Message from General Chairs
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| Zheng Guo LI General Chair | Jing ZHOU General Chair | Geir Grasmo General Chair |
On behalf of the Organising Committee, we would like to extend to you our warmest welcome to the 15th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2020), 9-13 November 2020, Kristiansand, Norway. Established in 2006, the ICIEA series of annual conferences have served as an excellent forum for scientists, researchers, engineers and industrial practitioners from around the world to network and to share the latest technology advancements and future trends in industrial electronics and its board applications. This year, it marks the 15th Anniversary of the ICIEA conferences.
ICIEA 2020 is organized by the University of Agder, Norway, the IEEE Industrial Electronics Chapter of Singapore, and the IEEE Singapore Section. It is sponsored both technically and financially by the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
Kristiansand is considered the capital of Southern Norway and the heart of the region. It is the fifth largest city in Norway, with 92,000 inhabitants. The city is home to global leaders in the oil and gas service industry, which has helped put Kristiansand on the world map and make Vest-Agder Norway’s largest export county per capita. Through innovation, this industry has successfully maintained its position in the global market. Kristiansand has been a driving force in promoting positive city and town development and was awarded Staten’s pris for Attraktiv By (the Government’s Attractive City Award) in 2018.
University of Agder (UiA) has 13,000 students and 1,400 faculty and staff members. It is one of the most modern universities in Norway, and it is still growing and consolidating its position for its high-quality research and study programs both on the national and international level. UiA seeks to be an open and inclusive university that is characterized by a culture of cooperation and aims to be on the cutting edge of innovation, education and research.
ICIEA 2020 received overwhelming responses with more than 510 submissions from 31 countries/regions. All submitted papers were processed by the Technical Program Committee and rigorously peer-reviewed by a select panel of international researchers. Its technical program consists of 342 papers arranged in 50 regular/invited/special sessions. In addition to the parallel technical sessions, there are three Keynotes to be delivered by internationally renowned professors and researchers. The official conference proceedings will be published by IEEE and included in the IEEE Xplore database.
We are extremely honoured to have Professor Miroslav Krstic from University of California San Diego, USA, Professor Haizhou Li from National University of Singapore, Singapore, and Professor Ing. Armando Walter Colombo from University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer as the keynote speakers. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to our Keynote speakers for their support and contribution to ICIEA 2020.
It is our honour to have the opportunity to thank all organisers of the special sessions and invited sessions and the numerous researchers worldwide who have helped to review and comment the submitted papers. We are thankful for the invaluable advice, support and assistance rendered by the members of our distinguished International Advisory Committee. We would like to express our sincere acknowledgement of the technical sponsorship provided by the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and IEEE Singapore Section.
We thank all delegates for your long-lasting and strong support, without which the success of ICIEA is not imaginable. We are grateful to our friends, colleagues and family members who have helped the conference directly or indirectly, one way or another.
We wish all of our delegates a fruitful, rewarding, enjoyable and memorable virtual conference experience on-line.
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| Zheng Guo LI General Chair | Jing ZHOU General Chair | Geir Grasmo General Chair |