Plenary Lecture
Megalopolises Issues of Sustainable Development
Professor Calin I. Ciufudean
Stefan Cel Mare” Universtity of Suceava
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Computers, Automatics and Electronics
Suceava, ROMANIA
E-mail: calin@eed.usv.ro
Abstract: Our tutorial proposes a view of sustainable development of large urban communities, i.e. megalopolises, seen through the sight of new technologies involved in office and home automation, urban traffic and services automation as application areas to exchange new research results and ideas to explore synergies and foster scientific advancement of the event-based paradigm. This tutorial provides event-formalisms for modeling and diagnosing urban environment threats for the assurance of sustainable development of human modern habitats. We will also provide an event-diagnosis method of these challenges. A valuable insight to evaluation of methods and applications necessary for implementing urban regeneration are also shown. The urban regeneration, in particular of building, public utilities and energy infrastructures, e.g. ecological footprint, is one of the basic steps for the development of a Smart City, where architectural and energetic innovative models and best practices can be tested. Our tutorial examines the critical topics and the strategies for monitoring, risk assessment, innovative materials, in the urban areas, also analyzing aspects of seismic protections and building diseases. We mention that all these topics are also relevant one of the most prominent ICT technologies that underpin our society, e.g. the Internet of Things (IoT) and its new branches for a sustainable development, as we call it Green IoT.
Brief Biography of the Speaker: Calin Horatiu Ciufudean is Associate Professor Ph.D. Eng. with “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computers, Control Systems, and Electronics.
- Courses and laboratories: Industrial Control Systems Diagnosis, Discrete Event Systems;
– Researcher in discrete event systems, environment and sustainable development;
– Researcher and projects director for over 34 research projects (national and international);
– Author of over 160 scientific papers published in scientific journals and conferences proceedings abroad and in Romania;
– Author of 19 books published in Romania and abroad;
– Author or co-author of 32 inventions.
- Technical Expert of the Romanian Ministry of Justice.
- President of the Romanian Society of Electrical & Control Engineering, Suceava Branch.
- He is a member of the editorial boards of several international scientific journals and conferences of control systems and electric engineering science. He was designated chairmen and/or key note speaker at 31 international conferences.