The 6th annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE), sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), will be held on August 21-24, 2010 in Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. CASE is the flagship automation conference of the IEEE RAS. It constitutes the primary forum for cross-industry, multidisciplinary research in automation. The goal of the conference is to provide a broad coverage and dissemination of foundational research in automation among researchers, academics, and industry practitioners.

The theme of the conference is on the partnership for automation. With the rapid advances of processing, communication, and sensing technologies, the science and engineering of automation is finding expanding ranges of applications. This conference will aim to emphasize the partnership, connection, and synergy between industrial applications (e.g., semiconductor manufacturing, life science automation, aerospace automation, renewable energy, biomedical systems, and micro and nano systems) and algorithmic and analytic foundation (planning, scheduling, manipulation, sensing and localization, and application domains). Strong industrial participation is sought to highlight the diversity and commonalities of industrial automation needs and solutions. Special sessions will be organized in both thematic algorithmic and application areas.

Important Dates
Dec 1, 2009 CASE paperplaza submission site opens
Jan. 15, 2010 Special session proposal submission due
Feb 1, 2010 Special session acceptance notification
Tutorial/Workshop proposal submission due
Feb 12, 2010 Paper submission deadline
March 1, 2010 Tutorial and Workshop acceptance notification
May 15, 2010 Paper acceptance notification
May 30, 2010 Conf registration opens
June 15, 2010 Final paper submission deadline
July 16, 2010 Advanced registration deadline
August 21, 2010 Tutorials & Workshops
August 22-24, 2010 Main conference events