ADCONIP
2008 - Advanced Control of Industrial Processes - International
Conference
May 4-7, 2008
The conference starts
with the reception on Sunday evening (May 4)
and ends after lunch on Wednesday (May 7)
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Final Program:
Please click here to download the final
program for the Adconip meeting.
Papers for the Interactive/poster
sessions are listed here. There will be opportunity at this session
to be engaged in one-on-one presentation via your poster and to also show
your slides or your software on your laptop, so please come prepared for
this.
● Poster
Specifications:
ISO216 A0 (841 (wide) x 1189 (height) mm = area 1 m²).
Thumb tacks will be supplied. Just bring your poster and laptop.
● Conference
Registration:
ADCONIP on-line registration is now open at: http://controls.papercept.net/registration/
● Accomodation
Details:
We have block booked a limited number of rooms at the Fairmont Jasper
Park Lodge. These rooms are filling up quickly. We are therefore advising
all conference participants to book their rooms as early as possible.
To book at the special conference rate, please see the link in the 'Location'
section of this page. It will link you to the special promotion fare that
we have negotiated with the lodge.
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Visa Information: Countries and territories whose citizens require visas
in order to enter Canada to attend this meeting are listed at the following
website:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp
Authors who need letters to obtain *VISAS* to travel to Canada to attend
this meeting are advised to write immediately to Biao Huang <Biao.Huang@ualberta.ca>
with the subject heading 'Request for a Visa Letter'.
Please include this in your letter:
1) Your full name
2) Your address
3) The title of your paper
4) The dates of your visit
You can then use this letter to apply for visas at the nearest Canadian
Consulate office in your country.
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Early Registration Deadline Expires March 28, 2008:
Guest registrants will receive all food coupons but will
NOT be allowed to attend conference paper sessions. This
category is meant for accompanying spouses or partners.
● Deadline for Uploading
Final Version of Paper is March 24, 2008.
● ADCONIP Technical Program
Available:
The technical program for this meeting includes 4 plenary talks, 4 keynote
talks, an Invited session on New Developments in PID Control and a Vendor-Practitioner
panel discussion on "The Role of Digital Automation Systems: Needs, Solutions
and Future Directions". We Look forward to an exciting and highly stimulating
meeting!
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Because the deadline for submission of abstracts was extended, the notification
of final acceptance has been delayed. We will be able to announce the
final decision to all authors by the end of this week (February 8). Your
patience is much appreciated.
● Extended Abstract
submission deadline extended to December 31st, 2007, the submission deadline
has now passed.
● For industrial
application papers: the final paper submission can be in a condensed format
to take up between 2 to 6 pages in the style sheet that can be downloaded
from this website.
● Templates/style
sheets for submitting extended abstracts:
<<LaTeX>> http://controls.papercept.net/conferences/support/tex.php
<<MS-Word>> http://controls.papercept.net/conferences/support/word.php
● Special Journal Issue for Selected Papers
Selected papers from the Adconip proceedings will also be invited for
possible publication in the special issues of Control Engineering Practice
(CEP) and/or IEE Control Theory and Applications (IEE CTA) journal.
● Indexing
The Proceedings of Adconip2008 will be indexed and included in the IEEE
Xplore database.
Scope
The International Symposium on Advanced Control of Industrial Processes
(Adconip) will be held on May 4-7, 2008 in Jasper, Canada. This symposium
has the objective of gathering researchers and practitioners from academia
and industry to discuss the state of the art in advanced control and their
applications in industry.
