The 7th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA'09) will be held on December 9 - 11, 2009, in Christchurch, New Zealand. The conference is jointly organized by the IEEE Control Systems Chapter, Singapore and IEEE South New Zealand Section, and technically sponsored by IEEE Control Systems Society and University of Canterbury, New Zealand. It is to create a forum for scientists and practicing engineers throughout the world to present the latest research findings and ideas in the areas of control and automation.

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ICCA Proceedings are included in EI Compendex, IEEE Xplore and ISI Proceedings (ISTP).

Topics of interest include but not limited to

  Modeling of Complex Systems

  Optimal Control

  Linear Systems

  Discrete Event Systems

  Robust and Control

  Adaptive Control

  Nonlinear Systems and Control

  Learning Systems

  Fuzzy and Neural Systems

  Intelligent and AI Based Control

  Estimation and Identification

  Real-time Systems

  Fault Detection

  Sensor/data fusion

  Process Control & Instrumentation

  Robotics

  Motion Control

  Automated Guided Vehicles

  Flexible Manufacturing Systems

  Control Education

  Integrated Manufacturing

  Control Applications

  Factory Modeling and Automation

  Process Automation

  Petri-Nets and Applications

  Man-machine Interactions

  Micro and Nano Systems

  Smart Structures

  Sensor networks and networked control

  Multi-agent systems

Three Keynote Speeches

Three keynote speeches are to be conducted by well known experts in control and automation, Professors Carlos E. de Souza (IEEE Fellow), Jie Huang (IEEE Fellow), and Hassan K. Khalil (IEEE Fellow).

Submission of Papers

Authors should submit the full version of their manuscripts online through the conference web site at http://www.ieee-icca.org <http://www.ieee-icca.org/>  (or http://hdd.ece.nus.edu.sg/~icca09/). General inquiries should be addressed directly to Program Chair, Professor Cishen Zhang, at Nanyang Technological Uni-versity (e-mail: icca2009@ntu.edu.sg).

Proposals for invited sessions in the related areas are also solicited and should be submitted through email to Invited Session Chair, Professor Gary Feng at City University of Hong Kong (e-mail: megfeng@cityu.edu.hk).

All materials must be written in English, and a paper should be submitted only if you intend to present the paper at the conference. The manuscript to be submitted to the conference should contain sufficient details including key concepts and novel features of the work. It should include the title, authors, mailing addresses, affiliations, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses.

Important Dates

Deadline for Manuscript Submissions:
Notification of Acceptance:
Submission of Final Papers:
Conference:

April 1, 2009
July 1, 2009
September 1, 2009
December 9-11, 2009