International Conference
                              on
                Recent Advances in Mechatronics
             14-16 August 1995, Istanbul, Turkey

Organized by :  Bogazici University, UNESCO Chair on Mechatronics

In Technical Cooperation with :
                        ASME
                        IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
                        IEEE Robotics&Automation Society
                        IEEJ
                        IFAC
                        JSME
                        RSJ
                        SICE (JAPAN)

General Chair :         Okyay KAYNAK (Bogazici University, Turkey)

Program Chairs :        Ahmet DENKER (Bogazici University, Turkey)
                        H. KAZEROONI (UC Berkeley, USA)
                        Toshio FUKUDA (Nagoya University, Japan)

Special Sessions Chairs :       Hideki HASHIMOTO (University of Tokyo, Japan)
                                Yoichi HORI (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Plenary Speakers :      Jim HEWIT (Loughborough University of Technology, UK)
                        Rolf ISERMANN (Tech. Univ. of Darmstadt, Germany)
                        Masayoshi TOMIZUKA (UC Berkeley, USA)

Invited Sepakers :      Paul DREWS (Eurepean Center for Mechatronics,
Germany)
                        Abdulkadir ERDEN (Middle East Tech. Univ., Turkey)
                        Kouhei OHNISHI (Keio University, Japan)
                        Friedrich PFEIFFER (Tech. Univ. of Munich, Germany)
                        Kamal YOUCEF-TOUMI (MIT, USA)

Goal of the Meeting:
        The purpose  of this  conference is  to provide  an international
        forum for the dissemination of knowledge and experience on
        research,education and training  in the  field of mechatronics.
        The papers to be presented are  expected to  address  not  only
        the recent  advances but also the future perspectives.

        During the conference, special lectures  will be delivered  by a
        number of leading experts of mechatronics, as was indicated above.

General Topics:
        The topics that will  be covered  during  the  conference will
        include (but not be limited to) the following:

                        Development of Mechatronic Machines
                        Production Automation
                        Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
                        Robotics and Motion Control
                        Education and Training in Mechatronics

Submission of Papers:
        Prospective  authors are invited  to  submit  four copies of a
        400-500 word summary, including their  names, affiliations, postal
        and e-mail addresses, telephone  and  telefax  numbers. The final
        program will adhere to  the high standards of the prestigious
        institutions  that are  extending  their technical cooperations to
        the meeting.

Information available on World Wide Web - WWW:
        The latest news of the conference will always be available on the
        World Wide  Web  Server of the  Electrical and  Electronic
        Eng. Dept. at the address: URL=http://maxwell.ee.boun.edu.tr/

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                                      DEADLINES
                             ABSTRACTS DUE by: Feb. 3, 1995
                        NOTIFICATION of ACCEPTANCE: Apr. 14, 1995
                             PAPERS DUE by: June 9, 1995
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATTION CONTACT
General Chair:
                Dr. Okyay KAYNAK
                UNESCO Chair on Mechatronics
                Bogazici University
                Bebek
                80815 Istanbul, Turkey
                Phone/Fax: 90-212-287 2475
                e-mail: kaynak@boun.edu.tr