The Twelfth International Conference on Quantum, Nano/Bio, and Micro Technologies

ICQNM 2018

September 16, 2018 to September 20, 2018 - Venice, Italy

Deadlines

Submission

Jun 03, 2018

Notification

Jul 03, 2018

Registration

Jul 16, 2018

Camera ready

Jul 22, 2018

Deadlines differ for special tracks. Please consult the conference home page for special tracks Call for Papers (if any).

Publication

Published by IARIA Press (operated by Xpert Publishing Services)

Archived in the Open Access IARIA ThinkMind Digital Library

Prints available at Curran Associates, Inc.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to a IARIA Journal

Indexing Procedure

Affiliated Journals

ICQNM 2018 - The Twelfth International Conference on Quantum, Nano/Bio, and Micro Technologies

September 16, 2018 - September 20, 2018

ICQNM 2018: Program

NetWare 2018 - Preliminary Program

Conference Hotel Information
Conference Venue Location
NOVOTEL VENEZIA MESTRE CASTELLANA
Via Ceccherini 21
30174 Venezia Mestre
Italy
https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-3307-novotel-venezia-mestre-castellana/index.shtml
Tel:(+39) 041/5066511
Fax:(+39) 041/940620

Note: The final program might slightly vary according to the number of successful special tracks and the final registrations.

Conference rooms
Time slots

Room A

Room B

Room C

Room C

Sunday, September 16

13:00

Registration starts
The registration desk is located in front of the conference rooms
Operating during the entire conference

14:00 - 16:00

Tutorial I

Visible Light Communications in Smart Road Infrastructures
Prof. Dr. Manuel Augusto Vieira, Electronics inside the Electronic Telecommunication and Computer Department of ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal

16:00 - 16:15

Coffee

16:15 - 18:15

Tutorial II

Software Security Testing
Prof. Dr. George Yee, Carleton University, Canada

   

18:30 - 19:30

Welcome Cocktail
You must have your badge to attend the cocktail

Monday, September 17

09:00 - 09:15

Opening Session

09:15 - 10:15

Keynote Speech

Vernier-effect Strategies for Efficient Integrated Optical Sensing
Prof. Dr. Vittorio M.N. Passaro, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:15

SENSORDEVICES 3

SECURWARE 1

SENSORCOMM 1

 

12:15 - 13:15

Lunch on your own

13:15 - 13:40

Invited Presentation

Sustainable IT: A French Benchmark to Understand and Enhance its Spreading
Prof. Dr. Vincent Courboulay, University of La Rochelle, France

13:40 - 13:55

Coffee

13:55 - 15:40

SENSORDEVICES 2 / PHOSE

SECURWARE 2

AFIN 1

 

15:40 - 15:55

Coffee Break

15:55 - 17:40

Panel
Theme: Challenges on Security, Privacy and Cyber-systems

Moderator
George Yee, Carleton University, Canada

Panelists
Goitom Weldehawaryat, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Martin Latzenhofer, AIT Austrian Institute of Technoloy GmbH, Austria
Aleksandra Mileva, Faculty of Computer Science, University "Goce Delcev", Republic of Macedonia
Stefan Rass, Universität Klagenfurt, Institute of Applied Informatics, System Security Group, Klagenfurt, Austria
Wonjun Lee, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
George Yee, Carleton University, Canada

Tuesday, September 18

09:15 - 10:15

Keynote Speech

Preferred Path Routing
Dr. Yingzhen Qu, Futurewei Technologies Inc., USA

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:15

SENSORDEVICES 4

SECURWARE 3

SENSORCOMM 2

ICQNM 1

12:15 - 13:45

Lunch on your own

13:45 - 15:30

SENSORDEVICES 5 / AALMAS

SECURWARE 4

FASSI 1

GREEN 1

15:30 - 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 - 17:30

Panel
Theme: Advances on Miniaturization and Computation

Moderator
Paul Fortier, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, USA

Panelists
Michal Borecki    Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Poland
Arcady Zhukov, Department Materials Physics, Faculty of Chemistry, University Basque Country (UPV/EHU), San Sebastian, Spain and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
Paul Fortier, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, USA

