International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications series
1–16 Jun 2014
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Call for Papers
We are pleased to announce the 1st International Electronic Conference Sensors and Applications, chaired by Dr. Francesco Ciucci,
Dr. Dirk Lehmhus, Dr. Stefano Mariani, Dr. Thomas B. Messervey and Dr. Alberto Vallan.
The conference will comprise of the following sections:
- Biosensors (Section A)
- Chemical Sensors (Section B)
- Physical Sensors (Section C)
- Sensor Networks (Section D)
- MEMS and NEMS (Section E)
- SMART Materials and Structures (Section F)
- Applications (Section G)
For the 1st International Electronic Conference Sensors and Applications (ECSA), we invite scholars from all over the world to present their current novel ideas on multidisciplinary aspects of research and development of sensors and their applications, including materials-related topics.
We are looking for experts and scholars who would like to share their knowledge, expertise and the most recent progress by joining this conference which is, itself, a novel way of exchanging ideas with our community.
The conference will be completely free of charge—both to attend, and for scholars to upload and present their latest work on the conference platform. There will further be a possibility to submit selected papers to the journal Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220; Impact Factor: 1.953 (2012); 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.395 (2012); www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors).
ECSA offers you the opportunity to participate in this international, scholarly conference without having the concerns and expense of travelling—all you need is your computer and access to the Internet. We would like to invite you to “attend” this conference by presenting your latest work.
Abstracts (in English) should be submitted by 15 April 2014 online at https://sciforum.net/user/submission. For accepted abstracts, the full paper can be submitted by 15 May 2014. The conference itself will be held 1-16 June 2014.
We hope you will be able to join this exciting event and support us in making it a success.
The 1st International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications is organized and sponsored by MDPI, a scholarly open access publisher (https://www.mdpi.com/).
Paper Submission GuidelinesFor information about the procedure for submission, peer-review, revision and acceptance of conference proceedings papers, please refer to the section "Instructions for Authors": sciforum.net/conference/ecsa-1/instructionsConference Chairs
Instructions for Authors
Submissions should be done by the authors online by registering with www.sciforum.net, and using the "New Submission" function once logged into system.
- Scholars interested in participating with the conference can submit their abstract (about 200-250 words covering the areas of manuscripts for the proceedings issue) online on this website until 15 April 2014.
- The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, based on the submitted abstract, whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for the 1st International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications. All authors will be notified by 20 April 2014 about the acceptance of their abstract.
- If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author is asked to submit the manuscript, optionally along with a PowerPoint and/or video presentation of his/her paper (only PDF), until the submission deadline of 15 May 2014.
- The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available on sciforum.net/conference/ecsa-1/page/call for discussion during the time of the conference 1-16 June 2014.
- The Open Access Journal Sensors will publish Special Issue of the conference and accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference itself. After the conference, the Conference Committee will select manuscripts that may be included for publication in the Special Issue of the journal Sensors (the submission to the journal is independent from the conference proceedings and will follow the usual process of the journal, including peer-review, APC...).
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must have the following organization:
First page:
- Title
- Full author names
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
- Abstract (200-250 words)
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusions
- (Acknowledgements)
- References
Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word or any other word processor and should be converted to the PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references) and should not exceed 6 pages.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the Manuscript. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly in the website using Sciforum.net's proprietary slides viewer. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results can be presented. Slides should be converted to the PDF format before submission so that our process can easily and automatically convert them for online displaying.
Besides their active participation within the forum, authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. If you are interested in submitting, please contact the conference organizer – [email protected] to get to know more about the procedure. This is an unique way of presenting your paper and discuss it with peers from all over the world. Make a difference and join us for this project!
Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.sciforum.net/login by registering and logging in to this website.
Accepted File Formats- MS Word: Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in MS Word, the Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications Microsoft Word template file (see download below) must be used. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and make the layout very difficult.
- Paper Format: A4 paper format, the printing area is 17.5 cm x 26.2 cm. The margins should be 1.75 cm on each side of the paper (top, bottom, left, and right sides).
- Paper Length: The conference proceedings paper should not be longer than 6 pages. The conference manuscript should be as concise as possible.
- Formatting / Style: The paper style of the Journal Sensors should be followed. You may download the template file to prepare your paper (see above). The full titles and the cited papers must be given. Reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [4] or [1-3], and all the references should be listed separately and as the last section at the end of the manuscript.
- Authors List and Affiliation Format: Authors' full first and last names must be given. Abbreviated middle name can be added. For papers written by various contributors a corresponding author must be designated. The PubMed/MEDLINE format is used for affiliations: complete street address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and email address should be added. All authors who contributed significantly to the manuscript (including writing a section) should be listed on the first page of the manuscript, below the title of the article. Other parties, who provided only minor contributions, should be listed under Acknowledgments only. A minor contribution might be a discussion with the author, reading through the draft of the manuscript, or performing English corrections.
- Figures, Schemes and Tables: Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color. Full color graphics will be published free of charge. Figure and schemes must be numbered (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, etc.) and a explanatory title must be added. Tables should be inserted into the main text, and numbers and titles for all tables supplied. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. Please supply legends for all figures, schemes and tables. The legends should be prepared as a separate paragraph of the main text and placed in the main text before a table, a figure or a scheme.
