INDIN 2012 - 10th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatic

IEEE INDIN is the premier conference series presenting the state of the art and future perspectives of industrial information technologies, where industry experts, researchers, and academics share ideas and experiences surrounding frontier technologies, breakthroughs and innovative solutions and applications.
Previous conferences in the series were respectively held in Banff Canada (2003), Berlin Germany (2004), Perth Australia (2005), Singapore (2006), Vienna Austria (2007), Daejeon Korea (2008), Cardiff UK (2009), and Osaka Japan (2010), and Lisbon Portugal (2011). The INDIN2012 will be held on July 25-27, 2012 in Beijing, China.
The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners from industry and academia and to provide them with a platform to report on recent developments, achievements, deployments, technology trends and research results, as well as initiatives related to industrial informatics and their application.
Topics within the scope of INDIN2012 will include, but are not limited to:
? Infrastructure and Technology in Industrial Informatics
? Cognitive and Computational Intelligence in Industrial Informatics
? Distributed, Embedded and Networked Control
? Factory Automation and Industrial Informatics
? Human, Computer and Machine Interface
? Mechatronics and Robotics
? Industrial Informatics Applications
? New Paradigms in Industrial Informatics
Special Sessions:
The special session is designed to enhance the technical program and focus on specific topics and areas, INDIN’2012 will include invited and special sessions, in addition to regular ones. Special sessions can cover subjects or cross-subjects belonging to the topics of interest, or novel topics related with the ones identified within the topics of interest. Special sessions can also have the drive from specific R&D projects or clusters of projects, namely EU-sponsored R&D projects. Potential Special Sessions include:
? Sensor Network, Field-Bus and Wireless Network
? Positioning, Navigation, and Control
? Condition Monitoring, Fault Diagnosis and Health Management
? Intelligent Performance Management
? Smart Grid
? E-Learning for Small and Medium Enterprises
? Engineering e-Networked Industrial Ecosystems
? Information Security, Safety and Trust
? Sensing and Communication Technologies
? Collaborative Manufacturing and Service System
If you are interested in organizing a special session, please submit proposals to Special Session Co-Chairs, Prof. Yunhua Li(yhli-AT-buaa.edu.cn) and Prof. Paulo Leitao (pleitao-AT-ipb.pt).
Conference Exhibitions:
To support specific discussions among participants, INDIN’2012 will include a Tools Track & Exhibition. The Tools Session will include oral presentation of the tool paper, as well as participation on the Tools Exhibition. A tool paper is a paper which has its focus on the description of a computer tool (neither on the application of the tool nor on the theory behind the tool). The tool should be available for use by other groups in a non-commercial basis.
Best Paper Award:
Selection the best paper will be made at the Conference based on both the technical content and oral presentation. The winner will be selected by the Award Committee led by Dr. Weihai Chen.
Paper Submission:
Please submit full papers to the conference website address http://www.indin2012.org by November 30, 2011. All submitted papers should be in the form of .pdf file and are be limited to a maximum length of 6 pages (two columns IEEE Xplore format), including figures, tables and references. Please use the template which is available from the website. Upon acceptance, authors will be required to register and present their papers. Papers will be published in the conference proceedings only if at least one of the authors is officially registered. Each registration covers a maximum of two papers. Accepted papers will be published in IEEE proceedings volume to be included in IEEE xplore; papers not presented at the conference may not be included in IEEE Xplore.
In addition to the technical sessions, several Keynote Addresses and Distinguish Invited Lectures on the State-of-the-Art in various tracks will be delivered.
Important Dates:

Deadline for submission of invited/special sessions proposals: Nov 30, 2011

Deadline for submission of full papers (regular, invited/special sessions): Jan 20, 2012

Notification of acceptance: Mar 31, 2012

Deadline for submission of final manuscripts: Apr 30, 2012

Deadline for Authors’ Registration: May 31, 2012