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CFP12MEL-PRT 978-1-4673-0782-6

2012 16th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2012)

Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia 25 – 28 March 2012

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Melecon 2012 Table of Contents

A1L-A Nonlinear Control Time: Monday, March 26, 10:30 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 1 Chair: Anis Sellami, ESSTT - University of Tunis, Tunisia

A1L-A1 A Novel Nonlinear Stabilizing Control Scheme for a Class of Underactuated Systems .........................................................................................................................N/A Martin Micallef University of Malta, Malta

A1L-A2 Identification of Wiener-Hammerstein Model with Multisegment Piecewise-Linear Characteristic..................................................................................................... 5 Sami Hafsi, Kaouther Laabidi, Moufida Ksouri-Lahmari Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia

A1L-A3 Apaptative High Gain Observer Based a Sensorless Output Feedback Controller for IMs with Time-Varying Load Torque and Rotor Resistance............ 11 Hanen Chehimi2, Salim Hadj Said2, Faouzi M'Sahli1 1Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir, Tunisia; 2Réseau National Universitaire, Tunisia

A1L-A4 Sliding Mode Control of Saturated Systems with Norm Bounded Uncertainty .... 15 Borhen Torchani1, Anis Sellami1, Germain Garcia2 1Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Université de Toulouse, France

A1L-B Multimedia Transmission Time: Monday, March 26, 10:30 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 2 Chair: Noureddine Hamdi, INSAT - University of Carthage, Tunisia

A1L-B1 An IC Card Interface Using Embedded Technology with Universal Remote Controller for Living Support System ....................................................................... 19 Masashi Nakayama1, Yusuke Amino1, Mitsuaki Abe1, Junichi Inamura2 1Kagawa National College of Technology, Japan; 2Koyama System Inc., Japan

A1L-B2 Handover Evaluation for Mobile Video Streaming in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks ...................................................................................................................... 23 Saleh Abdallah-Saleh, Qi Wang, Christos Grecos, Duncan Thomson University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom

A1L-B3 Multiple Description Coding for Cognitive Radio Networks Under Secondary Collision Errors ........................................................................................................... 27 Abdelaali Chaoub1, Elhassane Ibn-Elhaj2 1Mohammed V-Agdal University, Morocco; 2National Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, Morocco

A1L-B4 A QoS Oriented Analytical Model for BGP Multihomed Networks ......................... 31 Yahya Z. Mohasseb, Mohamed T. Moubarak Military Technical College, Egypt

A1L-B5 PodBoard: Podcasting Braced Blended Learning Environment ............................ 35 Hossam Fahmy, Salma A. Ghoneim Ain Shams University, Egypt

A1L-C Antenna Time: Monday, March 26, 10:30 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 3 Chair: Carl James Debono, University of Malta, Malta

A1L-C1 On the Interference Rejection Capabilities of Triangular Antenna Array for Cellular Base Stations ................................................................................................ 39 Rachad Atat, Muhammad Shakir, Mohamed-Slim Alouini King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

A1L-C2 Four Element Antenna Array Working at 2.4/5.2 GHz for Wireless USB Dongle Applications................................................................................................................. 43 Zain Abidin3, Raed Abd-Alhameed3, C See3, Nazar Ali2, P. S. Excell1 1Glyndwr University, United Kingdom; 2Khalifa University, U.A.E.; 3University of Bradford, United Kingdom

A1L-C3 48 GHz Zeroth Order Resonance Metamaterial Antenna on Alumina Substrate .. 46 Gheorghe Ioan Sajin1, Florea Craciunoiu1, Adrian Dinescu1, Iulia Andreea Mocanu2 1IMT Bucharest, Romania; 2Politechnica University Bucharest, Romania

A1L-C4 Efficient and Accurate Technique to Evaluate Moment's Matrix Integrals for the Analysis of Microstrip Antenna...........................................................................N/A Nabil Ghannay, Abdelaziz Samet Carthage University, Tunisia

A1L-D Wind Energy I Time: Monday, March 26, 10:30 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 4 Chair: Jamel Belhadj, ESSTT - University of Tunis, Tunisia

A1L-D1 Offshore Wind Turbines: Simulation of Multibody Drive Train, Interaction with Fractional-Order Control and Full-Power Converter................................................ 54 R. Melício2, João P.S. Catalão2, V.M.F. Mendes1 1Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal; 2Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

A1L-D2 Using Energy Storage in Grid-Connected Wind Farms for Improving Economical Aspects of Wind Farm Utilization ......................................................... 58 Mohammad Reza Aghaebrahimi, Vali Amani-Shandiz University of Birjand, Iran

A1L-D3 Impact of Wind Power in Isolated Power Systems .................................................. 63 Agurtzane Etxegarai, Pablo Eguia, Esther Torres, Elvira Fernandez University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain

A1L-D4 Impact of Wind Power Integration on Operating Reserves..................................... 67 Lotfi Bouzidi, Najiba Bellaaj Mrabet, Mohamed El Euch University of Tunis, Tunisia

A1L-E Advances in Nanoscale Devices and Circuits Time: Monday, March 26, 10:30 - 12:00 Location: Amphitheater Chair: Spiros Nikolaidis, Aristotle University of Thessalonik, Greece Abdoul Rjoub, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan

A1L-E1 Analytical Compact Modeling of Nanoscale Triple-Gate FinFETs.......................... 72 N. Fasarakis, Andreas Tsormpatzoglou, D. H. Tassis, Ilias Pappas, K. Papathanasiou, C. A. Dimitriadis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

A1L-E2 Pass Transistor Driving RC Loads in Nanoscale Technologies............................. 76 Dimitrios Tzagkas1, Christina Varnavidou1, Ilias Pappas1, Liberis Voudouris1, Spyridon Nikolaidis1, Abdoul Rjoub2 1Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; 2Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

A1L-E3 Graph Modeling for Static Timing Analysis at Transistor Level in Nano-Scale CMOS Circuits ............................................................................................................. 80 Abdoul Rjoub2, Almotasem Bellah Alajlouni1 1Albalqa Applied University, Jordan; 2Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

A1L-E4 A Fast Input Vector Control Approach for Sub-Threshold Leakage Power Reduction..................................................................................................................... 84 Abdoul Rjoub2, Almotasem Bellah Alajlouni1, Hassan Almanasrah2 1Albalqa Applied University, Jordan; 2Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

A1L-E5 Productivity and Scalability Challenges in Nano-Scale Technology ..................... 88 Mohammad Malkawi Jadara University, Jordan

A1L-E6 On the Performance of Job Scheduling for Noncontiguous Allocation in 2D Mesh-Connected Multicomputers.............................................................................. 92 Saad Bani-Mohammad Al al-Bayt University, Jordan

A1L-F General Circuits Time: Monday, March 26, 10:30 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 6 Chair: Carlos Lopez-Barrio, DIE - UPM – Madrid, Spain

A1L-F1 Temperature Dependence of Silicon and Silicon Carbide Power Devices: an Experimental Analysis ................................................................................................ 97 Mahbouba Amairi2, Sameh Mtimet2, Tarek Ben Salah2, Hervé Morel1 1AMPERE, France; 2University of Tunis El Manar, LSE, Tunisia

A1L-F2 An FPGA-Based Implementation of HW/SW Architecture for ACCA-ODV CFAR Radar Target Detector....................................................................................N/A Ridha Djemal, Walid Kaaniche, Kais Belwafi, Saleh A. Alshebeili King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

A1L-F3 Implementation of Sorting Algorithms in Reconfigurable Hardware ................... 107 Iouliia Skliarova2, Valery Sklyarov2, Dmitri Mihhailov1, Alexander Sudnitson1 1Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia; 2Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

A1L-F4 Applying Reusabililty in Remote Labs .................................................................... 111 Salaheddin Odeh1, Mahasen Anabtawi1, Ala Ayesh2 1Al-Quds University, Palestine; 2ASAL Technologies, Palestine

A1L-F5 Increasing Resistance to Differential Power Analysis Attacks in Reconfigurable Systems .......................................................................................... 115 Konstantinos Papadopoulos, Andreas Brokalakis, Ioannis Papaefstathiou Technical University of Crete, Greece

A1L-G Image Processing Time: Monday, March 26, 10:30 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 7 Chair: Gerald Schaefer, Loughborough University, United Kingdom

A1L-G1 Low-Cost Infrared Interaction Device Based on Motion Tracking........................ 121 Salaheddin Odeh1, Mahasen Anabtawi1, Sari El-Alem2 1Al-Quds University, Palestine; 2Jaffa.Net, Palestine

A1L-G2 Phase Correlation in Fourier Mellin Space: Application to Image Mosaicing ..... 125 Malek Sellami2, Faouzi Ghorbel1 1Manouba University, Tunisia; 2Université de la Manouba, Tunisia

A1L-G3 On the Choice of Filters Bank for Phase Congruency Computing in Noisy Images........................................................................................................................ 129 Ahmed Zaafouri, Mounir Sayadi, Farhat Fnaiech Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia

A1L-G4 Anthropocentric Descriptors and Description Schemes for Multi-View Video Content....................................................................................................................... 133 Ioannis Tsingalis, Nicholas Vretos, Nikolaos Nikolaidis, Ioannis Pitas Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

