PEDS'09 2009 - The Eighth International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems PEDS'09

The Eighth International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems
November 2-5, 2009, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C



Organizers:

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Singapore Section IAS/PEL Joint Chapter
Technical Co-Sponsors:

IEEE Power Electronics Society - PELS
IEEE Industry Applications Society - IAS
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society -IES
Taipei Section IE/PEL Joint Chapter
National Science Council - NSC
Ministry of Education
Taiwan Power Electronics Association

The 8th International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems (PEDS'09) will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, from 2 to 5 November 2009. The conference is a biennial event and is recognized as one of the major series of conferences in power electronics and drive systems. PEDS'09 continues to retain its tradition of high quality conference and will open up an opportunity for academics and industrial professionals worldwide to exchange their knowledge of the state-of-the-art power electronics and drive technologies and applications. The conference site, Taiwan, has not only a long-standing history but also an outstanding modern community, where past, present and future live harmoniously together. The 4-day program will feature tutorials, technical paper presentations and an exhibition. Papers presented in conference will be included in IEEE Xplore Digital Library and indexed by EI Compendex. The Technical Program Committee would be selecting the top 10% of the papers to be forwarded to the IEEE Trans. on IAS, and the next 10% to the IJPElec for consideration for publication.

Technical papers - The range of topics includes, but not limited to:

Power semiconductors, passive components and packaging technologies
Motor drives and motion control
Analysis and design of electrical machines
Hard-switching and soft-switching static power converters
Switch-mode power supplies and UPS
Applications of power electronics in power system and generation/FACTS
Power quality issues, harmonic problems and solutions
EMI/EMC
Power electronics in traction and automotive
Bearingless drive technologies
Applications of power electronics in home appliance, industry and aerospace
Renewable energy technologies
Modeling and simulation in power electronics
Power electronics education/professional development
Bio-medical power electronics
Telecommunications power supplies
Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
Power integrated circuits (PIC)
Power engineering related technologies
Prospective authors are invited to submit an extended summary of not more than 5 pages including figures. The first page should include the title, the names of author(s), affiliation, mailing address, fax number, e-mail address, preferred topic area, and an abstract of not more than 100 words. A peer review process will be used to evaluate all papers submitted for consideration. The submission is web-based at http://www.peds09.ntust.edu.tw. For more information please contact the PEDS'09 Secretariat.

Author's Schedule
Prospective authors should note the following deadlines:

Extended summary submission deadline April 10, 2009
Notification of paper acceptance July 19, 2009
Final paper submission deadline August 14, 2009
Advanced Registration deadline August 14, 2009
Tutorials
Several tutorials will be held prior to the technical presentations.

Exhibition
A comprehensive exhibition will be held during the conference. Exhibitors will include participants from commercial firms and organizations involved in the manufacturing, sales or distribution of power electronics equipment and professional or technical services. If interested in exhibiting, please contact PEDS'09 Secretariat.

For further information, please contact
PEDS'09 Secretariat.
Prof. Chung-Hsien Kuo
Department of Electrical Engineering 43, Section 4, Keelung Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Fax: +886-2-2737-6699

Email:peds09-AT-mail.ntust.edu.tw / Web site: http://www.peds09.ntust.edu.tw