EDUCATION

School of Engineering (1979-82)/electronics, computer systems, automatic control/

«A passive Transponder System» PhD Thesis, Cornell University

"Remote Passive Identification System". U.S. Patent  and Trademark Office No 4,510,495. April 9, 1985. , European Patent Office EPO#83903023.6- (54 citations).

ID References

TEXÁS ÉÍSTRUMEÍTS ÉÍC (US), “Communication system for communicating with tags”, EPODOC / ÅÑÏ, ÑÍ - US5640151 Á 19970617

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Application fields of: Environmental management, weather modifications operations, energy systems, Water Resource Management, Water Network Management, Plant and Animal Factories, Hydroponics, Integrated Production Management, Food Traceability, GIS and Precision Agriculture, Robotics for agricultural processes, advanced automation applications, mechanisation and automation in Agriculture, SCADA systems.

Basic fields of: Operations research, code design, analysis and design of optimal control systems, instrumentation and signal processing, process control, biological modelling, bio-electronics and biosensors, neural networks, fuzzy systems.

1994-98, MACQU: Management and Control for QUality in greenhouses, EU 1,350KEuro, Coordinator

Project outcome: A complete SCADA system, with spin-offs, and a Greek patent.

1999-2001, MACQU_D: International Demonstration of MACQU, EU 245KECU, Coordinator

Project outcome: a commercialized CIMIC (Computer Integrated Management and Intelligent Control) product, (see illustrative sheet.)

2000-2003, HORTIMED, Sustainable Water management, EU 1,130KEuro, Coordinator

Project outcome: An off-line and an on-line Decision Support System (operations research on-line) for water resources management. Patented and licensed to GEOMATIONS SA

Greek patent applications pending

a) 20030100244 Smart hydroponics device for Integrated production

b) 20030100245 Intelligent and flexible Climate controller for Integrated Production

c) 20030100243 Intelligent Fisheries Feed Automation for Integrated Production

MACQU technologies (licensed to Geomations SA).

·     MACQU=Management And Control for QUality, a Generic advanced SCADA system, Simulink interface

MACQU cluster of products (licensed to GEOMATIONS SA)

·     MACQU-C:Climate Management software for Greenhouses–

·     MACQU-H: Hydroponics machine –Visual C windows XP Environment,.

·     MACQU-Ir: Irrigation Management System (Farms, Green Parks, Highways), -Greece

·     MACQU-F: Fishery automation (air-transport feeding) – Greece

·     MACQU-A: A special configuration of MACQU-C for Animal building operations management.

·     MACQU-M: A special configuration of MACQU-C for mushrooms production.

Recent activity

Keynote speaker (2000) in the IFAC 2d Biorobotics conference in Japan, 2000.

“Information Technologies and Robotics for Greenhouses in Europe”

Keynote speaker (2000) in the World Memorial Congress of CIGR in Japan, 2000.

“Information Technologies in the 21^st Century: what are the limits”

Guest Editor for IEEE-CSM (International Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers-USA),

Special Issue on “Control Developments in Agriculture and the Environment”, Oct, 2001

IEEE - Member :

§         Computer Soc, Robotics Soc,

§         Communications Soc (&member TCCC),

§         Control Systems Society.

ASAE – Senior Member:

§         Electrical and Electronic Systems,

§         Farm Power and Machinery.

NYAS - Member (1994-) of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Special issues
 

Sigrimis N., Antsaklis P., Groumpos P. 2001. «Control advances in Agriculture and the Environment», IEEE control systems magazine special issue, Oct. 2001, editorial

King R. and Sigrimis N., 2000. Computational Intelligence in crop production. COMPAG special issue 31(1) on Intelligent Systems in Crop Production”, editorial.

Sigrimis, N. and R. King, 1999. Advances in Greenhouse Environment Control, COMPAG special issue 26(3), editorial.

Keynotes
 

Sigrimis Nick 2000. "The 21st expectations in IT: what to expect, what are the limits", Keynote paper/speaker in CIGR XIV Memorial Congress, CIGR2000Tsukuba, Japan, Nov 28-Dec1 2000.

Sigrimis Nick 2000. “Modern Control Advances for Greenhouses in Europe”. Keynote paper/speaker in 2d IFAC BIOROBOTICS conference, Osaka Japan, Nov 24-26, 2000.

