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IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics
(AQTR 2018)
May 24-26, 2018
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

http://www.aqtr.ro

CALL FOR PAPERS

Scope


The Organizing Committee has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, AQTR 2018 (THETA 21), which will be held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on May 24-26, 2018. The conference follows the tradition of the 20 automation and testing-related scientific events, organized in Cluj-Napoca since 1981 under the name THETA/AQTR.

AQTR 2018 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.

Accepted papers will be included in IEEE Xplore and submitted for ISI indexing (the previous three editions are indexed in ISI Web of Science).

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

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, 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, image processing, eHealth, eLearning, eCitizen and SmartCity.

  • Hardware & Software Security
    Cryptography, secure programming, authentication & control, attacks, side channel attacks, blockchain, security protocols, local defence, end-user security, hardware security, web security, mobile security, cloud security, legal and ethical aspects.
  • Student forum
    Student presentations in the above topics.

Submissions


The AQTR Committee invites authors to submit papers in the above or related technical areas. Accepted full papers will be included in IEEE Xplore and submitted for ISI indexing.

Papers must be submitted electronically, following the instructions provided on the conference web site. Papers should be in the standard IEEE conferences A4 double-column format. If accepted, papers should be maximum six pages.

 

Key Dates


Paper submission
: January 15, 2018

Notification of acceptance: March 30, 2018

Camera-ready papers: April 14, 2018

 

Additional Information


Special sessions
:

Researchers working in the conference topics are encouraged to submit proposals for organizing special sessions.

Each proposal should include a half-page description of the theme of the special session along with a list of at least five papers (authors and tentative titles) that will be submitted to the session.

The organizers may be the (co-)authors of at most two papers in the proposed session. Proposals for special sessions should be submitted to the special session chair.

Papers submitted for a special session will be reviewed exactly in the same manner as the regular papers. Each session should have at least five accepted papers. The session organizers should ensure that at least one of the authors for each paper will register for the conference and present the paper.

 

Committee


General Chairs:

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

General vice-chair:

  • Mihail Abrudean (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Honorary Chair:

  • Yervant Zorian (Synopsys, USA)

Program and Tutorial Chairs:

  • Paula Raica (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • Dorina Căpăţînă (IPA Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Finance and Industrial Relations Chairs:

  • Mihail Abrudean (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • Teodora Sanislav (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • Honoriu Vălean (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Special Session Chair:

  • Mirela Dobra (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Publicity Chairs:

  • Iulia Ștefan (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • Ovidiu Ghiran (IPA Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Web & Publication Chairs:

  • Szilárd Enyedi (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • Ovidiu Stan (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • Sorin Ignat (IPA Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Program Committee Topic Chairs:

  • Tiberiu Leţia (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • Szilárd Enyedi (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • Gheorghe Lazea (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • Istvan Kovacs (IPA Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • Adina Aştilean (TU Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • Paolo Prinetto (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

 

For more information, visit us on the web at: http://www.aqtr.ro

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


IEEE Computer Society-Test Technology Technical Council

TTTC CHAIR
Chen-Huan CHIANG
Intel - USA
E-mail chen-huan.chiang@intel.com

PAST CHAIR
Michael NICOLAIDIS
TIMA laboratory - France
E-mail michael.nicolaidis@imag.fr

TTTC 1ST VICE CHAIR
Matteo SONZA REORDA
Politecnico di Torino - Italy
E-mail matteo.sonzareorda@polito.it

SECRETARY
Joan FIGUERAS
Un. Politec. de Catalunya - Spain
E-mail figueras@eel.upc.es

TEST WEEK COORDINATOR
Yervant ZORIAN
Synopsys, Inc. - USA
E-mail Yervant.Zorian@synopsys.com

TUTORIALS AND EDUCATION
Paolo BERNARDI

Politecnico di Torino
- Italy
E-mail paolo.bernardi@polito.it

STANDARDS
Rohit KAPUR

Synopsys
, Inc. - USA
E-mail rkapur@synopsys.com

EUROPE
Giorgio DI NATALE
LIRMM - France
E-mail giorgio.dinatale@lirmm.fr

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
Ibrahim HAJJ
American University of Beirut - Lebanon
E-mail ihajj@aub.edu.lb

STANDING COMMITTEES
André IVANOV
University of British Columbia - Canada
E-mail ivanov@ece.ubc.ca

ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Giorgio DI NATALE
LIRMM - France
E-mail giorgio.dinatale@lirmm.fr

 

PRESIDENT OF BOARD
Yervant ZORIAN
Synopsys, Inc. - USA
E-mail Yervant.Zorian@synopsys.com

SENIOR PAST CHAIR
Adith SINGH
Auburn University – USA
E-mail adsingh@eng.auburn.edu

TTTC 2ND VICE CHAIR
Rohit KAPUR
Synopsys, Inc. – USA
E-mail rkapur@synopsys.com

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

TECHNICAL MEETINGS
Chen-Huan CHIANG
Alcatel-Lucent
- USA
E-mail chenhuan@alcatel-lucent.com

TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
Matteo SONZA REORDA
Politecnico di Torino - Italy
E-mail matteo.sonzareorda@polito.it

ASIA & PACIFIC
Kazumi HATAYAMA
NAIST - Japan
E-mail k-hatayama@is.naist.jp

LATIN AMERICA
Victor Hugo CHAMPAC
Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica - Mexico
E-mail champac@inaoep.mx

NORTH AMERICA
André IVANOV
University of British Columbia - Canada
E-mail ivanov@ece.ubc.ca

COMMUNICATIONS
Cecilia METRA
Università di Bologna - Italy
E-mail cmetra@deis.unibo.it

INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD
Yervant ZORIAN
Synopsys, Inc. - USA
E-mail Yervant.Zorian@synopsys.com


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