Activities report: 2015. Institut d'Organització i Control de Sistemes Industrials (IOC)

IOC Institute of Industrial and Control Engineering Activities Report 2015 ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 1 ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 2 Table of contents 1. Management’s presentation ................................................................ 3 2. Organisational structure and governing bodies...................................... 4 3. Staff ................................................................................................ 6 4. Divisions .......................................................................................... 8 5. Facilities ........................................................................................ 10 6. University masters .......................................................................... 12 7. Doctoral degrees ............................................................................. 13 8. Projects and agreements ................................................................. 16 9. Publications .................................................................................... 22 10. Extracurricular activities ................................................................ 34 ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 3 1. Management’s presentation This report provides some basic information about the Institute of Industrial and Control Engineering (IOC) and a brief summary of the activity performed during the year 2015. I hope this information is of interest to those who are familiar with the Institute and its background as well as to anyone who wishes to find out more about the IOC by reading this report. The year 2015 did not bring the changes and uncertainties of previous years. As expected, there were not significant changes in the economic situation, the budget of the IOC from UPC was slightly incremented, and the Institute got an additional income from the supported activities in the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya, which is expected to be more significant in the next years. During 2015 we also got use to the centralization of the administrative services produced in 2014, which got together the administrative staff of several departments and research institutes in the field of engineering in the South Campus of UPC in Barcelona. This centralization was a lost in several aspects for the IOC, but we had to assume it and got use to work without our own administrative staff inside the Institute. The scientific production of IOC -according to the UPC criteriahas a small increment respect to the previous year, and, keeping aside the exceptional good production in 2013, it is in the range of the last six years. On the other side, the income obtained through competitive projects and agreements with companies has decreased in 2015, and it reached the lowest value in the last five years; in some sense, it was expected due to the crisis of the previous years, but nevertheless this is a point to care on and that must be strengthened. The constructions of new buildings at the new campus of UPC at the other extreme of Av. Diagonal advanced during 2015, and several research groups should move there in 2016. Consequently, we expect to have the chance of getting more space inside the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona. At the Institute we have being very tight for many years, but I think this can change in a close future. Despite the stable situation of the Institute, for sure, there will be always new problems and challenges, but we can face the future with optimism. Raúl Suárez Feijóo Director Barcelona, june 6, 2016 ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 4 2. Organisational structure and governing bodies Management Director RAUL SUAREZ FEIJOO Assistant director ERNEST BENEDITO BENET Secretary ARNAU DÒRIA CEREZO Technical and Management Support Area - UTGAEIB ANA BELÉN CORTINAS ABAD The Board Management RAÚL SUÁREZ FEIJÓO Assistant director ERNEST BENEDITO BENET Secretary ARNAU DÒRIA CEREZO Representative of the Control division DOMINGO BIEL SOLÉ Representative of the Industrial Engineering and Logistics division RAFAEL PASTOR MORENO (until 18/11/2015) Representative of the Industrial Engineering and Logistics division AMAIA LUSA GARCÍA (since 18/11/2015) Representative of the Robotics division JAN ROSELL GRATACOS Technical and Management Support Area - UTGAEIB ANA BELÉN CORTINAS ABAD Representative of teaching and research staff who hold a PhD ROBERT GRIÑÓ CUBERO Representative of teaching and research staff who do not hold a PhD GEMA CALLEJA SANZ Representative of administrative and service staff LEOPOLD PALOMO AVELLANEDA ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 5 The Council Arias Pujol, Antoni Batlle Arnau, Carles Basañez Villaluenga, Luís Benedito Benet, Ernest Assistant director Biel Solé, Domingo Representative of the Control division Calleja Sanz, Gema Representative of teaching and research staff who do not hold a PhDr Cortinas Abad, Ana Belen Technical and Management Support Area UTGAEIB Corominas Subias, Albert Costa Castelló, Ramon Coves Moreno, Anna Maria Dòria Cerezo, Arnau Secretary Ferrer Llop, Josep Ferrer Martí, Laia Fossas Colet, Enric García Villoria, Alberto Griñó Cubero, Robert Lusa Garcia, Amaia Representative of the Industrial Engineering and Logistics division (since 18/11/2015) Martínez Costa, M. Carme Mas Casals, Orestes Mateo Doll, Manel Montaño