Sigrimis Nick 2000. "The role of Information Technologies for the New Agriculture". Keynote paper/speaker (May 2001) in Int’l Conference on “Microprocessor systems in Agriculture”, Dept of Mech. Eng. WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY -

Sigrimis N., Antsaklis P. 2001. "Recent developments for control in precision agriculture" Keynote Speaker in IFDICON (INTELLIGENT FORECASTING, DIAGNOSIS AND CONTROL” Santorini Greece, June 2001.

Sigrimis Nick 2001 Greenhouse Management and the Internet. Keynote paper/speaker 2nd IFAC-CIGR Workshop on Intelligent Control for Agricultural Applications, 22-24 August 2001, Bali Indonesia.

Sigrimis Nick 2003. Prospects in Precision Agriculture: from the developed to the developing world. ITAFE’03 International Congress on  Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and Environment, 7 – 10  October  2003 , Ege University , Izmir , Turkey.

Sigrimis Nick 2004 "IT Advances in Agriculture and the Environment - Prospects in Precision Agriculture". Keynote paper/speaker (May 2004) in Int’l Conference on “Microprocessor systems in Agriculture”, Dept of Mech. Eng. WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY -

Invited papers, Books and Chapters
 

Sigrimis Nick 1999. "Computer Integrated Management and Intelligent Control of Greenhouses". IFAC World Congress, Beijing China July 4-11 1999, Invited pre-congress workshop on Intelligent Control Systems in Agriculture, Plenary Volume (Tutorial Workshop #8)

Sigrimis N., K.G.Arvanitis and G.D.Pasgianos, «Robust PI-Controller Tuning for a Fertigation Process», in N.E.Mastorakis (Ed.): Modern Applied Mathematics Techniques in Circuits, Systems and Control, pp. 82-87, World Scientific Publ. Co., London, U.K., 1999.

Sigrimis N., Y. Hashimoto, A. Munack and J. DeBeardemaeker, 1999. Prospects in Agricultural Engineering in the Information Age - Control and Management Systems, Plenary speech/Session on Precision Agriculture, EFITA Conference, Bonn Sept 24-29, 1999.

Sigrimis N., Y. Hashimoto, A. Munack and J. DeBeardemaeker, 2000. “Prospects in Agricultural Engineering in the Information Age - Technological Developments for the Producer and the Consumer, CIGR E-Journal, invited paper .

Sigrimis Nick, 2001. “Advanced Control of Greenhouses”, Applied Biological Science, Official publication of the Society of Biological Science, abstract of presentation, Vol (6),(2), 113-114.

Sigrimis Nick, K.G.Arvanitis and C. Feredinos, 2002. “Information Technologies for the new Agriculture”, , Special Issue (40^th anniversary) of the Journal of Environment Control in Biology, Volume 40(1) March 2002 (invited paper submitted).

Sigrimis N., “Sustainable water use in Mediterranean horticulture”, Plenary presentation in ISHS Conference, Pisa Italy, July 9-12, 2003.

Sigrimis Nick et al 2004. ”Internet use in agriculture, remote service and maintenance; E-commerce, E-business, E-consulting, E-support” Chapter in CIGR Handbook of Agricultural Engineering; Volume 6: Information Technology (in preparation).

Sigrimis N., Arvanitis K., Albright L., Tantau H. 2004. ”Special aspects of IT for greenhouse cultivation” Chapter in CIGR Handbook of Agricultural Engineering; Volume 6: Information Technology (in preparation)

K.P.Ferentinos, I.K.Kookos, K.G.Arvanitis and N.Sigrimis, «From Production to the User: Quality Issues for Agricultural Product Chains, Food Traceability, Tagging Systems», Chapter 8.2 of the CIGR Handbook of Agricultural Engineering- Vol. 6: Information Technology.

Scientific Journals
 

Arvanitis K.G., N.Sigrimis, I.K.Kookos and G.Kalogeropoulos, "Model Reference Adaptive Controller Design for MIMO Linear Systems Based on Multirate Generalized Sampled-Data Hold Functions". Systems Science, vol. 25, pp. 5-36, 1999.

Sigrimis N.A., K.G.Arvanitis and R.S.Gates, “A Learning Technique for a General Purpose Optimiser”, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. vol. 26, pp. 83-103, 2000.

Sigrimis N.A., K.G.Arvanitis and G.D.Pasgianos, “Synergism of High and Low Level Systems for the Efficient Management of Greenhouses”, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 29, pp. 21-39, 2000.

Sigrimis N.A., Anastasiou, and N. Rerras, 2000. Energy Saving in Greenhouses using Temperature Integration: A Simulation Survey. Computers and Electronics in Ariculture, Elsevier, special issue on Developments in Greenhouse Control, Vol 26(3), 321-342.

