SICBS'17

Speaker

Prof. Valentina E. Balas (Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania)

Abstract

In this presentation we give an introduction on understanding the functioning of biological/neural structures. In our world there are two major challenges of the semiconductor industry, namely: power consumption and reliability of integrated circuits. To address these two challenges, we need to study the biological/neuronal model that will be used in designing the integrated circuits of the future because the power consumed by biological/neural structures to perform complex calculations is extremely low. The reliability of the biological/neural structures is incomparably higher than that of the current integrated circuits. We will analyze the gated ion channels which represents the nano-switches of the brain. Also we will identify new computational models that allow for the most accurate estimation of both the power consumption and the reliability of the biological/neural structures. We will deal with reliability schemes and in particular with hammock networks. Designing and simulating circuits, incorporating new computational will provide the semiconductor industry with good solutions for future technologies.

Bio

Valentina E. Balas is currently Full Professor in the Department of Automatics and Applied Software at the Faculty of Engineering, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Romania. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from Polytechnic University of Timisoara. Dr. Balas is author of more than 250 research papers in refereed journals and International Conferences. Her research interests are in Intelligent Systems, Fuzzy Control, Soft Computing, Smart Sensors, Information Fusion, Modeling and Simulation.

She is the Editor-in Chief to International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms (IJAIP) and to International Journal of Computational Systems Engineering (IJCSysE), member in Editorial Board member of several national and international journals and is evaluator expert for national, international projects and PhD Thesis. Dr. Balas is the director of Intelligent Systems Research Centre in Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad. She served as General Chair of the International Workshop Soft Computing and Applications (SOFA) in seven editions 2005-2016 held in Romania and Hungary. Dr. Balas participated in many international conferences as Organizer, Honorary Chair, Session Chair and member in Steering, Advisory or International Program Committees. She is a member of EUSFLAT, SIAM and a Senior Member IEEE, member in TC – Fuzzy Systems (IEEE CIS), member in TC - Emergent Technologies (IEEE CIS), member in TC – Soft Computing (IEEE SMCS). Dr. Balas was past Vice-president (Awards) of IFSA International Fuzzy Systems Association Council (2013-2015) and is a Joint Secretary of the Governing Council of Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics (FIM), - A Multidisciplinary Academic Body, India.