TC 1 Education and Training in Measurement and Instrumentation
Chairman: Prof. dr. ir. P. P. L. Regtien (The Netherlands), p.p.l.regtien@el.utwente.nl

• Methods of teaching and training
• Education and training for intelligent measurement and instrumentation
• Virtual instrumentation for training in measurement

TC 2 Photonics
Chairman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. T. Pfeifer (Germany), t.pfeifer@wzl.rwth-aachen.de

• Spectroscopy, interferometry and modulating techniques
• Structured illumination techniques and image sensing
• Development in miniaturization of optical measurement systems and application in life
• science, production technology, IT-Systems and traffic

TC 3 Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque
Chairman: Dr. D. I. Kang (Republic of Korea), dikang@kriss.re.kr

• Dynamic force and torque measurement
• Measurement standards, instruments and techniques for force, mass and torque meas.
• Dynamic weighing of road vehicles in motion and calibration problems under dynamic
• conditions
• Development trends in force, mass and torque measurements

TC 4 Measurement of Electrical Quantities
Chairman: Dr. Antonio Serra (Portugal), acserra@ist.utl.pt

• Direct current and low frequency measurements
• Radio frequency, microwave and millimeter wave measurements
• Optical wavelength metrology
• Traceability and international comparability of measurements
• Standards and sensors
• Automated measurement systems and advanced instrumentation
• A/D and D/A converters and digital signal analysis and processing
• Software, environmental measurements and biomedical measurements
• Power, energy, time and frequency
• Measurements at universities

TC 5 Hardness Measurement
Chairman: Dr. K. Herrmann (Germany), konrad.herrmann@ptb.de

• New theoretical and practical knowledge in hardness testing
• New method and equipment for hardness measurement
• Role of hardness measurement for science and industry

TC 6 Vocabulary Committee (activity suspended)

TC 7 Measurement Science
Chairman: Prof. Dr. R. Z. Morawski (Poland), r.morawski@ire.pw.edu.pl

• New measurement principles and foundations of knowledge-based measurements
• Mathematical modeling for measurement applications
• Artificial intelligence in measurement and instrumentation
• Social role of measurement and emerging topics of measurement science

TC 8 Traceability in Metrology
Chairman: Dr. S. D'Emilio (Italy), demilio@ien.it

• Uncertainty evaluation of results and evaluation of measurement standards
• Quality assurance of measuring and test equipment

TC 9 Flow Measurement
Chairman: Dr. M. J. Reader-Harris (United Kingdom), mreader@tuvnel.com

• Flow measurement in environmental engineering
• Unsteady flow measurement
• Measurement of very small to very large flow

TC 10 Technical Diagnostics
Chairman: Prof. L. Monostori (Hungary), laszlo.monostori@sztaki.hu

• Basic principles and development trends in diagnostic work
• Methods, instrumentation and systems
• Diagnostics for the improvement of quality of life and
• medical non-invasive diagnostics

TC 11 Metrological Infrastructures
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Mladen Boršic (Croatia), mladen.borsic@hmd.hr

• Regional cooperation in metrology and intern. recognition of measurements
• Measurement support services: training, maintenance, repair, calibration

TC 12 Temperature and Thermal Measurements
Chairman: Dr. F. Righini (Italy), f.righini@imgc.cnr.it

• Standards, intercomparisons, sensors and new measurement techniques
• Humidity measurements
• Calibrations, estimate of uncertainties in industrial and environmental applications

TC 13 Measurements in Biology and Medicine
Chairman: Prof. P. Kneppo (Slovakia), pkneppo@nextra.sk

• Mathematical models for biomedical measurements
• Digital imaging in biomedicine and special instrumentation for biomeasurements
• Biomedical measurement to improve quality of life

TC 14 Measurement of Geometrical Quantities
Chairman: Prof. Dr.-Ing. A. Weckenmann, (Germany), weckenmann@qfm.uni-erlangen.de

• Dimensional metrology and quality control in production
• Manufacturing integrated measurement
• Laser metrology for precision meas. and inspection
• Surface texture and its micro-characteristics

TC 15 Experimental Mechanics
Chairman: Prof. A. Freddi (Italy), alessandro.freddi@unibo.it

• Impact and role of experimental mechanics for product innovation
• Advances in optical methods and digital image processing
• Development of sensors and systems working under adverse
• or dynamic conditions, standards, certification and design of experiments
• Experimental mechanics for micro-nano miniaturization

TC 16 Pressure and Vacuum Measurement
Chairman: Dr. Jorge C. Torres Guzmán (Mexico), jorge.torres@cenam.mx

• Innovative sensing techniques and instrumentation
• Primary standards and calibration uncertainties
• Calibration techniques and services

TC 17 Measurement in Robotics
Chairman: Prof. S. Tachi (Japan), tachi@star.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

• Integrated meas. tech. to improve robot intelligent behavior
• Sensors for advanced robotics and measurements of robot system performance
• Robots to help improve the quality of human life and virtual reality

TC 18 Measurement of Human Functions
Chairman: Prof. K. Ito (Japan), ito@dis.titech.ac.jp

• Human movements, actions, human perception and cognition (vision, auditory
• and somato-sensory systems, space and motion perception, attention and
• performance)
• Interaction and integration of human perception and cognition with movements
• and behaviors
• Related Fields: Human Interface, Brain Sciences, Rehabilitation and Welfare,
• Sports Science, Human Factors.

TC 19 Environmental Measurement
Chairman: Prof. Dr. P. Silva Girão (Portugal), psgirao@ist.utl.pt

• Analytical measurement of the 3 main environmental media: air, water and soil
• Instrumental methods for measurement of environmental pollution
• Remote sensing methods for environmental pollution
• Quality assurance and quality control of environmental measurements

TC 20 Measurement Techniques for the Construction Industry
Chairman: Dr. K. Hariri (Germany), k.hariri@tu-bs.de

• Sensor and actuator developments
• Damage identification, monitoring and decision-making

TC 21 Mathematical Tools for Measurement
Chairman: Dr. F. Pavese (Italy), f.pavese@imgc.cnr.it

• Data - acquisition and virtual instruments
• IT and internet-enabled measurement
• Best practice in uncertainty evaluation
• Physical modelling, discrete modelling, data fusion and data fitting
• Databases in metrology and testing
• Validation for measurement software

TC 22 - Vibration Measurement
Chairman: Thomas Bruns (Germany), thomas.bruns@ptb.de