Abstracts of conferences held by members of La Maison Roumaine Association within the Congres of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC)
17-22 July 2018:
Dr. Elena Helerea - Energy Trilemma: Past and Future
Dr. Dorin Dusciac - Hydropower Infrastructure on the Upper Course of the Dniester River: Historical Evolutions and Perspectives for the Ukraine – Republic of Moldova Relations
Dr. Mircea Ivanoiu; Professor Alexandre Herlea - Exploitation of Hydraulic Energy in Rural Traditional Technology, in Romania. Resemblance and European Synchronism
Dr. Andreas Wild - Rise and Fall of the Romanian State-owned Micro/nanoelectronics
Professor Alexandre Herlea – Petre Sergescu, Science Historian and Promoter of the Discipline
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This document discusses international trends and scenarios for future energy systems. It notes that long-term energy forecasts often prove inaccurate due to changing conditions. Energy systems are closely tied to global economic cycles, which typically follow short 5-10 year cycles and longer 50-60 year cycles. Over the past centuries, primary energy sources have tracked these economic cycles, transitioning from wood pre-Industrial Revolution to coal and oil in later cycles. The chapter examines expectations for energy demand, sources, technologies, and overall energy systems in the coming decades.
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This proposal outlines a PhD project to develop pervasive systems for online assistance of tourist communities. The goal is to enable cooperation between people, software, and devices to offer and consume services in trusted online communities. Specifically, the project will (1) integrate different service providers seamlessly, (2) create and manage knowledge within communities and services, and (3) use knowledge to publish, discover, compose and use services. As a use case, it will apply these technologies to tourism, building an infrastructure to enhance the tourist experience. This will support tourists throughout their journey by providing contextualized information and recommendations from an online community.
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This document discusses the history and development of EU energy policy. It notes that while the idea of a common European energy market was initially based on coal and nuclear energy cooperation in the 1950s-60s, a single energy policy has been slow to develop. Recent conflicts have highlighted the need for energy independence and diversification. The document outlines key steps in EU energy policy over time, including the establishment of emissions trading schemes and renewable energy targets. It also discusses the need for greater physical interconnectivity between some EU member states' energy infrastructure and common energy sector regulations to fully achieve a single energy market.
The newsletter provides updates on the MEDOW project, which is investigating DC grids for transmitting offshore wind power in Europe. Recent events summarized include a special session on offshore wind and HVDC grids at the IEEE EnergyCon 2016 conference. New publications from MEDOW researchers are announced, including a book on HVDC grids. Outreach activities such as engaging with local schools are also summarized.
Perspectives for Renewable Energy Development.pdfssuser9a0fbb1
This document provides an overview of key factors that influence the deployment of renewable energy technologies in UNECE countries. It identifies four main dimensions - political/regulatory, economic, social, and technical - that affect renewable energy markets. Each dimension contains several important drivers, such as policy targets, promotion schemes, electricity prices, social acceptance, and resource potential. The document argues that no universal policy solutions exist for UNECE countries due to heterogeneity, and that locally tailored approaches are needed that consider a nation's unique situation within these four dimensions.
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Slides presented at the 3rd General Assembly of the H2020 S2S4E project explaining the role of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in supporting a fair and effective Energy Union
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An Investigation On Nuclear Energy Policy In Turkey And Public PerceptionWendy Hager
This document discusses nuclear energy policy and public perception in Turkey. It provides context on Turkey's energy needs and dependence on foreign imports. Nuclear energy is presented as a potential sustainable alternative energy source. The document then reviews the history and role of nuclear power globally and in Turkey. It outlines some of the economic and environmental benefits of nuclear energy compared to fossil fuels. Finally, it evaluates Turkey's public perception of nuclear energy, which has been impacted by past nuclear accidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima. The main points covered are Turkey's energy security issues, nuclear energy as a potential solution, and factors shaping Turkish public opinion on the topic.
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The document discusses the history and concepts of energy resources, conversion, and conservation. It covers:
1) Early humans harnessed energy from burning biomass for heat and later developed waterwheels and windmills.
2) The industrial revolution saw developments in steam engines which converted thermal energy to mechanical power.