Gates R.S., K. Chao, N. Sigrimis 2000. Identifying design parameters for fuzzy control of staged ventilation control systems Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Elsevier, special issue on Artificial Intelligence in crop production, 31(1) 61-74.

Chao, K., R.S. Gates and N. Sigrimis. (2000). Fuzzy logic controller design for staged heating and ventilating systems. Transactions of ASAE:

Sigrimis N., K.G.Arvanitis, G.D.Pasgianos and K.Ferentinos, “Hydroponics Water Management Using Adaptive Scheduling with an On-Line Optimizer”, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. Vol. 31, pp. 31-46, 2001.

Arvanitis K.G, N.Sigrimis and G.Kalogeropoulos, "A New Multirate Sampled-Data Technique for Adaptive Pole Positioning in Linear Systems ". IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, vol. 18, pp. 207-240, 2001.

Arvanitis K.G., Í.A. Sigrimis, G.D.Pasgianos and G.Kalogeropoulos, “New Methods for the Efficient Tuning of PID Controllers for Unstable First Order Plus Dead Time Processes”, Journal A, 2001. (accepted)

Ferentinos K.P., K.G.Arvanitis and N.A.Sigrimis, "Heuristic Optimization Methods for Motion Planning of Autonomous Agricultural Vehicles", Journal of Global Optimization. Vol. 23, pp. 155-170, 2002

Arvanitis K.G., G.D.Pasgianos E.Kyriannakis and N.A.Sigrimis, "Pseudo-Derivative Feedback Based Identification of Unstable Processes with Application to a Bioreactor", Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 40 (2003) ???

Pasgianos G.D., K.G.Arvanitis, P. Polycarpou and N.A.Sigrimis, "A Non-Linear Feedback Technique for Greenhouse Environmental Control ", Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 40 (2003) 153-177

Sigrimis N., K.G.Arvanitis, G.D.Pasgianos and K.P.Ferentinos, "Computer Integrated Management and Intelligent Control of Greenhouses", Environment Control in Biology. Vol. 40, pp. 39-53, 2002.

Arvanitis K.G., Í.A. Sigrimis, G.D.Pasgianos and G.Kalogeropoulos, “New Methods for the Efficient Tuning of PID Controllers for Unstable First Order Plus Dead Time Processes”, Journal A, vol. 43, pp. 12-21, 2002.

Pasgianos G.D., G.Syrcos, K.G.Arvanitis and N.A.Sigrimis, "Pseudo-Derivative Feedback Based Identification of Unstable Processes with Application to Bioreactors", Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2003. (accepted).

P.I. Daskalov, K.G.Arvanitis, G.D.Pasgianos and N.Sigrimis, “Nonlinear Adaptive Temperature/Humidity Control of Animal Buildings”. Biosystems Engineering, 2004. accepted.

P.I.Daskalov, K.G.Arvanitis, N.Sigrimis and J.Pitsilis, “Modern Microprocessor-Based Control of Microclimate in Naturally Ventilated Pig Buildings”. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2004. submitted.

K.G.Arvanitis, A.G.Soldatos, P.I.Daskalov, G.D.Pasgianos and N.Sigrimis, “Nonlinear Robust Temperature-Humidity Control in Livestock Buildings”. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2004. submitted.

Int’l Conferences
 

Gates R.S., K. Chao, N. Sigrimis 2000. Fuzzy Control Simulation of Plant and Animal Environments. ASAE paper No. 993136, Toronto, Canada, July 18-21, 1999.

Stanghellini C., and Sigrimis N., 1999. Sustainable water use in protected Mediterranean Horticulture: HORTIMED, CIGR Conference on Sustainable Water Use, Rabat Marocco, 1999

Sigrimis N., P.N.Paraskevopoulos, K.G.Arvanitis and N.Rerras, “Adaptive Temperature Control in Greenhouses Based on Multirate-Output Controllers”, Proceedings of the 14^th IFAC Triennial World Congress, vol. G, pp.571-576, Beijing, China, July 5-9, 1999.

Sigrimis N, K.G.Arvanitis, I.K.Kookos and P.N.Paraskevopoulos, “H^¥-PI Controller Tuning for Greenhouse Temperature Control”, Proceedings of the 14^th IFAC Triennial World Congress, vol. K, pp. 485-490, Beijing, China, July 5-9, 1999.

