CALL FOR PAPERS 13th WORLD CONGRESS INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL The San Francisco Marriott Hotel SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA JUNE 30 - JULY 5, 1996 Hosted by the American Automatic Control Council TECHNICAL PROGRAM The technical program of the Congress will feature: Plenary lectures Regular paper sessions - contributed and invited sessions - sessions in lecture and poster format Special sessions and lectures - survey papers - case studies - benchmark sessions - panel discussion sessions. Lecture and Poster Sessions. In addition to the usual lecture sessions, the Congress will feature poster sessions. Accepted papers will be assigned to lecture or poster sessions according to the kind of presentation that fits the nature of work better; no value ranking is implied. Authors will also be asked to indicate their preference. Poster and lecture papers will be allowed the same number of pages in the Congress Preprints/ Proceedings. An invited session is a set of papers on a well-defined subject of current interest; in case of lecture presentation, it normally contains 5 papers. A survey paper summarizes the state of the art in a technical area of special interest; it is to be presented in a lecture session of contributed or invited papers where it usually takes the slots of two regular papers (about 40 minutes). A case study describes a particularly important application in some depth; its length may be an hour. A benchmark session compares several methods using a previously defined example; its length may be an hour. A panel discussion is a discussion session on a subject of current interest, usually with a strong industrial emphasis, with the participation of the audience and several recognized experts in the "panel". Its length is usually an hour. Congress Symposia and Technical Areas All technical activities of the Congress, with the exception of the Plenary Lectures, will be organized in the form of Congress Symposia, each one covering a coherent sub-field within automatic control. The program of each Symposium will be further subdivided into Technical Areas, following the Technical Committee structure of IFAC. All material submitted or proposed for presentation at the congress will be reviewed by sub-committees of the International Program Committee (IPC), set up according to the Congress Symposium - Technical Area structure. Listed below are the Congress Symposia, with their Technical Areas and International Program Subcommittees Chairs. 1. Symposium on Manufacturing and Instrumentation Luis Basanez (Spain), Chairman Technical Areas: a. Manufacturing, Modeling, Management and Control b. Robotics c. Architectures for Enterprise Integration d. Components and Instruments e. Low Cost Automation f. Advanced Manufacturing Technology 2. Symposium on Design Methods Robert Bitmead (Australia), Chairman Technical Areas: a. Control Design b. Nonlinear Systems c. Optimization Methods d. Robust Control 3. Symposium on Systems and Signals Han-Fu Chen (China), Chairman Technical Areas: a. Modeling, Identification and Signal Processing b. Adaptive Control and Tuning c. Discrete Event Dynamic Systems d. Stochastic Systems 4. Symposium on Infrastructure and Resources Katsuhisa Furuta (Japan), Chairman Technical Areas: a. Control in Agriculture b. Modeling and Control of Biomedical Systems c. Control Education d. Control Terminology e. Natural Resource Systems f. Automation in Developing Countries 5. Symposium on Systems Engineering and Management Gunnar Johannsen (Germany), Chairman Technical Areas: a. Large Scale Systems b. Modeling and Control of Biomedical Systems c. Computer Aided Control System Design d. Business and Management Techniques e. Modeling and Control of National Economies f. Supplemental Ways of Improving International Stability 6. Symposium on Human Aspects of Automation Tomas Martin (Germany), Chairman Technical Areas: a. Social Impact of Automation b. Cultural Aspects of Automation 7. Symposium on Industrial Applications Mogens Kummel (Denmark), Chairman Technical Areas: a. Chemical Process Control b. Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing c. Control of Pulp and Paper Processes d. Power Plants and Power Systems e. Control of Biotechnological Processes f. Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes 8. Symposium on Transportation and Vehicles Michael Masten (USA), Chairman Technical Areas: a. Aerospace b. Automotive Control c. Marine Systems d. Air Traffic Control Automation e. Transportation Systems f. Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles 9. Symposium on Computer Control Leo Motus (Estonia), Chairman Technical Areas: a. Distributed Computer Control Systems b. Real-Time Software Engineering c. Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time Control d. Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control e. Safety of Computer Control Systems f. Distributed Intelligence Systems Preparation of Camera-Ready Manuscripts Authors whose papers have been accepted by the International Program Committee for presentation at the Congress, and thus for inclusion in the Congress publications, will be required to submit their final manuscripts in camera-ready form. The printed publications will be prepared from a photo image of the authors' manuscript and the compact disk will be made by photographically scanning the same. Detailed typing instructions and sample sheets will be provided together with the acceptance notification. Authors are urged to prepare their camera-ready manuscript in target-size (A4 or 8.5"x11"), with small-size characters, using advanced word processing software and a laser printer. Exceptionally, the camera-ready manuscript may be prepared by a good quality typewriter, on oversized special sheets (which will then be photo-reduced before scanning and printing). Authors wishing to follow this second path should indicate this when submitting their draft paper. They will then receive special sheets together with their typing instructions. NO-SHOW PAPERS It is assumed that authors submit their papers in good faith, that is, they do intend to attend the Congress and there is a reasonable chance they will be able to. Acting otherwise would be professionally unethical; an unpresented paper takes away a slot from another author and holes in the lecture sessions cause serious inconvenience to the audience and the organizers. FINANCIAL AID Limited funds are expected to be available to assist a small number of authors who would not otherwise be able to attend the Congress. The exact conditions and procedures have yet to be worked out. Prospective authors wishing to obtain more information should contact Professor Peter Luh, Financial Aid Coordinator Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3157, USA Phone: (203) 486-4821 Fax: (203) 486-2447 e-mail: Luh@farside.ese.uconn.edu CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS Authors are invited to submit individual contributed papers in any of the technical areas listed above. What to submit: * 6 copies of the manuscript * 4 additional copies of the front page containing - title - authors (with address, phone, e-mail) - abstract - several keywords * 4 copies of this form CALL FOR INVITED AND SPECIAL SESSION/PAPER PROPOSALS Proposals are also welcome for - invited lecture or poster sessions - survey papers - case-studies - benchmark sessions - panel discussions. What to Submit: For Invited and Benchmark Sessions, 4 copies each of: - a description of the theme and significance of the session - the Congress Symposium (and Technical Area) where it belongs - the name, affiliation and mailing address of the organizer - the list of papers and authors - an extended abstract (3-4 pages) for each paper - a completed Paper Submission Form for each paper. For Survey Papers and Case Studies, 4 copies each of: - the description of the theme and significance of the paper - the suggested Congress Symposium (and Technical Area) - an extended abstract (3-4 pages) - a completed Paper Submission Form. For Panel Discussions, 4 copies each of: - the description of the theme and significance of the session - the Congress Symposium (and Technical Area) where it belongs - the name, affiliation and mailing address of the organizer - the list of panelists, with affiliation and the status of their agreement to participate. TIME-TABLE All submissions and proposals should be received by: June 30, 1995. Notification of acceptance of submitted papers and invited/special paper/session proposals is expected in: First week of December, 1995. Preliminary program and registration material are expected in: Late Fall, 1995. Deadline for receiving camera-ready manuscripts of accepted papers: February 1, 1996. IFAC-'96 DRAFT PAPER SUBMISSION FORM - Title of paper __________________________________________________ - Corresponding author's title and name ___________________________ - Mailing address _________________________________________________ - phone _______________________ fax ____________________________ - e-mail ____________________________________________ - Signature of corresponding author _______________________________ - Suggested Symposium and Technical Area (e.g. 3/c) _________ - Preferred form of presentation: ___ lecture ___ poster The paper is part of an invited session ___ yes ___ no (Invited papers must be mailed together as a group) Mark here ___ if you need oversized typing sheets for the final paper Where to submit Michael Peshkin, IFAC '96 Mechanical Engineering Dept. Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-3111 USA Inquiries only: e-mail: IFAC96@nwu.edu (preferred) tel: (708) 467-2666 fax: (708) 491-3915 (no manuscripts) .