TECIS18

Call for Papers

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The scope of the conference will cover but is not limited to: • Control and Automation to Improve Stability • Young Engineers in Control • Automation and Control in Oil and Gas Industry • Social Aspects of Oil and Gas Engineering • Developments in Petrochemical Industry • Development of Regions, Countries • Social Networks • Managing the Introduction of Technological Change to Improve Stability • Technology in Post-conflict Regions • Innovation Management • Open Innovation and Applications • Enterprise Integration and Networking, Software • Cost Oriented Automation (COA) • SME-oriented Automation • Decision Support Systems for SME's • Semi-Automated Assembly and Disassembly (EoL) • Intelligent Systems and Applications • Mechatronic Systems and Robotics • Robotics and Handling Devices • Artificial Intelligence and Applications • Retrofitting of Automation Devices • Engineering Ethics • Tele-medical Systems • Cross-cultural Aspects of Engineering (TRIZ theory, etc.) • Control & Political Stability • Models & Simulation • Sustainable Design and Control • Control of Security and Privacy • Human aspects of safety and risk engineering • Biomedical Systems

Authors are encouraged to submit papers, invited sessions, pre-conference workshops & tutorials, as well as exhibitions & posters from industrial companies or institutions. Prospective authors are invited to submit papers of maximum six pages. All contributions must be formatted according to IFAC style and must be submitted via the Paper Plaza Conference Manuscript Management System. The PDF file is limited to 2MB in size. Authors are encouraged to follow IFAC guidelines for paper formatting. Please consult the TECIS 2018 website for more information. Submitted papers at TECIS 2018 must be original and hence cannot be already published, nor can they be under review elsewhere. Prospective authors are expected to present their papers at the conference. For each accepted paper at least one of the authors should register (full registration) before uploading the final version of the paper. With full registration two papers with reduced registration fee one paper can be uploaded. A proposal for an invited session must include titles, abstract, authors of either one survey and four regular or six regular papers, a one-page description for the special session including session outline, contact information of the proposer. The best IFAC young author award (IFAC, YAA) will be granted to a PhD student and/or a student less than 30 years as the first author and presents the paper at TECIS 2018. Shortlisted nominees will get a travel grant.

Organizers:  Azerbaijan Robotics and Automation Society (ARAS), Vienna University of Technology, IHRT

Partners: Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan Republic, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Transport, Communication and High Technologies of the Azerbaijan Republic

Sponsors: International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) ,IFAC TC 9.5 Technology, Culture and International Stability

Technical Co-sponsors: IFAC TC 4.2. Mechatronic Systems, IFAC TC 4.3. Robotics, IFAC TC 5.2 Manufacturing Modelling for Management and Control, IFAC TC 7.5. Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, IFAC TC 9.1. Economic, Business, and Financial Systems, IFAC TC 9.2 Social Impact of Automation Federation of European Simulation Societies – EUROSIM

International Program Committee:

Abbas Alili (AZE), Jorge Bauer (ARG), Dietrich Brandt (GER), Felix Breitenecker,(AUT), Nicolae Bulz, (ROM) Peter Carew (IRE), Long Chen (MACAO), Zheng Cheng (PRC) , Ian Craig (RSA), Maya Dimitrova (BUL), A. Talha Dinibutun (TUR), Alexandre Dolgui (FRA), Mary Doyle Kent (IRE), Ion Dumitrache (ROM), Numan DURAKBASA (AUT) , Karamjit Gill (UK), Peter Groumpos (GRE), Chingiz Hajiyev (TUR), Fuad Hajiyev (AZE) Edmond Hajrizi (KOS) , M. Hersh (SCO) , Gheorghi Dimirovski (MAC)/(TUR), Luis Camarinha-Matos (POR), Navazi Ismayilov (AZE), Naila Valiyeva (AZE), Nargiz Safarova (AZE)

NOC Chair

Bahadur Ibrahimov, AZERBAIJAN; Norbert Jesse, GERMANY; Anita Kealy, IRELAND; Bernd Kopacek, AUSTRIA

IPC Chair

Peter Kopacek, AUSTRIA ; Francoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, FRANCE; Bogdan Lewoc, POLAND; Vatchkov G.Lubenov, BULGARIA/AZERBAIJAN

NOC Vice Chair

Manafaddin Namazov, AZERBAIJAN;Reza Moheimani, USA ;Reinhard Neck, AUSTRIA ;Mariana Netto, FRANCE ;Sinead O'Neill Somers, IRELAND; John Organ, IRELAND; Wilfrid Perruguetti, FRANCE ;Paul Plöger, GERMANY ; Refik Samet, TURKEY; Kozeta Sevrani, ALBANIA ;Nayden Shivarov, BULGARIA ; Sarah Spurgeon, UK; Amy Stapleton, IRELAND

IPC Vice Chair Industry - Larry Stapleton, IRELAND;

Tejan Thakar, IRELAND/INDIA ;Andon Topalov, BULGARIA;Janelle Townsend, USA;Vladimir Tsyganov, RUSSIA; Tibor Vamos, HUNGARY;Ljubisa B. Vlacic, AUSTRALIA

Survey papers will be given by  F. Allgöwer (Stuttgart University, Germany; IFAC President); T. Duda (Emerson Automation, Switzerland); N. Jesse (QuinScape, Germany) ; P. Groumpos (University of Patras, Greece); L. Stapleton (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland); T. Aliyev (Institute of Control Systems, ANAS, Azerbaijan);F. Aliyev (Institute of Applied Mathematics, BSU, Azerbaijan)

Paper submission:  All publication material submitted for presentation at an IFACsponsored meeting (Congress, Symposium, Conference, Workshop) must be original and hence cannot be already published, nor can it be under review elsewhere. The authors take responsibility for the material that has been submitted. IFAC-sponsored conferences will abide by the highest standard of ethical behaviour in the review process, and the authors will abide by the IFAC publication ethics guidelines. Accepted papers that have been presented at an IFAC meeting will be published in the proceedings of the event using the open-access IFAC-PapersOnLine series hosted on ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com). To this end, the author(s) must confer the copyright to IFAC when they submit the final version of the paper through the paper submission process. The author(s) retain the right to use a copy of the paper for personal use, internal institutional use at the author(s)’ institution, or scholarly posting at an open web site operated by the author(s) or their institution, limited to noncommercial use. Any other use of the paper requires approval by IFAC.

Registration fees:  Early Late On site Regular € 200.-- € 250.-- € 300.-- Student/retired € 50.-- € 50.-- € 70.-- 

* Registration fee includes conference pack, attendance to all sessions, lunch, coffee breaks, technical and cultural tours, visa invitation letter and transfers. An accompanying person is 50 Euros to pay to get the services mentioned.

Information: www.tecis18.org; info@tecis18.org

 Conference Sponsors: International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), PASHA TRAVEL

Conference co-partners: Azerbaijan Technical University, Baku State University, Baku Engineering University, Baku Higher Oil School, ADA University

Contacts: B.Ibrahimov ARAS, 52 Aliyar Aliyev str., AZ1072, Baku Phone: +994505744455 Email: aras.azerbaijan@gmail.com

 P.Kopacek TU Wien, Favoritenstrasse 9, E325A6, 1040 Wien. Phone: +431 5880131800;Fax: +431 5880131899 Email: kopacek@ihrt.tuwien.ac.at