Call for Papers
15TH ANNUAL
EUROPEAN CONCURRENT ENGINEERING
CONFERENCE-2008
APRIL 9-11, 2008, PORTO, PORTUGAL
Organised by
ETI
Sponsored by
EUROSIS
DaimlerChrysler, SMART
AVNET 3D
Ghent University
Delft University of Technology
in cooperation with
The University of Porto
http://www.fe.up.pt/
website:
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/433
CONFERENCE AIM
The conference aim of ECEC'2008 is to provide European Researchers with a forum, where they can discuss the latest developments linked to concurrent engineering focused on European research projects. ECEC'2008 aims to identify the progress that has been made in Concurrent Engineering over the last year. A special focus of the ECEC'2008 will be the influence of RFID technology on Concurrent Engineering. This track is organized by the Delft University of Technology. The ECEC helps the dissemination of information and exploitation of results from the research and technical development and provides a forum for the exchange of experiences in developing and implementing CE based solutions across the wide spectrum of manufacturing and engineering industries. The conference is targeted at industrial enterprises, industrial associations, universities and research institutes.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The conference will be of direct benefit to process, production, design or development managers in manufacturing, strategic directors, quality managers and technical directors. The conference will also be of interest to industrial and academic researchers.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
The 2008 Concurrent Engineering Europe Conference is structured around the following ten major topics. A track will be devoted to each of these topics in parallel.
The conference language is English.
* E-Business in CE
• Organizational influences of e-business
• B2B business models for inter-organizational CE
• Migration to e-business based CE
• E-business applications for CE
• B2B portals for CE
• Emerging standards (e.g. XML, UML)
• e-procurement, e-supply, e-engineering,...
* Organization and Management
• Principles of CE
• Multi-disciplined team-working and project team organization
• Global product development and international collaboration
• Life-cycle cost and quality
• Business process re-engineering and outsourcing
• Supply chain management
• Measurement of profitability by the introduction of CE
* Supporting Technologies
• Digital Mock-Up
• Virtual prototyping
• Rapid prototyping
• Synthetic environments and simulation on the factory floor
• Reverse engineering
• Assembly and disassembly
• High precision manufacturing
• Intelligent manufacturing
• Sensor and robot assisted machining
* Techniques
• Quality function deployment
• Total quality management
• Global optimization techniques and hybrid approaches
* Engineering of embedded systems
• HW/SW co-design
• system development process
• specification languages
* Engineering Data Management and Information Modeling
• Integration of geometrical data and product definition
• Product data interchange (PDI) and standards
• Data handling, distribution and transformation
• Data version control and release management
• Corporate technical memory
• Design rationale and intent
* Engineering Process Management and Modelling
• Process planning in continuous, discrete and hybrid processes
• Process modeling, monitoring and control
• Diagnostics and maintenance
• Automated inspection and quality control
• Production planning, scheduling and control•
• CE metrics
• CE process planning, scheduling and simulation
• Workflow-management in CE
• Project and team coordination
* Collaborative CE Environments for Virtual Teams
• Cooperative problem solving
• CSCW methods and tools
• Information and application sharing
• Computer-based video and audio conferencing
• Conflict resolution techniques
• Constraint management
• Negotiation, blackboard and agent-based architecture
• CORBA based environments and integrated frameworks
• Architectures for building CE systems
• CE languages and tools
• Distributed computing environments
• WWW based CE systems
• mobile CE systems
• Networking and distribution in CE
CE enhanced Lean Manufacturing
. Work Standardization
. 5S Workplace Organization
. Visual Controls
. Batch Size Reduction
. Points of Use Storage
. Quality at the Source
. Workflow Practice
. Improved Information and Product Flow
. Cellular Manufacturing
. Pull & Synchronous Scheduling
. Six Sigma & Total Quality
. Rapid Setup
. Work Teams for Cell Management & Process Improvement
. Simplified scheduling and Kanban inventory management
Track organized by Irfan Manarvi, Center of Advanced Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan
* Practical Applications and Experiences
• Practical solutions
• Systematic guide-lines
• Pitfalls and success stories
• Case studies, pilot projects and experiments
in aerospace, shipbuilding etc...
KEYNOTE AND INVITED SPEAKERS
ECEC´2008 will feature one Keynote Speaker.
Focusing on the main tracks of the Conference, invited speakers will give special in-depth presentations in plenary sessions, which will be included in the Proceedings of the Conference. Next to the ordinary sessions, workshops will be held where participants can discuss their research, set up joint research projects or help each other to solve problems; the so-called partners-for-projects sessions.
THE STEFFEN SCHWARZ BEST PAPER AWARD
The 2008 European Concurrent Engineering Conference will award the best paper. from all full paper submissions. This paper will receive the Steffen Schwarz best paper award in memory of Steffen Schwarz, one of the founders of this conference, who died in a tragic car accident after attending the ECEC2002 conference in Modena, Italy.
