Annual Report on Research Activities for Year 2006
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UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE ANNUAL REPORT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 2006 MARIBOR, APRIL 2007 UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Smetanova ulica 17, 2000 MARIBOR SLOVENIA Phone: +386 2 220 70 00 Fax: +386 2 251 11 78 http://www.feri.uni-mb.si ANNUAL REPORT Research activities 2006 Editors: Dr. Danilo Korže and Prof. Dr. Borut Žalik Copy edit: George Yeoman, MA Database design: Štefan Masič Word-processing converter design: Dr. Danilo Korže Photos and text processing: Dr. Danilo Korže Photos: Gerhard Angleitner, MSc Typography and cover design: Dr. Miha Završnik and Repro studio OK, d. o. o., Maribor ISSN 1408-6328 Published by: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Maribor Print: Publishing and Printing Dept. of Technical Faculties of Maribor Number of copies: 250 Year of publication: April 2007 CONTENTS FOREWORD ................................................................................................... FW – 4 Study Programmes, Options and Emphasis .......................................................... FW – 5 Graduates of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science .......... FW – 16 Masters and PhD Degrees ..................................................................................... FW – 17 Research by Institutes and Laboratories ............................................................... FW – 22 Programme Units ................................................................................................... FW – 24 INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION ....................................................................... AU – 1 Systems and Control Laboratory ........................................................................... AU – 4 Signal Processing and Remote Control Laboratory ............................................... AU – 15 Process Automation Laboratory ............................................................................ AU – 25 Measurements Laboratory ..................................................................................... AU – 31 Electro–Optical and Sensor Systems Laboratory .................................................. AU – 37 INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ................ EL – 1 Digital and Information Systems Laboratory .......................................................... EL – 4 Electronic Systems Laboratory .............................................................................. EL – 10 Microcomputer Systems Laboratory ...................................................................... EL – 11 Digital Signal Processing Laboratory ..................................................................... EL – 16 INSTITUTE OF POWER ENGINEERING ....................................................... PE – 1 Electrical Machines Laboratory .............................................................................. PE – 4 Power Engineering Laboratory ............................................................................. PE – 11 Electromechanical Systems Control Laboratory .................................................... PE – 30 Fundamentals and Theory of Electrotechnics Laboratory ..................................... PE – 37 Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory .................................................................... PE – 41 INSTITUTE OF ROBOTICS ............................................................................ RO – 1 Power Electronics Laboratory ................................................................................ RO – 4 Industrial Robotics Laboratory ............................................................................... RO – 12 Kinematics and Simulations Laboratory ................................................................. RO – 31 INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS ........................................... MP – 1 Applied Mathematics Laboratory ........................................................................... MP – 3 INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ......................................................... CS – 1 Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ...................................... CS – 5 Computer Architecture and Languages Laboratory ............................................... CS – 7 System Design Laboratory ..................................................................................... CS – 12 System Software Laboratory .................................................................................. CS – 22 Heterogenous Computer Systems Laboratory ....................................................... CS – 34 Geometric Modelling and Multimedia Algorithms Laboratory ................................ CS – 37 Programming Methodologies Laboratory ............................................................... CS – 48 INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS ...................................................................... IN – 1 Information Systems Laboratory ............................................................................ IN – 4 Database Technologies Laboratory ....................................................................... IN – 23 Computer Mediated Communication Laboratory ................................................... IN – 37 Real–Time Systems Laboratory ............................................................................ IN – 40 INSTITUTE OF MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS.................................................. MC – 1 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science FW – 1 and Computer Science Electrical Engineering The new G2 extension of the Faculty Buildings of the Faculties Engineering University Maribor Photo: Gerhard Angleitner FW – 2 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dean: Prof. Dr. Igor Tičar Institute of Institute of Automation Computer Science Head: Head: Prof. Dr. Boris Tovornik Prof. Dr. Viljem Žumer Institute of Electronics Institute of and Telecommunications Informatics Head: Head: Prof. Dr. Zmago Brezočnik Prof. Dr. Ivan Rozman Institute of Power Institute of Engineering Robotics Head: Head: Prof. Dr. Ivan Zagradišnik Prof. Dr. Karel Jezernik Institute of Institute of Mathematics and Physics Media Communications Head: Head: Prof. Dr. Vitodrag Kumperščak Prof. Dr. Tatjana Welzer- Družovec Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science FW – 3 Prof. Dr. Igor Tičar Dean Prof. Dr. Zmago Brezočnik Prof. Dr. Borut Žalik Deputy Dean of Education Deputy Dean of Research FW – 4 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science FOREWORD The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is organised into eight institutes: Institute for automatic, Institute for computer science, Institute for electronic and telecommunications, Institute for informatics, Institute for mathematics and physics, Institute for media communications, Institute for power electronics, and the Institute for robotics. These Institutes consist of laboratories, which are specialised for specific research areas. Beside research, the institutes also take care of pedagogical work at professional, university and postgraduate levels. In this way, the scientific and research work are neatly connected with the pedagogical work. The students of higher classes are frequently included in the research projects of the laboratories. In this way, they refresh their theoretical knowledge, they obtain experience and strengthen their engineering enthusiasm, which is extremely important for a creative and successful career. This is the reason why our graduates are respected and saught after in the industry. In 2006, we completed the long-expected extension of our Faculty – the building G2. Besides the teaching rooms and cabinets, we acquired additional space for scientific work and research. G2 plays the role of a central workpoint. It enables much better working conditions for employees and for our students. In 2006, most effort has been dedicated to the adaptation of our teaching to the Bologna initiative. We have renewed all studying programmes and introduced some new programmes. Over the next year, the whole generation of the first year students will be educated according to the Bologna initiative. We do not doubt that the connection between education and research work will now be even stronger. This is the reason why I am proud on this report, which confirms, that our faculty is well-ensconced in the research and scientific community at home and worldwide. Our achievements are regularly presented at different scientific conferences and in those scientific journals with high reputations. Despite some financial difficulties, we will orient ourselves even more strongly towards research projects including industrial projects, domestic research projects, and the projects of the European Union. The Faculty's management will support all the prosperous laboratories and take care of the best young researchers. In this way we will definitely build strong research cores at the Faculty, and ensure the competence and excellence of our research and pedagogical work. Dean Prof. Dr. Igor Tičar Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science FW – 5 STUDY PROGRAMMES, OPTIONS AND EMPHASIS Undergraduate studies The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science offers two separate types of study programmes, each leading to a different type of degree: academic and professional. Four study programmes with several options are offered