--------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------------------------------------------------- The 9th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation; ETFA’2003 September 16-19, 2003, Lisbon, Portugal -------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference web site: http://www.uninova.pt/etfa2003/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: IEEE Industrial Electronics Society UNINOVA and Universidade Nova de Lisboa-FCT-DEE -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The ETFA conference series is the largest IEEE event dedicated to Industrial and Factory Automation, with the focus on the newly emerging areas of technology, and actual and potential applications. PAST LOCATIONS: Unniv. of Melbourne, The Tokyo University, INRIA (France), UCLA, University Politechnic of Catalonia, Barcelona, and University of Nice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR TOPICS: - Information Technology in Industrial and Factory Automation - Industrial and Factory Communication Systems - Real-Time and (Networked) Embedded Systems - Intelligent Sensors and Sensor Networks - Automated Manufacturing Systems and Development Methodology - Automation Systems and Control - Computational Intelligence in Industrial and Factory Automation - Intelligent Robots & Systems - Information Technology in Enterprise Integration -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOLICITED PAPERS : - Research papers; reporting on new developments in technological sciences. - Industry and development papers; reporting on actual developments of technology, products, systems, and solutions. - Tutorial and survey papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------- TYPE OF PAPERS - Long Papers - limited to 8 double column pages. - Industry Practice – limited to 8 double column pages. - Work-in-Progress – limited to 4 double column pages. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZATION : Special sessions can cover topics belonging to a specific track, or multi-track subjects, or novel topics not included in the description of tracks. If you are interested in organizing a special session, please visit http://www.uninova.pt/etfa2003/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- TUTORIALS ORGANIZATION: Tutorials can cover subjects included or related to conference topics. If you are interested in organizing a tutorial, please visit http://www.uninova.pt/etfa2003/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE: Deadline for submission of long papers: April 30, 2003 Notification of acceptance of long papers: June 8, 2003 Final manuscripts due: July 8, 2003 Work-in-progress papers due: June 15, 2003 Industrial Practice papers due: June 15, 2003 Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2003 Final manuscripts due: July 16, 2003 --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Papers are to be submitted electronically. For details consult conference pages. The material must be unpublished and not under submission elsewhere. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL EVENTS Industry Day, a special event prior to the conference. This event will feature special industry presentations on the actual applications of emerging technologies in industrial and factory automation. In additions, hands-on sessions involving actual equipment will be held. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------------------------------------------------------- ETFA’03 GENERAL Co-Chairs Luis Gomes, Univ. Nova Lisboa, Portugal; lugo@uninova.pt Richard Zurawski, ISA Corp., USA; r.zurawski@ieee.org ETFA’03 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chair James C. Hung, Univ. of Tennessee, USA ETFA'03 PROGRAM COMMITTEE Co-Chairs Carlos Couto, Univ. of Minho, Portugal Josep Fuertes, Univ. Polit. de Catalunia, Spain ETFA’03 STEERING COMMITTEE E Dekenuvel, Univ. of Nice, France J Fuertes, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunia H Fujita, The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan F Harashima, The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan J C. Hung, Univ. of Tennessee, USA J-M Proth, INRIA Lorraine, France A C Weaver, University of Virginia, USA R Zurawski, ISA Corp., USA (Chair) INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE J.D. Irwin, Auburn University, USA (Chair) F Harashima, The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan A Kusiak, Univ. of Iowa, USA K.W. Lim, SIMTech, Singapore Adolfo Steiger-Garcao, Univ. Nova. de Lisboa A. Wolisz, Tech Univ. of Berlin, Germany INTERNATIONAL PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Kaj Backman, Espoo-Vantaa Institute of Technology, Finland M Farooq, Royal Mil. College of Canada, Canada Antoni Grau, UPC, Spain Yoshimoto Ikkai, Osaka University, Japan Doo Yong Lee, KAIST, South Korea Tae-Eog Lee, KAIST, South Korea Aleksander Malinowski, Bradley Univ., USA Kim F Man, City University of Hong Kong Christer Norstrom, Mälardalen Univ., Sweden Reinaldo Silva, Univ. Sao Paulo, Brazil Rui Silva, Univ. Nova Lisboa, Portugal (Chair) Eduardo Tovar, Inst. Sup. Eng. Porto-IPP, Portugal Andreas Willig, Potsdam Univ., Germany Martin Wollschlaeger, IFAK, Germany Takahiro Yakoh, Keio University, Japan PROGRAM COMMITTEE TRACK CHAIRS Luis Camarinha-Matos, Univ. Nova Lisboa, Portugal Jean-Pierre Campagne, E.N.Sup. Mines, France Hyung Suck Cho, KAIST, South Korea Armando W. Colombo, Shneider Elec., Germany Luis Correia, Univ. Nova Lisboa, Portugal Eric Dekneuvel, Univ. of Nice, France Antoni Grau, Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, Spain H-M. Hanisch, Univ. Halle, Germany Norihisa Komoda, Osaka University, Japan Marga Marcos, Univ. del Pais Vasco, Spain Gabriel Oliver, Univ. Illes Balears, Spain Imre J. Rudas, Budapest Polytechnic, Hungary Matilde Santos, Univ. Complutense de Madrid Ricardo Sanz, Univ. Polit. Madrid, Spain Thilo Sauter, Tech. Univ. of Vienna, Austria Luis Seabra-Lopes, University of Aveiro, Portugal Isabel Teixeira, Technical Univ. Lisbon, Portugal Francisco Vasques, Univ. of Porto, Portugal Walter Vieira, Inst. Sup. Eng. Lisboa-IPL, Portugal Valeriy Vyatkin, Univ. Halle, Germany WORK-IN-PROGRESS AND INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE Co-Chairs Christer Norstrom, Mälardalen University, Sweden Luis Correia, Univ. Nova Lisboa, Portugal TUTORIAIS CHAIRS Paulo Miyagi, Univ. Sao Paulo, Brazil Fernando Coito, Univ. Nova Lisboa, Portugal INDUSTRY DAY CHAIR Manuel Barata, Inst. Sup. Eng. Lisboa-IPL SPECIAL SESSIONS CHAIRS Josep Fuertes, Univ. Polit. de Catalunia, Spain Paolo Pinceli, Univ. Genoa, Italy LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chairs Publications Joao-Paulo Barros, ESTIG - IPBeja Finance Ricardo Goncalves, Univ. Nova Lisboa John Hung, Auburn Univ., USA Registration José Barata, Univ. Nova Lisboa/UNINOVA Inform. Technologies & Web Site Maintenance Pedro Maló, Univ. Nova Lisboa/UNINOVA Aleksander Malinowski, Bradley Univ., USA Local Arrangements Anikó Costa, Univ. Nova Lisboa/UNINOVA Tiago Cardoso, Univ. Nova Lisboa/UNINOVA