A1L-G5 Performance Analysis of Inter-Layer Prediction for H264/SVC ............................ 137 Amina Kessentini1, Amine Samet2, Mohamed Ali Ben Ayed3, Nouri Masmoudi2 1Electronics and Information Technology Laboratory, Tunisia; 2University of Sfax, Tunisia; 3University of Sfax, LETI, Tunisia

KEYNOTE: Mobile Image Browsing Time: Monday, March 26, 13:30 - 14:15 Location: Amphitheater Chair: Mehmet Emin Yuksel, Erciyes University, Turkey

Keynote Mobile Image Browsing ............................................................................................ 141 Gerald Schaefer Loughborough University, United Kingdom

A2P-H Industrial / Control Time: Monday, March 26, 14:15 - 15:45 Location: Poster Area 1 Chair: Ali El Mousa, University of Jordan- Amman, Jordan

A2P-H1 Radioisotpe Measurement of Two-Phase Flow in Pipeline Using Conditional Averaging of Signal................................................................................................... 144 Robert Hanus2, Anna Szlachta2, Adam Kowalczyk2, Leszek Petryka1, Marcin Zych1 1AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland; 2Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland

A2P-H2 Correction of Position Error in Internet-Based Teleoperation.............................. 148 Edin Mujcic, Alma Oracevic Tehnicki fakultet, Bosnia

A2P-H3 High-Performance Distributed SCADA System Architecture ............................... 152 Mihaly Sagi, Branislav Atlagic, Dejan Milinkov, Bojan Bogovac, Stanko Culaja University of Novi Sad, Serbia

A2P-H4 Practical Implementation of a Robust Sliding Mode Control for an Induction Motor ..........................................................................................................................N/AKais Jamoussi1, Larbi Chrifi-Alaoui2, Hadda Benderradji3, Ahmed El Hajjaji2, Mohamed Ouali1 1Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Tunisia; 2Picardie University, France; 3University Med Boudiaf M'sila, Algeria

A2P-H5 The Command of a Wheelchair Using Thoughts and Gaze .................................. 161 Hachem Amine Lamti1, Mohamed Moncef Ben Khelifa2, Philippe Gorce3, Mohamed Adel Alimi1 1Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Tunisia; 2South University Toulon-Var, France; 3Université du Sud Toulon Var, France

A2P-H6 Design and Implementation of Computer Controlled Aircraft (CCA) Prototype ..N/A John Oladosu1, Samuel Ajiboye1, Matthew Adigun2 1Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria; 2University of Zululand, South Africa

A2P-J Micro-electronics Time: Monday, March 26, 14:15 - 15:45 Location: Poster Area 2 Chair: Daniel Pasquet, ENSEA, CERGY, France

A2P-J1 Cost Estimation of Nanoscale Partial Defect Tolerant Arrays .............................. 171 Vladimir Simic, Vladimir Ciric, Ivan Milentijevic University of Nis, Serbia

A2P-J2 Control of CNT Motion in Distilled Water and IPA Under Dielectrophoresis Force .......................................................................................................................... 175 Reza Khazaei, Alireza Kashaninia, Reza Sabbaghi-Nadooshan Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran

A2P-J3 Au/Mn5Ge3/N-Ge(111) Schottky Barrier Characteristics from I-V-T and C-V-T Data ............................................................................................................................ 179 Azzouz Sellai3, Vinh Le Thanh1, Matthieu Petit1, Lisa Michez1, Zahir Ouennoughi2, Abdelmadjid Mesli1 1Aix-Marseille, France; 2Setif University, Algeria; 3Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

A2P-J4 A Novel Design and Successful Simulation of QCA-Based Multiplexer.............. 183 Moein Kianpour, Reza Sabbaghi-Nadooshan Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran

A2P-J5 Temperature Scaling of CMOS Analog Design Parameters.................................. 187 Nikos Makris, Matthias Bucher Technical University of Crete, Greece

A2P-J6 FPGA Implementation of Predictive Control .......................................................... 191 Emna Aridhi2, Mehdi Abbes2, Abdelkader Mami1 1Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Université de Tunis El Manar, FST, Tunisia

A2P-J7 On Electronic Design of the Piecewise Linear Characteristic of the Chua's Diode: Application to Chaos Synchronization ....................................................... 197 Hanene Mkaouar, Olfa Boubaker Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie, Tunisia

A2P-J8 The Transient Regime in the Electric Circuit of an Electro Hydraulic Valve ....... 201 Constantin Blaj, Dumitru Toader, Daniela Vesa Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara, Romania

A2P-K Wireless / MEMS Time: Monday, March 26, 14:15 - 15:45 Location: Poster Area 3 Chair: Adrian Muscat, University of Malta, Malta

A2P-K1 Fixed Imporved Narrow Band Filter with Steerable RF MEMS Tuning and Packaging Interconnections Comparison .............................................................. 205 Mahmoud Abou-Gabal Semiconductor Technology Package Consulting, U.A.E.

A2P-K2 Design and Simulation of New Micro-Electromechanical Pressure Sensor for Measuring Intraocular Pressure .............................................................................. 208 Mannaneh Shahiri-Tabarestani2, Bahram Ganji1, Reza Sabbaghi-Nadooshan2 1Babol University Technology, Iran; 2Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran

A2P-K3 Cellular Automata for Topology Control in Wireless Sensor Networks .............. 212 Stavros Athanassopoulos2, Christos Kaklamanis2, Panagiota Katsikouli1, Evi Papaioannou2 1University of Patras, Greece; 2University of Patras and CTI Diophantus, Greece

A2P-K4 Implementation of Wireless Network Using Location Fingerprinting Technique for Indoor Positioning............................................................................ 216 Moustapha El Hassan2, Bachar El Hassan1, Lina Nachabe1 1Lebanese university, Lebanon; 2University of Balamand, Lebanon

A2P-K5 ZigBee Standard in the Creation of Wireless Networks for Advanced Metering Infrastructures........................................................................................................... 220 N.C. Batista, R. Melício, J.C.O. Matias, João P.S. Catalão Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

A2P-K7 Optimizing of Power Allocation for Two-Hop DF Relaying Systems ................... 224 Raya Hajji2, Noureddine Hamdi1 1Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

A2P-K8 Performance Impact of Offset Filtered 40Gb/s Rz-DPSK-Tight Optical Filtering Considerations ..........................................................................................................N/A Olugbenga Olubodun, Nick Doran Swansea University, United Kingdom

A2P-K9 Impact of Random K Factor on Ricean Fading Wireless System Performance.. 233 Maja Ilic-Delibasic, Milica Pejanovic-Djurisic University of Montenegro, Montenegro

A2P-L Power Grid Monitoring Time: Monday, March 26, 14:15 - 15:45 Location: Poster Area 4 Chair: Mohamed Eleuch, ENIT - University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

A2P-L1 System for Ampacity Monitoring and Low Sag Overhead Conductor Evaluation .................................................................................................................. 237 Elvira Fernandez, Igor Albizu, Miren T. Bedialauneta, Susana de Arriba, Angel Javier Mazón University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain

A2P-L2 Coordinated Control of Phase Shifters in Multiarea Power System to Improve Load-Frequency Dynamic Performance ................................................................. 241 Daniele Menniti, Anna Pinnarelli, Nicola Sorrentino Università della Calabria, Italy

A2P-L3 Monitoring the Tension and the Temperature in an Overhead Line..................... 245 Miren T. Bedialauneta, Igor Albizu, Elvira Fernandez, Angel Javier Mazón, Susana de Arriba University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain

A2P-L4 Price-Maker Strategies of a Hydro Producer in a Day-Ahead Electricity Market 249 H.M.I. Pousinho3, João P.S. Catalão2, J. Contreras1 1Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; 2Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal; 3Universidade da Beira Interior and CIEEE-IST, Portugal

A2P-L5 The Impact of New Standards and New Technological Solutions on Process Information Modelling............................................................................................... 253 Vibor Belasic2, Juraj Simunic1, Aleksandra Kalinic2 1Faculty of Engineering Rijeka, Croatia; 2University of Rijeka, Croatia

A2P-L7 Hybrid Neuro-Fuzzy Evolutionary Approach for Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting................................................................................................................ 257 G.J. Osório1, J.C.O. Matias1, H.M.I. Pousinho2, João P.S. Catalão1 1Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal; 2Universidade da Beira Interior and CIEEE-IST, Portugal

A2P-L8 Towards Dynamic on-Line State Estimator Based on IEC 61850-9-2 Process Bus ............................................................................................................................. 261 Ahmed Abdolkhalig, Rastko Zivanovic University of Adelaide, Australia

A2P-L9 Comparison of Transmission Cost Allocation Methods Case Study: DET WEST Power System ................................................................................................ 265 Oana Pop, Stefan Kilyeni, Constantin Barbulescu, Doru Paunescu Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara, Romania

A2P-M Renewable Energy / Motors 2 Time: Monday, March 26, 14:15 - 15:45 Location: Poster Area 5 Chair: Tarek Ben Salah, ESTI - University of Carthage, Tunisia

A2P-M1 Modeling and Analysis of Double Stator Induction Machine Supplied by a Multi Level Inverter.................................................................................................... 269 Marwa Ben Slimene3, Mohamed Larbi Khlaifi2, Mouldi Ben Fredj1, Habib Rehaoulia2 1Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Institute of Sciences and Technology of Tunis, Tunisia; 3University of Tunisia, Tunisia