Sarria, Andrés Felipe Olivella Nadal, Jordi Olm Miras, Josep Maria Palomo Avellaneda, Leopold Representative of administrative and service staff Pastor Moreno, Rafael Representative of the Industrial Engineering and Logistics division (until 18/11/2015) Peña Pitarch, Esteban Puerta Coll, Xavier Rosell Gratacòs, Jan Representative of the Robotics division Suarez Feijoo, Raul Director ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 6 3. Staff NAME DIVISIONS/ SERVICE CATEGORIES AKBARI ALIAKBAR ROB BR ARIAS PUJOL ANTONI CTL TU AROCAS PÉREZ JOSÉ CTL BR BASAÑEZ VILLALUENGA LUIS ROB Emeritus BATLLE ARNAU CARLES CTL TU BENEDITO BENET ERNEST EOL AG BIEL SOLÉ DOMINGO CTL TU CALLEJA SANZ GEMA EOL AJ CARDONER PARPAL RAFEL SSR LF CLARET ROBERT JOSEP ARNAU ROB BR COROMINAS SUBIAS ALBERT EOL Emeritus COSTA CASTELLÓ RAMON CTL TU COVES MORENO ANNA MARIA EOL TU DE LA TORRE MARTÍNEZ ROCÍO EOL AJ DÒRIA CEREZO ARNAU CTL AG FERRER LLOP JOSEP CTL CU FERRER MARTÍ LAIA EOL AG FOSSAS COLET ENRIC CTL CU GARCÍA VILLORIA ALBERTO EOL PL GRIÑÓ CUBERO ROBERT CTL TU LUSA GARCÍA AMAIA EOL TU MARTÍNEZ COSTA CARME EOL TU MAS CASALS ORESTES ROB TU MATEO DOLL MANUEL EOL TU MIRÓ VALERO ENRIC SSR LF MONTAÑO SARRIA ANDRÉS F. ROB BR MUHAYYUDDIN ROB BR OLIVELLA NADAL JORDI EOL TU ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 7 NAME DIVISIONS/ SERVICE CATEGORIES OLM MIRAS JOSEP M. CTL AG ORELLANA BARCELÓ MARCOS CTL BR PALOMO AVELLANEDA LEOPOLD SSR LT PASTOR MORENO RAFAEL EOL CU PEÑA PITARCH ESTEBAN ROB TU PORTILLA RODRIGUEZ HENRY ROB BR PUERTA COLL XAVIER CTL TU REPECHO DEL CORRAL VICTOR CTL LT RODRÍGUEZ PACHECO CARLOS ROB BR ROIG FERNÁNDEZ VICENÇ SI LF ROJAS DE SILVA GONZÁLEZ FCO. ABIUD ROB BR ROSELL GRATACÒS JAN ROB TU RÚA COSTA CARLES EOL PAL RUIZ PARRA SERGI ROB LT SUAREZ FEIJOO RAUL ROB DI ZAPATA PÉREZ NOEMÍ ADM FC ZAPLANA AGUT ISIAH ROB BR Visiting Staff NAME DIVISIONS UNIVERSITY DORMIDO BENCOMO SEBASTIAN CTL UNED ORTEGA ROMEO CTL UT DALLAS GLOSSARY DIVISIONS/SERVICE ADM Administration CTL Division of Automatic Control EOL Division of Industrial Engineering and Logistics ROB Division of Robotics SI Computer Services SSR Resarch Support Services CATEGORY AG Senior Lecturer AJ Assistant professor BR Research grantholder CU Professor DI Research supervisor EV Students linked to the IOC LT Technical staff PAL Assistant lecturer PL Assistant lectures TU Lecturer ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 8 4. Divisions Research at the IOC is conducted through three divisions: Division of Automatic Control The objective of the Division of Automatic Control is the research and development of techniques of modelling, simulation and process control, including the application to specific industrial projects and the necessary procedures for their implantation. Head: DOMINGO BIEL SOLÉ Fields of activity - Modelling - Simulation - Control - Electronics - Optimisation of industrial resources - Automated inspection Division of Industrial Engineering and Logistics The thematic scope of the Division of Industrial Engineering and Logistics covers the design and management of the supply chain, namely production and logistic systems to generate goods and services, as well as the necessary techniques for solving efficiently its derived problems. Head: AMAIA LUSA GARCÍA Fields of activity - Supply chain design - Capacity planning - Aggregate planning - Design and task assignment of assembly and production lines - Activity programming - Working time management - Task assignment to employees taking into account learning and forgetting effects ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 15 06/07/2015 Understanding Human-Centric Images: From Geometry to Fashion Author SIMÓ SERRA, EDGAR Supervisor MORENO NOGUER, FRANCESC D'ASSIS Cosupervisor TORRAS GENIS, CARMEN Qualification Excel·lent Cum Laude 04/09/2015 Estabilización de vídeo en tiempo real: Aplicaciones en teleoperación de micro vehículos aéreos de ala rotativa Author AGUILAR CASTILLO, WILBERT GEOVANNY Supervisor ANGULO BAHON, CECILIO Qualification Excel·lent 30/10/2015 Social robot navigation in urban dynamic environments Author FERRER MÍNGUEZ, GONZALO Supervisor SANFELIU CORTES, ALBERTO Qualification Excel·lent Cum Laude 17/11/2015 Multi-layer model predictive control of complex water systems Author SUN, CONGCONG Supervisor CEMBRANO GENNARI, M.GABRIELA ELENA Cosupervisor PUIG CAYUELA, VICENÇ Qualification Excel·lent Cum Laude 04/12/2015 Disseny i modelització d'un sistema de gestió multiresolució de sèries temporals Author LLUSÀ SERRA, ALEIX Supervisor ESCOBET CANAL, TERESA Cosupervisor VILA MARTA, SEBASTIAN Qualification Excel·lent ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 16 8. Projects and agreements Public funding projects Head researcher ERNEST BENEDITO BENET Title Development of the Lyon-Madrid axis on the TEN-T Mediterranean Corridor (CLYMA) Funding institution European Union Reference TENT-T-94174-S-CLYMA Amount 352.566,00 € Start-up date 15.03.2013 Completion date 31.12.2015 Summary Within the context of the TENT Mediterranean Corridor Global Project, this Action focuses on freight transport connecting Lyon and Madrid (CLYMA) to enable a coordinated implementation of the network. It comprises of studies on the organization and optimal implementation of the TENT network, taking into account long-term perspectives, environmental aspects and associated needs, as well as studies that promote environmental sustainability, resource efficiency and low–carbon transport within an integrated transport concept. This