Plenary Lecture

Port Terminal Automation

Professor Eduardo Mario Dias
Electrical Engineering of the Polytechnic School
University of Sao Paulo
Brazil
E-mail: emdias@pea.usp.br
 

Abstract: This article presents the definition of a model for application of mobile technology in Ports. The work has been developed in the context of the use of mobile devices for automation of the processes of loading and logistics of highway transportation from the port to the importer. The term mobile technology is employed to define equipment, communication means and software engineering that permit to extend the computing support beyond the existing infra-structure limits.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Eduardo Mario Dias was born in 1951, graduated in Electrical Engineer in 1974 at the Escola Politecnica of the University of Sao Paulo. At the same University he received the Master and PhD in 1976 and 1978, respectively. He has been full professor since 1994.
Professor of Escola Politecnica of the University of Sao Paulo since 1975. He is active in theDepartmente Council and he is vice head of the Electrical Energy and Automation Engineering Department of the Escola Politecnica of the University of Sao Paulo. He has coordinated contracts with a lot of public companies and has developed researches with companies that promote researches. He is currently the coordinator of the Technical Comitee of ITS (Intelligent Transport System) of the AEA (Brazilian Assossiation of Automotive Engineering).