The emphasis in this symposium will be on the theory and implementation
issues and experiences related to the application of advanced control
methods in industry. The main topics for the meeting include, but are
not limited to, the following:
• Sensing and Sensor Fusion
• Process Control and Automation
• Signal Processing
• Identification and Estimation
• Intelligent Control
• Health informatics and control applications in the health care industry
• Single and multi-rate techniques
• Controller performance evaluation
• Robotic Systems
• Factory Automation
• Network-based Control
• Fault Detection, Diagnosis and Asset maintenance
• Process optimization
• Supply chain logistics
• Integration of process design and plant-wide control
Call
for Papers and Special Sessions >
back to top <The International Program Committee invites you to send an extended abstract or summary of your work, that is no more than 2 pages long, in 12 pt. font, in English and describes the main contributions of the paper. The submission should include: paper title; names and affiliations of authors; full address (including e-mail address); abstract; 3 to 5 keywords. Proposals for topics of special sessions are especially welcome. They should contain the title of the session, a list of at least 4 speakers and titles of their papers, together with abstracts completed according to the above instructions. Please send requests and questions to info@adconip2008.org.
To submit your extended abstract, visit: http://controls.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl
Location > back to top <
The conference will be held at the world renowned Jasper Park Lodge in the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The lodge is nestled in between captivating and majestic mountains and enchanting lakes. The location is unbeatable. The lodge and mountain surroundings are as pristine as can be. For more information on Jasper Park Lodge and to book your rooms for the special conference rate, please visit this link.
Transportation > back to top <
There are several options for transportation. A charter bus will be available to take attendees from the University of Alberta campus to Jasper and back. This charter bus will leave the University of Alberta Campus at noon on Sunday and arrive in Jasper in time for the conference reception. For the return trip, the bus will leave Jasper Park Lodge on Wednesday afternoon and arrive back on campus in the evening. Those who are interested in taking this charter bus should check off the appropriate box in the online registration page.
Direct transportation from the Edmonton International Airport to Jasper is available via Sundog Tours. Alternatively, attendees may rent a car in Edmonton and drive to Jasper. This drive takes about five hours and is quite scenic.
Those attendees who wish to stay overnight in Edmonton are encouraged to stay at the Campus Towers Suites. This location is on campus and is also walking distance from other forms of transportation and Edmonton's river valley.
Important Dates > back to top <
15 Nov. 2007 : Proposals for Special Sessions
31 Dec. 2007 : Receipt of Extended Abstract
31 Jan. 2008 : Notification of Final Acceptance
29 Feb. 2008 : Receipt of Final Manuscript.
International Program Committee > back to top <
IPC-Chair H. Su (Zhejiang U., China)
IPC Members
| J. Alvarez (MX) | V.K. Kariwala (SG) |
| Y. Arkun (TR) | B. Lennox (UK) |
| L. Bergh (CL) | J. Lu (US) |
| H. Budman (CA) | S. Masuda (JP) |
| M.A.A.S. Choudhury (BD) | I. Mizumoto (JP) |
| A. Cinar (US) | H. Ohmori (JP) |
| I. Craig (ZA) | S. Park (KR) |
| M. Deng (JP) | S. Patwardhan (IN) |
| T. Edgar (US) | L. Samavedham (SG) |
| F. Gao (HK) | C. Scali (IT) |
| R.B. Gopaluni (CA) | L.B. Siong (SG) |
| H. Garnier (FR) | M. Tade (AU) |
| M. Guay (CA) | A.K. Tangirala (IN) |
| R. Gudi (IN) | N. Thornhill (UK) |
| T. Hagglund (SE) | J.O. Trierweiler (BR) |
| J. Hahn (US) | L. Wang (AU) |
| M. Henson (US) | Q. Wang (CN) |
| K. Hoo (US) | M. Wongsri (TH) |
| H.P. Huang (TW) | D. Xiao (CN) |
| E. Jacobsen (SE) | T. Yamamoto (JP) |
| M. Jelali (DE) | E. Yoon (KR) |
Local Organizing Committee (LOC) > back to top <
NOC-Chair Sirish L. Shah (U of Alberta, CA)
LOC Members (all from U of Alberta)
| A. Benzvi | |
| T. Chen | |
| J.F. Forbes | |
| B. Huang | |
| J.M. Lee |
Contact. > back to top <
All inquiries about the symposium may be addressed to the following:
info@adconip2008.org
Conference organizers: CPC Group; Department of Chemical & Materials Eng., U. of Alberta, Canada
