ETFA 2016

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         CALL FOR REGULAR, SPECIAL SESSIONS, & WORK IN PROGRESS PAPERS
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                              ETFA 2016
21th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation
                            Berlin, Germany
                          6-9 September 2016
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                   Web site: http://www.etfa2016.org/
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The aim of the ETFA 2016 conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners from the industry and academia and provide them with a platform to report on recent advances and developments in the newly emerging areas of technology, as well as actual and potential applications to industrial and factory automation.
MAIN SUBMISSION AREAS:
T1. Information Technology in Automation
T2. Industrial Communication Systems
T3. Real-Time and (Networked) Embedded Systems [RTNES]
T4. Automated Manufacturing Systems
T5. Industrial Control
T6. Computer Vision, Computational Intelligence, and Modern Heuristics in Automation
T7. Intelligent Robots & Systems
T8. Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks, and Information Processing
T9. Information and Communication Technology in Energy System
for details of the submission areas topics see: http://etfa2016.org/etfa-2016/tracks-topics
SOLICITED PAPERS: Research papers reporting on new developments in technological sciences. Industry and development papers
reporting on actual developments of technology, products, systems and solutions. Tutorial and survey papers. Work-in-progress
papers. In addition, ETFA 2016 solicits special session proposals to stimulate in-depth discussions in special areas relevant to
the conference theme. Please consult the conference web page for more details.
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SUBMISSION TYPES:
Two types of submissions are solicited: Long Papers (regular and special sessions) – 8 double-column pages. Work-in-Progress Papers – limited to 4 double-column pages. For further details, please consult the conference web pages.
FOR SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS SEE CONFERENCE WEB SITE
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IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for submission of regular and special sessions papers: March 15, 2016
Deadline for submission of work-in-progress papers:                 May 20, 2016
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ORGANIZERS
Honorary Chairman
    Reimund Neugebauer,
    President of the Fraunhofer-Society, Germany
General Co-Chairs
    Jürgen Jasperneite,
    Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Germany
    Richard Zurawski,
    ISA Group, USA
Program Committee Co-Chairs
    Holger Voos,
    Univ. of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
    Roman Obermaisser,
    University of Siegen, Germany
Work-in-Progress Co-Chairs
    Lukasz Wisniewski,
    Institute Industrial IT/OWL University, Germany
    Sebastian Schriegel,
    Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Germany
Workshops Co-Chairs
    Holger Flatt,
    Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Germany
    Marek Miskowicz,
    AGH Univ. of Sc. & Tech., Krakow, Poland
Special Sessions Co-Chairs
    Alberto Ortiz,
    Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
    Carsten Röcker,
    Institute Industrial IT/OWL University, Germany
Finance Chairmen
    Oliver Niggemann,
    Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Germany
    Thomas Nolte,
    Mälardalen University, Sweden
Organizing Committee Chair
    Carolin Schönknecht,
    Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Germany
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CONTACT INFORMATION
ETFA2016 Conference Secretary:
Fraunhofer IOSB-INA
Langenbruch 6
32657 Lemgo
Germany