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Registration for the FIPSE 4 conferences is now
OPEN!
The number of participants is limited to 50 and 6 spots have been reserved for graduate students. Please register as
soon as possible. You can always come back and modify your registration by adding the pre-conference cultural trip or additional days at the resort with very attractive prices.This year, the demand for participation might exceed the 50 openings available.
The technical program is now complete with the addition of Professor Sirish Shah from U. of Alberta as the second
speaker of the Tuesday session. The title of his presentation is:
"PSE paradigms for challenges in the Water-Food-Energy Nexus"
Sirish Shah, U. of Alberta
See details of the complete program below.
We are delated to let you know that BASF has decided to be a FIPSE sponsor, supporting the participation of graduate students
(Details to follow). Other companies are invited to follow BASF's lead and contact us.
The FIPSE conference series has established itself as the unique venue where unsolved problems and unmet challenges are
addressed during the day while the evenings are filled with amble relaxation, great food and unique seaside scenery under the bright Greek moonlight. In the past, more that 70% of the participants have been accompanied by their spouses.
Detail about the FIPSE conference, sent in previous emails, are also included below.
I hope you and your spouse will join us at FIPSE 4.
Sincerely,
Christos Georgakis
Systems Research Institute at Tufts University
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FIPSE 4 Technical Program
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Day 1: Monday, June 25, 2018
Model and Process Uncertainty - Quantification and Usage
Organized by Rolf Findeisen, (Otto-von-Guericke U.)
◦ Benoit Chachuat (Imperial)
"Prediction and Exploitation of Uncertainty in Dynamic Processes"
"Optimal Control of Uncertain Systems"
Day 2: Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Water Challenges from the Process Systems Engineering Perspective
Organized by Michael Doherty, (UCSB)
◦ Bhavik Bakshi (Ohio State U.)
"Meeting the Challenges of Water Sustainability by Expanding the Boundaries of PSE"
◦ Sirish Shah (U. of Alberta)
"PSE paradigms for challenges in the Water-Food-Energy Nexus"
Day 3: Wednesday, June 26, 2017
Material Discovery and Product Design
Organized by Christos Maravelias, (U. of Wisconsin - Madison)
◦ Claire Adjiman (Imperial)
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"What can PSE do for molecules? What can molecules do for PSE?"
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"In Silico Prediction of Materials for Energy Applications"
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"Challenges and opportunities in computational design of organic photovoltaics"
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In the second half of the morning session,
six (6) additional presentations will be made by selected conference participants. They will be selected by the session organizer from the registrants' input on the open problems discussed in the conference. This is a required input during registration.
During the afternoon session, well-structured
breakout groups will refine the definition of the open problems in a concrete way as to facilitate the drafting of a white paper describing the findings of the day.
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A Unique Venue in Northern Greece
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The Porto Carras Resort is a five-star Hotel in the town of Neos Marmaras in the Sithonia
peninsula in Chalkidiki, 120 Km east of the Thessaloniki International Airport. FIPSE will provide bus service from the airport to the resort on Sunday, June 24 during the afternoon and from the resort to the airport on Thursday morning. Thessaloniki is
the second largest city in Greece with a population of more than 300,000. Its international airport has direct flights to many European airports and 10 daily flights to and from Athens.
Social Program: There
will be a welcome reception on Sunday night and two banquets on Tuesday and Wednesday night, a FIPSE tradition. On Monday night participants will be transported by boat to the nearby town of Neos Marmaras where they will dine on their own at one of the several
restaurant by the seaside. (details below)
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Format: Discuss and Define
Unsolved
Problems
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Each day of the conference is devoted to a single topic of Process Systems Engineering. A general topic and an organizer
for each of the three days is selected by the FIPSE trustees. Each day organizer further define the topic and proposes the invited speakers. The selected speakers for each day make a 30-45-minute morning presentation. These presentations focus 65% of their
time defining 1-3 important open research problems that should be addressed by the community in the next 5 to 10 years. In the second half of the morning session, the day organizer invites 5-6 of the conference participants to make a five-minute presentation
on their definition of an open research problem which they have defined during the online conference registration. The morning session ends with considerable discussion among the participants and the presenters.
In the afternoon session, the participants break into groups where they discuss further and define in greater detail
the open problems in the area. Each of the groups report back to all participants followed by another round of discussions. The day organizer and the two invited speakers collect a record of all the ideas proposed. Six to twelve months after the conference,
they are expected to draft a manuscript to be published in a respected journal as a record on what was concluded at the FIPSE conference. A draft of this paper is circulated among all FIPSE participants for comments and suggestions for improvement. All participants
who contribute substantially become co-authors. This publication aims to inform non-participants and motivate all researchers to help solve the defined challenges or to pursue alternative ones.
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Optional Pre-Conference Cultural Trip
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On Sunday June 24, an optional day-long cultural trip is planned to visit the Vergina site. This is where the tomb of
Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, was discovered and excavated in 1977.
The 1h 15 min trip to Vergina
will start at 9:00 in Thessaloniki by bus. After the visit to the site, the group will have lunch 13:00 - 15:00. The visit will be guided by an expert archaeological guide who will join us in the bus ride and give us an introduction about the site. Participants
in this trip should overnight in Thessaloniki on Saturday, June 23 and should book the Hotel accommodations in Thessaloniki individually. One of the recommended Hotels is
Macedonia
Palace where the trip will commence.
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Sunday, June 24: 20:00 - 22:00
with finger food, drinks and live music B.
Free Night for Participants
Monday, June 25: 19:30 - 23:30
Participants will dine on their own in Neos Marmaras, a seaside town 3 Km north. FIPSE transportation by boat
Tuesday, June 26: 19:00 - 23:30
at Panos Fish Tavern, 10 km south. FIPSE transportation by boat
Wednesday, June 27: 19:00 - 24:00
At the Porto Carras Hotel with Greek Music and Dances
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Systems Research Institute at Tufts University
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