First six-monthly periodic report

Workpackage progress report for Workpackage No.: WP11

IS Technologies, BPR and SW quality improvements
Workshops on BPR and SW Quality were organized, and program is appended.
Workpackage progress report for Workpackage No.:WP12

Laboratory for Intelligent Road Vehicle Systems, control with vision in the loop
Regarding Workpackage B:
Euro-conform complex retraining of specialists in road transport, 14/06/01 (Presentations on Research on modelling and control of vehicle dynamics)

Regarding Workpackage C: Foreign visitors at SZTAKI, virtual laboratories:

Prof. Gary Balas, University of Minnesota, USA, 23-27/07/01 (Fault detection in LPV systems)

Prof. I.T. Cameron The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 16-26/05/01 (Process Modelling and Model Analysis)

Prof. F. Szigeti , University of Merida, Venezuela, 01/04/01 – 08/09/01 (Fault detection, Mathematical systems theory)

Prof. C. E. Vera, University of Caracas, Venezuela, 27/06/01 – 08/09/01 (Mathematical systems theory)

Prof. Juan Cardillo, University of Merida, Venezuela, 01/07/01 – 31/07/01 (Theory and control of discrete event systems)

Prof Paul Van den Hof, Delft University of Technology , 21-23/05/01 (System identification)

Prof. G.L. Gissinger, Universite de haute Alsace, Mulhouse, 9-15/06/01 (Vehicle dynamics, Chassis comfort)

Prof. L. Dugard, Laboratoire d’Automatique de Grenoble, 9-15/06/01 (Vehicle dynamics, Control of suspensions)

Prof. R. Verschoore, Ghent University, Belgium, 9-15/06/01 (Comfort of land vehicles)

Regarding Workpackage D: Organising Workshops, Conferences and scientific meetings:
2nd Ph.D. Workshop on Systems and Control, Balatonfüred, Hungary, 17-19. September, 200l

Regarding Workpackage E: Visits to another research centre:

Prof. J. Bokor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, 22. April 24 – 24. May, 200l (Approximative identification)

B. Kulcsár, I. Szászi, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, 25. April – 3. May, 200l (Detection filter design)

Edelmayer A., University of Tolouse, France, 25. April – 2. May, 200l – (Inversion based fault detection and isolation)

Prof. J. Bokor, P. Gáspár, Z. Szabó, University of Porto, European Control Conference, Porto, Portugal, 03/09/01 – 12/09/01 (Loop shaping design)

G. Stikkel, Montreal, Canada, 8-22/07/01 (Signal processing)

Prof. K. Hangos, Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia, 01/10/01 – 31/10/01 (Process modelling)

Prof. K. Hangos, G. Szederkényi, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia, 25-30/06/01 (Diagnosis of non-linear process systems)

Appendix: BIONICS a transatlantic research program

Bionics

Bio-inspired Information Technologies

- a transatlantic research program