Sigrimis, K.G.Arvanitis and G.D.Pasgianos, “In Field Optimizing Tools for Agricultural Process Control”, Proceedings of the 14^th IFAC Triennial World Congress, vol. K, pp. 491-496, Beijing, China, July 5-9, 1999.

Sigrimis N., K.G.Arvanitis and G.D.Pasgianos, «Robust PI-Controller Tuning for a Fertigation Process», Proceedings of the 3^rd IMACS/IEEE International Multiconference on Circuits, Systems, Communications and Computers, Proceedings CD-ROM, Paper 447, pp. 4471-4476, Athens, Greece, July 4-8, 1999.

Arvanitis K.G., N.Sigrimis and G.D.Pasgianos, “Robust Controller Design for an Agricultural Process”, Proceedings of the 19^th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, vol. 1, pp. 38-43, Innsbruck, Austria, February 14-17, 2000.

Arvanitis K.G., C.B.Akritidis, G.D.Pasgianos and Í.A. Sigrimis, “Controller Tuning for Second-Order Dead-Time Fertigation Mixing Process”, EurAgEng Conference on Agricultrural Engineering 2000 (AgEng 2000), Warwick, United Kingdom, July 2-7, 2000. Paper 00-AE-011, Book of Abstracts, pp. 37-38 (Proceedings are in preparation).

Sigrimis Í.A., K.G.Arvanitis, G.D.Pasgianos, A. Anastasiou and K.P.Ferentinos, “A Virtual Greenhouse for Training Control and Management”, EurAgEng Conference on Agricultrural Engineering 2000 (AgEng 2000), Warwick, United Kingdom, July 2-7, 2000. Paper 00-AE-022, Book of Abstracts, pp. 57-58 (Proceedings are in preparation).

Arvanitis K.G., Í.A. Sigrimis, G.D.Pasgianos and G.Kalogeropoulos, “On-Line Controller Tuning for Unstable Processes with Application to a Biological Reactor”, Preprints of the IFAC International Conference on Modelling and Control in Agriculture, Horticulture and Post-Harvested Processing (Agricontrol 2000), vol. 1, pp. 51-56, Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 10-12, 2000.

Sigrimis Í.A., K.G.Arvanitis, G.D.Pasgianos, A.Anastasiou and K.P.Ferentinos, “New Ways on Supervisory Control-A Virtual Greenhouse: To Train, to Control and to Manage”, Proceedings of the IFAC International Conference on Modelling and Control in Agriculture, Horticulture and Post-Harvested Processing (Agricontrol 2000), vol. 1, pp. 212-217, Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 10-12, 2000.

Arvanitis K.G., N.Sigrimis, G.D.Pasgianos and G.Kalogeropoulos, “On-line PID Controller Tuning for Unstable Open-Loop Processes Involving Dead-Time”, Preprints of the IFAC Symposium on Manufacturing, Modeling, Management and Control (MIM 2000), vol. 1, pp. 25-32, Patras, Greece, July 12-14, 2000.

Sigrimis N.A., K.G.Arvanitis, G.D.Pasgianos, A.Anastasiou and K.P.Ferentinos, New Ways to Production Management and Supervisory Control: A Virtual Greenhouse”, Preprints of the IFAC Symposium on Manufacturing, Modeling, Management and Control (MIM 2000), vol. 1, pp. 529-536, Patras, Greece, July 12-14, 2000.

Arvanitis K.G., Í.A. Sigrimis, G.D.Pasgianos and G.Kalogeropoulos, “New PI Controller Tuning Formulas for Unstable First Order Plus Dead Time Processes ”, CD-ROM Proceedings of the 8^th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2000), Patras, Greece, July 17-19, 2000. Paper MB1-4, pp. 1-8.

Tanner H.G., K.J.Kyriakopoulos, K.G.Arvanitis and N.Sigrimis, “Coordinating the Motion of a Manipulator and a Mobile Base in Tree Environments”, Preprints of the 2^nd IFAC/CIGR International Workshop on Bio-Robotics, Information Technology and Intelligent Contrl for Bioproduction Systems (Bio-Robotics II), Sakai, Osaka, Japan, November 25-26, 2000, vol. 1, pp. 76-81.

Arvanitis K.G., Í.A. Sigrimis, K.Kyriakopoulos and K.P.Ferentinos, “A Nonlinear Restricted State Feedback Control Strategy for Over-Actuated Robot Manipulators”, Preprints of the 2^nd IFAC/CIGR International Workshop on Bio-Robotics, Information Technology and Intelligent Contrl for Bioproduction Systems (Bio-Robotics II), Sakai, Osaka, Japan, November 25-26, 2000, vol. 1, pp. 101-106.