3) Internal combustion engines were also developed, where fuel is burned within the engine to directly power pistons.
4) A fundamental law of conservation of energy states that total energy within a closed system remains constant, though it can be converted between different forms like kinetic, thermal, chemical, and more.
All the energy that humans use comes directly or indirectly from the sun. In the
beginning, humans used their own strength, which came from their food. That was the
only energy source for hundreds of thousands of years, until fire was discovered
350,000 years ago, burning wood as fuel. They had discovered the biomass as energy
source.
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The document discusses challenges regarding energy efficiency and renewable energy in Mediterranean buildings. It notes that the Mediterranean area is lagging in moving towards nearly-zero energy buildings by 2020. It also faces specific barriers like traditional low emphasis on insulation and ageing building stock. However, investing in low-carbon transition for buildings can boost jobs and living standards. The ELIH-MED, MARIE and PROFORBIOMED projects show how EU support can encourage this transition. Representatives from these projects call for a new governance model and strategies to improve energy efficiency in Mediterranean buildings.
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This document discusses challenges regarding energy efficiency and renewable energy in Mediterranean buildings. It summarizes three EU-funded projects - ELIH-MED, MARIE, and PROFORBIOMED - that brought together over 60 partners including regional authorities and universities. The projects produced a joint policy paper with strategic recommendations to promote low-carbon transition in Mediterranean buildings. Specifically, the paper calls for 1) a new multi-level governance model for building energy policies led by regions and cities, 2) adoption of regional energy efficiency strategies, and 3) increased use of EU funds for building energy renovation.
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Firstly, the bibliometric analysis of global scientific literature on urban metabolism was performed to identify the temporal developments and new areas for investigating the metabolism of the urban systems. In the empirical part, the environmental accounting and the multiple methods of network science methodology were integrated to estimate the environmental costs, metabolic efficiency and self-sufficiency, and impact of each sector in urban socio-ecological systems. The research corresponds to the 11th and 12th Sustainable Development Goals. It contributes to developing sustainable resource management strategies for Sustainable Cities and Communities by identifying inefficient or unsustainable resource consumption patterns. The first case study focused on estimating total emergy use in the Vienna Region. The results show that “mining” and “agriculture” are not prioritised in terms of investment by the Vienna Government. In addition, the ecological network analysis was applied to analyse the structural and functional attributes of Vienna’s urban metabolic system to identify weaknesses in the system's ecological hierarchy and relationships and the sectors behind these weaknesses. The results show that “wholesale and retail” and “energy” sectors are responsible for the low financial support to producers (agriculture and mining) by the tertiary industries. The other study found that the footprint of final products by “agriculture” became larger when an emergy-evaluated version of direct carbon emissions was used.
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This document summarizes an EU-funded project to promote decentralized solar energy technologies in public buildings in Mediterranean countries. The project has seven partners across four countries - Spain, Greece, Egypt, and Jordan. It aims to install solar power systems with a total capacity of 260 kW generating 380 MWh annually on at least 10 public buildings. The project seeks to improve knowledge of innovative solar technologies suitable to the region and facilitate adoption of best practices regarding their development and implementation. It will transfer solar energy technologies, know-how and policies across the border to boost renewable energy and reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports in the Mediterranean region.
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This document discusses renewable energy sources and provides an overview of energy science and technology. It covers various forms of energy, both renewable and non-renewable sources, energy transformations, energy demand trends, and the relationship between energy science and other fields like physics, chemistry, and biology. The increasing global demand for energy is driven by population growth, industrialization, and rising standards of living. While demand for energy is growing rapidly, renewable sources currently only provide a small portion of global energy but are expected to contribute a larger share in the coming decades.
The document announces an international summit on renewable energies and efficiency for mining to take place on November 29-30 in Lima, Peru. The summit aims to share knowledge and experiences between international and national experts in the energy and mining sectors to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy use in mining activities. The summit will include workshops on renewable energy applications in mining worldwide and financing mechanisms for renewable energy mining projects. It will also feature panels on opportunities for renewable energy in the Peruvian mining industry and specific applications of technologies like solar, wind, and hybrid systems. Major international speakers will discuss case studies and the potential for mining to supply materials for renewable energy and storage markets.