Wednesday, September 19

09:15 - 10:15

Keynote Speech

Vehicular Communications using Visible Light Communication: Future Trends and Applications
Prof. Dr. Manuela Vieira, ISEL-ADEETC ; CTS-UNINOVA; DEE-FCT-UNL, Portugal

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:15

SENSORDEVICES 6

SECURWARE 5

ICQNM 2

SENSORCOMM 3 / SDSCSSQ

12:15 - 13:45

Lunch on your own

13:45 - 15:30

SENSORDEVICES 7

SECURWARE 6

SENSORDEVICES 8

SECURWARE 7

15:30 - 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 - 17:15

Panel
Theme: Sensing Huge Data and IoT Systems

Moderator
Paulo Cruvinel, Embrapa, Brazil

Panelists
Vahram Mouradian, Sensogram Technologies, Inc.,  USA
Paulo Jorge Santos, IST - ID, Portugal
Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires, University of Beira Interior - Covilhã, Portugal
Paulo Cruvinel, Embrapa, Brazil

20:00 : 23:00

CONFERENCE DINNER

Thursday, September 20

09:15 - 10:15

Keynote Speech

Security as a Game: Decisions under Uncertainty in Risk Management
Prof. Dr. Stefan Rass, Universität Klagenfurt, Institute of Applied Informatics, System Security Group, Klagenfurt, Austria

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:15

SENSORDEVICES 9 / MEDCARE

SECURWARE 8

ICQNM 3/ IrraDMicMac

CENICS 1

12:15 - 12:30

Coffee Break

12:30 - 14:15

SENSORDEVICES 10

SECURWARE 9/CIP-NCT

ICQNM 4/ IrraDMicMac

SENSORDEVICES 1 / AGAD

14:15 - 14:30

Coffee and Closing session

Friday, September 21

Recommended tourist objectives to be visited on your own:

Note:
There is public bus transportation from Notovel Venezia-Mestre Castellana to Piazzale Roma/Venice-ground (twice/hour)
Updated timetable is provided by the hotel.

From: Piazzale Roma

  • via Public transportation
    • Grand Canal by public Vaporetto Lines
  • by Walking (narrow streets)
    • Scuola Grande di San Rocco
    • Frari Church
    • Rialto Bridge
    • Food Market of Rialto
    • Former Financial District of Venice
    • Fenice Opera House
    • Church of San Marco
    • Dodges’ Palace
    • San Marco Belltower
    • San Marco Piazza

From: San Marco Piazza (public vaporetto)

  • Three specific near-by islands (half-a-day trip) to Venetian Lagoon
  • Burano (colorful houses)
  • Murano (the glass-making heritage factory)
  • Torcello (the 7th century Cathedral of Santa Maria Dell'Assunta)

Detailed Program

AFIN 2018, The Tenth International Conference on Advances in Future Internet

AFIN 1: Advances in Future Internet
Session chair: Yingzhen Qu

A New Congestion Control Algorithm for Bandwidth Guaranteed Networks
Lin Han, Lijun Dong, Yingzhen Qu, Richard Li

Availability Assessment of IP Multimedia Subsystem in an NFV-based Environment
Mario Di Mauro, Giovanni Galatro, Maurizio Longo, Fabio Postiglione, Marco Tambasco

Mobile Edge Computing versus Fog Computing in Internet of Vehicles
Eugen Borcoci, Marius-Constantin Vochin, Serban Obreja

 

CENICS 2018, The Eleventh International Conference on Advances in Circuits, Electronics and Micro-electronics

CENICS 1: Advances in Circuits, Electronics and Micro-electronics
Session chair: Ole Herman Elgesem

Ultra-Low-Voltage Dual-Rail NAND/NOR for High Speed Processing
Ole Herman Schumacher Elgesem, Omid Mirmotahari, Yngvar Berg

Real-Time SDR-Based ISM-Multiantenna Receiver for DoA-Applications
Janos Buttgereit, Erik Volpert, Horst Hartmann, Dirk Fischer, Götz C. Kappen, Tobias Gemmeke

A New Front-End Readout Electronics for the ALICE Charged-Particle Veto Detector
Clive Seguna, Edward Gatt, Giacinto De Cataldo, Ivan Grech, Owen Casha

 

FASSI 2018, The Fourth International Conference on Fundamentals and Advances in Software Systems Integration

FASSI 1: Fundamentals and Advances in Software Systems Integration
Session chair: Christopher Ireland

Prototyping for a Parallel Programming Tool
Kyoko Iwasawa

Empirical Exploration of the Software Integration Success Factors in Global Software Development: Analyses based on Company Size and Practitioners’ Experiences
Muhammad Ilyas, Siffat Ullah Khan

Applying Quality Requirements Framework to an IoT System
Tsuyoshi Nakajima

Integration of Data Providing and Analyzing System and its Application to Higher Education Institutional Data
Masaaki Ida

 

GREEN 2018, The Third International Conference on Green Communications, Computing and Technologies

GREEN 1: Green Communications, Computing and Technologies
Session chair: Jonathan Pastor

The Management of Risks Related to Innovation and Technologies. Application to the Ecosystem of Renewable Energy
Julie Chehaita, Eddie Soulier, Raed Kouta

A Fast Heuristic for Tasks Assignment in Manycore Systems with Voltage-Frequency Islands
Shervin Hajiamini, Behrooz Shirazi, Hongbo Dong

SeDuCe: a Testbed for Research on Thermal and Power Management in Datacenters
Jonathan Pastor, Jean-Marc Menaud

ICTFOOTPRINT.eu: Raising Awareness on Environmental Footprint Methodologies in the ICT Sector [PRESENTATION]
Chloe Devauze, Frederic Croison, Benoit Tinetti

 

ICQNM 2018, The Twelfth International Conference on Quantum, Nano/Bio, and Micro Technologies

ICQNM 1: QNM Materials
Session chair: Parvinder Singh

Imprint-assisted Read-ony Hologram Image Recorded into Polymers for Security Applications [POSTER]
Joo Yeon Kim, Seung-Yeol Lee, Chi Young Hwang, Yong-Hae Kim, Sanghoon Cheon, Seong Mok Cho, Hojun Ryu, and Tae Youb Kim

Facile Selective Etching Method to Fabricate Gold Nanoring Arrays Suspended by ZnO Nanocylinders for Highly Sensitive Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing [POSTER]
Na-Yeong Kim, Young-Chul Leem, Sang-Hyun Hong, Jin-Ho Park, Min-Gon Kim, Sang-Youp Yim

A New Parallel Adaptive DSMC Algorithm for Unsteady Flows in Complex Geometries
Mirvat Shamseddine, Issam Lakkis

ICQNM 2: QNM Applications
Session chair: Hiroo Wakaumi

Brain Tumor Detection and Segmentation Using Hybrid Approach of MRI, DWT and K-Means
Parvinder Singh, Mansi Lather

Development of a Cancer-on-a-Chip for Probing Nanoparticle Delivery Mechanism for Photothermal Therapy [PRESENTATION]
Ki-Hwan Nam, Ji Yong Bae, Ki Soo Chang

ICQNM 3 / IrraDMicMac I: Irradiation Dynamics from Microscopic to Macroscopic World I
Session chair: Eric Suraud

Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
Daniel Dundas, Anne Hémeryck, Eric Suraud

On the Microscopic Description of Irradiation Dynamics in Clusters [PRESENTATION]
Eric Suraud

Non-Conservative Current-Induced Forces in Bulk Systems [PRESENTATION]
Tchavdar Todorov

Simulation of the Properties of Irradiated Silicon: a Multi-Scale Project [PRESENTATION]
Antoine Jay

The Electron Elevator [PRESENTATION]
Andrew Horsfield

ICQNM 4 / IrraDMicMac II: Irradiation Dynamics from Microscopic to Macroscopic World II
Session chair: Daniel Dundas

Probing Non-Adiabatic Dynamics in Radiosensitisers [PRESENTATION]
Peter Mulholland, Daniel Dundas

A Phenomenological Model of Energy Relaxation in Disordered Insulators Irradiated by Ultrafast Proton Pulses
Lorenzo Stella, Jonathan Smyth, Brendan Dromey