should stimulate the deployment of the Green Corridor concept as introduced in the Freight Logistic Action Plan. The project also intends to develop a managerial structure for the intermodal corridor. Head researcher LUÍS BASAÑEZ VILLALUENGA Title Sincronización y teleoperación con interacción visual 3D de redes de manipuladores móviles y robots con articulaciones flexibles (SYNTENET) Funding institution Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación Reference DPI2011-22471 Amount 275.880,00 € Start-up date 01.01.2012 Completion date 31.12.2015 Summary Among the current issues of development of robotics prominently telerobotics, rise to numerous research centers worldwide are dedicating a continuous effort. The reason for this interest is manifold. Telerobotics is much more than the remote control of a robot and today is considered as the extension of the sensory faculties and human action. In this sense their uses are extensive, ranging from medicine and surgery to space exploration through mine clearance and explosive and construction of buildings and infrastructure. The communication possibilities offered by the Internet have also contributed decisively to this development. M any achievements in telerobotics but crucial issues remain to be resolved. On the one hand, the approach of new control algorithms that rigorous, ensure the stability of the systems in most demanding operating conditions and variable lags, joint flexibility, and joint ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 17 manipulation mobile manipulator robot-robot and human-robot . On the other hand it is necessary to increase aid to the operator, allowing for example, interact with the scene through real threedimensional images, thus enabling the effective use of tools such as relational positioning. A natural continuation of telerobotics is teleoperation robot presenting network synchronization problems and consensus. These problems are attracting the attention of the scientific community for its possible e xtension to other fields than robotics such as nonlinear systems described by Euler-Lagrange spanning many physical systems of practical interest and that Robots are a special case. The project objective is to address the aforementioned issues through rigo rous theoretical development, simulation and actual experimentation to validate the results. The expected contribution of the project are both theoretical and application in industrial robotics tasks and service, using both fixed and mobile manipulators as humanoid robots. Within the context of the TENT Mediterranean Corridor Global Project, this Action focuses on freight transport connecting Lyon and Madrid (CLYMA) to enable a coordinated implementation of the network. It comprises of studies on the organ ization and optimal implementation of the TEN-T network, taking into account longterm perspectives, environmental aspects and associated needs, as well as studies that promote environmental sustainability, resource efficiency and low–carbon transport with in an integrated transport concept. This should stimulate the deployment of the Green Corridor concept as introduced in the Freight Logistic Action Plan. The project also intends to develop a managerial structure for the intermodal corridor. Head researcher RAÚL SUÁREZ FEIJÓO Title Prensión y manipulación diestra, móvil y cooperativa (DEMCO) Funding institution Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Reference DPI2013-40882-P Amount 102.850,00 € Start-up date 01.01.2014 Completion date 31.12.2016 Summary In recent years there have been significant advances in the area of object grasping and manipulating using robots, both from the point of view of developing new mechanical hands with anthropomorphic structure as in terms of algorithms to search for an efficient use of these hands. However, the actual implementation of these hands in tasks that require some skill is still quite limited and it is still common the use of grippers specially designed for a certain application, and even the use of very simple grippers with o nly two opposite fingers when looking for usefulness and robustness. One of the main causes of this limitation is the difficulty in determining the appropriate movements to perform a task in the presence of several uncertainty sources, a problem that can b e tackled by making greater use of tactile information in all the phases of the grasping and manipulation tasks. On the other hand, mobile robotics has also advanced significantly, to the point of defining its own work field with many different application s, but when the mobile device is provided with a device for grasping and dexterous manipulation they generally work in uncoupled way, the mobile device is positioned according to certain criteria and then the grasping device acts as an static one. In this context, the overall objective of the project is to advance towards the elimination of these deficiencies. The robotics group of the IOC has extensive experience in the area of grasping ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 18 and manipulation objects with robotic hands, planning and optimizing the movements of both the hand and the arm that supports it, and now it is intended to extend that experience in two directions. Basically, on one hand, deepening in the problems concerning the use of dexterous hands with many degrees of freedom when there exist different sources of uncertainty, for which there will be special emphasis on the use of tactile information, and, on