IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics
(AQTR 2016)
May 19-21, 2016
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

The Organizing Committee has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, AQTR 2016 (THETA 20), which will be held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on May 19-21 2016. The conference follows the tradition of the 19 automation and testing-related scientific events, organized in Cluj-Napoca since 1981 under the name THETA/AQTR.

AQTR 2016 is an international forum for researchers in the field of automation, quality, testing and robotics. It will bring together researchers, 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 and submitted for ISI indexing (the previous edition was index ed in ISI Web of Science).

Organized by:

• IEEE Computer Society - Test Technology Technical Council
• Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Department of Automation
• IPA-S.A. - R&D Institute  for Automation, Cluj-Napoca subs.

Topics:

• Control systems
  Modeling and simulation, fault detection and isolation, fault models, control methods, real-time systems, decision support systems, distributed systems, intelligent systems, embedded systems.

• Quality and Testing
  Dependable systems, automatic test generation, design for testability, built-in self-test/repair, reliability, software testing, system testing, service testing, QoS, quality of experiments, networking and security, field trials and deployment, advanced metering infrastructure, wide-area monitoring, technology trends and the impact on error rates.

• Robot control
  Mobile robots, cooperative robots, parallel structures, machine vision, sensor fusion.

• Applications
  Industrial applications, software applications, cyber-physical systems, large-scale and critical systems, network sensors, Internet of Things, image processing, eHealth, eLearning, eCitizen and SmartCity.

The AQTR Committee invites authors to submit papers in the above or related technical areas. Selected papers will be included in formal Proceedings to be published by the IEEE. Papers must be submitted electronically following the instructions provided at the conference web site. Papers should be in the standard IEEE conferences A4 double-column format. If accepted, papers should be maximum six pages.

Paper submission: February 2, 2016
Notification of acceptance: April 5, 2016
Camera-ready papers: April 19, 2016

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Cluj. Don't miss out!

The committee lists are available on the conference website.

AQTR 2016 is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society's Test Technology Technical Council (TTTC).

TTTC CHAIR
Michael NICOLAIDIS
TIMA Laboratory - France
Tel. +33-4-765-74696
E-mail michael.nicolaidis@imag.fr

PAST CHAIR
Adit D. SINGH
Auburn University - USA
Tel. +1-334-844-1847
E-mail adsingh@eng.auburn.edu

TTTC 1ST VICE CHAIR
Chen-Huan CHIANG
Alcatel-Lucent - USA
E-mail chen-huan.chiang@alcatel-lucent.com

SECRETARY
Joan FIGUERAS
Un. Politec. de Catalunya - Spain
Tel. +34-93-401-6603
E-mail figueras@eel.upc.es

ITC GENERAL CHAIR
Michael Purtell
Intersil - USA
Tel. +1-408-372-6015
E-mail m.purtell@ieee.org

TEST WEEK COORDINATOR
Yervant ZORIAN
Synopsys, Inc. - USA
Tel. +1-650-584-7120
E-mail Yervant.Zorian@synopsys.com

TUTORIALS AND EDUCATION
Paolo BERNARDI
Politecnico di Torino - Italy
Tel. +39-011-564-7183
E-mail paolo.bernardi@polito.it

STANDARDS
Rohit KAPUR
Synopsys, Inc. - USA
Tel. +1-650-934-1487
E-mail rkapur@synopsys.com

EUROPE
Giorgio DI NATALE
LIRMM - France
Tel. +33-467-41-85-01
E-mail giorgio.dinatale@lirmm.fr

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
Ibrahim HAJJ
American University of Beirut - Lebanon
Tel. +961-1-341-952
E-mail ihajj@aub.edu.lb

STANDING COMMITTEES
André IVANOV
University of British Columbia - Canada
Tel. +1-604-822-6936
E-mail ivanov@ece.ubc.ca

ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Giorgio DI NATALE
LIRMM - France
Tel. +33-467-41-85-01
E-mail giorgio.dinatale@lirmm.fr

PRESIDENT OF BOARD
Yervant ZORIAN
Synopsys, Inc. - USA
Tel. +1-650-584-7120
E-mail Yervant.Zorian@synopsys.com

SENIOR PAST CHAIR
André IVANOV
University of British Columbia - Canada
Tel. +1-604-822-6936
E-mail ivanov@ece.ubc.ca

TTTC 2ND VICE CHAIR
Rohit KAPUR
Synopsys, Inc. - USA
Tel. +1-650-934-1487
E-mail rkapur@synopsys.com

FINANCE
Chen-Huan CHIANG
Alcatel-Lucent - USA
E-mail chen-huan.chiang@alcatel-lucent.com

IEEE DESIGN & TEST EIC
André IVANOV
U. of British Columbia - Canada
Tel. +1
E-mail ivanov@ece.ubc.ca

TECHNICAL MEETINGS
Chen-Huan CHIANG
Alcatel-Lucent - USA
Tel. +1-973-386-6759
E-mail chenhuan@alcatel-lucent.com

TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
Matteo SONZA REORDA
Politecnico di Torino - Italy
Tel.+39 090 7055
E-mail patrick.girard@lirmm.fr

ASIA & PACIFIC
Kazumi HATAYAMA
NAIST - Japan
Tel.+81-743-72-5221
E-mail k-hatayama@is.naist.jp

LATIN AMERICA
Victor Hugo CHAMPAC
Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica - Mexico
Tel.+52-22-470-517
E-mail champac@inaoep.mx

NORTH AMERICA
André IVANOV
University of British Columbia - Canada
Tel. +1-604-822-6936
E-mail ivanov@ece.ubc.ca

COMMUNICATIONS
Cecilia METRA
Università di Bologna - Italy
Tel. +39-051-209-3038
E-mail cmetra@deis.unibo.it

INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD
Yervant ZORIAN
Synopsys, Inc. - USA
Tel. +1-650-584-7120
E-mail Yervant.Zorian@synopsys.com