A2P-M2 BFO Control Tuning of a PMSM High Speed Drive ................................................ 273 Flah Aymen, Sbita Lassaad Université de Gabès, Tunisia

A2P-M3 AC Motors for Application in a Commercial Electric Vehicle: Designing Aspects ...................................................................................................................... 277 Nuno Grilo2, Duarte Sousa2, António Roque1 1Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, Portugal; 2Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal

A2P-M4 Sliding Mode Controller for Buck-Boost DC-DC Converter in PV Grid-Connected System.................................................................................................... 281 Rym Marouani, Kamel Echaieb, Abdelkader Mami Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia

A2P-M5 The Potential of Grid Connected Photovoltaic Arrays in Zimbabwe.................... 285 Emanuel Rashayi2, Edward Chikuni1 1University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa; 2University of Zimbabwe, South Africa

A2P-M7 High Performance of Fuzzy Direct Power Control for PWM Converters.............. 289 Bechir Bouaziz1, Faouzi Bacha1, Moncef Gasmi2 1Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie, Tunisia

A2P-M8 Current Control for Inverter-Interfaced Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Generator ................................................................................................................... 296 Nejib Hamrouni, M. Jraidi, S. Younsi, A. Cherif Republic of Tunisia Minstry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Tunisia

A2P-M9 Influence of the Blades and the Shaft Rigidity of a Wind Turbine on the Stability of the System Under Voltage Dips............................................................ 300 Kamel Jemli, Bilel Touaiti, Mohamed Jemli Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia

A2P-N Biomedical / Power Electronics Time: Monday, March 26, 14:15 - 15:45 Location: Poster Area 6 Chair: Mahieddine Emziane, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE

A2P-N1 Self-Oscillating Half Bridge Series Resonant Converter at High Efficiency........ 306 Hamed Belloumi, Ferid Kourda Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia

A2P-N2 Power Quality Enhancement Using Universal Compensator: UPQC...................N/A Chellali Benachaiba, Mahmoud Habab, Othmane Abdelkhalek, Cherif Benoudjafer Bechar University, Algeria

A2P-N3 Fault Tolerant NPC Converter Control for Isolated PV Sytems:Application for an Isolated Telecommunication Center .................................................................. 319 Hafedh Ben Abdelghani2, Afef Bennani Benabdelghani3, Ilhem Slama-Belkhodja2, Daniel Montesinos-Miracle1 1Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain; 2Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia; 3University Of Tunis Carthage, Tunisia

A2P-N4 Library of EMC Models for Passive Components and Printed Circuit Board...... 325 Jaleleddine Ben Hadj Slama1, Walid Labiedh2 1National Engineering School of Sousse, Tunisia; 2National Engineering School of Sousse, SAGE, Tunisia

A2P-N5 Classification of Multichannel Uterine EMG Signals by Using a Weighted Majority Voting Decision Fusion Rule..................................................................... 331 Bassam Moslem4, Mohamad Khalil2, Mohamad Diab1, Catherine Marque3 1Hariri Canadian University, Lebanon; 2Lebanese University, Lebanon; 3Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France; 4Université de Technologie de Compiègne/Lebanese University, France

A2P-N6 Classification of Uterine EMG Signals by Using Normalized Wavelet Packet Energy ........................................................................................................................ 335 Mohamad Diab1, Bassam Moslem4, Mohamad Khalil2, Catherine Marque3 1Hariri Canadian University, Lebanon; 2Lebanese University, Lebanon; 3Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France; 4Université de Technologie de Compiègne/Lebanese University, France

A2P-N7 Lung Sound Extraction from Mixed Lung and Heart Sounds FASTICA Algorithm ................................................................................................................... 339 Fatma Ayari1, Mekki Ksouri1, Ali Alouani2 1Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Tennessee Tech University, United States

A2P-N8 Realization of a Cardiac Monitoring System and Aid in Decision-Making for Cardiologists .............................................................................................................N/A Cherif Meddour, M Tighidet University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria

A2P-N9 On the Role of the Wiring Parasitic Inductance for Optimum Efficient Converter ................................................................................................................... 347 Sofiane Khachroumi2, Aymen Ammouri2, Tarek Ben Salah3, Hervé Morel1 1AMPERE, France; 2University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia; 3University of Tunis El Manar, LSE, Tunisia

A2P-P Techniques for Image Processing Time: Monday, March 26, 14:15 - 15:45 Location: Poster Area 7 Chair: Mehmet Emin Yuksel, Erciyes University, Turkey

A2P-P1 Image Processing Algorithms to Extract Swimming Tumble Turn Signatures in Real-Time............................................................................................................... 352 Nandini Chakravorti, Sian E. Slawson, Jodi Cossor, Paul P. Conway, Andrew A. West Loughborough University, United Kingdom

A2P-P2 Grammar-Based Image Segmentation and Automatic Area Estimation.............. 356 Salah Hamdi, Asma Ben Abdallah, Mohamed Hedi Bedoui Faculté de Médecine de Monastir, LTIM, Tunisia

A2P-P3 An Improved Image Compression Approach with Combined Wavelet and Self Organizing Maps ....................................................................................................... 360 Imen Chaabouni, Wiem Fourati, Med Salim Bouhlel Sciences and Technologies of Image and Telecommunications High Institute of Biotechnology , Tunisia

A2P-P4 Image Processing of Microscopy Cellular Samples .............................................. 366 Paulina Aguirre Delft University of Technology, Ecuador

A2P-P6 Isotropic and Anisotropic Filtering Techniques for Image Denoising: a Comparative Study with Classification................................................................... 370 Rafika Harrabi2, Ezzeddine Ben Braiek1 1Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Université de Tunis, Tunisia

A2P-P7 Watermarking Mobile Phone Colour Images with Reed Solomon Error Correction Code ........................................................................................................ 375 Jeedella Jeedella, Hussain Al Ahmad, Obaid Al Shehhi Khalifa University, U.A.E.

A2P-P9 A Robust Image Watermarking Scheme Invariant to Rotation, Scaling and Translation Attacks................................................................................................... 379 Felix Owalla, Elijah Mwangi University of Nairobi, Kenya

A2P-P10 Graph Representations Using Adjacency Matrix Transforms for Clustering...... 383 Nikolaos Tsapanos, Ioannis Pitas, Nikolaos Nikolaidis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

A3L-B Intelligent Control Time: Monday, March 26, 16:00 - 17:30 Location: Cesar 2 Chair: Faycal Benhmida, ESSTT- University of Tunis, Tunisia

A3L-B1 Discrete Second Order Sliding Mode Control for Nonlinear Multivariable Systems ..................................................................................................................... 387 Khadija Dehri, Majda Ltaief, Ahmed Said Nouri National Engineering School of Gabes, Tunisia

A3L-B2 Autonomous Flight Control for an RC Helicopter.................................................. 391 Michael Camilleri, Kenneth Scerri, Saviour Zammit University of Malta, Malta

A3L-B3 Principal Component Analysis for 3D-Manipulator Robot Control System ........ 395 Moussa Hamadache, Jaehoon Kim, Dongik Lee Kyungpook National University, Korea, South

A3L-B4 Speaker Identification on compactRIO ................................................................... 399 J. Farjo, M. Hamouche, J. Aoun, Mustapha Hamad, Abdallah Kassem Notre Dame University, Lebanon, Lebanon

A3L-C Electromagnetic Modelling Techniques Time: Monday, March 26, 16:00 - 17:30 Location: Cesar 3 Chair: Daniel Pasquet, ENSEA, CERGY, France

A3L-C1 Enhanced Delay Alignment Method for Behavioral Modeling of Power Amplifiers Exhibiting Memory Effects..................................................................... 404 Oualid Hammi King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia

A3L-C2 Effects of the Bottom Ground Plate on CPW Bound Modes................................. 408 Safae El Amrani1, Raúl Rodríguez Berral1, Francisco Mesa1, Mohammed Boussouis2 1Universidad de Sevilla, Spain; 2université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco

A3L-C3 The PZMI and Artificel Neural Network to Identify the Electromagnetic Radiation Sources..................................................................................................... 412 Sofiene Saidi2, Jaleleddine Ben Hadj Slama1 1National Engineering School of Sousse, Tunisia; 2National Engineering School of Sousse, SAGE, Tunisia

A3L-C4 Pole Splitting Algorithm for UWB Breast Cancer Imaging.................................... 417 Ahmed Maher Abed Shaheen, Kaydar Quboa University of Mosul, Iraq

A3L-D Wind Energy II Time: Monday, March 26, 16:00 - 17:30 Location: Cesar 4 Chair: João P.S. Catalão, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

A3L-D1 Fundamental Aspects Concerning Wind Power System Operation. Part 2. Case Study................................................................................................................. 421 Marius Babescu, Ioan Borlea, Dan Jigoria-Oprea Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara, Romania

A3L-D2 Synthesis of a Compact Wind Profile Using Evolutionary Algorithms for Wind Turbine System with Storage................................................................................... 425 Malek Belouda3, Jamel Belhadj1, Bruno Sareni2, Xavier Roboam2, Amine Jaafar2 1Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Université de Toulouse, France; 3University of Tunis, Tunisia

