Introduction to Industrial Automation

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Authors

Stamatios Manesis 

earned his PhD from the School of Engineering, University of Patras, Rio, 

Greece, in 1986. He is a professor of industrial automation with the Division of Systems and 

Control, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras. In 1998–1999, he 

was with the Industrial Control Centre, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, U.K. In 2008, he was an 

academic visitor with Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. 

He has designed various industrial automation systems for Hellenic industries. He has published 

more than 100 conference and journal papers and has written 5 textbooks. His main research 

interests include industrial control, industrial automation, industrial networks, expert fuzzy con-

trol systems, intelligent controllers, and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) sys-

tems. His research has been funded by several national projects (Program for Development of 

Industrial Enterprises [PDIE], National Program for Energy [NPE], and Karatheodori program). 

He has participated in various European Union projects such as Science and Technology for 

Regional Innovation and Development in Europe (STRIDE), European Strategic Program on 

Research in Information Technology (ESPRIT), and European Social Fund (ESF).