the other hand, addressing the problem of determining efficient actions when the whole dexterous manipulation device is mounted on a mobile element. As a complementary topic it is also considered the cooperative action of more than one manipulator. Thus, the project aims to make contributions in the three typical levels of these systems: hand level, arm level and body level. As in previous projects of the group, the above problems are addressed with the intention to provide general solutions that are valid both in industrial and service robotics. Head researcher JOSEP MARIA OLM MIRAS Title Control avançat de sistemes d'energia Funding institution Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Reference 2014 SGR 267 Amount 30.000,00 € Start-up date 01.01.2014 Completion date 31.12.2016 Summary The generic goal of SGR financial supports is to recognise and promote high quality research, technology transfer, and internationalization of the scientific activities of catalan research groups. As regards ACES group, the support is assigne dto complement pre and/or post-doc research contracts, grants for Master Theses Proj ects, visiting professors and mobilities of the members of the group. Head researcher ROBERT GRIÑÓ CUBERO Title Técnicas de control para la mejora de la estabilidad en redes eléctricas con convertidores electrónicos operando a potencia constante Funding institution Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Reference DPI2013-41224-P Amount 145.200,00 € Start-up date 01.01.2014 Completion date 31.12.2016 Summary Currently, there are a significant number of power electronic converters – operating at constant power – connected to the electrical grid and this situation is likely to proliferate further. This operation mode of the converters deviates from the usual mode of operation of the traditional electrical devices and, in certain circumstances, may lead to stability problems in the point of common coupling. Given this scenario, the project’s objective is the appropriate modification of the control algorithms of static converters to help reduce or minimize the adverse effects on the stabi lity of the network while maintaining adequate operating characteristics in the converters. That is, contribute to improving the stability of the grid with a minimum affectation of the normal function and operation of the converters. To fulfil this objecti ve, the project intends to make theoretical developments in: AFC digital control, sliding mode control, adaptive and model reference adaptive/repetitive control and control of complex systems applied to electric power networks. These developments will specialize to meet the primary objective. In this sense, the project serves the dual purpose of providing solutions, implementable in power converters, to improve stability of the network and to ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 19 obtain theoretical results in the field of the control techniques that are proposed to work. Another objective of the project is to ensure that the designed controllers will be interesting, by their complexity and their hardware implementation cost, for the industrial sector. Head researcher JAN ROSELL GRATACOS Title Robots manipuladores móviles como co-operarios: autonomía e interacción en la colaboración humano-robot Funding institution Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Reference DPI2014-57757-R Amount 94.985,00 € Start-up date 01.01.2015 Completion date 31.12.2016 Summary Mobile manipulators with dexterous manipulation capabilities already exist and they can assist man in simple tasks in a versatile manner. In work environments its use as co-workers is possible, acting as logistic transporters and as versatile and dexterous manipulators, to cooperate with human operators to improve the efficiency of the work done. Nevertheless, to make this reality, some improvements in hardware and software are still required in order to allow a hi gher degree of adaptability. This project pursues a system composed of several mobile manipulators capable of acting in indoor semi-structured environments executing handling and assembly tasks in collaboration with human operators. The system must facilitate the humanrobot collaboration that, on the one hand, can be done in an autonomous way (i.e. the mobile manipulators are required to cooperate with humans by performing autonomously complementary tasks while moving around in the humans environment and in their presence) and, on the other hand, can be done through interaction (i.e. with a virtual interaction via teleoperation, or with a physical interaction through an object jointly handled). The project focuses on the development of planning, reasoning and control algorithms, and in the development of the necessary software to provide mobile manipulators with the autonomy and the capacity of interaction to allow the cooperation with humans. In the sought horizon, robot co-workers must provide support to humans and integrate into their tasks and movements in a natural, fluid, safe and minimally invasive way, facilitating the acceptance by human workers of the changes that may result. Upon completion of the project, it will be available a test bed that shoul d allow to investigate the behavior of humans in front of the work jointly carried out with robot co-workers, as well as the perceptions and the possible social acceptance of the changes involved. The project aims, therefore, to contribute to the resolution of the problem posed by the