Robotics & Automation: WCICA 2010 Second Call for Papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS

WCICA 2010
http://2010.wcica.info

The 8th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA
2010)
Jinan, China, July 7-9, 2010
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The 8th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA 2010)
will take place from July 7 to 9, 2010 in Jinan, China. It is our great
pleasure to invite you to submit your original research papers to the
Congress.

Subject and Scope
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WCICA 2010 is intended to provide a common forum for researchers,
scientists, and engineers throughout the world to present their latest
research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the area of
Control and Automation. WCICA 2010 will include keynote addresses by eminent
scientists and Engineers as well as special, oral and poster sessions.

We are happy to report the confirmation of following world wellknown keynote
speakers:

Prof. Brian D. O. Anderson
FRS,FASS,FIEEE
Distinguished Professor Brian Anderson
Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering,
The Australian National University
Australia

Prof. Rajni Patel, Ph.D., P.Eng.
FRSC, FIEEE,FEIC

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Distinguished University Professor & Tier-1 Canada Research Chair
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Western Ontario

Prof. Kazuhiro Kosuge
FIEEE,FRSJ,FJEME
Department of Bioengineering and Robotics
Tohoku University
Japan

Prof. Hassan K. Khalil
FIEEE, FIFAC
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)
Michigan State University
USA

Prof. Frank L. Lewis
FIEEE, FIFAC, FIMC
University Distinguished Scholar Professor
University of Texas
USA

Prof. Daizhan Cheng
FIEEE, FIFAC
Institute of Systems Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

All papers will be peer reviewed on the basis of a full length manuscript
and acceptance will be based on quality, originality and relevance. Accepted
papers will be published in the conference proceedings. All accepted papers
in the Proceedings of WCICA 2010 will be published by IEEE and indexed by
EI. WCICA 2010 also provides Best Paper Awards to honor the outstanding
papers presented at this Congress. WCICA 2010 welcomes proposals for
organizing Invited/Special Sessions on the conference topics and Tutorials
and Workshops on emerging topics. Detailed information on paper and proposal
submissions is available on the web:

http://2010.wcica.info

Topics will include, but are not limited to, the following:

A Intelligent Control and Automation
A1 Intelligent Control Theory and Applications
A2 Computational Intelligence and Applications
A3 Intelligent Automation and Manufacturing
A4 Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering
A5 Network Intelligence and Network Control

B Control Theory and Control Engineering
B1 Systems and Control Theory and Applications
B2 Systems Engineering and Engineering Optimization
B3 Advanced Control Algorithms and Applications
B4 Modeling, Identification, and Fault Diagnosis
B5 Industrial Automation and On-line Monitoring

C Complex Systems and Intelligent Robots
C1 Complex Systems, Logistics, and Supply Chain
C2 Robotics, Service and Medical Robotics
C3 Integrated and Complex Automation Systems
C4 Intelligent Management and Decision Making
C5 Electronic Commerce and Office Automation

D Others
D1 Measurement Method and Intelligent Instrumentation
D2 Sensors, Sensor Networks, Sensing and Signal Processing
D3 Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, and Machine Vision
D4 Biomedical Engineering and Biosystems Automation
D5 NANO, MEMS, NEMS, and Mechatronics Systems

Important Dates
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Deadline for full paper submission: November 30, 2009
Notification of accepted papers: February 28, 2010
Submission of accepted final papers: March 31, 2010

Paper Submission
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Authors are invited to submit the full manuscript (4 to 6 pages including
references) of their technical paper, for oral or poster presentation.
Papers in pdf format may be uploaded via the web at
https://www.softconf.com/s08/wcica2010 or http://2010.wcica.info

The MS Word, pdf and latex templates are available on the conference
website. Please go to http://2010.wcica.info/ and click Paper Submission
button to download all the templates. Final manuscripts are limited to six
pages.

In submitting a paper, the author(s) agree that, upon acceptance, they will
prepare the final manuscript in time for inclusion in the published
proceedings and will present the paper at the conference. The final
manuscript will not be published without advance registration.

Invited Sessions
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WCICA 2010 solicits invited session proposals. The invited sessions are
intended to stimulate in-depth discussions in special areas relevant to the
conference theme. The session organizers will coordinate the review process
for their session papers. The conference proceedings will include all papers
from the invited sessions. Authors contributing to invited sessions are
required to register for the conference. All invited session proposals
should be sent via email to Prof. Z.P. Jiang at zjiang@control.poly.edu,
before November 30, 2009. Please check under "Workshop & Org. Sessions" of
the conference webpage: http://2010.wcica.info/ for more information.