Prof. Raj Srinivasan and co-workers win Best paper Award at IEEE's INDIN Conference

Prof. Rajagopalan Srinivasan's paper "Data-driven soft sensor approach for quality prediction in a refinery process" (co-authored by S. Guru & KM Leong (Singapore Refining Company) and D.Wang & J Liu (ICES)) has won the Best paper Award in IEEE's 4th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), held in Singapore from 16-18 August 2006. Their work was recognized for "bringing a cutting-edge solution to a complex industrial problem" under the theme "Intelligent Performance Management"..

The INDIN is an annual IEEE conference that started in 2003. After its inauguration in Banff (Canada, 2003) it has traveled to Berlin (2004) and Perth (2005) and is on its way to Vienna (2007). Sponsored by the IEEE Industrial Electronics society, INDIN enjoys tremendous participation of academic and industrial researchers from around the world. The conference this year had over 200 papers in 40 sessions and 5 keynote lectures.