A3L-D3 Using Semantics to Facilitate Data Integration of Offshore Wind Farms ............ 430 Trinh Hoang Nguyen, Andreas Prinz Universitetet i Agder, Norway

A3L-D4 A DTC-Induction-Generator Drive Scheme for an Isolated Wind Turbine System ....................................................................................................................... 434 Samah Hammadi1, Noureddine Hidouri3, Lassâad Sbita2 1Higher Institute of Technological Studies of Gafsa, Tunisia; 2National Engineering School of Gabes, Tunisia; 3Preparatory Engineering Institute of Gafsa, Tunisia

A3L-E Mechatronic Systems Time: Monday, March 26, 16:00 - 17:30 Location: Amphitheater Chair: Farhat Fnaiech, ESSTT - University of Tunis, Tunisia

A3L-E1 An Hybrid Bond Graph Approach Using Petri Net................................................. 438 Bouhalouane Mokhtar1, Haffaf Hafid2 1University of Mustapha Stambouli Mascara, Algeria; 2University of Oran, Algeria

A3L-E2 Autonomous Electric Vehicle: Steering and Path-Following Control Systems .. 442 Marco José Silva, Luis Garrote, Fernando Moita, Mauro Martins, Urbano Nunes Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

A3L-E3 Embedded Systems Course for Multiple Disciplines ............................................ 446 Ali El-Mousa, Ashraf Al-Suyyagh University of Jordan, Jordan

A3L-E4 Robust Sensor Fault Detection and Isolation for a Steer-by-Wire System Based on Sliding Mode Observer ............................................................................ 450 Slim Dhahri2, Anis Sellami1, Fayçal Ben Hmida1 1Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia; 2University of Tunis, Tunisia

A3L-F Sensors Time: Monday, March 26, 16:00 - 17:30 Location: Cesar 6 Chair: Zoran Veljovic, University of Montenegro, Montenegro

A3L-F1 A Modulated Interface for a Low-Cost Current Sensor in Comparison with its Simulated Model........................................................................................................ 455 Abdoulkarim Bouabana, Constantinos Sourkounis Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

A3L-F2 A Low-Cost Three Phase Current Sensor Module with a Novel Modulated Interface ..................................................................................................................... 459 Abdoulkarim Bouabana, Constantinos Sourkounis Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

A3L-F3 The Simple Microcontroller Based Capacitive Sensor with Screen..................... 464 Nedjeljko Lekic, Zoran Mijanovic, Radovan Stojanovic University of Montenegro, Montenegro

A3L-F4 WECO: a Wireless Platform for Monitoring Recycling Point Spots ..................... 468 Tiago Gomes, Nuno Brito, Jose Mendes, Jorge Cabral, Adriano Tavares Universidade do Minho, Portugal

A3L-G Image Segmentation Time: Monday, March 26, 16:00 - 17:30 Location: Cesar 7 Chair: Faouzi Ghorbel, ENSI, University of Mannouba, Tunisia

A3L-G1 Automatic Segmentation of Lumen in Intravascular Ultrasound Images Using Fuzzy Clustering and Active Contours ...................................................................N/A Hassen Lazrag, Med Saber Naceur Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia

A3L-G2 Segmentation of MRI Brain with a Bootstrapped Version of the HMRF-EM Algorithm ................................................................................................................... 478 Sabra Mabrouk2, Slim Mhiri2, Faouzi Ghorbel1 1Manouba University, Tunisia; 2National School of Computer Sciences, Tunisia

A3L-G3 Feature Extraction on Vineyard by Gustafson Kessel FCM and K-Means .......... 481 Christian Correa2, Constantino Valero2, Pilar Barreiro2, María-Paz Diago1, Javier Tardaguila1 1Universidad de La Rioja Complejo, Spain; 2Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, ETSIA, Spain

A3L-G4 Cell Extraction from Sputum Images for Early Lung Cancer Detection .............. 485 Christian Donner2, Naoufel Werghi1, Fatma Taher1, Hussain Al-Ahmad1 1Khalifa University, U.A.E.; 2Universität Osnabrück, Germany

B1L-A Mobile Communiations Time: Tuesday, March 27, 10:00 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 1 Chair: George Paunovic, IEEE R8 SPC 2012 Coordinator

B1L-A1 A Service-Oriented Framework for Mobility and Multihoming Support............... 489 Amine Dhraief, Issam Mabrouki, Abdelfettah Belghith Université de la Manouba, Tunisia

B1L-A2 An Adaptive Sub-Channels Allocation Policy with QoS Support in a Multi-Cell System Configuration for IEEE 802.16m Standard ................................................N/A Wafa Ben Hassen2, Meriem Afif1 1Higher School of Communication of Tunis (Sup’com), Tunisia; 2Higher School of Communication of Tunis (Sup’com)/Mediatron, Tunisia

B1L-A3 An Energy Efficiency and Delay Guarantee Service Selection Protocol in MANET ....................................................................................................................... 498 Jihen Drira Rekik, Leila Baccouche, Henda Ben Ghezala Manouba University, Tunisia

B1L-A4 Flexible Sigma Delta ADC for Mobile WiMAX Applications .................................. 502 Jihene Mallek1, Hassene Mnif2, Mourad Loulou1 1Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Tunisia; 2University of Sfax, Tunisia

B1L-A5 An Energy Efficient Routing Strategy for Wireless Sensor Networks ................. 506 Yahya Z. Mohasseb, Farouk A. Kamil Military Technical College, Egypt

B1L-A6 Mobility Management in Wireless Sensor Networks ............................................. 511 Abdelwahed Berguiga, Habib Youssef University of Sousse, Tunisia

B1L-B Neuro-control Time: Tuesday, March 27, 10:00 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 2 Chair: Andrzej Pacut, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

B1L-B1 Implementations Approches of Neural Networks Lane Following System ......... 515 Afef Benjemmaa, Imen Klabi, Mohamed Slim Masmoudi, Jihed El Ouni, Mohamed Masmoudi Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Tunisia

B1L-B2 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear System Using Neuro-Fuzzy Learning by PSO Algorithm ................................................................................................................... 519 Mourad Turki2, Sana Bouzaida2, Anis Sakly1, Faouzi M’sahli1 1Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir, Tunisia; 2Etude des Systèmes Industriels et Energies Renouvelables, ENIM, Tunisia

B1L-B3 Neural Network Data-Driven Engine Torque and Air-Fuel Ratio Control............. 524 Dmitry Gerasimov, Evgenia Pshenichnikova Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Russia

B1L-B4 Fuzzy-Neural Networks for a Piloted Quality Management System ..................... 528 Hajer Ben Mahmoud Dammak3, Raouf Ketata1, Taieb Ben Romdhane1, Samir Ben Ahmed2 1Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie, Tunisia; 2MOSIC, Tunisia; 3National Institute of Applied Science and Technology & MOSIC, Tunisia

B1L-B5 Advanced Growing Neural Network Approach for the Fault Diagnosis of Large Scale Industrial Plants ................................................................................... 532 Mustapha Barakat1, Mohamad Khalil3, Dimitri Lefebvre2, Fabrice Druaux2 1Centre Universitaire Roannais, France; 2Le Havre University, France; 3lebanese University, Lebanon

B1L-C Power Distribution Time: Tuesday, March 27, 10:00 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 3 Chair: Nicola Sorrentino, University of Calabria DEIS, Italy

B1L-C1 Information Exchange Needs for New Fault Location Applications in T&D Systems ..................................................................................................................... 536 Mladen Kezunovic, Yimai Dong Texas A&M University, United States

B1L-C2 Optimal Intentional Islanding of Distribution Systems with DG Using CLPSO... 540 Amany El-Zonkoly, Mostafa Saad, Reem Khalil Arab Academy for Science & Technology, Egypt

B1L-C3 Peak Load Evaluation Based on the Accumulated Annual Energy...................... 544 Nabeel Tawalbeh2, Reyad El-Khazali1 1Khalifa University, U.A.E.; 2University of Jordan, Jordan

B1L-C4 Optimal Design of Grading Ring of Surge Arresters Due to Electric Field Distribution ................................................................................................................ 548 Mohammad Reza Aghaebrahimi, Reza Shariatinasab, Morteza Ghayedi University of Birjand, Iran

B1L-C5 Unit Commitment by Biogeography Based Optimization Method........................ 551 Zakaryia Mohammed, Jawad Talaq University of Bahrain, Bahrain

B1L-C6 Online Detection and Estimation of Grid Impedance Variation for Distributed Power Generation...................................................................................................... 555 Manel Jebali-Ben Ghorbal2, Walid Ghzaiel2, Ilhem Slama-Belkhodja2, Josep M. Guerrero1 1Aalborg University, Denmark; 2Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

B1L-D Renewable Resources Time: Tuesday, March 27, 10:00 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 4 Chair: Ilhem Belkhodja-Slama, ENIT- University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

B1L-D1 Methodology for Accurate Energy Production Estimation of Photovoltaic Power Generation Station ........................................................................................ 561 Habib Cherif1, Jamel Belhadj2 1Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia

B1L-D2 MPPT Algorithm and Photovoltaic Array Emulator Using DC/DC Converters .... 567 Houda Abidi2, Afef Bennani Ben Abdelghani3, Daniel Montesinos-Miracle1 1Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Sweden; 2Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia; 3University Of Tunis Carthage, Tunisia

B1L-D3 Efficient Autonomous Heliostat System................................................................. 573 Nazar Ali1, Kahtan Mezher1, Ahmed Al Qayed1, Neil McEwan2, Abdul Muhsin M. AlTimimi3 1Khalifa University, U.A.E.; 2University of Bradford, United Kingdom; 3University of Technology, Iraq

B1L-D4 Object-Oriented Simulation Model of Thermoelectric Devices for Energy System Design........................................................................................................... 577 Felix Felgner, Georg Frey Saarland University, Germany

B1L-D5 Fossil Fuel and Biomass Fed Distributed Generation and Utility Plants: Analysis of Energy and Environmental Performance Indicators ......................... 581 Norma Anglani, Giovanni Petrecca Università di Pavia, Italy

B1L-D6 Virtual Metering for Virtual PHEV Aggregation ...................................................... 587 Slobodan Lukovic1, Igor Kaitovic1, Srdjan Vukmirovic2, Aleksandar Erdeljan2 1Università di Lugano, Switzerland; 2University of Novi Sad, Serbia

B1L-E Power Electronics Time: Tuesday, March 27, 10:00 - 12:00 Location: Amphitheater Chair: Marko Delimar, University of Zagreb, Croatia

B1L-E1 Maximum Constant Boost Control of the Switched Inductor (SL) Z-Source Inverter with Third Harmonic Injection....................................................................N/A Mohamed Ismeil3, Abdallah Kouzou1, Ralph Kennel3, Abdalla Ibrahim2, Mohamed Orabi2, Mahrous Ahmed2 1Djelfa University & Technische Universität München, Germany; 2South Valley University, Egypt; 3Technische Universität München, Germany

B1L-E2 Novel Hybrid Active Power Filter Structure to Compensate Harmonic Currents and Reactive Power .................................................................................. 597 Samet Biricik2, Ozgur Cemal Ozerdem2, Soydan Redif1, Mohammed Kmail2 1European University of Lefke, Cyprus; 2Near East University, Cyprus

B1L-E3 A Novel Modeling System of Nonlinear Controller for STATCOM with Presence of Filter ......................................................................................................N/A Farid Khazaeli Moghaddam, Naeem Farokhnia, Hossein Askarian Abyaneh Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

B1L-E4 Effect of the MOSFET Choice on Conducted EMI in Power Converter Circuits.. 610 Jaleleddine Ben Hadj Slama, Mohamed Tlig National Engineering School of Sousse, Tunisia

B1L-E5 Reliability Estimation of Sahel Tunisian Railway Drive System........................... 614 Faten Ouni, Faouzi Ben Ammar Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie, Tunisia

B1L-E6 A Low-Voltage Charge Pump Starting at 135mV for Thermal Energy Harvesting in Body Area Networks ......................................................................... 618 Robert Kappel1, Mario Auer1, Günter Hofer2, Wolfgang Pribyl1, Gerald Holweg2 1Graz University of Technology, Austria; 2Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Austria

B1L-F Micro-electronics Devices Time: Tuesday, March 27, 10:00 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 6 Chair: Saurabh Sinha, University of Pretoria, South Africa

B1L-F1 Characteristics of Interface States in Irradiated Pd/N-SiGe as Derived from Frequency- and Temperature-Dependent Admittance .......................................... 622 Azzouz Sellai, Mohammed Mamor Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

B1L-F2 Dynamic Behavior of Ti/4H-SiC Schottky Diodes .................................................. 626 Khaoula Shili3, M. Ben Karoui3, R. Gharbi2, M. Abdelkrim3, M. Fathallah3, S. Ferrero1 1Ecole Polytechnique de Turin, Italy; 2Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia; 3Université de Tunis, Tunisia

B1L-F3 A 3-Input Universal Logic Gate (ULG) Using a Single Electron Linear Threshold Gate (LTG) ............................................................................................... 630 Sameh Rehan Mansoura University, Egypt

B1L-F4 A Digital CHEMFET Front End ................................................................................. 634 Abdulrahman Al-Ahdal, Christopher Toumazou Imperial College London, United Kingdom

B1L-F5 A Novel Design and Simulation of 16 Bits Ram Implementation in Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata (QCA) ................................................................................... 637 Moein Kianpour, Reza Sabbaghi-Nadooshan Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran

B1L-F6 Implementation of a Home Automation System Through a Central FPGA Controller ................................................................................................................... 641 Carl Debono, Kurt Abela University of Malta, Malta

B1L-G Recognition Time: Tuesday, March 27, 10:00 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 7 Chair: Mounir Sayadi, ESSTT - University of Tunis, Tunisia

B1L-G1 Classification in Face Recognition by Multiclass Probabilistic Discriminate Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 645 Wissal Drira2, Faouzi Ghorbel1 1Manouba University, Tunisia; 2Université de la Manouba, Tunisia

B1L-G2 A New 3D Surface Registration Approach Depending on a Suited Resolution: Application to 3D Faces............................................................................................ 649 Wieme Gadacha2, Faouzi Ghorbel1 1Manouba University, Tunisia; 2National School of Computer Sciences, Tunisia

B1L-G3 An FPGA Embedded System Architecture for Handwritten Symbol Recognition................................................................................................................ 653 Emmanuel Bouvett, Owen Casha, Ivan Grech, Michelle Cutajar, Edward Gatt, Joseph Micallef University of Malta, Malta

B1L-G4 Palmprint Recognition Based on Local Haralick Features ................................... 657 Slobodan Ribaric, Markan Lopar University of Zagreb, Croatia

B1L-G5 Fourier-Based Multi-References Shape Prior for Region-Based Active Contours .................................................................................................................... 661 Mohamed Amine Mezghich2, Slim M'Hiri2, Faouzi Ghorbel1 1Manouba University, Tunisia; 2Universitaire de la Manouba, Tunisia

B1L-G6 Study Implementation of a New Training Algorithm for Wavelet Networks Based on Genetic Algorithm and Multiresolution Analysis for 3D Objects Modeling..................................................................................................................... 665 Naziha Dhibi3, Wajdi Bellil2, Chokri Ben Amar1 1Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Tunisia; 2Université de Gafsa, Tunisia; 3University of Sfax, Tunisia

B2P-H Control / Propagation Time: Tuesday, March 27, 13:30 - 15:00 Location: Poster Area 1 Chair: Anis Sellami,

B2P-H1 Multi-Machine Fractional-Order Power System Stabilizers................................... 669 Reyad El-Khazali1, Nabeel Tawalbeh2 1Khalifa University, U.A.E.; 2University of Jordan, Jordan

B2P-H2 Managing Risk Data: from Spreadsheets to Information Systems ...................... 673 José Barateiro2, José Borbinha1 1INESC-ID, Portugal; 2Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal

B2P-H3 A Trajectory Correction of an Omnidirectional Mobile Robot .............................. 677 Maher Mkhinini, Jilani Knani Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia

B2P-H4 Numerical Simulation of Narrow-Beam HF Propagation in Ionosphere .............. 682 Igor Egorov, Alexei Popov Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Russia

B2P-H5 Solution of Unbounded Skin Effect Problems by Means of the Singular FEM-DBCI Method.............................................................................................................. 685 Giovanni Aiello, Salvatore Alfonzetti, Nunzio Salerno Università di Catania, Italy

B2P-H6 Switching Control Design Based on Multi-Observer for Nonlinear Systems...... 689 Lamjed Lamloumi2, Adel Yaïch2, Abdelkader Chaari1 1Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Higher School of Sciences and Techniques of Tunis, Tunisia

B2P-H7 A Feedback Linearization Control Based on a Takagi-Sugeno System to Control the Inside Temperature of a Greenhouse.................................................. 693 Amine Chouchaine, Elyes Feki, Abdelkader Mami Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia

B2P-J Techniques for Digital Communications Time: Tuesday, March 27, 13:30 - 15:00 Location: Poster Area 2 Chair: Abdelfettah Belghith, ENSI-Mannouba, Tunisia

B2P-J1 A Stopping Criteria for Turbo Decoding Based on the LLR Histogram............... 699 Imed Amamra1, Nadir Derouiche2 1Laboratoire de Recherche en Electronique de Skikda, Algeria; 2Université du 20 Aout 1955, Algeria

B2P-J2 On the Distribution of the SINR in Precoded Multicarrier Systems Using Linear MMSE Equalization........................................................................................ 703 Bruno Chang2, Carlos da Rocha2, Didier Le Ruyet1, Daniel Roviras1 1Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France; 2Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

B2P-J3 Parallel Concatenated Gallager Codes Matrix and the Effect of Interleaver .......N/A B. Belgheit3, Aoued Boukelif3, A. Moulay Lakhder1, M. Kamline2 1Centre Universitaire de Béchar, Algeria; 2Université Djillali Liabès, Algeria; 3University of SBA Laboratoire, Algeria

B2P-J4 Prefilter Bandwidth Effects in Asynchronous Sequential Symbol Synchronizers Based on Pulse Comparison.......................................................... 712 Antonio Reis1, Jose Carvalho1, Jose Rocha2, Atilio Gameiro2 1Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal; 2Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

