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Program Day 1 – Dec. 16, 2016 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration 8.00 am -10.30 am @ Auditorium; 10.30 am -5.00 pm @ Reception/Admin Building 8:30 – 9:00 am Inauguration (Auditorium) Local Organizing Chair; Dean Faculty of Engineering; VC Ruhuna University 9.00 – 10.00 am Keynote Address 1 (Auditorium): GEOMETRIC PID CONTROL FOR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS Dr. Jordan Berg, Professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock – TX, USA 10.00 – 10.30 am Networking Break 10.30 – 11.45 am Technical Paper Session 1 (SR) Technical Paper Session 2 (AV) Technical Paper Session 3 (ELR) 11:45 – 1:00 am Technical Paper Session 4 (SR) Technical Paper Session 5 (AV) Technical Paper Session 6 (ELR) 1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch 2:00 – 3:00 pm Keynote Address 2 (SR): INTELLIGENT MONITORING AND CONTROL FOR RESILIENCE IN POWER SYSTEM OPERATIONS Dr. G. Kumar Venayagamoorthy, Duke Energy Distinguished Professor, Clemson University, USA 3:00 – 4:15 pm Technical Paper Session 7 (SR) Technical Paper Session 8 (AV) 4.15 – 4.30 pm Break 4:30 – 5:30 am Panel: Future Engineering Education in Sri Lanka (MR) 5:30 am Transport to Dinner 6:00 – 10:00 pm Banquet Dinner (Hikka Trans/Hikkaduwa) Day 2 – Dec. 17, 2016 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration (Reception/Admin Building) 8.30 – 9:15 am Technical Paper Session 9 (SR) Technical Paper Session 10 (AV) 9.15 – 10.15 am Keynote Address 3 (SR): QUANTIFICATION OF HUMAN MOTION FOR DISABILITY MANAGEMENT, REHABILITATION AND PHYSIOTHERAPY IN NON-CLINICAL SETTINGS Dr. Pubudu N Pathirana, Associate Professor, Deakin University, Australia 10.15 – 10.30 am Break 10.30 – 11:30 am Keynote Address 4 (SR): ELECTRIC PROPULSION FOR COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT Dr. Kiruba Haran, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, IL, USA 11.30 – 12:45 pm Technical Paper Session 11 (SR) Technical Paper Session 12 (AV) 12:45 – 1.45 pm Lunch 1.45 – 3.00 pm Technical Paper Session 13 (SR) Technical Paper Session 14 (AV) 3.00 – 3.15 pm Break 3.30 – 7.00 pm Heritage Tour (Galle Fort) Day 3 – Dec. 18, 2016 8:30 – 9.30 am ICIAfS2018 Planning meeting (Academic Staff/Faculty members only) (SR) 9.30 – 10.30 am Plenary session: Humanitarian Demining (AV) 10.30 – 10:45 am Break 10.45 – 12:45 pm Tutorial 1: Cryptographic and Security Aspects for Information and communication Systems (SR) 12.45 – 1.30 pm Best Paper Awards + Closing Remarks + Lunch 1:30 – 2:30 pm Tutorial 1: Cryptographic and Security Aspects for Information and communication Systems (Cont.) (SR) 2.30 – 3.30 pm Tutorial 2: High-Performance & Accelerated Computing (SR) 3.30 – 3.45 pm Break 3.45 – 5.45 pm Tutorial 2: High-Performance & Accelerated Computing (Cont.) (SR) Day 4 – Dec. 19, 2016 – Killinochchi, Sri Lanka 9:00 – 4:00 pm Workshop Legend SR - Seminar Room / Administrative Building AV - Audio Visual Center / Administrative Building ELR - Lecture Room / Dpt. Electrical and Information Engineering MR - Meeting Room / Dpt. Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering