Contributed by: Prof. L. Foulloy Chairman of the SICICA'97 NOC --------------------------------------------------------------- S I C I C A ' 9 7 3rd IFAC SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENT COMPONENTS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR CONTROL APPLICATIONS Annecy, France, June 9-11, 1997 First Announcement and Call For Papers http://ava.univ-savoie.fr/sicica97/ -------------------------------------------------------------- Submission of draft papers : August 1, 1996 Notification of acceptance : November 1, 1996 Submission of full papers : January 1, 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------- Please submit 5 copies of draft papers (4-6 pages) in English. The first page must contain the paper title, authors-names and applications, complete address of the corresponding author (fax, tel, E-mail) and the abstract (200-250 words). Selected full papers are to be prepared according to instructions sent to the authors (max. 6 pages). Accepted papers must be presented in person at the symposium. -------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE The aim of the symposium is to bring together scientists, suppliers and users of new so-called intelligent techniques in the fields of sensors, actuators and instruments for advanced control and measurement applications. The symposium will address generic methodologies, recent developments and their applications in software and hardware equipment. -------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS Functionalities of intelligent components and instruments : - diagnosis - autoconfiguration - measurement validation - data fusion - learning. Techniques for intelligent components and instruments : - conventional methods - fuzzy logic - neural networks - genetic algorithms - rule-based approach. Modeling and implementation of : - microsensors - microactuators - integrated sensors - integrated actuators - virtual instruments - intelligent controllers - multi sensor systems. Communication networks and industrial standard field-buses : - FIP - CAN - VAN - wireless networks - automation network instruments - real-time constraints. Software and hardware tools : - specialized architecture - simulation - analysis - design - decision support systems - assessment support systems. Applications : - process control - perception systems - decentralized control - robotics - environmental systems - education training - automotive systems. ------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL PROGAM COMMITTEE P. Albertos (Spain) Chairman T. Boromisza (Hungary) S. Boverie (France) L. Foulloy (France) A. Garcia-Cerezo (Spain) R. Isermann (Germany) L. Kevizcky (Hungary) M. Kilgour (Canada) P. Kopacek (Austria) R. Longchamp (Switzerland) A. Ollero (Spain) M. Robert (France) H. Roth (Germany) M. Staroswiecki (France) A. Titli (France) R. Thorn (United Kingdom) L. Trybus (Poland) G. Ulivi (Italy) H. Verbruggen (Netherland) M. Zaremba (Canada) ------------------------------------------------------------- The symposium will be held at the Imperial Congress Center which is located within walking distance of the town center in enchanting surrounding by the side of the mountain lake of Annecy in the heart of French Alps. An idyllic setting, close to Switzerland and Italy with easy access by road, rail and air. -------------------------------------------------------------- IFAC Copyright The material submitted for presentation at IFAC meeting (congress, symposium, conference, workshop) must be original, not published of being considered elswhere. All papers accepted for presentation will appear in the Preprints of the meeting and will be distributed to the participants. Papers duly presented will be archived and offered for sale, in the form of Postprint volumes, by Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK. The papers which have been presented will be further screened for possible publication in the IFAC Journals "Automatica and Control Engineering Practice", or in IFAC affiliated journals. The abstracts of all papers presented will also appear in "Control Engineering Practice". Copyright of materials presented at an IFAC meeting is held by IFAC. Authors will be sent a copyright transfer from, "Automatica, Control Engineering Practice" and, afterthese, IFAC affiliated journals have priorrity access to all contributions presented. However, if the author is not contacted by an editor of these journals, within three months after the meeting, the author is free to re-submit the material for publication elsewhere. In this case, the paper must carry a reference to the IFAC meeting where it was originally presented. --------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANISATION LAMII/CESALP Universite de Savoie Ecole Superieure d'Ingenieurs d'Annecy 41, Avenue de la Plaine B.P. 46 F-74016 ANNECY Cedex France SPONSOR IFAC : Technical Committee on Components and Instruments CO-SPONSORS IFAC Technical Committees Advanced Manufacturing Technology Safeprocess Atificial Intelligence in Real Time Control Low Cost Automation Robotics AFCET French National Member Organization --------------------------------------------------------------- SECRETARIAT SICICA'97 Annecy-Congres 1 rue Jean-Jaures F-74000 ANNECY FRANCE Phone : +33 50 45 00 70 Fax : +33 50 51 87 20 E-mail : sicica97@esia.univ-savoie.fr www : http://ava.univ-savoie.fr/sicica97/