CALL FOR REGULAR, SPECIAL SESSIONS, & WORK-IN-PROGRESS PAPERS
Conference WFCS 2017
Factory Communication Systems
13th IEEE International Workshop
May 31 - June 2, 2017, Trondheim, Norway
Deadline for submission of regular & special sessions papers: March 5, 2017
Deadline for submission of Work-in-Progress papers: March 12, 2017
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Sponsors: IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (requested),
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, and
SINTEF, Norway
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Web site: http://www.wfcs2017.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The WFCS workshop is the largest IEEE technical event specially dedicated to industrial communication systems. The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and developers to review current trends in this area and to present and discuss new ideas and new research directions.
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FOCUS
- Real-time and Dependability in Industrial Communication Systems:
message scheduling; task allocation; fault-tolerant communication; performance analysis;
safety and security issues; synchronization.
- System Integration in Industrial Automation Systems:
vertical and life-cycle aspects; data-flow management; internetworking;
web-based setup, maintenance, and configuration; transparency vs. security;
hybrid wired/wireless industrial infrastructures; M2M communication,
Plug-and-Work and self-mechanisms.
- Information and Communication Technology in Automation:
system design; component-based systems, web frameworks; mobile computing;
cloud computing, service-oriented architectures (SoA); formal methods;
modeling and specification techniques; Internet of Things (IoT)/Internet of Services.
- Recent advances in research domains with similar technical requirements:
networked control systems; wireless sensor networks; distributed real-time embedded
systems; smart grid communications and building automation networks;
automotive and train-control networks.
FOR TOPICS SEE THE CONFERENCE WEB SITE
General Co-Chairs:
Stig Petersen, SINTEF ICT, Norway
Richard Zurawski, ISA Group, USA
Program Committee Chairs:
Luca Durante, CNR – IEIIT, Italy
Luis Lino Ferreira, ISEP, Porto, Portugal
Work-in-Progress Chairs:
Zoubir Mammeri, Univ. Toulouse, France
Amuund Skavhaug, Norwegian Univ. Science & Tech.
Special Sessions Chairs:
Max Felser, Berner Fachhochschule, Switzerland
Marek Miskowicz, AGH Univ. Science & Tech., Poland
SUBMISSIONS: Two types of submissions are solicited.
Long Papers – limited from 8 to 10 double column pages in a font not smaller than 10 points.
Work-in-Progress and Industry practice papers – limited to 4 double column pages in a font
not smaller than 10 points.
PAPER ACCEPTANCE: Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference by one of the authors. The final manuscript must be accompanied by a registration form and a registration fee payment proof. All conference attendees, including authors and session chairpersons, must pay the conference registration fee, and their travel expenses.
POST CONFERENCE PUBLICATION: A special section in IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics will be organized based on selected papers from the WFCS2017 conference. The IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics is a premium journal with the Impact Factor of 4.708.
Prospective authors are requested to observe the guidelines available at
http://http://www.wfcs2017.org/post_conference_publication
in order to maximize chances of their paper(s) being selected for the special selection.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail: contact@wfcs2017.org
Phone: +47-93-00-3112