Ferentinos K.P., K.G.Arvanitis, K.Kyriakopoulos and N.Sigrimis, «Heuristic Motion Planning for Autonomous Agricultural Vehicles ”, Preprints of the 2^nd IFAC/CIGR International Workshop on Bio-Robotics, Information Technology and Intelligent Contrl for Bioproduction Systems (Bio-Robotics II), Sakai, Osaka, Japan, November 25-26, 2000, vol. 1, pp. 322-327.

Gates R.S., K. Chao,  N. Sigrimis, 2000. Fuzzy PI-Like Staged Environment Controller, CIGR2000 World Congress, Tokyo Nov 28-Dec 1, 2000

Arvanitis K.G., G.D.Pasgianos and Í.A. Sigrimis, “An Alternative Feedback Control Structure for Open-Loop Unstable Systems”, The XIV Memorial CIGR World Congress 2000, Tsukuba, Japan, November 28-December 1, 2000. CD-ROM Volume, pp. 947-952.

Sigrimis N.A., K.G.Arvanitis, G.D.Pasgianos, A.Anastasiou and K.P.Ferentinos, “Supervisory Control Tools for a Virtual Greenhouse”, The XIV Memorial CIGR World Congress 2000, Tsukuba, Japan, November 28-December 1, 2000. CD-ROM Volume, pp. 990-995.

Sigrimis N., K.G.Arvanitis, K.P.Ferentinos, A.Anastasiou and G.D.Pasgianos, “Adaptive Scheduling for Hydroponics Water Management”, The XIV Memorial CIGR World Congress 2000, Tsukuba, Japan, November 28-December 1, 2000, CD-ROM Volume, pp. 1744-1749.

Arvanitis K.G., G.D.Pasgianos E.Kyriannakis and N.A.Sigrimis, "Pseudo-Derivative Feedback Based Identification of Unstable Processes with Application to a Bioreactor", IFAC Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture (AIA’ 2001), Budapest, Hungary, June, 6-8, 2001, pp. 1-7.

Pasgianos G.D, K.G.Arvanitis and N.A.Sigrimis, "A Non-Linear Feedback Technique for Greenhouse Environmental Control ", IFAC Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture (AIA’ 2001), Budapest, Hungary, June, 6-8, 2001, pp. 109-116.

Sigrimis N.A., K.G.Arvanitis, A.Anastasiou and G.D.Pasgianos, "A Comparison of Optimal Greenhouse Heating Setpoint Generation Algorithms for Energy Conservation", Preprints of the 2^nd IFAC/CIGR Conference on Intelligent Control in Agriculture Applications, Bali, Indonesia, August, 22-24, 2001, pp. 61-66.

Tzafestas S.G., E.Kyriannakis, K.G.Arvanitis, and N.A.Sigrimis, "Decentralized Predictive Control of the Heat Dynamics of a Greenhouse", Preprints of the 2^nd IFAC/CIGR Conference on Intelligent Control in Agriculture Applications, Bali, Indonesia, August, 22-24, 2001, pp. 152-157.

Ferentinos K.P., K.G.Arvanitis, G.D.Pasgianos and N.A.Sigrimis, "A Comparison of Intelligent Computational Algorithms for Path Planning", International Concference on Hellenic European Research on Computer Mathematics and Its Applications 2001 (HERCMA 2001), Athens, Greece, September, 20-22, 2001. Book of Abstracts, p. 89 (Proceedings in preparation).

Sigrimis N.A., K.G.Arvanitis, K.P.Ferentinos and A.Anastasiou, “An Intelligent Noninteracting Technique for Climate Control of Greenhouses”, 15th IFAC Triennial World Congress on Automatic Control, Barcelona, Spain, July 21-26, 2002.

Kyriannakis E., K.G.Arvanitis, and N.A.Sigrimis, “On-Line Improvement for the Decentralized Predictive Control of the Heat Dynamics of a Greenhouse”, 15th IFAC Triennial World Congress on Automatic Control, Barcelona, Spain, July 21-26, 2002.

Sigrimis N.A., K.G.Arvanitis, A.Anastasiou, K.P.Ferentinos and G.D.Pasgianos, “MACQU: An Open SCADA System for Intelligent Management and Control of Greenhouses”, 2002 ASAE/CIGR Annual International Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, July 28-31, 2002. paper # 023033.