B2P-J5 Root-Music Algorithm for Direction Finding with Nonunifrom Linear Arrays.....N/A Mhamdi Abdessalem École polytechnique de Tunisie, Tunisia

B2P-J6 Hidden Sources from an Arbitrary Receiver........................................................... 720 Alireza Poostindouz, Pourya Karimian Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

B2P-K Mobile Communications Time: Tuesday, March 27, 13:30 - 15:00 Location: Poster Area 3 Chair: Noureddine Hamdi, INSAT - University of Carthage, Tunisia

B2P-K1 An Autonomous Cognitive Personal Mobile Phone for Radio Access Cost Optimization............................................................................................................... 724 Adrian Muscat, Saviour Zammit, Therese Attard University of Malta, Malta

B2P-K2 Precoding Techniques in OFDM Systems for PAPR Reduction........................... 728 Jamal Mountassir2, Alexandru Isar2, Tarik Mountassir1 1Hassan 1st University, Morocco; 2Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara, Romania

B2P-K3 The Impact of Cross-Layer Ressource Management MAC-PHY in Wireless OFDMA Networks...................................................................................................... 732 Basly Maryam1, Noureddine Hamdi1, Kochkar Hedia2, Bouallegue Ammar1 1Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia; 2National Institute of Applied Science and Technology Centre, Tunisia

B2P-K4 A Scalable Key Management Scheme for Secure IP Multicast over DVB-S Using Chaos .............................................................................................................. 736 Kassem Ahmad, Bassem Bakhache, Safwan El Assad, Samar Sindian Ecole polytechnique de l'université de Nantes, France

B2P-K5 An Overview of Quality Assessment Methods of Video Transmission over Wireless Networks .................................................................................................... 741 Hekma Chaari1, Kais Mnif2, Lotfi Kamoun1 1Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Tunisia; 2Institut Supérieur d’Electronique et de communication de Sfax, Tunisia

B2P-K6 Mobile Gaming on a Virtualized Infrastructure....................................................... 745 Saviour Zammit, Adrian Muscat, George Gauci University of Malta, Malta

B2P-K7 Multipath Routing Backbones for Load Balancing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. 749 Mansoor Ali1, Brian Stewart2, Ali Shahrabi2, Athinarayanan Vallavaraj1 1Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman; 2Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom

B2P-L Power Grids Time: Tuesday, March 27, 13:30 - 15:00 Location: Poster Area 4 Chair: Jamel Belhadj, ESSTT - University of Tunis, Tunisia

B2P-L1 Behavioral Analysis and Multi-Criteria Optimization of Active Dynamic Systems Based on Genetic Algorithms and Bond-Graphs................................... 753 Elhoucine Amara1, Faical Miled2 1Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir, Tunisia; 2Université de technologie Belfort-Montbéliard, Tunisia

B2P-L2 Mono Sensor Platform Robot................................................................................... 760 Yahya Hassan Zadeh Nazarabadi, Ahmad Charehsaz Avari Firoozeh, Amir Ali Mafi Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

B2P-L3 Transformer Mineral Oils Live Diagnosis by Pre-Discharge Currents Analysis .N/A Hocine Moulai, Farida Aberkane, Azzeddine Nacer, Fahem Benyahia University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria

B2P-L4 Data Analysis and Reliability Modeling of Electrical Substation Component Subject to Degradation and Random Shocks ........................................................N/A Rafik Medjoudj, Rabah Medjoudj, Djamil Aissani Bejaia University, LAMOS Laboratory, Algeria

B2P-L5 Behavioral Patterns in Voltage Transformer for Ferroresonance Detection....... 772 Victor Valverde, Garikoitz Buigues, Elvira Fernández, Angel Javier Mazón, Inmaculada Zamora University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain

B2P-L6 Transient Analysis of 380-kV Transmission System of Central Anatolia of Turkey ........................................................................................................................ 776 Musa Aydin2, Mustafa Unver1 1Mevlana University, Turkey; 2Selcuk University, Turkey

B2P-L7 Double Circuit 110 kV Overhead Line Magnetic Field Analysis............................ 780 Florin Molnar-Matei, Petru Andea, Adrian Pana, Razvan Teslovan Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara, Romania

B2P-L8 A Cascaded Flying Capacitor Modular Converter with Pulse Shifted PWM........N/A Ikenna Efika, L. Zhang University of Leeds, United Kingdom

B2P-L9 Dynamic and Stability Analysis of Microgrids with Synchronous Machines in Grid-Connected and Islanded Modes...................................................................... 788 Mehdi Bayat Mokhtari, Farzad Vazinram, Majid Gandomkar Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Iran

B2P-M Renewable Energy / Motors 1 Time: Tuesday, March 27, 13:30 - 15:00 Location: Poster Area 5 Chair: Houda Ben Attia Sethom, ENIT - University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

B2P-M1 Use of Mobile Phones as Microcontrollers for Control Applications Such as Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT)................................................................. 792 Christian Schuss, Timo Rahkonen University of Oulu, Finland

B2P-M2 Fundamental Aspects Concerning Wind Power System Operation. Part 1. Mathematical Models ................................................................................................ 796 Marius Babescu, Ioan Borlea, Dan Jigoria-Oprea Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara, Romania

B2P-M3 Energy Management of a Reverse Osmosis Desalination Process Powered by Renewable Energy Sources ..................................................................................... 800 Ines Ben Ali3, Mehdi Turki3, Jamel Belhadj1, Xavier Roboam2 1Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Université de Toulouse, France; 3Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

B2P-M4 Simulation and Experimental Results for a Photovoltaic System Formed by Polycrystalline Solar Modules ................................................................................. 806 S. Saraiva, R. Melício, J.C.O. Matias, C. Cabrita, João P.S. Catalão Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

B2P-M5 Optimal Energy Management Strategy for Wind Photovoltaic Hybrid System with Battery Storage ................................................................................................. 810 Rabeh Abbassi, Souad Chebbi Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia

B2P-M6 The Role of Cooperative Information Spreading Paradigms for Smart Grid Monitoring.................................................................................................................. 814 Maurizio Di Bisceglie, Silvia Liberata Ullo, Alfredo Vaccaro Università degli Studi del Sannio, Italy

B2P-M7 Induction Motor Fault Diagnosis Based on a Hilbert Current Space Vector Pattern Analysis ........................................................................................................ 818 Samira Ben Salem, Khmais Bacha, Moncef Gossa Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia

B2P-M8 Computer-Aided Analysis of the Magnetic Field of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor .................................................................................................. 824 Muhtar Alhassan Nigerian Turkish Nile University, Nigeria

B2P-M9 Modelling of an Electronically Commutated (Brushless DC) Motor Drives with Back-emf Sensing ..................................................................................................... 828 Odunayo Imoru1, Jacob Tsado2 1Federal University of Technology, Nigeria; 2Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

B2P-M10 Sizing Methods for Stand-Alone Hybrid Systems Based on Renewable Energies and Hydrogen............................................................................................ 832 Manuel Castañeda1, Luis M. Fernández1, Higinio Sánchez1, Antonio Cano2, Francisco Jurado2 1University of Cadiz, Spain; 2University of Jaén, Spain

B2P-N Video / Integrated Circuits Time: Tuesday, March 27, 13:30 - 15:00 Location: Poster Area 6 Chair: Issam Mabrouki, EPT, University of Carthage, Tunisia

B2P-N1 CCCII with Electronically Controlled Current Gain and Reduced Supply Voltage Requirement ................................................................................................ 836 Christoforos Diamantopoulos, Costas Psychalinos University of Patras, Greece

B2P-N2 Digitally Programmable Lossless Floating Inductor Realization Using Current Differential Amplifier (CDA)...................................................................................... 840 Lobna A. Said2, Ahmed H. Madian2, Mahmoud Hamed Ismail1, Ahmed M. Soliman1 1Cairo University, Egypt; 2German University in Cairo, Egypt

B2P-N3 Equalization of Digital/Mixed-Signal Disturbances with an Negative Group Delay Circuit .............................................................................................................. 844 Blaise Ravelo1, Jaleleddine Ben Hadj Slama2 1IRSEEM, France; 2National Engineering School of Sousse, Tunisia

B2P-N4 Fast Intra Mode Decision Algorithm Based on Inter Prediction Mode for H264/AVC ................................................................................................................... 848 Nejmeddine Bahri1, Nouri Masmoudi1, Imen Werda1, Amine Samet1, Mohamed Ali Ben Ayed2 1University of Sfax, Tunisia; 2University of Sfax, LETI, Tunisia

B2P-N5 Real Time Hardware Co-Simulation of Edge Detection for Video Processing System ....................................................................................................................... 852 Yahia Said, Taoufik Saidani, Fethi Smach, Mohamed Atri Faculté des sciences de Monastir, Tunisia

B2P-N6 A Novel Approach to Manage the Complexity and Heterogeneity of Video Surveillance Systems ............................................................................................... 856 Nuno Cardoso, Jorge Cabral, Paulo Cardoso, Jose Mendes, Adriano Tavares, Joao Monteiro Universidade do Minho, Portugal

B2P-N7 A Hardware Acceleration of a Real Time Video Processing ................................. 862 Lamjed Touil2, Abdessalem Ben Abdelali2, Abdellatif Mtibaa1 1Faculté des sciences de Monastir, Tunisia; 2Université de Monastir, Tunisia