It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state here "The authors declare no conflict of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under "Acknowledgments" section. Copyright MDPI AG, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a Communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI AG the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).
List of accepted submissions (55)
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sciforum-000975 | A Novel MEMS based Surface Acoustic Wave Gas Sensor for Carbon Dioxide Detection in Hot-Process Areas | , | N/A |
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The ever increasing applications of sensor networks is causing a growth in demand for low cost, energy efficient sensors for monitoring physical environment such as temperature, gas concentration or pressure, especially in hot-process areas. The paper presents a 3D model of a Surface Acoustic Wave Gas sensor for detection of CO2 in high temperature areas. A robust and sensitive chemisensor has been realized by using the SAW phenomenon. In this study, nanostructures have been added in addition to the metallic layer to increase the surface to volume ratio of the sensor. The sensitivity of the sensor has been increased by using a piezoelectric material as a sensing layer. The choice of material absorption has been chosen by using Hard-Soft-Acid –Base theory, which is a relatively new concept to determine polymers for the active layer. The reliance of SAW reflection factor for unidirectional IDTs loaded by impedance on its resistive value was investigated, The sensor showed great results when exposed to varied concentrations of CO2 . Study also showed that langasite showed a stable frequency at higher temperature as compared to commonly used litium niobate. The design and simulation of the sensor is done using the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) module of COMSOL Multiphysics. The high temperature stability, fast response and robustness of the sensor showed promising industry applications. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
sciforum-001524 | Characterization of ZnO Thin Film as Piezoelectric for Biosensor Applications | , , , , , , |
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Biosensor is an analytical device that consists of immobilized biological sensitive materials. When these materials are in contact with certain transducers, the sensor is able to convert biological signal into electrical signal, hence allowing for certain measurement to be conducted. These sensors have the capability to detect certain human traits such as DNA, tissues, enzyme, antibody and antigen. To increase the biosensor performance especially the interaction between the sensor and biological elements, high uniformity and good optical transmittance sensors are strongly important. Therefore, this paper will presents early characterization of biosensors using Zinc Oxide (ZnO) piezoelectric thin film deposited as sensing layer on Silicon substrate. We investigated the thin film surface morphology and optical characterization using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), and UV-Visible Spectrophotometer. We found that the surface roughness of the thin film varied from 1.1 nm to 4.5 nm and the grain size increased with the increase of annealing temperature thus provide high surface uniformity that will enhance the sensitivity and specificity of the sensor. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
sciforum-002378 | An Open-Source and Low-Cost Monitoring System for Precision Enology | , , , |
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Many critical points in winemaking can affect final product quality. Wine is a dynamic system where conditions could be strongly different between products of the same vineyard and even among each wine vat, due to microbiological and chemical process. This high variability means an increase in work in term of control and process management. As for Precision Viticulture, the winemaking process required a site-specific methodology, in order to optimize cellar practices management and quality production. This kind of approach suggest a new concept of winemaking, which could be identified as Precision Enology. The Institute of Biometeorology of the National Research Council has developed a wireless monitoring system, which consists of silicone barrel bungs equipped with sensors for the measurement of physical and chemical parameters in wine stored in barrel. The preliminary prototype was published on the Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research. In the present work is presented an open-source evolution of the system, with Arduino based technology. Results have shown good performance in terms of data transmission and accuracy, demonstrating characteristics perfectly suited for monitoring with minimal size and power consumption. The system has been designed to create a low-cost product, which allows to monitor in real-time wine evolution in each barrel directly from the office or smartphone, minimizing costs and time for sampling and laboratory analysis. The possibility to integrate a wide range of sensors on the system makes it a flexible tool capable to satisfy various monitoring needs in winemaking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
sciforum-000049 | Analysis of Wireless Sensor Network Topology and Estimation of Optimal Network Deployment by Deterministic Radio Channel Characterization | , , , , , | N/A |
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The design and development of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) on an indoor scenario, where multipath propagation has special relevance, is often a difficult task that requires a long and tedious fieldwork that is not reusable later. This paper focuses on the validation of 3D Ray Launching simulation as an efficient method for reducing the time and effort required to design and develop a WSN on a complex indoor scenario, which can later be employed for different applications. Using a well tested deterministic method which offers reliable results, the most suitable antenna distribution and consequently a homogeneous power distribution could be achieved easily for different places and topologies. In this work the radioplanning procedure is validated in a prototype of a WSN Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET), implementing a chain configuration deployed in a real indoor scenario, which is the entire floor of a university department, providing assessment on radio level, signal quality and power consumption. The use of deterministic tools in WSN deployment phases can aid in providing optimal layouts in terms of coverage, capacity and energy efficiency of the network, therefore the power distribution, intra-system interference maps and power delay profiles are calculated based on the simulation results. Finally, the validity of the simulation is proved comparing the obtained power level results and the RSSI level provided by WSN. The output of the proposed wireless systems planning process leads to energy efficient as well as to capacity enhanced network designs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
sciforum-003283 | Hybrid Reduced-Order Modeling and Particle-Kalman Filtering for the Health Monitoring of Flexible Structures | , , |
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MEMS-based, surface mounted structural health monitoring systems were recently proposed to locate possible damage events in lightweight composite structures. To track the structural dynamics induced by the external actions, and identify in real-time the inception of drifts from the virgin, or undamaged state, recursive Bayesian filters are here adopted. As the main drawback of any on-line identification method might be linked to an excessive computing time, two solutions are jointly enforced: an order-reduction of the numerical model used to track the structural behavior, through the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) in its snapshot-based version; an improved particle filtering strategy, which features an extended Kalman updating of each evolving particle before the resampling stage. While the former method alone can reduce the number of effective degrees-of-freedom of the structure to a few only (depending on the kind of loading), the latter allows to track the evolution of damage and also locate it thanks to an intricate formulation.To assess the proposed procedure, the case of a thin plate subject to bending is investigated. It is shown that, when the procedure is fed by measurements gathered by a network of inertial MEMS sensors appropriately deployed over the plate, damage is efficiently and accurately estimated and located. |
List of Authors (163)
Best Paper Awards
ECSA Best Paper Awards
The following papers presented at the International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA) were awarded as best papers:
- Micro-Raman Spectroscopy for Assessment of Periodontal Disease Follow-Up
by Carlo Camerlingo, Fabrizia d'Apuzzo, V. Grassia, L. Perillo and Maria Lepore - Innovative Low-Cost Plastic Optical Fiber Sensors for Gas Monitoring
by Maen Ishtaiwi - Analysis of Wireless Sensor Network Topology and Estimation of Optimal Network Deployment by Deterministic Radio Channel Characterization
by Erik Aguirre, Peio Lopez Iturri, Leire Azpilicueta, José Javier Astrain, Jesús Villadangos and Francisco Falcone - Processing of Mobile Multi-Agent Systems with a Code-based Agent Platform in Material-Integrated Distributed Sensor Networks
by Stefan Bosse - Soft, Comfortable Polymer Dry Electrodes for high Quality ECG and EEG Recording
by Yun-Hsuan Chen, Maaike Op de Beeck, Luc Vanderheyden, Evelien Carrette, Vojkan Mihajlovic, Bernard Grundlehner, Stefanie Gadeyne, Paul Boon and Chris Van Hoof
Conference Organizers
Dr. Francesco Ciucci
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Dr. Dirk Lehmhus
ISIS Sensorial Materials Scientific Centre
University of Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Dr. Stefano Mariani
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Editorial Board Member and Guest Editor of several
Special Issues of the Journal Sensors
Dr. Thomas B. Messervey
CEO and Co-Founder, Research to Market Solution s.r.l. Pavia, Italy
Dr. Alberto Vallan
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Politecnico di Torino
Turin, Italy
Prof. Dr. Sheikh A. Akbar, NSF Center for Industrial Sensors and Measurements (CISM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University, USA
Dr. Cinzia Caliendo, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, ISC-CNR, Italy
Prof. Dr. Caterina Ciminelli, Optoelectronics Laboratory, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Dr. Francesco Ciucci, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Dr. Peter Cragg, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, UK
Prof. Dr. Jamal Deen, Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Canada
Dr. Ye Fang, Biochemical Technologies, Science and Technology Division, Corning Incorporated, USA
Prof. Dr. Juan A. Gomez-Pulido, Computer Architecture and Logic Design Group (ARCO), Department of Technologies of Computers and Communications, University of Extremadura, Spain
Prof. Dr. Vinod Gupta, FWIF, FNASc., Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Dr. Dirk Lehmhus, ISIS Sensorial Materials Scientific Centre, University of Bremen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Dusan Losic, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Australia
Prof. Dr. Huangxian Ju, Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, China
Prof. Dr. Spas Kolev, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Dr. Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Canada
Dr. Stefano Mariani, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Dr. Shinya Maenosono, School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Dr. Thomas B. Messervey, CEO and Co-Founder, Research to Market Solution s.r.l., Italy
Dr. Kwang W. Oh, SMALLab (Sensors and Microactuators Learning Lab), Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, USA
Dr. Roberto Pilloton, 1st Researcher at CNR Institute for Atmospheric Pollution CNR, Italy
Prof. Dr. Yoon-Bo Shim, Department of Chemistry and Institute of BioPhysio Sensor Technology, Pusan National University, Korea
Dr. Matteo Tonezzer, IMEM - CNR Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism – Italian National Research Council, Italy
Dr. Alberto Vallan, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Prof. Dr. Maurizio Valle, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering, and Naval Architecture, University of Genova, Italy
Organizing Committee
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Ms Samanta La Russa, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
List of Keynotes & Videos
Presentation of the Paper "Processing of Mobile Multi-Agent Systems with a Code-based Agent Platform in Material-Integrated Distributed Sensor Networks
Title of the paper "Processing of Mobile Multi-Agent Systems with a Code-based Agent Platform in Material-Integrated Distributed Sensor Networks", available as a download at https://www.sciforum.net/conference/ecsa-1/paper/2431/paper.
F. SMART Materials and Structures
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