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Thermal mapping for health monitoring of gas turbine is essential as modern day gas turbine subjected to very
high temperature applications, gas turbines are used extensively for aircraft propulsion, land -based power
generation, and industrial applications. Developments in turbine cooling technology play a critical role in
increasing the thermal efficiency and power output of advanced gas turbines. Gas turbine blades are cooled
internally by passing the coolant through several rib-enhanced Some tine passages to remove heat conducted
from the outside surface. External cooling of turbine blades by film cooling is achieved by injecting relatively
cooler air from the internal coolant passages out of the blade surface in order to form a protective layer between
the blade surface and hot gas-path flow. For health monitoring of gas turbine blade, this presentation focuses on
the effect of critical zone and hot spot along temperature distribution by using thermal paint. The comp utational
flow and heat transfer results are also presented. This presentation includes unsteady high free -stream
turbulence effects on film cooling performance with a discussion of detailed heat transfer coefficient and filmcooling
effectiveness distributions for standard and shaped film-hole geometry using the newly developed
transient liquid crystal image method.
This E-nano Newsletter issue contains the Strategic Research Agenda for Nanophononics, one of the main outputs of the EUPHONON coordination action (www.euphonon.eu); EU project with the mission to build a European Community for Nanophononics. The main objective of the Nanophononics Strategic Research Agenda is to define the role and impact of nanophononics in today’s society and in the industry. It is expected to give insight to the potential of the field to improve the properties of current information technology devices, enhance energy efficiency and advance the health and well-being and safety. In addition research highlights from top-level research institutions worldwide such as MANA/NIMS (Japan) and CIC nanoGUNE (Spain) are presented.
This paper seeks to disaggregate concerns about energy security within the wider European neighborhood from the nation-state to the household, and particularly to poor households in the transition and developing economies of the former Soviet Union. It argues that two decades of under-investment in Soviet-era energy, water, and communal service infrastructures threaten significant reductions in access to these services in the poorer countries of this region, particularly Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. These problems are manifesting themselves both in terms of growing physical restrictions on access to energy, water, and communal service networks in these countries, and in terms of rapid growth in tariffs for these services which could price some vulnerable households "out of the market". The paper also suggests that these problems are apparent to various degrees in a number of other former Soviet republics, and that the impact of the global economic crisis is likely to exacerbate these problems. By calling attention to growing household vulnerability to energy and water insecurities, particularly in Central Asia, the paper seeks to bring an economic development perspective to bear on energy policy debates in the wider European region.
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The document provides information about a course on renewable energy systems taught by M.Suresh. It includes:
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- An outline of Unit 1 which covers fundamentals of energy systems, solar energy, and analysis of solar radiation data.
- M.Suresh's contact information and the department he teaches in.
Dominique MINIERE, EDF Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Operating Officer and SFEN President, opened the 4th edition of Atoms for the Future. He welcomed the 250 participants coming from 13 countries with the very good news of the UK project which will see two EPRs being built on the Hinkley Point site. He emphasized the global need for electricity, especially in developing countries, and therefore the high potential for further nuclear development.
Application of the ELECTRE III Method at the Moroccan Rural Electrification P...IJECEIAES
As part of the integrated strategy of the Moroccan state aimed at the social and economic development of the Moroccan rural community, an electrification program has been in place since the 90s. This program, called PEGR, has for main objective the improvement of the electrification rate for the national rural world. Given the large number of villages to be electrified and the colossal budget that will induce, several criteria have been retained to objectively distinguish the villages with the highest priority for electrification. Given the nature of this problem to be solved, which is a multicriteria decision aid problem, we propose in this article to use the multicriteria aggregation method ELECTRE III to rank the villages from the highest priority to the lowest priority for the electrification.
The document summarizes the Merowe Dam project in Sudan, including its history, impacts, and criticisms. It discusses how the dam displaced over 55,000 people and submerged over 3,000 archaeological sites. Critics argue the feasibility studies underestimated resettlement and environmental issues. The document calls for a negotiated approach that recognizes both rights and risks, and respects international standards by fully including local communities.