Sigrimis N.A., K.G.Arvanitis and G.D.Pasgianos, “A Comparison of Optimal Contrtol Algorithms for Vibration Attenuation of Agricultural Spray Booms”, 2002 ASAE/CIGR Annual International Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, July 28-31, 2002. Paper # 023083.

Sigrimis N.A, K.G.Arvanitis and G.D.Pasgianos, “Remote Management and e-Support of Greenhouses through Knowledge Based Intelligent Systems”, 4th International Workshop on Computer Science and Information Technologies (CSIT 2002), Patras, Greece, September 18-20, 2002. Proceedings

Arvanitis K.G., G.Syrkos, I.Z.Stellas and N.Sigrimis, “Controller Tuning for Integrating Processes with Time Delay-Part I: IPDT Processes and Pseudo-Derivative Feedback Control Configuration”, 11th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Rodos, Greece, June 28-30, 2003. Proceedings.

Arvanitis K.G., G.Syrkos, I.Z.Stellas and N.Sigrimis, “Controller Tuning for Integrating Processes with Time Delay-Part II: Robustness Analysis under Structured Parametric Uncertainty”, 11th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Rodos, Greece, June 28-30, 2003. (accepted).

Arvanitis K.G., G.Syrkos, I.Z.Stellas and N.Sigrimis, “Controller Tuning for Integrating Processes with Time Delay-Part III: The Case of First Order Lag plus Integral plus Dead Time Processes”, 11th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Rodos, Greece, June 28-30, 2003. (accepted).

Ferentinos K.P., A. Anastasiou, G.D.Pasgianos and K.G.Arvanitis, N.Sigrimis,, “A Decision Support System as a Tool to Optimal Water Management under Saline Conditions”, International ISHS Symposium on Managing Greenhouse Crops in Saline Environment, Pisa, Italy, July 9-12, 2003. (accepted for Acta Horticulturae).

Sigrimis N., K.G. Arvanitis, G. Pasgianos, A. Anastasiou, K. Feredinos. “A Decision Support System for Integrated Management of Hydroponics”, workshop in Almeria Spain, October 1-5, 2003.

N.Sigrimis, K.G.Arvanitis, G.D.Pasgianos and J.Pitsilis, “Hydroponic Systems Management». Almeria International Workshop, Almeria, Spain, September29 – October 9, 2003. Book in English.

K.P.Ferentinos, K.G.Arvanitis, S.Hontas, D.Lambrou and N.Sigrimis, “A Multi-Agent System for Integrated Production in Greenhouse Hydroponics». AgEng2004, Leuven, Belgium, September 12-16, 2004. Accepted for presentation.

M.Mlademov, S.Penchev, B.Borisov, K.G.Arvanitis and N.Sigrimis, “Evaluation of Some Properties for Purity and Germination Assesment of Seeds Using a Computer Vision System». AgEng2004, Leuven, Belgium, September 12-16, 2004. Accepted for presentation.

P.I.Daskalov, R.Tzonev, T.Draganova, K.G.Arvanitis and N.Sigrimis, “Possibilities for Fusarum Disease Recognition of Corn Kernels by Color Image Analysis and Swpectral Reflectance Processing ». AgEng2004, Leuven, Belgium, September 12-16, 2004. Accepted for presentation.

K.P.Ferentinos, K.G.Arvanitis and N.Sigrimis, “Biologically Inspired Algorithms for PID Tuning in Controlled Environment Agricultural Systems». AgEng2004, Workshop on Information Technology for Bioproduction Systems, Leuven, Belgium, September 12-16, 2004. Accepted for presentation.

P.I.Daskalov, K.G.Arvanitis, G.D.Pasgianos and N.Sigrimis, “A Nonlinear Adaptive Technique for Environmental Control of Animal Buildings ». AgEng2004, Workshop on Information Technology for Bioproduction Systems, Leuven, Belgium, September 12-16, 2004. Accepted for presentation.

A.Anastasiou, K.P.Ferentinos, K.G.Arvanitis and N.Sigrimis, “DSS-Hortimed for On-Line Management of Hydroponics Systems». GreenSys 2004, Leuven, Belgium, September 12-16, 2004. Accepted for presentation.

Seminars
 

Lectures were given in Hydroponics seminar for Saline waters in Almeria Spain October 2003, under Hortimed Project,  Program >>

An ongoing series of seminars on Hydroponic cultivations (with Prof Savvas and MS Oeconomakis) is in sustained mode around Greece more >>

Various other seminars and lectures were given in Greece and abroad.