Scope

The International Symposium on Advanced Control of Industrial Processes (Adconip) will be held on May 4-6, 2008 in Jasper, Canada. This symposium has the objective of gathering researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss the state of the art in advanced control and their applications in industry.

The emphasis in this symposium will be on the theory and implementation issues and experiences related to the application of advanced control methods in industry. The main topics for the meeting include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Adaptive and Learning Systems
* Sensing and Sensor Fusion
* Process Control and Automation
* Signal Processing
* Identification and Estimation
* Intelligent Control
* Health informatics and control applications in the health care industry
* Single and multi-rate techniques
* Controller performance evaluation
* Robotic Systems
* Factory Automation
* Network-based Control
* Fault Detection, Diagnosis and Asset maintenance
* Process optimization
* Supply chain logistics
* Integration of process design and plant-wide control

Call for Papers and Special Sessions

The International Program Committee invites you to send an extended abstract or summary of your work, that is no more than 2 pages long, in 12 pt. font, in English and describes the main contributions of the paper. The submission should include: paper title; names and affiliations of authors; full address (including e-mail address); abstract; 3 to 5 keywords. Proposals for topics of special sessions are especially welcome. They should contain the title of the session, a list of at least 4 speakers and titles of their papers, together with abstracts completed according to the above instructions. Please send requests and questions to info@adconip2008.org.

Location

The conference will be held at the world renowned Jasper Park Lodge in the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The lodge is nestled in between captivating and majestic mountains and enchanting lakes. The location is unbeatable. The lodge and mountain surroundings are as pristine as can be. For more information, please visit: http://www.fairmont.com/Jasper

Important Dates

15 Nov. 2007 : Proposals for Special Sessions
15 Dec. 2007 : Receipt of Extended Abstract
20 Jan. 2008 : Notification of Acceptance
29 Feb. 2008 : Receipt of Final Manuscript.