Social and Cultural impacts of Large Dam: the case study of the Merowe dam in...Jean-Gabriel Leturcq
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Slides from the ELEEP & POCACITO Side Event "Transatlantic Perspectives on Integrating Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in Cities" on 18.11.2016 at COP 22 in Marrakech.
* This Topic paper is the working paper based on the joint Baltic SCOPE exercise and cannot be treated as the official opinion of the European Commission and Member States involved.
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La muséologie scientifique et technique et la valorisation du patrimoine : rétrospectives et perspectives
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Programul sesiunii științifice a Comitetului Român de Istoria și Filosofia Științei și Tehnicii (CRIFST) din cadrul Academiei Române pe tema ”Tehnica și tehnologia. Asociațiile profesionale” - 14 mai 2021, Mediaș, Brașov
Lista candidaților Partidului Ecologist Român la alegerile pentru Parlamentul României din 6 decembrie 2020. Aurelian Pavelescu pe poziția a treia pentru Camera Deputaților
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Importance de la mémoire européenne pour l’avenir de l’Europe
Résolution du Parlement européen du 19 septembre 2019 sur l’importance de la
mémoire européenne pour l’avenir de l’Europe (2019/2819(RSP))
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Importanța memoriei istorice europene pentru viitorul Europei
Rezoluția Parlamentului European din 19 septembrie 2019 referitoare la importanța
memoriei istorice europene pentru viitorul Europei (2019/2819(RSP))
Roşia Montană - o cronologie a proiectului minier al RMGC (1995-2014)Cristina Elena Andrei
Cronologia proiectului minier de la Roşia Montană de la începuturi (1995) până în 2014. Cu o trecere în revistă a situaţiei politice (guvernele ce s-au succedat în aceşti ani şi oficialităţile/autorităţile implicate în proiect, direct sau indirect), cu observaţii, o listă de susţinători ai proiectului minier (p. 89), dar şi o listă a asociaţiilor care au pledat împotriva acestuia şi pentru salvarea Roşiei Montane, precum şi câteva concluzii interesante
Proiect de lege pentru prevenirea şi combaterea spălării banilor Cristina Elena Andrei
Proiect de lege pentru prevenirea şi combaterea spălării banilor şi finanţării terorismului
Proiectul din 29 martie 2018, publicat pe site-ul Oficiului Naţional pentru Prevenirea şi Combaterea Spălării Banilor (ONPCSB)
Pentru bolnavii de cancer fiecare clipă contează. Ajută-i şi tu!
O prezentare a Fundaţiei Sfânta Irina, care acordă bolnavilor de cancer în stadiu avansat îngrijire medicală, socială, psihologică şi spirituală.
Fundaţia trebuie să strângă în fiecare lună 12 euro din donaţii, pentru a menţine centrul de îngrijire paliativă în stare corespunzătoare de funcţionare.
Puteţi dona într-unul din conturile Fundaţiei Sfânta Irina:
Cont lei: RO 11 PIRB 42017007 5000 1000
Cont euro: RO 74 PIRB 42017007 5000 2000
Cont usd: RO 40 PIRB 42017007 5000 3000
Cod Swift: PIRBROBU - cod necesar pentru donațiile din strainătate.
Piraeus Bank, Sucursala Carol, Bd. Carol 1 nr. 34-36, sector 2, București, România.
Monumentul "Calvarul Aiudului" dedicat martirilor anticomunişti exterminaţi în penitenciarul din Aiud.
NOTĂ: aceasta este o prezentare care circulă pe Internet, neprecizându-se autorul, pe care am primit-o pe mail. Pentru că este deosebit de interesantă şi informativă, am decis să o preiau şi să o dau mai departe, la rândul meu.
După multe căutări pe Internet, pentru a afla sursa acestei prezentări, am concluzionat că este realizată după o idee de Doru Munteanu (probabil fotograf de meserie), care a realizat o prezentare mai amplă şi din care autorul (anonim, deocamdată) al prezentării alăturate se inspiră, utilizând chiar şi citate din lucrarea originală a lui Doru Munteanu, pe care o puteţi găsi aici: http://www.nicepps.ro/prezentare-powerpoint-aiud-rametea-izbuc-20160.html
"Les Roumains en France 1916 - 1918" publiée par la "Délégation à la Mémoire et à l'Information Historique" du Ministère français de la Défense.