Forces, Dynamics and Instabilities in Nano-Conductors Caused by Electronic Current: Atomistic Simulations [PRESENTATION]
Mads Brandbyge

Ultrafast Photoionization and Energy Absorption in Bulk Silicon and Germanium
Tzveta Apostolova, Boyan Obreshkov

Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
Daniel Dundas, Anne Hémeryck, Eric Suraud

 

SECURWARE 2018, The Twelfth International Conference on Emerging Security Information, Systems and Technologies

SECURWARE 1: Risk and Security
Session chair: Salatiel Ezennaya Gomez

Analysing Trends and Success Factors of International Cybersecurity Capacity-Building Initiatives
Faisal Hameed, Ioannis Agrafiotis, Carolin Weisser, Michael Goldsmith, Sadie Creese

Towards a Quantitative Approach for Security Assurance Metrics
Goitom Weldehawaryat, Basel Katt

Sensitive Data Anonymization Using Genetic Algorithms for SOM-based Clustering
Fatemeh Amiri, Gerald Quirchmayr, Peter Kieseberg

SECURWARE 2: Security Challenges with New Technologies
Session chair: Vladimir Yussupov

New Covert Channels in Internet of Things
Aleksandra Mileva, Aleksandar Velinov, Done Stojanov

Towards a Protection Profile for User-Centric and Self-Determined Privacy Management in Biometrics
Salatiel Ezennaya Gomez, Jana Dittmann, Claus Vielhauer

Exploiting User Privacy in IoT Devices Using Deep Learning and its Mitigation
Rana AlAmeedee, Wonjun Lee

SECURWARE 3: Information Security
Session chair: Andreas Grüner

Secure Collaborative Development of Cloud Application Deployment Models
Vladimir Yussupov, Michael Falkenthal, Oliver Kopp, Frank Leymann, Michael Zimmermann

Pro-SRCC: Proxy-based Scalable Revocation for Constant Ciphertext Length
Zeya Umayya, Divyashikha Sethia

A Logic-Based Network Security Zone Modelling Methodology
Sravani Teja Bulusu, Romain Laborde, Ahmad Samer Wazan, Francois Barrère, Abdelmalek Benzekri

SECURWARE 4: Cyber Laboratory Services
Session chair: Faisal Hameed

Towards a Blockchain-based Identity Provider
Andreas Grüner, Alexander Mühle, Tatiana Gayvoronskaya, Christoph Meinel

Enhancement of Usability of Information Security Systems
Gwangil Ju, HarkSoo Park

Information Security Resilience for Public Sector
HarkSoo Park, Gwangil Ju

SECURWARE 5: CYBER-Threat
Session chair: Michael Zimmermann

Cyber Security Threats Targeting CPS Systems: A Novel Approach Using Honeypot
Sameera Almulla, Elias Bou-Harb, Claude Fachkha

Metrics for Continuous Active Defence
George O. M. Yee

The Probable Cyber Attack Concept Exploiting Interrupt Vulnerability in Nuclear Power Plants
Taehee Kim, Soomin Lim, Sangwoo Kim

SECURWARE 6: Security Frameworks, Architectures and Protocols
Session chair: George Yee

Secure Cooperation of Untrusted Components
Roland Wismüller, Damian Ludwig

Implementation of Eavesdropping Protection Method over MPTCP Using Data Scrambling and Path Dispersion
Toshihiko Kato, Shihan Cheng, Ryo Yamamoto, Satoshi Ohzahata, Nobuo Suzuki

Deployment Enforcement Rules for TOSCA-based Applications
Michael Zimmermann, Uwe Breitenbücher, Christoph Krieger, Frank Leymann

SECURWARE 7: Malware and Anti-malware
Session chair: Guillaume Gautier

Massive Malware Detection Based on Bag-Of-Words Perceptual Hashing [PRESENTATION]
Jian Yu

A Botnet Detection System Based on Machine-Learning Using Flow-Based Features
Chien-Hau Hung, Hung-Min Sun

