AQTR 2010 - Call for Papers

Submission Deadline February 8th, 2010!

CALL FOR PAPERS

Scope -- Submissions -- Location -- Key Dates -- Additional Information -- Committees

Scope

The Organizing Committee has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, AQTR 2010 (THETA 17), which will be held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on May 28-30 2010. The conference follows the tradition of the 16 automation and testing related scientific events, organized in Cluj-Napoca since 1981 under the name THETA/AQTR.

AQTR 2010 is intended to be an international forum for researchers in the field of automation, quality, testing and robotics. It will bring together equipment manufacturers, software developers and end-users to discuss the current trends and future directions of control and testing technologies and their industrial and social applications in the private and the public sectors. Active participation of students and graduate students is strongly encouraged.

Selected papers will be included in IEEE Xplore database and covered by ISI Proceedings.

An exhibition will be organized during the conference to illustrate the technical developments in automation and test technologies. Companies and organizations interested in presenting their products are encouraged to participate.

Topics
Control systems
Modeling and simulation, control methods, realtime systems, decision support systems, distributed systems, intelligent systems, embedded systems, robotics (autonomous mobile robots, parallel structures, machine vision, applications).

Testing
ATE, automatic test generation, design for testability, built-in self-test/repair, reliability, software testing, system testing, service testing.

Quality of experiments

QoS, Networking and security
Network infrastructure, home networking, convergence of broadcasting, seamless service provisioning, mobility, network sensors.

Applications
eHealth (personalized monitoring, chronic disease management, biomechanics, bioinformatics), image processing, eLearning, eCitizen, applied informatics, technical applications, manufacturing and engineering, environment and infrastructure protection.

Student forum
Student presentations in the above topics.

Tutorials
On test technology topics, offered by IEEE TTTC Test Technology Educational Program (TTEP) 2010 (http://tab.computer.org/tttc/teg/ttep)
On other conference topics

Submissions

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Prospective authors are invited to submit original papers through the submission site. Papers should be written in English, maximum 6 pages, in PDF format. Selected papers will be included in IEEE Xplore database and covered by ISI Proceedings.

A special student forum (student presentations in above topics) will be organized.

Location

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AQTR 2010 will be held in Cluj-Napoca, the historic capital of Transylvania. The city, with rich historical and cultural heritage, is an intellectual centre with an active society, renowned universities, museums, theatres and eye-catching architecture.

Due to its location on important trade routes, which is attracting new businesses and investment, Cluj is an important industrial and commercial center. With a population of around 350000 people and 100000 students, the city has also a major role in education. The personality of the place comes from its multiculturalism and diversity.

Cluj is an ideal gateway to northern Transylvania with its cultural heritage well preserved, and the Apuseni Mountains offering extensive limestone formations that give rise to spectacular scenery.

Key Dates

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Submission deadline: February 8, 2010
Notification of acceptance: April 12, 2010
Final copy deadline: April 26, 2010

Additional Information

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Liviu Miclea:
Tel: +40 (264) 410427
Fax +40 (264) 599893
Email: Liviu.Miclea@aut.utcluj.ro

Ioan Stoian:
Tel: +40 (264) 596155
Fax+40 (264) 590558
Email: stoian@automation.ro

Committees

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General Chairs
Liviu Miclea (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Ioan Stoian (IPA Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Honorary Chairs
Tiberiu Coloşi (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Yervant Zorian (Virage Logic, USA)
Joan Batlle (U Girona, Spain)

General Vice-Chairs
Mihail Abrudean (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Eugen Stâncel (IPA Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Olimpiu Negru (VIOTECH, France)

Program and Tutorial Chairs
Paolo Prinetto (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Paula Raica (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Dorina Căpăţînă (IPA Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Finance Chairs
Mihail Abrudean (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Sanislav Teodora (IPA Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Honoriu Vălean (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Publication, Publicity & Public
Relations Chairs
Szilárd Enyedi (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Sorin Ignat (IPA Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Alina Călăraşu (IPA Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Honorary Committee
S. Chelaru (Romania)
I. Dumitrache (Romania)
F. Filip (Romania)
I. Haiduc (Romania)
R. Munteanu (Romania)
A. Singh (USA)
F. Udrescu (Romania)

Program Committee Topic Chairs
S. Agachi (Romania)
R. Badea (Romania)
Al. Botu (Romania)
G. di Natale (France)
C. Festila (Romania)
G. Lazea (Romania)
T. Leţia (Romania)
D. Negru (France)
G. Spiridon (Romania)

Program Committee
A. Astilean (Romania)
A. Benso (Italy)
D. Borza (France)
R. Campeanu (Romania)
M. Ceccarelli (Italy)
D. Capatina (Romania)
M. Dinsoreanu (Romania)
R. de Keyser (Belgium)
E. Dulf (Romania)
J. Ros Florenza (Spain)
S. Folea (Romania)
O. Ghiran (Romania)
E. Gergely (Romania)
G. Gonçalves (Portugal)
M. Gordan (Romania)
W. Halang (Germany)
S. Hellebrand (Germany)
E. Iancu (Romania)
M. Imecs (Romania)
F. Krief (France)
R. Marschalko (Romania)
R. Meza (Romania)
L. Pacheco (Spain)
O. Pastravanu (Romania)
D. Pisla (Romania)
D. Popescu (Romania)
T. D. Popescu (Romania)
R. Precup (Romania)
V. Rocha (Portugal)
H. Silaghi (Romania)
M. Silaghi (Romania)
R. Ubar (Estonia)
H. Valean (Romania)
M. Vînătoru (Romania)
M. Voicu (Romania)
A. White (UK)
Z. Zilic (Canada)
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For more information, visit us on the web at: http://www.aqtr.ro

The 2010 IEEE-TTTC International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics AQTR 2010 (THETA 17) is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society's Test Technology Technical Council (TTTC).