"Românii în Franţa 1916-1918", broşură publicată de Delegaţia pentru Memorie şi Informare Istorică a Ministerului francez al Apărării
Romanians in France during the World War One (1916-1918) - French text
CREDIT: Ministère de la défense/SGA/DMPA, France
Amendamentele la CP și CPP ale PSD-ALDE-cu observații de la Forumul Judecător...Cristina Elena Andrei
Amendamentele la Codul Penal și Codul de Procedură Penală, propuse de majoritatea parlamentară PSD-ALDE, cu observații de la Forumul Judecătorilor din România și Asociația Procurorilor din România (ultima coloană din tabel)
Sursa:hotnews.ro
Modificările propuse de majoritatea parlamentară PSD-ALDE la Codul Penal și la Codul de Procedură Penală
O prezentare de la Funky Citizens (www.funky.ong)
International Translation Day (ITD) 2017 at the British LibraryCristina Elena Andrei
Programme of the British Library manifestations on the occasion of the ITD 2017, celebrated on the 30th of September
Conferences and debates in London, on the October 2nd
This presentation by Katharine Kemp, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law & Justice at UNSW Sydney, was made during the discussion “The Intersection between Competition and Data Privacy” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 13 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/ibcdp.
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This presentation by OECD, OECD Secretariat, was made during the discussion “Pro-competitive Industrial Policy” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 12 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/pcip.
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Why Psychological Safety Matters for Software Teams - ACE 2024 - Ben Linders.pdfBen Linders
Psychological safety in teams is important; team members must feel safe and able to communicate and collaborate effectively to deliver value. It’s also necessary to build long-lasting teams since things will happen and relationships will be strained.
But, how safe is a team? How can we determine if there are any factors that make the team unsafe or have an impact on the team’s culture?
In this mini-workshop, we’ll play games for psychological safety and team culture utilizing a deck of coaching cards, The Psychological Safety Cards. We will learn how to use gamification to gain a better understanding of what’s going on in teams. Individuals share what they have learned from working in teams, what has impacted the team’s safety and culture, and what has led to positive change.
Different game formats will be played in groups in parallel. Examples are an ice-breaker to get people talking about psychological safety, a constellation where people take positions about aspects of psychological safety in their team or organization, and collaborative card games where people work together to create an environment that fosters psychological safety.
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This presentation by OECD, OECD Secretariat, was made during the discussion “The Intersection between Competition and Data Privacy” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 13 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/ibcdp.
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This presentation by Nathaniel Lane, Associate Professor in Economics at Oxford University, was made during the discussion “Pro-competitive Industrial Policy” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 12 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/pcip.
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Carrer goals.pptx and their importance in real lifeartemacademy2
Career goals serve as a roadmap for individuals, guiding them toward achieving long-term professional aspirations and personal fulfillment. Establishing clear career goals enables professionals to focus their efforts on developing specific skills, gaining relevant experience, and making strategic decisions that align with their desired career trajectory. By setting both short-term and long-term objectives, individuals can systematically track their progress, make necessary adjustments, and stay motivated. Short-term goals often include acquiring new qualifications, mastering particular competencies, or securing a specific role, while long-term goals might encompass reaching executive positions, becoming industry experts, or launching entrepreneurial ventures.
Moreover, having well-defined career goals fosters a sense of purpose and direction, enhancing job satisfaction and overall productivity. It encourages continuous learning and adaptation, as professionals remain attuned to industry trends and evolving job market demands. Career goals also facilitate better time management and resource allocation, as individuals prioritize tasks and opportunities that advance their professional growth. In addition, articulating career goals can aid in networking and mentorship, as it allows individuals to communicate their aspirations clearly to potential mentors, colleagues, and employers, thereby opening doors to valuable guidance and support. Ultimately, career goals are integral to personal and professional development, driving individuals toward sustained success and fulfillment in their chosen fields.
