Kanazawa Castle

Kenrokuen

Higashi Chaya
Teahouse District

Call for Papers
2018 International Symposium on Flexible Automation (ISFA2018)
Conference Center of the Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry

July 15-19, 2018, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, JapanThe official website: http://w3a.kanazawa-it.ac.jp/ISFA2018/
The International Symposium on Flexible Automation (ISFA) wasinitiated in 1986 under co-sponsorship of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Institute of Systems,
Control and Information Engineers (ISCIE) in Japan. Since then,the Symposium has been held biennially. The title "Flexible
Automation” is selected as a general term to describe automation Conference Center of the Kanazawa
technologies that are essential to meet the increasing requirements Chamber of Commerce and Industryof modern manufacturing and other related fields, such as dynamical systems, robotics, logistics,
biomedical systems, and health care systems. While many of these requirements such as flexibility,
artificial intelligence, mechatronics, 3D design and modeling, lead time reduction, and lean manufacturing
have been identified over more than past three decades, they still pose challenges and continue to motivate
research in the field. In addition, newly emerged ideas and technologies, such as unmanned vehicle
control, Internet of Things (IoT), direct human-robot collaboration, cloud computing and manufacturing,
additive manufacturing, image processing and pattern recognition, cyber-physical systems, security,environmental sustainability, and big data analysis present both new challenges and opportunities thatbroaden the scope of research and give impact on the continued advancement of flexible automation.
The theme of the ISFA 2018 conference is "Flexible Automation: Smart and Connected” and aims toinspire research on energy-efficient and intelligent automation, enhanced by the cloud infrastructure.
Original papers on all topics related to flexible automation, especially the aforementioned theme, areencouraged for submission to the Symposium. Submission of both long and short papers will be welcome.
A long paper is from 6 to 8 proceedings pages, and a short paper is 4-page long. Only long papers areeligible for consideration of Best Paper awards. The timeline for paper submission is as follows: Submission of manuscript for review: December 15, 2017, via the conference website.
 Submission of final, revised manuscript: April 27, 2018.
 Submission of copyright transfer form and registration of the presenting author: May 25, 2018
 Early registration (Regular fee: 50,000JPY, Student fee: 30,000JPY): May 25, 2018
The conference venue will be Conference Center of the Kanazawa
21st Century Museum ofContemporary Art,
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which is located within a mile
Kanazawaof Kanazawa station, Kanazawa Castle Park, Kenrokuen; one of thethree most beautiful gardens in Japan, and 21st Century Museum ofContemporary Art, Kanazawa, which received Golden Lion in theArchitecture section of La Biennale di Venezia.
We look forward to welcoming you at this exciting event in July 2018!
Professor Eiji Arai, Organizing Committee Chair
Osaka University, Japan

Professor Jian Cao, Organizing Committee Co-Chair
Northwestern University, USA

Professor Keiichi Shirase, Program Committee
Chair, Kobe University, Japan

Professor Jiong Tang, Program Committee Co-Chair
University of Connecticut, USA

Professor Tohru Watanabe, Advisory Committee
Chair, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka, Advisory Committee
Co-Chair, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Professor Yoshitaka Morimoto, Executive Committee
Chair, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan