Posts By: ITeN Editorial Board

International Summer School on Industrial Agents 2022: Autonomous Control in Logistics, Production and Energy Applications

The 8th International Summer School on Industrial Agents: Autonomous Control in Logistics, Production and Energy Applications will take place from 11th to 15th July 2022.
The International Summer School on Industrial Agents, organized by the Helmut Schmidt University, Institute for Automation Technology in Hamburg, brings together leading researchers and PhD …

JESTIE Special Section on “Advanced High Frequency Medium Voltage Power Electronic Systems and Control for Distributed Energy Resources (DER)”

Organized by: Prof. John Lam, Prof. XiboYuan, Dr. Ali Masood Cheema, Prof. Shangzhi Pan 
To meet the aggressive target of reaching net-zero emissions globally by 2050, it is crucial to prioritize the development of clean and affordable renewable power generation. The medium voltage (MV) distributed power network will consist …

Hierarchical Abstraction of Compensator for Reaction Torque Observer Based on Element Description Method

Authors: Issei Takeuchi and Seiichiro Katsura
Extended Abstract:

The expansion of the applicable range of robots and machines requires the ability to cooperate with humans and adapt to external environments. It is necessary to use torque information in order to achieve these capabilities. A reaction torque observer is …

2022 ETFA – IEEE 27th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation

The ETFA 2022 will take place on September 6-9, 2022, at the University of Stuttgart, Germany (https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/) a leading technically oriented University in Germany. 
ETFA 2022 is the 27th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) focusing on the latest developments and new technologies …

Call for Nominations for open Editor Positions – Deadline May 13, 2022

The IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) invites nominations for the position of Editor-in-Chief and co-Editor-in-Chief for the following journals:

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII)
IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society (OJIES)
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics (JESTIE)
IEEE Transactions on Industrial …

Modular Multilevel Converters: Recent Achievements and Challenges

Authors: Marcelo A. Perez; Salvador Ceballos; Georgios Konstantinou; Josep Pou; Ricardo P. Aguilera
Extended Abstract:
The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is currently one of the power converter topologies, which has largely increased its research and development worldwide. Its features, such as high quality of voltages and …

JESTIE Special Section on “Low Inertia Power Systems: Challenges and Opportunities”

Organized by: Prof. Andrea Benigni, Priv.-Doz. Thomas I. Strasser, Prof. Federico Milano, Dr.-Ing. Martina Joševski
The target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions motivated by environmental and sustainability concerns has led to substitute a significant share of conventional generation with renewable sources. In this transition, synchronous machines …