From: singh@tesla.njit.edu
Newsgroups: ieee.announce
Subject: Call for Papers: Robotics, CAD/CAM, Factories of the future ...
Date: 13 Nov 92 17:43:13 GMT
Expires: 31 Dec 92 12:46:53 EST
Reply-To: SODHI@ADMIN1.NJIT.EDU
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology


                  CALL FOR PAPERS                       
        9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CAD/CAM,
          ROBOTICS AND FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE

                    18-20 August 1993
                        New Jersey
                      Sponsored by
     International Society for Productivity Enhancement
                       (ISPE), USA

OBJECTIVES: The main objective of this conference is to bring together
researchers and practising engineers from government industries and 
academia in the multi-disciplinary aspects of advanced manufacturing
systems utilizing creative engineering, design, artificial intelligence,
robotics, database management, prototyping and computer integrated
manufacturing.

SUBJECTS: Technical areas for the conference include (but are not limited to):

Computer-Aided Engineering: CAD, FEM, Process Planning, NC Programming,
QC Planning, Simulation, Analysis, Computer Graphics.

Computer-Aided-Manufacturing: FMS, Integration of CNC, Machine Vision,
Controls, Materials, Data Management, Automated Packing, Material Handling.

Concurrent Engineering: Design for Manufacturability, Design Theory,
Optimization, Value Engineering, Cost & Productivity, Design Axioms,
Reliability and Safety.

Knowledge Automation: Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems.

Factories of the Future: Intelligent Warehouse Systems, Cellular systems,
Production Planning and Control, Plant Design, Productivity Enhancement,
Organization, Socioeconomic Issues, Employee Training and Environmental
Issues.

Robotics and Manipulators: Mechanical design, Control, Trajectory Planning,
End Effectors, Sensory Devices, Mobility, Applications, Work Cells,
Standardization.

Emerging Technological Processes: Manufacturing of Ultra Precision
Components, Processing of Advanced Materials, Space Technologies,
Non-Traditional Machining and other miscellaneous topics.

The papers will be reviewed and the manuscripts of selected full length
papers after revision in accordance with the reviewers comments will be
published in a bound book form.

Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special issue
of the International Journal of Systems Automation: Research and Applications
(SARA), the official journal of the International Society for Productivity
Enhancements (ISPE).

Paper Submissions: Authors are invited to submit 3 copies of a minimum of 
500 words abstract(s) on the above subjects. An abstract should contain the 
title of the paper, full name(s) and addresses of all authors. Deadline
for submission of abstract: December 31, 1992. Send abstract to:

                Dr. Raj S. Sodhi, Director
                Manufacturing Engineering Programs
                New Jersey Institute of Technology
                Newark, New Jersey 07102, U.S.A.
                Telephone: (201) 596-3185
                Fax:       (201) 596-6056
                E-mail:    SODHI@ADMIN1.NJIT.EDU
Newsgroups: ieee.announce