DEADLINES AND REQUIREMENTS
Authors are invited to electronically submit extended abstracts (2-4 pages, 2000-6000 words)of their papers, or final paper proposals (6-12 pages), written in English, along with a cover sheet for review by the Technical Program Committee. The submissions are due to arrive by email to: Philippe.Geril@eurosis.org by
DECEMBER 10, 2007 (EARLY BIRD SUBMISSION)
JANUARY 10, 2008 (SUBMISSION DATE)
JANUARY 25, 2008 (LATE SUBMISSION)
Or in order to speed up the electronic committee distribution process use the abstract submission page. Accepted formats are Word or PDF formats only. The abstracts have to include the title of the proposed paper, all authors with affiliations; the full address of the principal author(with phone and fax numbers and email address); and a list of keywords related to the paper contents; and choice of presentation (lecture or poster).
They will be reviewed by three members of the International Program
Committee.
Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent in the period
FEBRUARY 5, 2008
Only original papers, written in English, which have not previously been published elsewhere will be accepted. In case you want to organize a panel discussion, please contact the program chairmen.
An author kit with complete instruction for preparing a camera-ready copy for the proceedings will be emailed to authors of accepted papers. One camera-ready copy of the papers accompanied by an electronic version in MS Word or PDF must be in by:
Camera-Ready Copies: MARCH 17, 2008
PAPER SUBMISSION TYPES
FULL PAPER (including abstract, conclusions, diagrams, references) During review, the submitted full papers can be accepted as a regular 5 page paper.
If excellent, full papers can be accepted by the program committee as an extended (8-page) paper. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the International Program Committee.
EXTENDED ABSTRACT (at least five pages)
Participants may also submit a 5 page extended abstract for a regular (5 pages) or short (3 pages) paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the ECEC'2008 Conference Proceedings.
SHORT ABSTRACT (at least three pages)
Participants may also submit a 3 page abstract for a short paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the ECEC'2008 Conference Proceedings.
ONE PAGE ABSTRACTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.
The final manuscript for
extended papers are expected to be 8 pages long, accepted regular papers are expected to be 5 pages long , whereas the short papers are approximately 3 pages long (A4, two-column format).
In order to guarantee a high-quality conference, the final papers will be reviewed to check whether the suggestions of the program committee have been incorporated. The nominees for the best paper awards will be selected as well, from the papers accepted as EXTENDED papers.
REGISTRATION FEES
Registration Authors EUROSIS Other
Fees Members Participants
Pre-Reg
before 485 Euro 485 Euro 555 Euro
March 25, 2008
Reg after Pre-
March 25, 2008 registration 525 Euro 595 Euro
Required
Registration fees should preferably be paid in EUROs, but can
also be paid in the equivalent amount of US$ or GBP.. Payment is possible
by Creditcard (VISA, MASTER, AMEX, DINERS)
The registration fee includes one copy of the Conference Proceedings, coffee and tea during the breaks, all lunches, a welcome cocktail, the conference dinner and a company visit.(this last item is dependent on company availability)
Author Registration
Authors are expected to register early (at a reduced fee) and to
attend the conference at their own expense to present the accepted
papers. Without early registration and payment, the paper will not
be published in the Conference Proceedings.
VENUE
The ECEC 2008 will be co-located with the FUBUTEC 2008/EUROMEDIA 2008 (Multimedia, Telematics, and Web Technology) conference. Paying
registration for either one of the conferences allows you to visit
sessions from all three conferences. All conferences are co-located at the University of Porto.
EXHIBITS
A possibility to exhibit will be available to those interested. More
information can be found on the conference website.
VENDOR SESSIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND VIDEO PRESENTATIONS
For demonstrations or video sessions, please contact EUROSIS at the
European Office. Special sessions within the scientific program will
be set up for vendor presentations.
OTHER ORGANIZED MEETINGS
A TC meeting will be held in the context of the EUROSIS TCs
CONFERENCE VISIT
A visit will be envisaged to a company relevant to the conference.
CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS
Philippe Geril
EUROSIS
Ghent University
Faculty of Industrial Management
Technologiepark 903
B-9052 Ghent-Zwijmaarde, Belgium
Tel (Office): +32 9 264.55.09
Fax: + 32 9 264.58.25
Email: philippe.geril@eurosis.org
Further information about the 2008 European Concurrent Engineering Conference can be found on WWW under:
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/98
REPLY CARD
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Yes, I intend to attend the 2008 Concurrent Engineering Europe Conference:
[] Proposing a paper
[] Proposing a panel discussion
[] Participating in a vendor session
[] Contributing to the exhibition
[] Without presenting a paper
The provisional title of my paper / poster / exhibited tool is:
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With the following highlights:
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The paper belongs to the category (please tick one):
[] 1 e-Business in CE
[] 2 Organization and Management
[] 3 Supporting Technologies
[] 4 Techniques
[] 5 Engineering of Embedded Systems
[] 6 Engineering data management and information modeling
[] 7 Engineering process management and simulation
[] 8 Collaborative CE environments for virtual teams
[] 9 CE Enhanced Lean Manufacturing
[] 10 Practical applications and experiences
[] Track on RFID Technology
The paper will be submitted as a:
[] Extended paper [] Regular Paper [] Short Paper [] Poster [] Product Presentation
Other colleague(s) interested in the topics of the conference is/are:
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