The 2010 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics will be held
from August 16 to 20, 2010, with conference from August 16 to 18 in Hong Kong
and post-conference workshops from August 19 to 20 in Macau, China. The theme
of the IEEE ICAL conference is “The Smart Fusion of Automation and Logistics”,
reflecting the fast growing interests in research, development and applications in
the dynamic and exciting areas of advanced intelligent automation and logistics.

IEEE ICAL 2010 promises to be a great conference, bringing together electrical,
mechanical, industrial, systems, logistics, and computer engineers, and offering a
rich technical program emphasizing effective use of the synergy in the areas of
automation and logistics. IEEE ICAL 2010 conference invites high quality original
research papers in all related areas of automation, logistics, and their applications.

Contributed Papers: Original papers are invited in all related areas of automation
and logistics. Full papers must be submitted in PDF format meeting the IEEE PDF
Requirements for Creating PDF Documents for the IEEE Xplore. All accepted
papers will be published by IEEE Press, included in IEEE Xplore, & indexed by EI.

Post-Conference Workshops: Post-conference workshops will be organized in
Macau in collaboration with the University of Macau. Proposals for organizing
workshops on new and emerging topics should be submitted to Workshop Chairs.

Important Dates:

April 15, 2010 Submission of PDF full papers and optional video clips
April 15, 2010 Submission of proposals for post-conference workshops
June 10, 2010 Notification of paper, video clip & workshop acceptance
June 30, 2010 Submission of final IEEE PDF papers and video clips

Advisory Committee:

CHAI Tianyou, Northeastern University, China
DE SILVA Clarence, U. of British Columbia, Canada
FUKUDA Toshio, Nagoya University, Japan
LUH Peter B., University of Connecticut, USA
MARTINS Rui, University of Macau, Macau, China
SICILIANO Bruno, University of Naples, Italy
TARN Tzyh Jong, Washington University, USA
XU Yangsheng, Chinese University of HK, China
Honorary Conference Chairs:
CHING Pak-Chung, Chinese University of HK, China
GUO Wei, City University of Hong Kong, China
ZHAO Wei, University of Macau, Macau, China
General Chair:
HAMEL William R., University of Tennessee, USA
General Co-Chairs:
KOSUGE Kazuhiro, Tohoku University, Japan
VOSS Stefan, University of Hamburg, Germany
YAN Houmin, Chinese University of HK, China
YAO David D., Columbia University, USA
ZHOU Xunyu, University of Oxford, UK
Program Chair:
LI Yangmin, University of Macau, Macau, China
Regional Program Co-Chairs:
FENG Gary G., City University of Hong Kong, China
GU Jason J., Dlahousie University, Canada
KERSTEN W., Technical U. of Hamburg, Germany
WANG Zhidong, Chiba Institute of Tech., Japan
ZHOU Mengchu, New Jersey Inst. of Tech., USA
Organizing Chair:
MENG Q.-H. Max, Chinese University of HK, China
Organizing Co-Chairs:
ASAMA Hajime, University of Tokyo, Japan
CHIAVERINI Stefano, University di Cassino, Italy
LIU Yunhui, Chinese University of HK, China
XI Ning, Michigan State University, USA
Organized & Focused Session Chairs:
KWON Dong Soo, KAIST, Koa
YANG Xianyi Simon, University of Guelph, Canada
ZHANG Jianwei, University of Hamburg, Germany
Post-Conference Workshop Chairs:
CHEN Yang-Quan, Utah State University, USA
HUANG Jie, Chinese University of HK, China
SUN Dong, City University of Hong Kong, China
Publicity Chairs:
CHEN Guanrong Ron, City University of HK, China
GUO Shuxiang, Kagawa University, Japan
LIU Xiaoping Peter, Carleton University, Canada
PARK Jong Hyeon, Hanyang University, Korea
Awards Committee Chair:
ZHANG Hong, University of Alberta, Canada
Publications Chair:
HU Chao, CAS/CUHK SIAIT, China
Finance Chair:
LIAO Wei-Hsin, Chinese University of HK, China
Local Arrangement Chairs:
WAN Feng, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China
WANG Charlie C., Chinese University of HK, China
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