Sessions - Integrated Design and Process Technology

Plenary Keynote Speakers
in Robotics and Automation Award, the United States Presidential
Early Career Award for Science and Engineering, the National Science
Foundation Career Award, and best paper awards from the
American Automatic Control Council, the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, and the International Federation of Automatic
Control.
Dr. Horst Zuse
Berlin: The Origins of the Computer
Horst Zuse is son of famed engineer, Dr. Konrad
Zuse, who, in 1941, created the first programmable
electronic computer. His father is
one of the great engineers to whom we dedicate
this year’s conference. Dr. Horst Zuse will deliver the dedication
address at the Gala Awards Banquet and participate in the display of
the actual Z3 computer during the conference. Dr. Horst Zuse was
born on November 17, 1945 in Hindelang (Bavaria in Germany). He
received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Technische
Universität (TUB) of Berlin in 1985. Since 1975 he has served as
a senior research scientist with the Technische Universität Berlin.
His research interests are information retrieval systems, software
engineering, software metrics, computer history and computer architectures.
In 1991 he published the book, Horst Zuse: Software Complexity
- Measures and Methods (De Gruyter Publisher) and in 1998,
Horst Zuse: A Framework for Software Measurement (DeGruyter
Publisher). In 1998 he received the habilitation (Privatdozent) in
the area of Praktische Informatik (Practical Computer Science) and
since 2006 he is a Professor with the University of applied Sciences
in Senftenberg.
Martin Rangnow
Polizeidirektion Oldenburg: A strategy
of prevention and suppression against
internet crime
Started his career in the German Police in
Lower Saxony in 1986. Received a Dipl. Verwaltungswirt
(FH) by the police in criminal
investigation. Doing investigation in extremism, terrorism and organized
crime. Afterwards worked in the ministry of internal affairs in
Lower Saxony and studdied at the national “Deutsche Hochschule
der Polizei” in Münster. In the last years he was the police commander
in Emden, Jever and a department against organized crime.
Within the framework of the policy making in criminal investigation
and prevention he planned and organized a kooperation between
the Polizeidirektion Oldenbrug and the Hochschule Emden/Leerwith
to improve the strategy against “internet-crime”.
Dr. Allam Appa Rao
CRRao AIMSCS: Application of
Bioinformatics: Novel Drug Design
Dr. Allam Appa Rao was the first to receive
Ph. D from Andhra University in Computer
Engineering in the year 1984. During his
more than four decades of professional experience, such as Head
of the University Computer Centre, Head of the Department of Computer
Science and Systems Engineering, Chairman Faculty of En-
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gineering, Principal of Autonomous Engineering College, he shared
his wisdom with fellow engineers and scientists across the globe
through his innumerable research papers published in international
journals and international conference proceedings. 32 scholars
were awarded Ph. D degrees under his guidance and another 9
are in process of adjudication. “Best Academician Award” and “Best
Researcher Award” were bestowed on him by Andhra University.
Andhra Pradesh Government accorded him “Best Teacher” award.
International Accreditation Council for Quality Education and Research
(IACQER) bestowed on him Distinguished Fellow Award.
Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) conferred him with
“Srinivas Ramanujan Birth Centenary Award” Gold medal for his
significant and life time contribution to the development of Science
and Technology in the country specifically in the area of Computational
Biology, Software Engineering and Network Security. Prof
Allam believes that the recent human genome breakthrough is the
result from the work of multi-disciplinary teams where cooperation
from computer experts was a fundamental ingredient. He stresses
that the Cells and Cellular Systems require viewing them as information
processing systems, as evidenced by the fundamental similarity
between molecular machines of the living cell and computational
automata, and by the natural fit between computer process algebras
and biological signaling and between computational logical circuits
and regulatory systems in the cell. Prof Allam’s current research
work is influenced by his fascination about the mysteries that remain
in the catalogue of human genes. He believes that a systematic approach
to the acquisition, management, and analysis of information
available in human genes and their study can greatly enhance the
quality and efficiency of medicines. He believes that there is much
to learn about the relationship of genes and disease, as well as the
possible role of large sections of our DNA that seem to be junk with
no function, leftover from evolution. Dr. Allam proposed new computing
methods, and showed the way to better treatments of disease
and better understanding of healthy life. Perhaps even more
intriguing, his work may enable the design of entirely novel systems
that could prove useful in applications ranging from medicines to
environmental cleanup and more. He has published in PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/. Professor Allam Appa Rao, is
a Ph. D. and an SDPS Fellow. He is holding the post of Director,
CRRao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer
Science, University of Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad 500 046, India.
He was the First Vice Chancellor, JNTUK, Kakinada, Andhra
Pradesh (Aug’ 08 - Aug’ 11), Vice Chancellor i/c, Adi Kavi Nannaya
University, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh (June’ 11 - Aug’11), and
Dean/ Principal, College of Engineering (Autonomous), Andhra University,
Visakhapatnam (Jan ’06 to Jul ’08) Andhra Pradesh.
Dr. Eckehard Schnieder
TU Braunschweig: Towards a formalized
theory of safety
Eckehard Schnieder was born in 1949 in
the seaport Wilhelmshaven, Germany. He
received his diploma (equivalent to master
degree) in electrical engineering with specialisation in control and
computer engineering in 1972 from the Technische Universität
Braunschweig. Until 1979 he worked as a research scientist at the
same university concerning advanced electrical drive control systems
simulation resulting in the world’s first fully micro computer
controlled electrical drive. He received his Dr.-Ing. (PhD in engineering)
in 1978. From 1979 until 1989 Dr. Schnieder joined Siemens
Division Eisenbahnsignaltechnik (now: Rail Automation), where he
directed the German maglev TRANSRAPID operation control sys-
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