SECURWARE 8: Cryptography and Security Management
Session chair: Hung-Min Sun

Enhanced Software Implementation of a Chaos-Based Stream Cipher
Guillaume Gautier, Safwan El Assad, Olivier Deforges, Sylvain Guilley, Adrien Facon, Wassim Hamidouche

Adopting an ISMS Based Model for Better ITSM in Financial Institutions
Zidiegha Seiyaboh, Mohammed Bahja

SECURWARE 9 / CIP-NCT: Critical Infrastructure Protection – Novel Concepts and Technologies
Session chair: Latzenhofer Martin

Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
Stefan Schauer, Martin Latzenhofer

Authentic Quantum Nonces
Stefan Rass, Peter Schartner, Jasmin Wachter

Cyber-Security Aspects for Smart Grid Maritime Infrastructures
Monica Canepa, Giampaolo Frugone, Stefan Schauer, Riccardo Bozzo

Practical Risk Analysis in Interdependent Critical Infrastructures - a How-To
Sandra König, Thomas Grafenauer, Stefan Rass, Stefan Schauer

Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
Stefan Schauer, Martin Latzenhofer

 

SENSORCOMM 2018, The Twelfth International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications

SENSORCOMM 1: Software, Applications and Monitoring of Sensor Networks
Session chair: Paulo Santos

Integrated Security for Embedded IoT Systems
Paul Fortier, Patrick DaSilva, Benjamin Viall

Event Detection Using Abductive Reasoning on Sensor Data
Bill Karakostas

Application of Smart City Technology in Aiken, South Carolina
Adam Prey, Jiannan Zhai

SENSORCOMM 2: Sensor Circuits and Sensor Devices
Session chair: Clive Seguna

Azimuth Angle Estimation Using a Dual Accelerometer Vector Sensor with Active and Passive Underwater Signals
Paulo Santos, Paulo Felisberto, Sérgio Jesus, Friedrich Zabel, Aníbal Matos

Early Prediction of Hypoxia Based on Vitals Analysis and Predictive Analytics
Vahram Mouradian, Afarin Famili, Alexandra Kozhemiakina, Mahdieh Ashiani

SENSORCOMM 3 / SDSCSSQ: Next Generation Sensing Devices, Sensors Circuits, Sensors Standards on Quality Assurance
Session chair: Tarikul Islam

Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
Tarikul Islam

A Fractional Order Impedance Sensor for Measuring the Quality of Drinking Water
Tarikul Islam, Shibli Shakil, Babita Lohani, Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay

Design and Simulation of Low Cost and Low Magnetic Field MRI System
Sweta Ghosh, Vikram Thakur, Rahul Shrestha, Shubhajit Roy Chowdhury, Vinayak Hande

Modeling and Simulation of Various Kinds of Blockage in Carotid Artery
Kshitij Shakya, Shubhajit Roy Chowdhury

Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
Tarikul Islam

 

SENSORDEVICES 2018, The Ninth International Conference on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications

SENSORDEVICES 1 / AGAD: Advances in Giant Magneto-Impedance Materials and Devices
Session chair: Arcady Zhukov

Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
Arcady Zhukov

Optimization of Giant Magnetoimpedance Effect in Co-rich Magnetic Microwires
Paula Corte-León, Lorena Gonzalez-Legarreta, Valentina Zhukova, Mihail Ipatov, Julian Gonzalez, Juan Maria Blanco, Arcady Zhukov

Tunning the Giant Magnetoimpedance Effect in Fe-rich Magnetic Microwires by Stress- annealing
Paula Corte-León, Lorena Gonzalez-Legarreta, Valentina Zhukova, Mihail Ipatov, Juan Maria Blanco, Arcady Zhukov

Technological Chain for Tuning of Magnetic Properties of Glass Covered Microwire for Sensor Application
Alexander Chizhik, Arkady Zhukov, Julian Gonzalez, Paula Corte-Leon, Andrzej Stupakiewicz

The developemnt of ASIC type GSR sensor drived by GHz pulse current
Yoshinobu Honkura, Shinpei Honkura

High Perfomance GMI Sensor for Biomagnetic Field Measurement
Tsuyoshi Uchiyama, Jiaju Ma

Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
Arcady Zhukov

SENSORDEVICES 2 / PHOSE: Photonic Sensing
Session chair: Vittorio M.N. Passaro

Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
Vittorio M.N. Passaro

New Advances in Quartz Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy for Gas Sensing Applications
Giansergio Menduni, Arianna Elefante, Pietro Patimisco, Angelo Sampaolo, Marilena Giglio, Vittorio Passaro, Vincenzo Spagnolo

Concept of Optical Sensor Utilising the Far Field Pattern Radiated by Periodic Grating Strips Over Silica Cladding on the Silicon Wire Waveguide
Vittorio Passaro, Francesco De Leonardis, Andrei Tsarev, Eugeny Kolosovsky

Silicon Photonics for Mid-Infrared Sensing
D. J. Rowe, Y. Qi, V. Mittal, A. Osman, Z. Qu, Y. Wu, M. Banakar, J. Soler Penades, J. S. Wilkinson, M. Nedeljkovic, G. Z. Mashanovich, A. Sánchez-Postigo, J. G. Wangüemert-Pérez, A. Ortega-Moñux, R. Halir, I. Molina-Fernández

Chemical Sensors in Plastic Optical Fibers
Luigi Zeni, Maria Pesavento, Nunzio Cennamo

Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
Vittorio M.N. Passaro

SENSORDEVICES 3: Photonics
Session chair: Paulo E. Cruvinel

Low Index Photonic Membrane Textile for Personal Thermoregulation
Salim Assaf, Yan Pennec, Alexander Korovin, Vincent Thomy, Anthony Treizebre, Bahram Djafar Rouhani

Evanescent field sensors based on Si photonics
Andreas Tortschanoff, Christian Ranacher, Cristina Consani, Thomas Griller

1D MEMS Micro-Scanning LiDAR
Norbert Druml, Ievgeniia Maksymova, Thomas Thurner, Diederik van Lierop, Marcus Hennecke, Andreas Foroutan

Light-Fidelity (Li-Fi) Optical Sensing and Detection in Large Indoor Environements
Manuela Vieira, Manuel Augusto Vieira, Paula Louro, Pedro Vieira, Alessandro Fantoni

SENSORDEVICES 4: Sensors Signal Conditioning and Interfacing Circuits
Session chair: Manuela Vieira

A Low-Voltage Folded-Cascode OP Amplifier with a Dynamic Switching Bias Circuit
Hiroo Wakaumi

Low Profile Circularly Polarized Antenna with Large Coverage for Multi-Sensor Device Links Optimisation
Mohamad Majed, Youssef Sbeity, Michele Lalande, Bernard Jecko

Sensors-Based Stereo Image System for Precision Control of Weed in the Agricultural Industry
Bruno M. Moreno, Paulo E. Cruvinel

SENSORDEVICES 5 / AALMAS: Ambient Assisted Living Systems and Medical Applications using Sensors
Session chair: Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires

Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires

Reliability Assessment of New and Updated Consumer-Grade Activity and Heart Rate Monitors
Salome Oniani, Sandra I. Woolley, Ivan Miguel Pires, Nuno M. Garcia, Tim Collins, Sean Ledger, Anand Pandyan

Hydriney: A Mobile Application to Help in the Control of Kidney Stones Disease
Tânia Valente, Ivan Miguel Pires, Nuno M. Garcia, Nuno Pombo, João Orvalho

An Efficient Machine Learning-based Fall Detection Algorithm for Elderly Fall Detection
Faisal Hussain, Muhammad Basit Umair, Muhammad Ehatisham-ul-Haq, Ivan Miguel Pires, Tânia Valente, Nuno M. Garcia, Nuno Pombo

What Do We Mean by the Validation of Activity Monitoring Devices?
Nuno M. Garcia, Nuno Pombo, Ivan Miguel Pires, Salome Oniani, Ia Mosashvili, Gisele Souza

Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
Ivan Miguel Serrano Pires

SENSORDEVICES 6: Medical Devices and Sensors Applications
Session chair: Hiroo Wakaumi

