Announcement of ETFA07 Special Session on IEC 61499

Date: 15/1/2007

 
CfP: Special Session on The IEC 61499 Function Block Model in Control and Automation in ETFA’07 Patras, Greece.
 
CALL FOR PAPERS
 

Dear IEC61499 expert,

It is my pleasure to inform you about the Special Session on The IEC 61499 Function Block Model in Control and Automation that is being organized for the 12th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA07), Patras, Greece.

As you already know the interest from academia and industry for the IEC 61499 Function Block model is growing last years and a lot of approaches that utilize the model are in evolution (see survey paper IEC 61499 in Factory Automation).

The 1^st Special Session on IEC61499 at ETFA 06 Prague was a great success with significant contributions from academia and industry (see related report and Special Session program). To provide a further insight into the FB model and its ability to support the whole development process of distributed control applications we organize the 2nd Special Session in the context of the ETFA07 Conference.

The focus of this special session is on the FB model and its use in control and automation. Theoretical issues related to the IEC61499 specification as well as its use in practice will be presented and discussed. See detailed CfP

I hope that this information is of interest to you and that you will consider contributing a paper of your latest research results on the IEC 61499 Function Block model.

If you are interested, I would appreciate if you send a short note with indication of whether you plan a submission and if possible the proposed title, the author list and a 3-6 lines abstract that will help us to organize the SS. Papers will undergo the reviewing process of the IEEE and will be submitted following the regular submission process of ETFA conference. You may check the conference web site (http://www.etfa2007.org/) for further details.

Should you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me.
 
We are looking forward your contribution and seeing you in Patras, Greece!
Session organizer 
Kleanthis Thramboulidis