Welcome to the department ELEC

ERASMUS exchange program: Center for Data Based Modelling and Model Quality Assessment

Within the department ELEC we created a 'Centre for Data Based Modelling and Model Quality Assessment'. The goal of this centre is to develop, acquire, and disseminate methods to build models from experimental data. As a part of this project, we organize an ERASMUS exchange program, that offers a number of ENGLISH courses on

• An introduction to system identification,
• Identification of dynamic systems,
• Measuring and modeling of nonlinear systems,
• Simulation tools for nonlinear systems,
• Industrial measurement techniques,
• Design and characterization of high-frequency (nonlinear) systems.
• (optional: intended for those with an interest in microwave systems)

All these courses are given in the first semester, and have 4 ECTS-credits each. Of course it is possible to extend this to a full year exchange by adding a final year project (24 ECTS-credits) and a number of optional courses.

Invitation to attend the 6th VUB - spring school on Identification of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems: 13 May - 7 June 2013

Within the department ELEC of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), we organizes the 6th edition of a 4 weeks spring school (from Monday 13th of May 2013 till Friday the 7th of June 2013) to give an intensive training on advanced modelling and simulation techniques of (non)linear dynamic systems, starting from experimental data. Besides classical courses and exercises, we also provide hands-on experience by working on experimental data that you will measure yourself. The participants should have a good basic knowledge in system theory and signal processing.

Mission of the department ELEC

"ELEC" stands for "Fundamental Electricity and Instrumentation" (in dutch: "Algemene Elektriciteit en Instrumentatie") and the name corresponds with the educational and research tasks and objectives of the department. The main research activity of the department is the development of new measurement techniques using advanced signal processing methods, embedded in an identification framework. The long term objective of the department is the realization of the IMMI project (Interpretation by Measuring, Modelling and Identification), since 1989. Beside this main project, which covers a broad spectrum of several related activities, also some other independent research projects (national or European funding) are at stake.

Research teams of the department ELEC

• Team A: Physical communication, estimation of parameters in distributed systems and laboratory of marine acoustics
• Team B: System identification and parameter estimation of linear and non-linear systems
• Team C: The study of microwave systems
• Team D: The IMEC/VUB-ELEC laboratory for microwave microelectronic measurements and modelling (4M)
• Team E: Identification of biogeochemical signals & systems (IBiSS)

Head of the department

Prof. Dr. ir. Johan SCHOUKENS

Phone: +32 (0)2 629 29 44
Fax: +32 (0)2 629 28 50

Johan.Schoukens@vub.ac.be

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