions. Limited accommodation is available at IGIDR at academic rates. Preference will be given to outstation candidates.

All participants are supposed to make their own travel arrangements including local transportation.

For the Early Bird Registrants, the Non-refundable Application Fee is waived.

Important Dates

• Early Bird Ends: October 1, 2009
  
• Application Deadline: October 15, 2009
• First Round of Acceptance: November 1, 2009
• Second Round of Acceptance: November 15, 2009
• Workshop Dates: December 17, 18, 19, and 20, 2009

Non-refundable Application Fees

All Applicants: INR 1,000

Registration Fees

• Industry Professionals: INR 25,000
• Academics from Private Institutions: INR 10,000
• Academics from Government Institutions: INR 4,000

Send the Application Materials To (only complete applications will be considered):
Ms. Reshma Aguiar
Quantitative Finance Workshop Gen.
A.K.Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (E), Mumbai 400 065 INDIA
Email: QF_Workshop@igidr.ac.in
Ph: +91-22-2840 0919/20/2;
Fax: +91-22-2840 2752/28416399

For further information and queries, please get in touch at the following address:

Ms. Reshma Aguiar
Quantitative Finance Workshop
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)
Gen. A.K.Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (E), Mumbai - 400 065, INDIA
Email: QF_Workshop@igidr.ac.in
Ph: +91-22-2840 0919/20/2;
Fax: +91-22-2840 2752/28416399

SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME ON Research Methodology Research 7-8, September 2009

SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME ON Research Methodology Research 7-8, September 2009

TRAINING PROGRAMME ON Research Methodology Research 7-8, September 2009

Coordinators

Dr. R. Sridharan
Dr. T. Radha Ramanan

Organised by

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
&
CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT
NIT Campus P.O., CALICUT - 673601. Kerala, India

PREAMBLE

Through research, an executive can quickly get a synopsis of the current scenario which improves his information base for making sound decisions affecting future operations of the enterprise. The basic research has the primary objective as advancement of knowledge and the theoretical understanding of the relations among variables. It is the basic research through the theory generation that lays the foundation for applied research. Research follows certain processes such as formation of the topic, research design, hypothesis formulation, data collection, data analysis, testing and revision of hypothesis. Research methodology, with its structural process minimizes the degree of uncertainty in decision making

REGISTRATION FEE
The registration fee per participant is Rs. 1800/. The course fee includes course material, working lunch and refreshments during the sessions.

For the Research scholars and M.Tech. students of NITC, the course fee is Rs. 500/-. This fee includes course material and refreshments during the sessions.

FACULTY

The faculty for the programme will be from NITC. Dr. A. Ramanathan,
Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay will be the Guest Faculty.

COURSE CONTENT
* Research Process
* Hypothesis formulation and testing
* Data collection and presentation
* Modelling and simulation
* Technical report writing
* Laboratory sessions using statistical and optimization packages

TARGET AUDIENCE
This is an interdisciplinary programme. Teachers / Research Scholars / Post Graduate students / R & D personnel with specialization in any Science / Engineering / Management stream.

HOW TO APPLY

Application in the attached form or in the similar format duly recommended/ sponsored by the concerned authority along with the DD for registration amount and a self addressed envelope, should reach the Coordinator on or before 26/08/2009. Application forms can also be downloaded from institute website.

The registration fee shall be paid through crossed demand draft, drawn in favour of “Director, NIT Calicut” payable at State Bank of India, NITC Branch (Code 2207).

Photocopies of application form may be used in case of more applications to be submitted.

REGISTRATION FORM

IMPORTANT DATES

Last date for receipt : 26-08-2009
of applications
Intimation of selection : 28-08-2009

ABOUT CALICUT

Calicut is a major centre of higher education, learning and research in Kerala. It is the hometown of institutions of national importance including NITC, IIMK, DOEACC, CWRDM, IISR etc. Calicut is connected by direct trains/road/air to all major cities in India.

ABOUT THE INSTITUTION
NITC has twelve departments and seven centers. It offers nine undergraduates and twenty four postgraduate programmes apart from Ph. D. The institute has good infrastructure in computing, information technology, laboratories and central library including digital library. All departments have separate computing facility in addition to the
central facility

ABOUT THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

http://nitc.ac.in/nitc/dept/me/public_html/
The Department of Mechanical Engineering, the largest department in the Institute, offers B. Tech.(Mechanical Engineering), B. Tech.
(Production Engineering) programmes, M. Tech. programmes in Industrial Engineering and Management, Manufacturing Technology,
Thermal Sciences, Energy Management and Materials Science & Technology and Doctoral Degree programmes. Besides teaching, the
members of the faculty are involved in consultancy and sponsored research work.

ACCOMMODATION

Boarding and loading for the participants will be arranged in the Institute Guest House subject to availability on a chargeable basis upon advance request.

ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE

Coordinator, STTP on Research Methodology
Department of Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology
Calicut N.I.T. Campus P.O., Pin. 673601,
Calicut, Kerala.

Phone: 0495-2286406,
2286433,Fax:0495 2287250
Email: sreedhar@nitc.ac.in
radha_ramanan@nitc.ac.in,

Garbage Collection: The Next Generation

Garbage Collection: The Next Generation

Abstract

The increasing reliance on garbage collected languages requires collectors that perform well. In this talk, we present a number of new garbage collection algorithms that exploit object lifetime and pointer updates behavior in new ways to improve performance and pause times. In particular, we introduce a new copying garbage collection framework, called Beltway, and a new hybrid copying and reference counting collector.

The Beltway garbage collection framework significantly generalizes existing copying collectors by exploiting and separating object age and incrementality. It groups objects in one or more increments on queues called belts, collects belts independently, and collects increments on a belt in first-in-first-out order. We show that Beltway configurations, selected by command line options, act and perform the same as semi-space, generational, and older-first collectors, and encompass all previous copying collectors of which we are aware. We use the generality of Beltway to design a new family of copying collectors that are robust to variations in heap size and improve total execution time over the best generational copying collectors of which we are aware by up to 40%, and on average by 5 to 10%, for small to moderate heap sizes.

These and other general purpose collectors still are not able to combine short pause times with fast throughput. Reference counting collectors often attain short pause times, but with significant performance penalties. We present a new hybrid, which combines copying nursery collection and reference counting the older generation to achieve both goals. Key to our algorithm is a generalization of deferred reference counting of nursery objects. RC-hybrid safely ignores mutations to nursery objects and thus restricts copying and reference counting to the objects for which they perform well. We compare RC-hybrid with pure reference counting, a state-of-the-art copying and mark-sweep hybrid, and a number of other collectors. We show that RC-hybrid combines fast throughput, and low average and maximum pause times.

Market-Oriented Cloud Computing

Market-Oriented Cloud Computing

Abstract

Computing is being transformed to a model consisting of services that are commoditised and delivered in a manner similar to utilities such as water, electricity, gas, and telephony. In such a model, users access services based on their requirements without regard to where the services are hosted. Several computing paradigms have promised to deliver this utility computing vision and they include Grid computing, P2P computing, and more recently Cloud computing. The latter term denotes the infrastructure as a “Cloud” in which businesses and users are able to access applications from anywhere in the world on demand. Cloud computing delivers infrastructure, platform, and software (application) as services, which are made available as subscription-based services in a pay-as-you-go model to consumers. These services in industry are respectively referred to as Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). To realize Cloud computing, vendors such as Amazon, HP, IBM, and Sun are starting to create and deploy Clouds in various locations around the world. In addition, companies with global operations require faster response time, and thus save time by distributing workload requests to multiple Clouds in various locations at the same time. This creates the need for establishing a computing atmosphere for dynamically interconnecting and provisioning Clouds from multiple domains within and across enterprises. There are many challenges involved in creating such Clouds and Cloud interconnections. This seminar (1) presents the 21st century vision of computing and identifies various IT paradigms promising to deliver the vision of computing utilities, (2) defines the architecture for creating market-oriented Clouds and computing atmosphere by leveraging technologies such as VMs, (3) provides thoughts on market-based resource management strategies that encompass both customer-driven service management and computational risk management to sustain SLA-oriented resource allocation, (4) presents the work carried out as part of our recent initiative in Cloud Computing, called as Megha: (i) Aneka, a software system for providing PaaS within private or public Clouds and supporting market-oriented resource management, (ii) internetworking of Clouds for dynamic creation of federated computing environments for scaling of elastic applications, (iii) creation of 3rd party Cloud brokering services for content delivery network and e-Science applications and their deployment on capabilities of IaaS providers such as Amazon and Nirvanix along with Grid mashups, and (iv) CloudSim supporting modelling and simulation of Clouds for performance studies; and (5) concludes with the need for convergence of competing IT paradigms for delivering our 21st century vision along with pathways for future research.

Multiple Domain Orientation – A Theoretical Proposal for Storage Media

Multiple Domain Orientation – A Theoretical Proposal for Storage Media

Abstract

Due to the omnipresent nature of computers, the necessity for an efficient and larger storage has been drastically on the rise. The more the complex the system is, the more the storage requirements become. Hard disks have a major role in satisfying the needs of the computer users. Since storage density of hard disk is increasing at rate of 60% per year [1] and is approaching its atomic level saturation, there is a need for adapting some other technique to make maximum utilization of the available space. With not many solutions in hand, this paper is a novel approach. The basis of this idea is that when an external magnetic field is applied to an Elongated Single Domain (ESD), the domains get oriented in the direction of the external field. This specific property can account for the existence of more than two states. The domains are oriented in different directions each representing a new state unlike the conventional hard disks where only two directions are made use of. Thus each individual bit field* of the memory is capable of representing more than one state thus allowing octal, decimal, hexadecimal etc. representations instead of binary representation. The merits and demerits of this technology have also been discussed.

Introduction:

In the today’s cyber world, we are largely dependent on computers. With the advancement of technology and complexity of computers, the need for massive storage is mandatory. Hard disks have been a major storage media for the past several years. Hard disks continue to shrink in size, gain increased storage capacity and increased transfer speeds. The focus of development has been on increasing the density. But this may ultimately lead to saturation to atomic levels one day. Hence in this paper, on the basis of domain theory, different states have been given to an individual bit field making it possible to store more information on a single bit field without modifying its density.