This presentation by Yong Lim, Professor of Economic Law at Seoul National University School of Law, was made during the discussion “Artificial Intelligence, Data and Competition” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 12 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/aicomp.
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This presentation by Professor Alex Robson, Deputy Chair of Australia’s Productivity Commission, was made during the discussion “Competition and Regulation in Professions and Occupations” held at the 77th meeting of the OECD Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation on 10 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/crps.
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This presentation by OECD, OECD Secretariat, was made during the discussion “Competition and Regulation in Professions and Occupations” held at the 77th meeting of the OECD Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation on 10 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/crps.
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This presentation by Thibault Schrepel, Associate Professor of Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam University, was made during the discussion “Artificial Intelligence, Data and Competition” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 12 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/aicomp.
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The importance of sustainable and efficient computational practices in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning has become increasingly critical. This webinar focuses on the intersection of sustainability and AI, highlighting the significance of energy-efficient deep learning, innovative randomization techniques in neural networks, the potential of reservoir computing, and the cutting-edge realm of neuromorphic computing. This webinar aims to connect theoretical knowledge with practical applications and provide insights into how these innovative approaches can lead to more robust, efficient, and environmentally conscious AI systems.
Webinar Speaker: Prof. Claudio Gallicchio, Assistant Professor, University of Pisa
Claudio Gallicchio is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Pisa, Italy. His research involves merging concepts from Deep Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Randomized Neural Systems, and he has co-authored over 100 scientific publications on the subject. He is the founder of the IEEE CIS Task Force on Reservoir Computing, and the co-founder and chair of the IEEE Task Force on Randomization-based Neural Networks and Learning Systems. He is an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS).
LMR - 2018 ICOHTEC Congress -abstracts of conferences held by members of La Maison Roumaine
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Abstracts of conferences held
by members of La Maison
Roumaine Association within
the Congres of the International
Committee for the History of
Technology (ICOHTEC)
17-22 July 2018
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Contents
Dr. Elena Helerea - Energy Trilemma: Past and Future_______________________________________3
Dr. Dorin Dusciac - Hydropower Infrastructure on the Upper Course of the Dniester River: Historical
Evolutions and Perspectives for the Ukraine – Republic of Moldova Relations____________________4
Dr. Mircea Ivanoiu; Professor Alexandre Herlea - Exploitation of Hydraulic Energy in Rural Traditional
Technology, in Romania. Resemblance and European Synchronism ____________________________5
Dr. Andreas Wild - Rise and Fall of the Romanian State-owned Micro/nanoelectronics ____________6
Professor Alexandre Herlea – Petre Sergescu, Science Historian and Promoter of the Discipline _____7
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Dr. Elena Helerea - Energy Trilemma: Past and Future
The end of the 20th century was the period of technological propulsion and beginning of
the intensifying danger of destroying ecologic equilibrium. The accumulation of goods and
services did not achieve well-being, and led to different models for socio-economic
development. The new concept of sustainable development appeared in the Brundland Report
“Our Common Future” (1987, World Commission on Environment and Development), and
accepted in 1992 at the Conference of the United Nations with respect to Environment and
Development (Rio de Janeiro).
Implementation of this concept, which underlined that humanity has to pass to a
sustainable environmental existence, began in the energy sector. The successful transition to an
environmentally sustainable energy system included photovoltaic systems, decentralized energy
generation, retrofits of existing buildings, adoption of low-carbon technologies, and electric
vehicles to service mobility needs. The World Energy Council proposed an efficient assessment
tool of implementing the energy sustainability based on three factors: energy security, energy
equity, and environmental sustainability. Balancing these three goals constitutes an energy
trilemma (Energy Building Code World Energy Council’s case study, 2016, ECOTECH).
The paper analyzes the global evolution of the 2017 energy trilemma indexes with a case
study of Romania’s progress and efforts in ensuring a balanced energy trilemma and comparison
with the results of other European countries. Romania's scores well, with energy security strong
at 7th
globally and has already reached and exceeded its EU-mandated target of a 24% share of
renewables (water, wind and solar energy) in gross energy consumption. Renewable energy’s
future is uncertain due to recent changes to the country’s green certificate scheme and feed-in
tariff system for small renewable energy producers, adopted in 2015. Energy policy should
focus on maintaining and improving the existing energy supply and transmission structure,
which will need large investments to raise Romania’s energy equity score.
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Dr. Dorin Dusciac - Hydropower Infrastructure on the Upper Course of the
Dniester River: Historical Evolutions and Perspectives for the Ukraine –
Republic of Moldova Relations
Management of hydropower infrastructure on transboundary water courses is subject to a
number of international treaties, conventions and regulations. Hydropower plants usually have a
non-negligible impact on the ecological systems of the concerned river basin, thus
environmental issues are at the core of the above-mentioned legal documents. As part of a
system of international relations in continuous change, “environmental diplomacy” is a key
component of modern inter-state paradigm. In this article, we present the development of
hydropower generation infrastructure on the upper course of the Dniester River, from the 1970’s
to present times. Since the independence of Ukraine and Republic of Moldova in 1991, the
Dniester became a transboundary water course, with significant subsequent change of the river’s
basin management rules. Over the past 25 years, Ukraine is seeking to tackle its electric power
generation deficit and to increase the percentage of renewable energy in its energy mix. In its
Western region, these goals can be achieved by substituting polluting coal-fired thermal plants
with new hydropower facilities. Six new hydropower plants are planned to be built on the upper
course of the Dniester over the next ten years. These plans raise a number of serious concerns,
especially from the neighboring Republic of Moldova (including its separatist Transnistrian
region, which will be directly affected). In this case study, we present the evolution of the legal
regulatory framework, from Soviet-era centralism to new geo-political reality created by both
countries’ accession to the Energy Community Treaty (2010) and the implementation of the
acquis communautaire, as part of each country’s Association Agreement to the European Union
(2014). Major changes of several characteristics of the region (demography, state of ecological
systems, geo-political aspects, etc.) over the past decades are outlined with supporting evidence.
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Dr. Mircea Ivanoiu; Professor Alexandre Herlea - Exploitation of Hydraulic
Energy in Rural Traditional Technology, in Romania. Resemblance and
European Synchronism
Without being a continental or international exception, Romania represents an area of
early usage of hydraulic energy as primary energy. Due to the fact that such machines used in
times, previous to modern age are achieved on intuitive and empirical bases, for personal and
community usage in rural areas, ethnography was the science that dealt with their study. The
paper intends to present the usage of water energy in some peasant autarchy household activities
and compares the machines used in Romania with those used in other parts of Europe (Valais,
France).
Constructive and functional solutions in some fields of activity are described in this
paper, namely:
– in food industry, the processing of grains to obtain flour;
– in textile industry, the processing of beaten, carded and washed cloths;
– in wood industry, for furniture and building (board and timber)
In analyzing these examples of empirical exploitation of water I had in mind the pages
written by known historians of science and technology in the field (Maurice Daumas, Ian
McNeil Charles Singer) In the first half of the last century, engineers - builders of classical
hydraulic turbines (Pelton, Francis and Kaplan) made some attempts of theoretical foundation of
the functioning of old hydraulic wheels. We will analyze the proposals of PhD Eng. Dorin
Pavel, the most known Romanian designer of hydraulic machines and equipment for the hydro
energetic plants at the beginning of this industry in Romania. The paper is illustrated, besides
historical photos, with some quite recent images of still functioning or abandoned equipment, on
small rivers in the southern Transylvania.
6. 6
Dr. Andreas Wild - Rise and Fall of the Romanian State-owned
Micro/nanoelectronics
Micro/nanoelectronics started with the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958,
enabled by the discovery of the semiconductor transistor in 1947. Its centre of gravity was in the
Silicon Valley, but it was also developed elsewhere, including behind the Iron Curtain, probably
because Lenin himself recognized the propaganda potential of the radio technology that later
relied upon semiconductors. Romania nationalised its industry and run eight five-year plans
starting in 1951, building an electronic ecosystem with a rather performant educational system;
academic and institutional research; and industrial entities in components (including
micro/nanoelectronics), equipment manufacturing, and services - exporting electronic products
in COMECON, Western Europe, U.S.A. Israel, etc. In 1989, there were 33 entities, employing a
workforce of about 20,000.