B2P-N8 Robust Local Mapping Using Stereo Vision........................................................... 866 Imed Hadda, Jilani Knani Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia

B2P-N9 A Novel Selective Approach for Tracking Individuals in Video Sequences ........ 870 Tarik Ljouad1, Aouatif Amine2, Mohammed Rziza1 1Agdal Mohammed-V University, Morocco; 2Ibn Tofail University, Morocco

B2P-P Detection and Recognition Time: Tuesday, March 27, 13:30 - 15:00 Location: Poster Area 7 Chair: Slim Mhiri, ENSI, University of Mannouba, Tunisia

B2P-P1 Fabric Defect Detection Algorithm Using Morphological Processing and DCT ..N/A Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Ali Haggag, Mohammed Sayed Zagazig University, Egypt

B2P-P2 Improved Features for Fingerprint Identification ................................................... 878 Ala Balti2, Mounir Sayadi1, Farhat Fnaiech1 1Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia; 2University of Tunis, Tunisia

B2P-P3 A Comparative Study of Arabic Speech Recognition............................................ 884 Onsy Ali, Mohamed Moselhy, Aya Bzeih Beirut Arab University, Lebanon

B2P-P4 Automatic Detection and Recognition of Road Sign for Driver Assistance System ....................................................................................................................... 888 Ahmed Hechri, Abdellatif Mtibaa Faculté des Sciences de Monastir, Tunisia

B2P-P5 Incremental 3D Reconstruction Using Affine Invariance in Stereo Image .......... 892 Maweheb Saidani, Faouzi Ghorbel Manouba University, Tunisia

B2P-P6 Expression of Antigens in Immunocytochemical Images Utilizing an Image Analysis Method........................................................................................................ 895 Payam Ahmadvand3, Marjan Ramin3, Alireza Sepas-Moghaddam2, Pouya Ahmadvand1 1Isfahan University, Iran; 2Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Iran; 3Rajaee University, Iran

B2P-P7 Recognition of Hemorrhage in the Images of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy ..... 899 Alexander Kukushkin2, Mikhaylov Dmitry2, Ekaterina Ivanova1 1Moscow University Hospital, Russia; 2National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Russia

B3L-A Region 8 Student Paper Contest Time: Tuesday, March 27, 15:30 - 17:00 Location: Cesar 1 Chair: George Paunovic, IEEE R8 SPC 2012 Coordinator

B3L-A1 Diffeomorphic Surface-Based Registration for MR-US Fusion in Prostate Brachytherapy ........................................................................................................... 903 Augustin Cosse Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

B3L-A2 High Accuracy Multi-Link Synchronization in LTE: Applications in Localization................................................................................................................ 908 Chen Zhu Technische Universität München, Germany

B3L-A3 Model-Based Ego-Motion and Vehicle Parameter Estimation Using Visual Odometry ................................................................................................................... 914 Marc Weydert Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

B3L-A4 Statistical Characterization of Zero-Forcing Coordinated Base Station Transmission for Femtocell Environments ............................................................ 920 Máximo Morales Céspedes, Ana Santos Rodríguez Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

B3L-A5 Device for a Novel Hand and Wrist Rehabilitation Strategy for Stroke Patients Based on Illusory Movements Induced by Tendon Vibration ............................... 926 Mike Domenik Rinderknecht École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

B3L-B Control Applications Time: Tuesday, March 27, 15:30 - 17:00 Location: Cesar 2 Chair: Mekki Ksouri, ENIT - University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

B3L-B1 Identifying JET Instabilities with Neural Networks ................................................ 932 Andrea Murari1, Arturo Buscarino3, Luigi Fortuna3, Mattia Frasca3, Marco Iachello3, Giuseppe Mazzitelli2 1Associazione EURATOM-ENEA per la Fusione, Italy; 2Frascati Research Center, ENEA, Italy; 3Università di Catania, Italy

B3L-B2 Sliding Mode Control of a Photovoltaic Pumping System.................................... 936 Asma Chihi2, Anis Sellami1, Mohamed Abdellatif Khalfa2 1Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Higher School of Sciences and Techniques of Tunis, Tunisia

B3L-B3 Control of an Optimum Modelled Air Heating System and Real Time Simulation.................................................................................................................. 940 Talat Özden2, Harun Tugal1, Halil Ibrahim Okumus3 1Bitlis Eren University, Turkey; 2Gümüshane University, Turkey; 3Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey

B3L-B4 Data-Driven Adaptive Robust Control of a CSTR................................................... 946 Ehsan Gholamzadeh Nabati, Sebastian Engell Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany

B3L-C Power Transmission Time: Tuesday, March 27, 15:30 - 17:00 Location: Cesar 3 Chair: Nicola Sorrentino, University of Calabria DEIS, Italy

B3L-C1 Design and Implementation of a Laboratory-Scale Microcontroller-Based Multi-Pulse STATCOM .............................................................................................. 950 Mehmet Ali Anadol2, Musa Aydin2, Tankut Yalcinoz1 1Meliksah University, Turkey; 2Selcuk University, Turkey

B3L-C2 An Optimized Fault Location System Based on Traveling Waves for Transmission Networks............................................................................................ 954 Abdelsalam Elhaffar Benghazi University, Libya

B3L-C3 A Hierarchical Generation Control in Wind Parks Taking into Account Operator Power and Frequency Regulation Issues ............................................... 959 Daniele Menniti, Anna Pinnarelli, Nicola Sorrentino Università della Calabria, Italy

B3L-C4 A Novel Wavelet-Neural Network Method for Fault Location Analysis on Transmission Lines................................................................................................... 963 Reza Shariatinasab2, Mohsen Akbari1, Mohammad Reza Aghaebrahimi2 1K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran; 2University of Birjand, Iran

B3L-D Power Management Time: Tuesday, March 27, 15:30 - 17:00 Location: Cesar 4 Chair: Najiba Belhaj, ISI, Tunisia

B3L-D1 Congestion and ATC Driven Transmission Network Expansion Planning.......... 967 Constantin Barbulescu, Stefan Kilyeni Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara, Romania

B3L-D2 Parameters Identification of a Low Pressure Discharge Lamp Based on PSO... 971 Messai Tlili2, Chammam Abdeljelil1, Sellami Anis1 1Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia; 2Higher School of Sciences and Technology of Tunis, Tunisia

B3L-D3 Universal Battery Management System in a Handheld Device............................. 975 Jelena Cvetkovic, Sasa Vujic, Ilija Popadic, Aleksej Makarov Vlatacom d.o.o. Belgrade, Serbia

B3L-D4 Dynamic Slack Reclamation Strategy for Multiprocessor Systems..................... 979 Imen Mhedhbi1, Rabie Ben Atitallah3, Abderrazak Jemai2 1Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie and Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis, Tunisia; 2Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie, Tunisia; 3Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis, France

B3L-E Robotics Time: Tuesday, March 27, 15:30 - 17:00 Location: Amphitheater Chair: Adel Alimi, ENIS - University of Sfax, Tunisia

B3L-E1 Mutibody Modelization of a Biped Robot................................................................ 985 Paulina Aguirre1, John Jairo Matinez Molina2 1Delft University of Technology, Ecuador; 2GIPSA Lab, France

B3L-E2 Coordination in a Multi-Robot Surveillance Application Using Wireless Sensor Networks....................................................................................................... 989 Sahar Trigui2, Anis Koubâa1, Maissa Ben Jamâa2, Imen Châari2, Khaled Al-Shalfan1 1Al-Imam Mohamed bin Saud University, Saudi Arabia; 2Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Tunisia

B3L-E3 Gait Trajectory Generation for a Five Link Bipedal Robot Based on a Reduced Dynamical Model....................................................................................... 993 Yosra Arous, Olfa Boubaker Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie, Tunisia

B3L-E4 Design Optimisation of Parallel Joint Mechanism for Humanoid Spine.............. 997 Mouna Souissi, Vincent Hugel, Pierre Blazevic Université de Versailles, France

B3L-F Digital Communications Time: Tuesday, March 27, 15:30 - 17:00 Location: Cesar 6 Chair: Mohamed-Slim Alouini, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

B3L-F1 Increasing of Coding Gain of Soft Input Soft Output Channel Decoding .......... 1001 Natasa Zivic Universität Siegen, Germany

B3L-F2 Packet Delay Variance Analysis of the CQ Switch Under the Unbalanced Traffic ....................................................................................................................... 1005 Milutin Radonjic2, Igor Radusinovic2, Ivo Maljevic1 1TELUS Mobility, Canada; 2University of Montenegro, Montenegro

B3L-F3 Simple Bit Loading Algorithms for OFDM-Based Systems with Limited Feedback.................................................................................................................. 1009 Imed Hadj-Kacem2, Noura Sellami2, Inbar Fijalkow1 1ETIS-ENSEA, France; 2Laboratoire LETI-ENIS, Tunisia

B3L-F4 Improving Inter Service Bandwidth Fairness in Wireless Mesh Network.......... 1013 Vusumuzi Moyo, Olabisi Falowo, Mqhele Dlodlo University of Cape Town, South Africa