Temperature Monitoring in Tissue Phantoms via Spatially Resolved Measurement of Longitudinal Wave Speed
Mario Wolf, Lukas Timmermann, André Juhrig, Katharina Rath, Felix Krujatz, Elfgard Kühnicke

Spatially-Resolved Determination of Transverse Wave Speed in Tissue Phantoms Using High-Frequent Ultrasound
Lukas Timmermann, Mario Wolf, André Juhrig, Katharina Rath, Elfgard Kühnicke, Felix Krujatz

A Transducer with Inversion Layer Technique for Expanded Lesion Size in HIFU Surgery
Jin Ho Sung, Da Sol Kwon, Eun Young Jeong, Jong Seob Jeong

SENSORDEVICES 7: Sensor Device Technologies
Session chair: Mario Wolf

Self-Assembled Plasmonic Sensor Platforms: a Promising Approach for Monitoring Enzymatic Degradation of Thin Gelatin Layers
Markus Weiler, Stefan B. Quint, Supratim Basak, Claudia Pacholski

Improvement and Application of Sensor Device Capable of Autonomously Keeping Accurate Time Information for Buildings and Civil Infrastructures
Narito Kurata

Navigation Cells Based on Visible Light Communication for Indoor Positioning
Paula Louro, Manuela Vieira, Manuel Augusto Vieira

SENSORDEVICES 8: Sensor Devices
Session chair: Clive Seguna

Capillary Sensors with Two Coupled LEDs for UV-Forced Degradation and Fluorescence Reading of Chemical Stability of Diesel Fuels
Michal Borecki, Mateusz Gęca, Michael L. Korwin-Pawlowski, Piotr Doroz, Przemysław Prus, Jan Szmidt

Use of Body-Diode for Thermal Monitoring of Power MOSFET
Giovanni Pangallo, Riccardo Carotenuto, Demetrio Iero, Massimo Merenda, Giovanna Adinolfi, Giorgio Graditi, Francesco Giuseppe Della Corte

Ultra Low Power Consumption Magnetic Microsystem for IoT Applications
Janez Trontelj, Damjan Bercan, Aleksander Sesek

SENSORDEVICES 9 / MEDCARE: Emergent Technologies and Applications for Medical and Healthcare Devices
Session chair: Vítor Carvalho

Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
Vítor Carvalho, Filomena Soares, José Machado, Demétrio Matos

Development of a Real-Time Evaluation System For Top Taekwondo Athletes - SPERTA
Pedro Cunha, Vítor Carvalho, Filomena Soares

Sensors Selection and Detailed Mechanical Design on Developing a Mechatronic System for the Promotion of Physical Activity
Leandro Pereira, Vítor Hugo Mendes da Costa Carvalho Vítor, Demétrio Matos, José Machado, Filomena Soares

An approach to behavioural distraction patterns detection and classification in a Human-Robot Interaction
Bruno Amaro, Vinicius Silva, Filomena Soares, João Sena Esteves

Serious Games Assisted By Playware As A Way To Improve Socio-Emotional Skills In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
José Azevedo, Vinicius Silva, Filomena Soares, João Sena Esteves, Ana Paula Pereira

Real-Time Gesture Classification for Monitoring Elderly Physical Activity Using a Wireless Wearable Device
Alexandre Calado, Pedro Leite, Filomena Soares, Paulo Novais, Pedro Arezes, Filipe Sousa, Joana Silva

Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
Vítor Carvalho, Filomena Soares, José Machado, Demétrio Matos

SENSORDEVICES 10: Trends on Sensing Devices and Applications
Session chair: Michal Borecki

Investigating the Relevance of Sensor Selection: Recognition of ADLs Based on Feet Movement and Posture Information
Rafael de Pinho André, Pedro Henrique Diniz, Hugo Fuks

Vehicular Visible Light Communication I2V2V2I Connected Cars
Manuel Augusto Vieira, Manuela Vieira, Paula Vieira, Pedro Vieira

ReCal – an Innovative Mathematical Procedure to Determine the Date of Timely Recalibration for Sensor Systems with Metal Oxide Gas Sensors
Rolf Seifert, Hubert Keller

One Year of Wrist Actimetry at One Second Epoch in Real Life
Gianluigi Delucca

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