liu@demon.siemens.com (Peiya Liu) (05/10/91)
----------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS 8th INIERNATIONL CONFERENCE ON CAD/CAM, ROBOTICS AND FACTORIES OF FUTURE 17th-18th-19th AUGUST 1992 UNIVERSITY OF METZ - FRANCE Sponsord by INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT(ISPE), USA and tho following organizations: Conseil Regional de Lorraine Universite de Metz I Iniversite de Nancu Institut d'Administration des Entreprises International Ecole Superieure d'Electricite - Metz INRIA ILOG- Pans ESIDEC The theme of the 8th International CARS & FOF Conference will be C4 (CAD/CAM/CAE/CIM) Integration, Robotics and System Automation for improved productivity and cost containment. The main objective of this 8th Conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners from government, industries and academia interested in the multi-disciplinary and inter-organizational productivity aspects of advanced manufacturing systems utilizing CAD/CAM, CAE, CIM, Parametrics Technology, AI, Robotics, Factories of the Future, AGV Technology and to address productivity enhancement issues. SCOPE The main areas of interests include, but are not limited to: KNOWLEDGE LEVEL MODELING APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING: The section will provide a forum for research results in identifying knowledge level ingredients and providing models to build up open problem-solving architectures in following relevant topics(but are not limited to): Next-generation expert system development methodology, CAD/CAM, CAE, CIM design methodology, Domain-specific user modeling, Information system modeling, System level design methodology for intelligent software, Knowledge acquisition and explanation at knowledge level. CAED: CAD, CAT, FEM, Kinematics, Dynamics, Simulation, Analysis, Computer Graphics, Off-Line Programming CIM: CAD/CAM, CNC/DNC, FMS, AGV, Integration of CNC, Interactions between Robotics Control, Vision, AI Machine Intelligence and other automation equipment and Communications Standards. DESIGN/BUILD AUTOMATION: Parametric Programming, Design, Sensitivity, Optimization, Variational Geometry, Generic Modelling, Identification, Design Automation, Value Engineering, Art to Part, Quality, Cost &Productivity, Layout of Manufacturing Systems KNOWLEDGE AUTOMATION: Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems ROBOTICS: Mechanical Design, Control, Trajectory Planning, Mobility, End Effecters, Maintenance, Sensory Devices, Work Cells, Applications, Testing and Standardization FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE: Planning of Automation, Management, Organization, Accounting, Plant Design, Informative Systems, Productivity Issues, Socioeconomic Issues, Education, Seminars and Training Conference Proceedings Conference Proceedings will be published in a book by Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany Information about authors Three copies, in English, of the intended contribution (200 words approximately) should be sent to one of the persons at following addresses: Peiya Liu Siemens Corporate Research, Inc 755 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA Tel: (609) 734 3349 Fax:(609) 734 6565 e-mail: liu@siemens.com Docteur J.-M. PROTH INRIA LORRAINE Technopole Metz 2000 4, rue Marconi 57070 METZ FRANCE Fax: (33) 87 76 39 77 Tel: (33) 87 20 35 00 An abstract should contain the title of the paper, full names and addresses of all authors, objectives, methods and significance of the reported results. The final acceptance will be based on full papers. The important dates are Abstract due date: 30th June 1991 Notification of Abstract Acceptance: 31th July 1991 Receipt of full papers: 15th October 1991 Notification of full paper acceptance: 15th December 1991 Camera Ready Manuscript due date: 31th January 1992