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Subject: CFP Intl Conf. on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - ICINCO 2004 Date: Friday 12 September 2003 16:14 From: "ICINCO Secretariat" secretariat@icinco.org To: "Gustaf Neumann" gustaf.neumann@wu-wien.ac.at

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ICINCO 2004 1st International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics

August 25 – 28, 2004 Setúbal, Portugal

Web site: http://www.icinco.org

Co-sponsored by: IEEE Control Systems Society In cooperation with: AAAI, ACM and APPIA

** IMPORTANT DATES ** Full Paper Submission 15th February 2004 Author Notification 15th May 2004 Workshops Submission 15th April 2004 Final Camera-Ready Submission and Registration 5th June 2004

** SCOPE ** The purpose of the 1st International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the application of informatics to Control, Automation and Robotics. Three simultaneous tracks will be held, covering Intelligent Control Systems, Optimization, Robotics, Automation, Signal Processing, Systems Modeling and Control.

Informatics applications are pervasive in many areas of Control, Automation and Robotics; This conference intends to emphasize this connection, therefore, authors should highlight the benefits of Information Technology (IT) in these areas. Ideas on how to solve problems using IT, both in R&D and industrial applications, are welcome. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of ICINCO, with an ISBN. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions.

Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. Additional information can be found at http://www.icinco.org/

** MAIN TOPIC AREAS ** Topics of Interest include but are not limited to:

AREA 1: Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization Decision support systems Distributed control systems Expert systems for industry Intelligent fault detection and identification Knowledge-based systems applications Machine learning in control applications Hybrid learning systems Mechatronic systems Neural networks based control systems Optimization algorithms Software agents for intelligent control systems Soft computing Fuzzy control Genetic algorithms Evolutionary computation and control

AREA 2: Robotics and Automation Robot design, development and control Human-robots interfaces Network robotics Mobile robots and autonomous systems Human augmentation and shared control Space and underwater robots Intelligent transportation technologies and systems Vehicle control applications Telerobotics and Teleoperation Industrial networks and automation Intelligent warehouses Modeling, simulation and architectures Vision, recognition and reconstruction Virtual Reality Image processing Surveillance Control and supervision systems Web-based control Autonomous agents Petri nets (system design/verification with nets, protocols and networks)

AREA 3: Signal Processing, Systems Modeling and Control Speech recognition Signal reconstruction Computer and microprocessor-based control Hierarchical control Instrumentation networks and software Field-buses Real-time systems control Environmental monitoring and control Time series and system modeling Time-frequency analysis Feature extraction Information-based models for control Discrete event systems Hybrid dynamical systems System identification Adaptive signal processing and control Nonlinear signals and systems Optimization problems in signal processing Change detection problems

** SUBMISSION OF PAPERS ** Authors should submit a complete paper in English of up to 8 A4 pages, using the submission procedure indicated below. The program committee will review all papers and the contact author of each paper will be notified of the result, by email. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. Authors must also indicate the conference track to which the paper is submitted. The paper must be carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling. Additional information can be found at http://www.icinco.org/

** PUBLICATIONS ** All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, in paper and in CD-ROM support. A book including a selection of the best conference papers will be edited and published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. The publication of extended versions of outstanding conference papers is also a possibility being discussed with several scientific journals.

** WORKSHOPS ** ICINCO expects to host several workshops. If you would like to propose the organization of a workshop to be held in conjunction with ICINCO 2004, please send an e-mail to workshops@icinco.org.

** TUTORIALS ** ICINCO 2004 will include several tutorials, to be lectured the day before the conference opening. If you would like to propose a tutorial for ICINCO 2004, please contact the secretariat as soon as possible. Proposals should specify the topic and scope of the tutorial, the background knowledge expected of the participants, and a short CV of the instructor(s).