B3L-G Biomedical Signal Processing Time: Tuesday, March 27, 15:30 - 17:00 Location: Cesar 7 Chair: Amel Ben Slimane, ENSI, University of Mannouba, Tunisia

B3L-G1 Harmonic Adaptive Noise Canceler for Electrocardiography with No Power-Line Reference......................................................................................................... 1017 Islam Badreldin2, Dina El-Kholy2, Amr Elwakil1 1BioBusiness Healthcare, Egypt; 2Cairo University, Egypt

B3L-G2 Stability of Linear Parameter Varying Systems Based on Parameter Dependent Lyapunov Functions............................................................................ 1021 Nedia Aouani2, Salah Salhi2, Germain Garcia3, Mekki Ksouri1 1Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia; 2National School Engineering of Tunis, Tunisia; 3Université de Toulouse, France

B3L-G3 New Algorithm of Bionic Wavelet Transform to DSP-Implementation for Cochlear Implant ..................................................................................................... 1025 Amira Derbel, Mohamed Ghorbel, Mounir Samet, Ahmed Ben Hamida Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Tunisia

B3L-G4 Multiple Sequence Alignment Based on Genetic Algorithms with New Chromosomes Representation.............................................................................. 1030 Mohamed Tahar Ben Othman1, Gamil Abdel Azim2 1Qassim University, Saudi Arabia; 2Qassim University & Suez Canal University, Saudi Arabia

C1L-A Communication Systems Time: Wednesday, March 28, 10:00 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 1 Chair: Peter Stavroulakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece

C1L-A1 Miso Model for Improving BER Performance of OFDM-CDMA System with Pilot Tone for Multimedia Communications ......................................................... 1034 Ugljesa Urosevic, Zoran Veljovic University of Montenegro, Montenegro

C1L-A2 Performance Enhancement of OFDM Non-Regenerative Variable Gain Relay Systems ................................................................................................................... 1038 Enis Kocan, Milica Pejanovic-Djurisic University of Montenegro, Montenegro

C1L-A3 Higher Order Capacity Statistics of Multi-Hop Transmission Systems over Rayleigh Fading Channels ..................................................................................... 1042 Ferkan Yilmaz, Hina Tabassum, Mohamed-Slim Alouini King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

C1L-A4 Improving Local and Collaborative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Networks Through the Implementation of Cognitive Collaborators.................................... 1045 Mthulisi Velempini1, Vusumuzi Moyo2, Mqhele Dlodlo2 1North-West University, South Africa; 2University of Cape Town, South Africa

C1L-A5 An Iterative Receiver for Quantized MIMO Systems ............................................ 1049 Amine Mezghani, Mehdi Rouatbi, Josef A. Nossek Technische Universität München, Germany

C1L-A6 Time-Adaptive Cooperative Wideband Spectrum Sensing ................................. 1053 Nedra Hamzaoui, Noureddine Hamdi Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia

C1L-B Fuzzy Control Time: Wednesday, March 28, 10:00 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 2 Chair: Jalel Ezzine, ENIT - University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

C1L-B1 Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Model Parameters Identification Based on Fuzzy C-Regression Model Clustering Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization...... 1059 Moez Soltani, Abdelkader Chaari, Fayçal Ben Hmida Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia

C1L-B2 Particle Swarm Optimization Based Fuzzy Sliding Mode Controller for the Twin Rotor MIMO System....................................................................................... 1063 Fouad Allouani, Djamel Boukhetala, Fares Boudjema Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, LCP, Algeria

C1L-B3 Affine Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Model Identification Based on a Novel Fuzzy C-Regression Model Clustering and Particle Swarm Optimization........................ 1067 Moez Soltani, Talel Bessaoudi, Abdelkader Chaari, Fayçal Ben Hmida Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia

C1L-B4 PD-Like Fuzzy Control of Magnetic Sustentation System Using FPGA Technology .............................................................................................................. 1071 Ahmed Azzouna2, Mehdi Elborji1, Anis Sakly1, Faouzi M’sahli1, Abdellatif Mtibaa2 1Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir, Tunisia; 2Faculté des sciences de Monastir, Tunisia

C1L-B5 Active Fault Tolerant Control of Hybrid System Based on MLD Model ............. 1075 Yosra Hammi, Nadia Zanzouri, Mekki Ksouri Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia

C1L-B6 Control of Uncertainly Multi-Variable System with Fractional PID..................... 1079 Salah Chenikher2, Samir Abdelmalek2, Moussa Sedraoui1 1Guelma University, Algeria; 2Tebessa University, Algeria

C1L-C Nanotechnology Time: Wednesday, March 28, 10:00 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 3 Chair: Abdoul Rjoub, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan

C1L-C1 Trading Defect Tolerance for Chip Area in Nanotecnology Implementations of Systolic Arrays ........................................................................................................ 1083 Vladimir Ciric2, Vladimir Simic2, Aleksandar Cvetkovic1, Ivan Milentijevic2 1University of Belgrade, Serbia; 2University of Nis, Serbia

C1L-C2 Performance with Application to Folded Cascode of a Near-Ballistic Limit Carbon Nano Transistor (CNT) Circuits ................................................................ 1087 Abdelmenem Nasser, Roshdy AbdelRassoul, Moustafa Aly, Ahmed Khourshed Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt

C1L-C3 Plasmon Analysis of Systems of Metallic Nanorings by Means of FEM-RBCI.. 1091 Giovanni Aiello2, Salvatore Alfonzetti2, Viviana Chiarello2, Nunzio Salerno2, Giuseppe Borzì1 1Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy; 2Università di Catania, Italy

C1L-C4 Motion of CNT in Blood and Distilled Water Under AC Electric Field at High Frequencies ............................................................................................................. 1095 Reza Khazaei, Alireza Kashaninia, Reza Sabbaghi-Nadooshan Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran

C1L-C5 Frequency Response of MOS Devices with SELBOX Structure......................... 1099 M. Raghavan Narayanan1, Hasan Al-Nashash1, Dipankar Pal3, Mahesh Chandra2 1American University of Sharjah, U.A.E.; 2Birla Institute of Technology, India; 3Dhirubai Ambani Institute of Technology, India

C1L-D Renewable Resources and Power Quality Time: Wednesday, March 28, 10:00 - 12:00 Location: Cesar 4 Chair: Mahieddine Emziane, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE

C1L-D1 Electromagnetic Transients Study Due to Lightning Strikes on Two Interconnected Wind Turbines............................................................................... 1103 R.B. Rodrigues1, V.M.F. Mendes1, João P.S. Catalão2 1Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal; 2Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

C1L-D2 Design of a Digital IIR Filter for Active Filtering Applications ............................ 1107 Asma Hemdani2, Wissem Naouar2, Ilhem Slama-Belkhodja2, Eric Monmasson1 1Université de Cergy Pontoise, SATIE-IUP GEII, France; 2Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

C1L-D3 A Suitable Dynamic Stability Index for Power Systems Using PMU Data ......... 1113 Ali Iravani, Mehdi Karrari, Shahab Karrari Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

C1L-D4 Distribution Calculation of Wind Turbine Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields........................................................................................................................ 1117 Hidajet Salkic2, Amir Softic2, Adnan Muharemovic3, Aida Muharemovic1, Omer Hadzic3 1BH Telecom, Bosnia; 2JP Elektroprivreda BiH, Bosnia; 3NOS BiH, Bosnia

C1L-D5 Approach to Faulted Line Impedance Calculation............................................... 1121 Jasna Pasic Faculty of Electric Engineering, Sarajevo, Bosnia

C1L-D6 A Comparison Study Between Mathematical Models of Static VAR Compensators Aimed at Optimal Power Flow Solutions .................................... 1125 Behzad Kazemtabrizi2, Enrique Acha1 1Tampere University of Technology, Finland; 2University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

C1L-E Electrical Machines Time: Wednesday, March 28, 10:00 - 12:00 Location: Amphitheater Chair: Gérard-André Capolino, University of Picardie “Jules Verne”, Amiens, France

C1L-E1 Energy Hybrid Filter Simulations...........................................................................N/A Damian Mazur Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland

C1L-E2 An Online Parameter Monitoring Method for Power Transformers Based on DEA........................................................................................................................... 1133 Hasan Dirik, Muammer Özdemir Ondokuz Mayýs University, Turkey

C1L-E3 On-Line Tuning of Efficiency Optimization of Induction Machine Drive............ 1137 Fethi Farhani2, Abderrahmen Zaafouri1 1Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia; 2University of Tunis, C3S & ESSTT, Tunisia

C1L-E4 Induction Motor Fault Diagnosis Using an Improved Combination of Hilbert and Park Transforms .............................................................................................. 1141 Samira Ben Salem, Khmais Bacha, Moncef Gossa Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia

C1L-E5 Hybrid CLONAL Selection Algorithm with PSO for Valve-Point Economic Load Dispatch.......................................................................................................... 1147 Sogol Babaei Nejad2, Seyyed Hamid Elyas2, Ali Khamseh2, Iman Naziri Moghaddam1, Shahab Karrari1 1Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran; 2Semnan University, Iran

C1L-E6 Detection of Faulty Incremental Encoder in a DFIM-Based Variable Speed Pump-Turbine Unit .................................................................................................. 1151 Amel Damdoum, Hanen Berriri, Ilhem Slama-Belkhodja Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia