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Ennio Chiatante
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Milton Guerry
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Gerald Mies
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Estun
Jong-Oh Park
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Chonnam University
Erich Schober
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Alexander Verl
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University of Stuttgart
Wei You
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Francesco Ferro
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Werner Kraus
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Fraunhofer IPA
Michael Scheuter
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