introduction of robots as co-workers, for the change that it may represent at the social level, and for its individual and collective perception, since the early consideration of these aspects will contribute to the acceptance of robots as an integral part of our lives and to its use without delay. Head researcher RAÚL SUÁREZ FEIJÓO Title SIR: Service and industrial robotics Funding institution Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Reference 2014 SGR 1433 Amount 18.000,00 € Start-up date 01.01.2014 Completion date 31.12.2016 ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 20 Summary The group SIR performs the research activity in industrial and service robotics following traditional approaches as well as new paradigms where the robots are allowed to work safely alongside humans in such a way that they become collaborative coworkers and fellows in the factory floor and at home. In this scope, the research work of the group is mainly focused on transversal tools for dexterous, mobile and cooperative ma nipulation as well as for robot teleoperation. The list of addressed topics includes control and communications through the Internet, relational positioning, vision systems and 3D augmented reality, automatic synthesis of grasps, telemanipulation, program ming by demonstration, humanlike motion planning, simultaneous task and motion planning, and physics-based manipulation planning. Typical tools used in this research are haptic devices, mobile platforms, industrial robots, dual-arm robots, mechanical hands and sensory systems. Head researcher LAIA FERRER MARTÍ Title Desenvolupament de metodologies i aplicatius pel disseny de projectes i la planificació energètica amb energies renovables en diferents contextos i països Funding institution Centre de Cooperació per al Desenvolupament , UPC. Reference 2014 SGR 1433 Amount 8.538,00 € Start-up date 01.06.2015 Completion date 31.12.2015 Summary The project aims to optimize the design and efficiency of autonomous systems for rural electrification with renewable energy through the development of models and tools to support decision making. So far, a methodology was developed to optimize the design of the systems, minimizing the cost and considering the wind and solar energy and combining individual and microgrid systems. This project proposes to extend its scope to cover a greater number of contexts and to develop a software that facilitates the design of systems by the promoters of isolated rural electrification in developing countries. ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 21 Agreements with companies Head researcher RAÚL SUÁREZ FEIJÓO Title Estudi del desenvolupament de dos contractes de compra maquinària robotitzada Funding institution Solutions Studies Science and Support for Engineering S.L Reference 2014 SGR 1433 Amount 6.075,00 € Start-up date 24.10.2014 Completion date 24.05.2015 Summary The object of the agreement is the completion of a report on the evolution of two contracts for the acquisition of industrial machinery. This project will lead to the development of a set of reports, documents and opinions that will be used by the company to evaluate the levels of execution of a contract for the purchase of industrial machinery. The processes that need significant support from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia are: analysis of the documents relating to the two contracts, defining paths assessing the performance of contracts, evaluation, technical support team the company in making decisions regarding the evaluation of contracts, processes, communication of resul ts, issuing opinions and corresponding attendance at meetings and hearings arising of such opinions. ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 22 9. Publications Articles in Journals Division of Automatic Control • Aguilar, W. G.; Costa-Castelló, R.; Angulo, C.; Molina, L.. Control autónomo de cuadricópteros para seguimiento de trayectorias. Revista Digital Congreso de Ciencia y Tecnología : Memorias. Sesiones Técnicas. Lloc de publicació: Sangolquí, Equador. Any: 2014. Pàgs: 140 ~ 144. ISBN/ISSN: 1390-4663. URL del text:http://ciencia.espe.edu.ec/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/MemoriaCongreso-CT-2014.pdf. • Biel, D.; Doria-Cerezo, A.; Fossas, E.. Sliding mode control of a three-phase four-wire LCL rectifier. Variable Structure Systems (VSS), 2014 13th International Workshop on. Lloc : Nantes, França.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Any: 2014. Pàgs: 1~5. ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-47995566-4. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6872770. • Compta, Albert; Ferrer, J.. Geometric classification of monogenic subspaces and uniparametric linear control systems. Linear and multilinear algebra. Any: 2015. Volum: 63. Número: 9. Pàgs: 1768 ~ 1785. Projecte o conveni finançador: Estructuras geométricas de los sistemas de control lineales, lineales a trozos y sistemas conmutados.Agència d'impacte: JCR-Science Edition. Índex: 0.738. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03081087.2014.973874#.VS41 vJNCjSI. • J.A. Cortes; Ramos, G.; Costa-Castelló, R.. Discrete-time resonant observer based control for periodic signal rejection. Revista IEEE América Latina. Any: 2015. Volum: 13. Número: 5. Pàgs: 1279 ~ 1285. Agència d'impacte:JCRScience Edition. Índex d'impacte: 0.326. URL del text: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/78224. • Medjmadj, S.; Diallo, D.; Mostefai, M.; Delpha, C.; Arias, A PMSM drive position estimation: contribution to the high-frequency injection voltage selection issue IEEE transactions on energy conversion Vol. 30, num. 1, p. 349-358 DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2014.2354075 • Montanaro, U.; Olm, Josep M. Discrete-time integral MRAC with minimal controller synthesis and parameter projection. Journal of the Franklin Institute. Data de publicació: 2015-09-25. Vol. 352, num. 12, p. 5415-5436 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2015.09.004 • Montoro, M.E.; Puerta, F.; Puerta, F.. On the perturbation of bimodal control linear systems. Systems & control letters. Any: 2015. Volum: 80. Pàgs: 1 ~ 8. Agència JCR-Science Edition. Índex: 2.059. DOI:10.1016/j.sysconle.2015.03.001. ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 23 • Ramos, G. A.; Costa-Castelló, R.; Cortés , J.. LPV observer-based strategy for rejection of periodic disturbances with time-varying frequency. Mathematical problems in engineering. Any: 2015. Volum: 2015. Pàgs: 1 ~ 9. Projecte o conveni finançador: Control avançat de sistemes d'energia. Agència d'impacte: JCR-Science Edition. Índex d'impacte: 0.762. URL del text: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/77484. DOI:10.1155/2015/380609. • Ramos, G.A.; Costa-Castelló, R.; Olm, Josep M.. Precompensated Second Order Repetitive Control of an Active Filter Under Varying Network Frequency. Asian journal of control. Any: 2015. Volum: 17. Número: 4. Pàgs: 1243~1254. Projecte o conveni finançador: Técnicas de control avanzado para la mejora de la operación de convertidores vsi conectados a la red eléctrica. Agència d'impacte: JCR-Science Edition. Índex d'impacte: 1.556. URL del text: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/81931. DOI:10.1002/asjc.971. • Ramos, G.A.; Cortés , J.; Zou, Z.; Costa-Castelló, R.; Zhou, K.. Power active filter control based on a resonant disturbance observer. IET power electronics. Any: 2015. Volum: 8. Número: 4. Pàgs: 554 ~ 564. Projecte o conveni finançador: Control avançat de sistemes d'energia. Agència d'impacte: JCRScience Edition. Índex d'impacte: 1.683. URL del text: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/28320. DOI:10.1049/iet-pel.2014.0032. • Repecho, V.; Biel, D.; Fossas, E.. Control en modo deslizante con comparador con histéresis y frecuencia de conmutación fija. Seminario Anual de Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación 2015: SAAEI 2015.Lloc de publicació: Zaragoza, Espanya. Any: 2015. Pàgs:52~57. ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-944131-2-4. • Repecho, V.; Biel, D.; Fossas, E.. Fixed switching frequency sliding mode control using an hysteresis band controller. Variable Structure Systems (VSS), 2014 13th International Workshop on. Lloc: Nantes,França. Editorial: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2014. Pàgs:6881146-1~68811466. ISBN/ISSN:978-1-4799-5566-4. URL del text:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6872770. • Roqueiro, N.; Do Carmo, L.; Silveira, H.; Fossas, E.. An extension of the unity vector control method. Variable Structure Systems (VSS), 2014 13th International Workshop on. Lloc de publicació: Nantes, França. Editorial:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Any: 2014. Pàgs: 6881099-1~6881099-4. ISBN/ISSN:978-1-4799-5566-4. URL del text: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6872770. • Roqueiro, N.; Fossas, E.; Martins, A.; Puleston, P.. Variable-structure control with complementarity-inputs for a lean-burn IC engine of a series hybrid vehicle. Asian journal of control. Any: 2015. Volum: 17. Número: 4. Pàgs:1310 ~ 1319. Projecte o conveni finançador: Algoritmos Para La Reducción De Orden y Control De Sistemas Interconectados De Gran Dimensión. Agència d'impacte: JCR-Science Edition. Índex d'impacte: 1.556. DOI:10.1002/asjc.1000. ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 24 Division of Industrial Engineering and Logistics • Calleja, G.; Corominas, A.; García-Villoria, A.; Pastor, R.. Hybrid metaheuristics for the accessibility windows assembly line balancing problem level 2 (AWALBPL2). European journal of operational research. Any: 2015. Volum: 250. Número: 3. Pàgs: 760 ~ 772. Agència d'impacte: JCR-Science Edition. Índex d'impacte: 2.358. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221715009510. DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2015.10.025. • Corominas, A.; Fossas, E.. Optimising the extraction rate of a non-durable nonrenewable resource in a monopolistic market: a mathematical programming approach. SpringerPlus. Any: 2015. Volum: 4. URL del text: http://www.springerplus.com/content/4/1/503. DOI:10.1186/s40064-0151276-0. • Corominas, A.; Mateo, M.; Ribas, I.; Rubio, S.. Methodological elements of supply chain design. International journal of production research. Any: 2015. Volum: 53. Número: 16. Pàgs: 5017 ~ 5030. Agència d'impacte: JCRScience Edition. Índex d'impacte: 1.477. Nombre de citacions: 1. URL del text: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00207543.2015.1013641. DOI:10.1080/00207543.2015.1013641. • Corominas, A.; Lusa, A.; Calvet, M.. Computing voter transitions: The elections for the Catalan parliament, from 2010 to 2012. Journal of industrial engineering and management (JIEM). Any: 2015. Volum: 8. Número: 1. Pàgs:122 ~ 136. Agència d'impacte: ERIH Plus - European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Índex d'impacte: 0.0. URL del text: