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

Tel: +49 / 5261 94290-35

Fax: +49 / 5261 94290-90

E-mail: etfa2016@iosb.fraunhofer.de