In micro/nanoelectronics, Romania acquired licenses and expanded them with own
developments; started an international conference on semiconductors; had specialists publishing
in peer-reviewed conferences and journals; and granted patents. Even its defectors made
brilliant careers. This anecdotic evidence suggests that Romanian micro/nanonelectronics was
not without merit. However, technical competencies could not overcome its structural
handicaps: excessive vertical integration, to satisfy a domestic demand too small to generate
economy of scale; inapplicability of economic metrics in a State-owned economy with
nonconvertible currency, reporting fictitious parameters like the “global production”; lack of
basic skills in marketing and management in enterprises obliged to implement decisions from
the State Council for Plan, the State Council for Prices or Communist Party directives. After the
communist regime was ousted in 1989, the Romanian institutional research survived, but its
micro/nanoelectronics collapsed. The industry privatisation, hampered by insufficient market
understanding and by alleged corruption, could rescue only a small part of the assets.
Nonetheless, the surviving elements could be the starting point of a renewal, if the country
would make this strategic decision.
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Professor Alexandre Herlea - Petre (Pierre) Sergescu, Science Historian and
Promoter of the Discipline
Born in 1893 in Romania, Petre Sergescu, a mathematician and historian of science,
played a major international role in the institutional organization of the history of science after
the Second World War. Graduated (1916) from the Faculties of mathematics and philosophy of
the University of Bucharest as well as from the Conservatory of Music, he continued his studies
in Paris. Here he was a student at the Ecole Normale Supérieure where he obtained in 1922 his
degree in Mathematics and followed the courses of history of Mathematics of Pierre Boutroux at
the Collège de France. Back in Romania, he passed his doctorate with a brilliant thesis and was
appointed in 1926 professor of analytical geometry at the University of Cluj where he founded
the journal „Mathematica” (Bilingual review: French, Romanian) and organized the first
Congress of Romanian mathematicians. In 1943, P. Sergescu was appointed professor at the
Polytechnic School of Bucharest, whose President he became in January 1946. But in August of
the same year, he took refuge in France, where he had often stayed in the period between the
two World Wars and where he married a writer of Polish origin, Marie Kasterska. Together they
hosted a prestigious cultural salon in Paris, in the Quartier Latin, until the end of 1954, the year
of his death.
From 1932, P. Sergescu participated in the activity of the group of Sciences historians
formed around Aldo Mieli who had created, in 1929, "The International Academy of the History
Science (IAHS) where he himself became a member in 1935. He had already published a lot in
the field including the book "Gandirea Matematica” (Mathematical thought) crowned by the
Romanian Academy and "Mathematical Sciences in France" crowned by the French “Académie
des Sciences”.
From 1946 on, while being very active in the Romanian emigration in Paris (President of
the academic institution "The Royal Foundations University of Charles I" created by the
Romanian exiles in 1951), P. Sergescu is the driving force behind international collaboration in
the History of Science. It began with the resuscitation of IAHS which had interrupted its
activities during the war and of which he was, since 1937, Vicepresident; He was elected
President in 1947 and Perpetual Secretary in 1950. This institution acts, in parallel with
efficiency, for the establishment, within the framework of UNESCO and of The International
Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), institutions created after the Second World War, of The
UIHS (International Union of History of Sciences) of which he was elected Secretary-General in
1947, the year of its creation. The same year he became editor-in-chief of the "International
History of Science Archives" whose first issue had just appeared and of which he became
director in 1951.
However, in Paris, P. Sergescu also developed other activities in the field of science, its
history, teaching and dissemination. From 1946 onwards, he organized the annual meetings of
the Science history section of „The French Association for the advancement of Science –
AFSA”, founded the Mathematic history Seminar at The Institute Henri Poincaré and
participated in the setting up of monthly conferences in Discovery Palace He also played an
important part in the realization of several exhibitions. His activities and achievements received
general recognition; He became a member of several academies and learned societies and
received distinctions including the Légion d’Honneur.