http://www.jiem.org/index.php/jiem/article/view/1189/655. DOI:10.3926/jiem.1189. • Corominas, A.; García-Villoria, A.; Pastor, R.. Technical note: relating to the parameter values given by Nelder and Mead in their algorithm. The Computer journal (paper). Any: 2015. Volum: 58. Número: 1. Pàgs: 157 ~ 159.Agència d'impacte: JCR-Science Edition. Índex d'impacte: 0.787. URL del text:http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/content/58/1/157. DOI:10.1093/comjnl/bxt150. • De La Torre, R.; Lusa, A.; Mateo, M.. A MILP Model for the Long Term Academic Staff Size and Composition Planning in Public Universities. Omega: the international journal of management science. Any: 2015. Projecte o conveni finançador: Planificación de la capacidad a largo plazo y diseño de la red de suministro. Agència d'impacte: JCR-Science Edition. Índex d'impacte: 4.376. URL del text: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/85874. DOI:10.1016/j.omega.2015.09.008. • Domenech, B.; Ferrer-Martí, L.; Pastor, R.. Hierarchical methodology to optimize the design of stand-alone electrification systems for rural communities considering technical and social criteria. Renewable and sustainable energy reviews. Any: 2015. Volum: 51. Pàgs: 182 ~ 196. Agència d'impacte: JCR- ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 31 • Alvarado, N.; Suarez, R.; Roa, M.. Determining independent contacts regions to immobilize 2D articulated objects. 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2015): Seattle, Washington, USA, 26-30 May 2015. Lloc de publicació: Seattle, WA, Estats Units d'Amèrica. Editorial: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Any: 2015. Pàgs:4292~4297. ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4799-6924-1. URL https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/inde x.html?Conf_ID=30979. • Alvarado, N.; Suarez, R.. Síntesis de prensiones con “force-closure” para un objeto articulado 3D con 3 eslabones. XXXVI Jornadas de Automática. Lloc de publicació: Bilbao, Espanya. Any: 2015. Pàgs: 260 ~ 267. • Garcia, N.; Rosell, J.; Suarez, R.. Motion planning using first-order synergies. 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2015, Hamburg, Germany, September 28-October 2, 2015. Lloc de publicació: Hamburg, Alemanya. Editorial: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Any: 2015. Pàgs: 2058 ~ 2063. ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-47999994-1. • Garcia, N.; Suarez, R.; Rosell, J.. HG-RRT*: Human-Guided Optimal Random Trees for Motion Planning. 2015 IEEE 20th Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2015): Luxembourg, 8-11 September 2015. Lloc: Luxembourg. Editorial: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Any: 2015. ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4673-7930-4. URL del text:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7295717. • Montaño, A.; Suarez, R.. Commanding the object orientation using dexterous manipulation. Robot 2015: Second Iberian Robotics Conference. Lloc de publicació: Lisboa, Portugal. Editorial: Springer. Any: 2015. Pàgs: 69 ~ 79.ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-319-27149-1. URL del text: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-27149-1. • Montaño, A.; Suarez, R.. Unknown object manipulation based on tactile information. 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2015, Hamburg, Germany, September 28-October 2, 2015. Lloc de publicació: Hamburg, Alemanya. Editorial: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Any: 2015. Pàgs:5642~5647. ISBN/ISSN: 978-14799-9994-1. • Peña-Pitarch, E. Grasping after stroke: mechanism of grasping action. International Forum on Mechatronic System and Measurement Technology Data de presentació: 2015-09-23 • Peña-Pitarch, E.; Ticó, N.; Abenoza, M.; Romero, G.; Gilabert-Compte, E. Simulation of virtual human hand evolution after stroke Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association p. 1-2. 2015-08-12 • Rodriguez, C.; Suarez, R.. Comparison of motion planners in an environment with removable obstacles. 2015 IEEE 20th Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2015): Luxembourg, 8-11 September ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 32 2015. Lloc de publicació: Luxembourg Editorial: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Any: 2015. ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4673-7930-4. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7295717. • Suarez, R.; Rosell, J.; Garcia, N.. Using synergies in dual-arm manipulation tasks. 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2015): Seattle, Washington, USA, 26-30 May 2015. Seattle, WA, Estats Units d'Amèrica. Editorial: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Any: 2015. Pàgs: 5655 ~ 5661. ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4799-6924-1. URL del text:https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/ index.html?Conf_ID=30979. • Muhayyuddin.; Akbari, A.; Rosell, J.. Physics-based motion planning: evaluation criteria and benchmarking. Robot 2015: Second Iberian Robotics Conference, Advances in Robotics, Volume 1. Editorial: Springer. Any: 2015. Pàgs: 43~55. ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-319-27146-0.URL: http://www.springer.com/. • Muhayyuddin.; Akbari, A.; Rosell, J.. Ontological physics-based motion planning for manipulation. 2015 IEEE 20th Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2015): Luxembourg, 8-11 September 2015. Lloc de publicació: Luxemburg. Editorial: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).Any: 2015. ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4673-7930-4. URL del text:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7295717. Books Division of Automatic Control • Costa-Castelló, R.; Fossas, E.. Sistemes de control en temps discret. Editorial: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Iniciativa Digital Politècnica. Any: 2014. ISBN: 978-84-9880-463-8. Book chapters Division of Industrial Engineering and Logistics • Martinez, M.; Benedito, E.. Greening the corridor work plan. Green corridor development of the Lyon-Madrid axis.Any: 2015. • Martinez, M.; Mateo, M.; Lusa, A.. A MILP Model for the Strategic Capacity Planning in Consultancy. Enhancing synergies in a collaborative environment Lecture notes in management and industrial engineering. Editorial: Springer. Any: 2015. Pàgs: 361 ~ 370. ISBN: 978-3-319-14077-3. ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 33 • Olivella, J.; Benedito, E.; Corominas, A.; Pastor, R.. KPI’s for a green corridor. Green corridor development of the Lyon-Madrid axis. Any:2015. Pàgs:9 ~ 60. • Olivella, J.; Corominas, A.; Pastor, R.. Actions for a green development of the Lyon-Madrid axis. Green corridor development of the Lyon-Madrid axis. Any: 2015. Reports Division of Industrial Engineering and Logistics • Ranaboldo, M.; García-Villoria, A.; Ferrer-Martí, L.; Pastor, R.. A novel algorithm for isolated electrification projects. Data: 04/05/2015. URL del text: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/27815. • Sanz, G.; Pastor, R.; Benedito, E.; Domenech, B.. Analysis of urban freight distribution measures. Data: 29/10/2015. Pàgs: 8. URL del text: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/78718. Prizes and awards • Winners: Garcia, N .; Suarez, R .; Rosell, J .. Name Award (edition): Fumio Harashima Best Paper Award in Emerging Technologies. Year: 2015. Best text of the congress. Date: 10.09.2015. Result: First prize. Entity that grants: 2015 20th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA'15. • Winners: Suarez, R .. Name Award (edition): Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing. Year: 2015. Best reviewer in the journal "utonomous Robotics and Systems". Date: 01.09.2015. Result: Minor. Entity that grants: Elsevier. • Winners: Suarez, R .. Name Award (edition): Best Reviewer Award ICRA 2015. Year: 2015. Best reviewer form. Date of decision: 28.5.2015. Result: Select. Entity that grants IEEE ICRA 2015. Courses Division of Industrial Engineering and Logistics • Coordinator: Lusa, A. Teaching: Rua, C-UPC; De los Santos, MA-UPC; Reyes, GGITESM. Title: Curso de Formación en Logística a los estudiantes del ITESM. Dates: 25/05/2015-20/06/2015. Amount: 3.840,00 €.Collaboration agreement between the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (México), and the UPC-BarcelonaTech. ACTIVITIES REPORT - 2015 34 10. Extracurricular activities Executive en Lean Supply Chain Management. Direcció d’Operacions I Logística - Master's degree. Face-to-face. Academic management: Rúa Costa, Carles Presentation 15th year Traditional functions in companies such as production, distribution, planning or logistics have evolved with the change in economic cycles. The productive function has adapted to the new needs of markets, incorporating new trends such as Lean Manufacturing¿ and embracing quality control, training or staff motivation as part of its tasks. Likewise, logistics have also changed, and the concept Integrated Logistics has come to comprise all the value chain between the customer and the supplier, as well as the flow of information and materials. Integrated management of the distribution chain, production and supplies is now known as Supply Chain Management. The emergence of logistics has forced governments to work on improving and updating infrastructures roads, railway, ports and airports and this, together with staff training and research and innovation as key aspects to increase the level of competitiveness in the business fabric. This Masters Degree aims to be unique and exclusive, a reference point for all professionals aiming to develop their career in the areas of logistics, distribution, supplies and, in general, any aspect relating to the supply chain management and design. To make this possible, the course has included prestigious professionals from the main European universities (CRANFIELD) and leading schools in specific areas (European Short Sea Shipping School). For this Masters we also have the collaboration of managers from the leading logistics companies in Spain, who will transmit their experiences to the students. AIMS • TO PUT INTO QUESTION THE CURRENT ORGANISATIONAL AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE LOGISTICS CHAIN. • TO STRATEGICALLY ANALYSE, ORIENT AND DEFINE THE ENTIRE LOGISTICS CHAIN AND ALL OF ITS DIFFERENT SECTORS, IMPLEMENTING AND ADAPTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO BOOST COMPANIES LOGISTICS SERVICES. • TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT NEW SYSTEMS AND METHODOLOGIES TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PROVIDERS, BUSINESSES, OPERATORS AND END CLIENTS. • TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE PERSONNEL TEAMS THAT NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CULTURAL CHANGE IMPLIED IN IMPLANTING AN INTEGRATED STRATEGY OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Font: http://www.talent.upc.edu/cat/professionals/presentacio/codi/203200/executivelean-supply-chain-management-direccio-operacions-logistica/