** VENUE ** The conference will be held in Setúbal, a Portuguese city located in the right edge of the Sado River, in front of Tróia, approximately 48 km to the south-east of the Portuguese capital - Lisboa where we can find the airport. Setúbal is since 1926 capital of district and is one of the most interesting cities of Portugal, giving its visitors great fun activities, places and monuments and flaring landscapes, conjugated with an important industrial implantation. This city also has an harbor where people can visit Tróia using the ferryboats, and enjoy the beaches, the golf courses and ancient ruins.

** KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ** Kevin Warwick, University of Reading, U.K. Albert Cheng, University of Houston, Texas, U.S.A. Wolfgang Arndt, Fachhochschule Konstanz, Germany Nuno Martins, M.I.T., U.S.A.

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** CONFERENCE CHAIR ** Joaquim Filipe, E.S.T. Setúbal, Portugal

** PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS ** Helder Araújo, I.S.R. Coimbra, Portugal Alves Vieira, E.S.T. Setúbal, Portugal

** PROGRAM COMMITTEE ** Luis Antonio Aguirre, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Frank Allgöwer, University of Stuttgart, Germany Péter Arató, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Artur Arsénio, LCS MIT, U.S.A. Hajime Asama, University of Tokyo, Japan Robert Babuska, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Mark Balas, University of Colorado at Boulder, U.S.A. Aldo Balestrino, University of Pisa, Italy B. Bandyopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India Ruth Bars, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Alberto Bemporad, University of Siena, Italy Andreas Birk, International University Bremen, Germany Abhay Bulsari, Nonlinear Solutions Oy, Finland Patrick Boucher, Service Automatique, Supelec, France Edmund Burke, University of Nottingham, U.K. Clifford R. Burrows, University of Bath, U.K. Martin Buss, Technical University of Munich, Germany Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, New University of Lisbon/Uninova, Portugal Marco Campi, University of Brescia, Italy Javier Fernández de Cañete, University of Malaga, Spain Christos G. Cassandras, Boston University, U.S.A. Raja Chatila, LAAS-CNRS, France Tongwen Chen, University of Alberta, Canada Albert M. K. Cheng, University of Houston, U.S.A. Henrik I. Christensen, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Andrzej Cichocki, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan Carlos Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico Luis Correia, FC - University of Lisbon, Portugal João Paulo Costeira, ISR/IST - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Carlos Couto, University of Minho, Portugal Luis Custódio, ISR/IST - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Rüdiger Dillmann, University of Karsruhe, Germany Denis Dochain, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium António Dourado, FCTUC - University of Coimbra, Portugal Wlodzislaw Duch, Nicholaus Copernicus University, Poland Heinz H. Erbe, Technical University of Berlin, Germany Gerardo Espinosa-Perez, Autonomous Nacional University of Mexico, Mexico Ali Feliachi, West Virginia University, U.S.A. David Dagan Feng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Jean-Louis Ferrier, University of Angers, France Nicola J. Ferrier, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A. Florin Gheorghe Filip, National Institute for R&D in Informatics, Romania Colin Fyfe, University of Paisley, U.K. Dragan Gamberger, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia Adolfo Steiger Garção, FCT - New University of Lisbon, Portugal Lazea Gheorghe, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania Fathi H. Ghorbel, Rice University, U.S.A Maria Gini, University of Minnesota, U.S.A Andrew Goldenberg, University of Toronto, Canada Jorge Gonçalves, California Institute of Technology, U.S.A Thomas Gustafsson, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden John Hallam, The University of Edinburgh, U.K. João Pedro Hespanha, University of California, U.S.A. Weng Khuen Ho, National University of Singapore, Singapore Marc M. Van Hulle, K. U. Leuven, Belgium Atsushi Imiya, Chiba University, Japan Sirkka-Liisa Jämsä-Jounela, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Ray Jarvis, Monash University, Australia Karel Jezernik, University of Maribor, Slovenia Ben Jonker, University of Twente, The Netherlands Gabriel Juhas, K. U. Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany Nicos Karcanias, City University, U.K. Fakhreddine Karray, University of Waterloo, Canada Tohru Katayama, Kyoto University, Japan Dusko Katic, Mihailo Pupin Institute, Yugoslavia Lydia E. Kavraki, Rice University, U.S.A. Hiroyuki Kawano, Kyoto University, Japan Okyay Kaynak, Bogazici University, Turkey Uwe Kiencke, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Maria Kihl, Lund University, Sweden Rudibert King, Technical University of Berlin, Germany Michel Kinnaert, Free University of Brussels, Belgium Nadir Ould Khessal, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore Jozef Korbicz, University of Zielona Gora, Poland Bart Kosko, University of Southern California, U.S.A. Kazuhiro Kosuge, Tokohu University, Japan Zdenko Kovacic, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia Murat Kunt, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland Jean-Claude Latombe, Stanford University, U.S.A. Fátima Silva Leite, ISR/FCTUC - University of Coimbra, Portugal Jesse Leitner, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, U.S.A. Frank Lewis, The University of Texas at Arlington, U.S.A. Jan Ligus, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia Zongli Lin, University of Virginia, U.S.A Lennart Ljungn, Linköping University, Sweden Joachim Lückel, University of Paderborn, Germany Bruno Maione, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy Frederic Maire, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Om Malik, University of Calgary, Canada Jacek Mañdziuk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Max Meng, University of Alberta, Canada Arturo Molina, CSIM-ITESM, Mexico Eugenio Aguirre Molina, University of Granada, Spain Laszlo Monostori, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary Manfred Morari, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland Vladimír Mostýn, Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic David J. Murray-Smith, University of Glasgow, U.K. Kenneth R. Muske, Villanova University, U.S.A. Sergiu Nedevschi, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania Henk Nijmeijer, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Markos Papageorgiou, Technical University of Crete, Greece Thomas Parisini, DEEI - University of Trieste, Italy Gabriella Pasi, Italian National Research Council, Italy Marco A. Arteaga Pérez, Autonomous National University of Mexico, Mexico Joaquim Norberto Pires, University of Coimbra, Portugal Marios Polycarpou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Marie-Noelle Pons, Lab. Chemical Engineering Sciences/CNRS, France Omer F. Rana, University of Waikato, New Zealand John Reed, Silsoe Research Institute, U.K. Maria Isabel Ribeiro, ISR/IST - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Robert C. Richardson, University of Manchester, U.K. John Ringwood, National University of Ireland, Ireland Thomas Rist, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany Brian Roffel, University of Twente, The Netherlands Danilo De Rossi, Interdepartmental Center "E.Piaggio", Italy António E. B. Ruano, University of Algarve, Portugal Antonio Sala, Polytechnical University of Valencia, Spain Ricardo Sanz, Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain Nilanjan Sarkar, Vanderbilt University, U.S.A. Jurek Sasiadek, Carleton University, Canada Carsten W. Scherer, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Klaus Schilling, University of Würzburg, Germany João Sentieiro, ISR/IST - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal João Silva Sequeira, ISR/IST - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Rodolfo Soncini Sessa, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Bruno Siciliano, University of Naples, Italy Clarence W. de Silva, University of British Columbia, Canada Mark W. Spong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. Johan Stahre, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Gerrit van Straten, Wageningen University, The Netherlands Mario Sznaier, The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A Stanislaw Tarasiewicz, University of Laval, Canada Andrea G. B. Tettamanzi, University of Milan, Italy Daniel Thalmann, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland Annamaria R. Varkonyi-Koczy, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Manuela M. Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A Ljubisa Vlacic, Griffith University, Australia Axel Walthelm, University of Lübeck, Germany Jun Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Lipo Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Alex Yakovlev, University of Newcastle, U.K. Gary G. Yen, Oklahoma State University, U.S.A. Shuji Yoshizawa, Saitama University, Japan Yanqing Zhang, Georgia State University, U.S.A. Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia Detlef Zuehlke, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

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Looking forward to receive a paper submission from you. Don't hesitate contacting me should you have any questions (E-mail: secretariat@icinco.org)

Best regards, Marina Carvalho (Conference Secretariat)

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