The SAFRAN contest

1st prize:
Hugo André (Maia Eolis) and Quentin Leclère (University of Lyon, France)

2nd prize:
Alessandro Daga and Luigi Garibaldi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

3rd prize:
Oscar Cardona Morales, David Quezada Acuna and German Castellanos-Dominguez (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia)

The best case study

The best case study was awarded to Alberto Martini, Marco Troncossi and Alessandro Rivola from the Univeristy of Bologna for their paper entitled "Experimental vibration analysis of an automatic machine for plastic cap assembly".

The best student paper award

The best student paper entitled "Vibration-Based Damage Detection for a Population for Nominally IdenticalStructures via a Supervised PCA-Based Multiple Model Method" was awarded to Kyriakos J. Vamvoudakis-Stefanou, John S. Sakellariou, Spilios D. Fassois, from University of Patras. Their paper will be published in MSSP.

Congratulation to the winners, and many thanks to all participants !

The International Conference Surveillance 8 will be held on October 20-21, 2015 at the Roanne Institute of Technology, France.

 This international conference will address recent advance in acoustical and vibration methods development and applications for surveillance and diagnostics in the following areas:

Download the call for papers (PDF)

The conference will be held in Roanne, a typical French town nestled on the banks of the Loire river. During your stay, you may have time to visit its historic centre reminiscent of the South of France and its port, or experience French cuisine at its best as Roanne hosts many renowned restaurants.

Tourist Office of the Roanne area

Photo credit : Frédéric Rizzi    

1-page abstract: April 15, May 1st, 2015

Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2015

Full-length paper: September 15, 2015