CfP ETFA 2014. Track 2- INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
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Call for Papers: IEEE ETFA 2014
19th IEEE International Conference on
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
September 16-19, 2014, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
TRACK 2 - INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
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The focus of the Track is on Industrial communication technologies,
including modeling, analysis, and synthesis of provably correct systems,
as well as application requirements, implementations, performance
evaluation, and case studies.
Original contributions in these areas are solicited.
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Industrial Ethernet networks
- Industrial wireless networks
- Fieldbus networks
- Automotive and avionic networks
- Home and building automation networks
- Wireless sensor networks
- Power system automation networks
- Smart grids and powerline communications
- IP-based and web-based communications
- Middleware for industrial communications
- Middleware for decentralized control
- Real-time communication and synchronization
- QoS and performance issues
- Dependability, fault tolerance, and safety in industrial communications
- Security in industrial communications
- Networked control systems
- Integration of automation networks
- Industrial communication case studies
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Conference Format: The conference will comprise multi-track sessions for
regular papers, to present significant and novel research results with a
prospect for a tangible impact on the research area and potential
implementations; work-in-progress (WIP) sessions; panel discussions on
the state-of-the-art and emerging trends, involving leading experts from
industry and academia; and public discussion sessions moderated by leading
experts in the field of industrial automation systems.
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Submission of Papers: The working language of the conference is English.
Two types of submissions are solicited. Long Papers - limited to 8 double
column pages in a font no smaller than 10-points. Work-in-Progress and
Industry practice - limited to 4 double column pages in a font no smaller
than 10-points. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in PDF format,
according to the instructions contained in the Conference web site.
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Best Paper Award: Best paper awards in Factory Automation and Emerging
Technologies will be presented at the conference banquet dinner.
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Further Information: ETFA2014 Conference Secretariat:
Tel: +34 93 401 6974; Fax: +34 93 401 7045; Email: contact@etfa2014.org
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Paper Acceptance: Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference
by one of the authors. The final manuscript must be accompanied by a
registration form and a registration fee payment proof. All conference
attendees, including authors and session chairpersons, must pay the
conference registration fee, and their travel expenses.
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No-show Policy: The ETFA2014 Organizing Committee reserves the right to
exclude a paper from distribution after the conference at IEEEXplore if
the paper is not presented at the conference.
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Author's Schedule:
Deadline for submission of long and special sessions papers:
March 15, 2014
Notification of acceptance of long and special sessions papers:
May 15, 2014
Deadline for submission of work-in-progress papers and Industry practice:
May 20, 2014
Notification of acceptance of work-in-progress papers and Industry practice:
June 20, 2014
Deadline for submission of final manuscripts - regular and special sessions:
July 1, 2014
Deadline for submission of final manuscripts - work-in-progress and Industry practice:
July 1, 2014
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Track Co-Chairs:
Gianluca Cena, CNR-IEIIT, Torino, Italy, gianluca.cena@ieiit.cnr.it
Julian Proenza, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain, julian.proenza@uib.es
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Track Program Committee:
Luis Almeida, University of Porto, Portugal
Manuel Barranco, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
Ivan Cibrario Bertolotti, CNR-IEIIT, Italy
Ramez Daoud, SEAD Group, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Max Felser, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Paolo Ferrari, University of Brescia, Italy
Jose Alberto Fonseca, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Aveiro, Portugal
Christian Fraboul, Universite de Toulouse INP-IRIT, France
Wolfgang Granzer, NETxAutomation, Wels, Austria
Affonso Guedes, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Athanasios Kalogeras, Industrial Systems Institute, Patras, Greece
Wolfgang Kastner, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Dong-Seong Kim, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Korea
Lucia Lo Bello, University of Catania, Italy
Marga Marcos, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain
Uwe Meier, inIT - Institute Industrial IT, Germany
Marek Natkaniec, AGH Univ. of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Nicolas Navet, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Roman Obermaisser, Siegen University, Germany
Paulo Pedreiras, Univ. of Aveiro, Portugal
Paulo Portugal, University of Porto, Portugal
Sasikumar Punnekkat, Malardalen University, Sweden
Victor Sempere, Polytechnical University of Valencia, Spain
Michael Short, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK
Mikael Sjodin, Malardalen University, Sweden
Ye-Qiong Song, LORIA - Universite de Lorraine, France
Albert Treytl, Danube University Krems, Austria
Henning Trsek, inIT - Institute Industrial IT, Germany
Elisabeth Uhlemann, Malardalen University, Sweden
Francisco Vasques, University of Porto, Portugal,
Stefano Vitturi, CNR-IEIIT - Univ. of Padova, Italy
Andreas Willig, Univ. of Canterbury, New Zealand
Martin Wollschlaeger, Industrial Communications, TU Dresden, Germany
Haibo Zeng, McGill University, Canada
Claudio Zunino, CNR-IEIIT, Italy
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Further Information: http://www.etfa2014.org/