On behalf of the Conference Committees of ELECO’03, I would like to welcome to all participants, who are coming from 18 different countries, 4 different continents. As it was stated earlier that every paper has been reviewed and, comments and remarks of referees have been carefully implemented during the paper selection process. Finally 165 papers are accepted for presentation. I should thank to all contributors for their interesting papers.

This conference is a third ELECO event. The previous conferences were held in 1999 and 2001. Again the conference venue is Bursa, which is one of the most popular historical and touristic city in Turkey, at one side Uludađ is located as a skiing resort and at the other sides there are many sea resorts, beaches and two lakes. Bursa was an important city during West Roman Empire period that covers the first millennium, as well as the Ottoman Empire period, which covers the most of the second millennium.

Bursa is not only famous with its natural beauty but also important with its industry. It was traditionally a silk and textile town, now hosting to automotive, machine tool, chemical, food, electronics and software industries. 

ELECO’03 is jointly organised by two universities and the Chamber of Turkish Electrical Engineers Bursa Section. One of the organising universities is Uludađ University, which is located in Bursa. Uludađ University’s development is continuing ever since it was established in 1975. The other organising body is Istanbul Technical University (ITU) that is celebrating the 230^th anniversary in this year. No need to mention that I am proud of being one of the graduates of ITU.

IEEE Circuits and Systems Society supports the conference.

ELECO conferences are becoming traditional biennial events. I hope this conference would contribute to the science and technology, and also promote the understanding and friendship between the scientist and engineers gathered from various countries.

Prof. Dr. R. Nejat Tuncay

ELECO’03 Chairman