International Program Committee

National Organizing Committee

Chair of International Program Committee
Frédéric Vanderhaegen, France
Co-Chairs
Tetsuo Sawaragi, Japan
Jianhua Zhang, China
Sundaram Narayanan, US
Sven Nomm, Estonia
IPC Members
Klaus Janschek, Germany
Janusz Szpytko, Poland
Cesare Fantuzzi, Italy
Wan Chul Yoon, Korea
Johan Stahre, Sweden

Chair of National Organizing Committee
Tetsuo Sawaragi, Japan
Vice-Chair
Hiroshi Shimoda, Japan
IFAC NMO representative
Toshio Fukuda, Japan
SecretaryYu Shibuya, Japan

Co-Chairs from Industries
Laurent Bourrouilhou, Netherlands
Ken’ichi Tanaka (MELCO), Japan
Hiroshi Nakajima (OMRON), Japan
Yasuhiko Sakaguchi (JR West), Japan
Hiroshi Narazaki (KOBELCO), Japan

With the support of

CFP Ver.3 (updated Mar.31, 2016)

13th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IEA
SymposiumonAnalysis, Design, and Evaluation of
Human-Machine Systems

Important dates
Paper and session submission deadline:
Notification of acceptance:
Full paper submission deadline:
Early registration deadline:

15.01.2016
22.04.2016
09.05.2016
30.06.2016

Registration fees (tentative)
Registration fees
Early registration fees
Student (Early) registration fees

¥ 75,000¥ 65,000¥ 50,000 (35,000)

Venue: The SODOH HIGASHIYAMA KYOTO

Cooperated by: (TBD)
Design School of Kyoto University, Symbio Community
Forum, System Forum of the Iron and Steel Institute ofJapan (ISIJ), Human Interface Society, Division of HMS of
Atomic Energy Society of Japan, the Institute of Systems,
Control and Information Engineers (ISCIE), System andInformation Division of Society of Instrument andControl Engineers (SICE), Japan Society of Maintenology,
Japan Ergonomics Society.

Contact
Secretariat: Shinobu Minato
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Science,
Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8540, Japan.
sec-ifachms2016@me.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Tel & Fax: +81-75-383-3583

Kyoto, Japan,
August 30 – September 2, 2016
Organized byKyoto University
http://www.syn.me.kyoto-u.ac.jp/IFACHMS2016/

Announcement
The 13th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IEA Symposium on Analysis, Design, andEvaluation of Human-Machine Systems will be held in Kyoto,
Japan, on August 31 - September 2, 2016 being hosted by Kyoto
University. The International Program Committee invites you tosubmit a proposal and join us in this prestigious international
event for scholars and experts. The symposium will continue thesuccess of the previous meetings,
which were held in Kassel (DE),Atlanta(US),
Seoul(KR),Valenciennes (FR) and Las Vegas(US). The objective of this
symposium is to exchange ideas
and further understanding in theareas of Human-Machine Systems,
Human-Computer
Interaction,
Intelligent
andAutonomous
Systems and Decision SupportSystems. The symposium will
especially highlight the paradigm
shifts in research and practice. We
witness in these areas due to therecent advance of communicationand information technologies.

TopicsAnalysis, Design, and Evaluation of Human-MachineSystems
Human-centered design and automation.
Methodology, principles, practice.
AnalysisCognitive task analysis, task and function allocation.
Risk assessment, accident analysis, and operational risk
analysis.
Modelling of human performance, reliability, and mental
workload.
DesignWork organization, job design, and team design.
Graphical interfaces, auditory interfaces, multimedia
design.
Multi-modal interactions in real and virtual environments.
Functional and adaptive interfaces, interface agents.
Intelligent and agent systems, neural networks, fuzzy logic,genetic algorithms.

Support for operational risk management, system
operation, maintenance, and supervision.
Information management and knowledge retrieval.
Barrier free and changeable designs.
Evaluation
Evaluation of performance, usability, safety, and workload.
Laboratory simulation, field experiments and observation.
Remote, Network and Internet Systems
Intelligent interfaces.
Real and virtual environments.
Human/Humane Aspects of Human-Machine Systems
Decision making and cognitive processes.
Human operator support.
Application Domains of Human-Machine Systems
Transportation Systems.
Work organization.
For the complete list of the topics, see:
http://www.syn.me.kyoto-u.ac.jp/IFACHMS2016/workshop-topics.html

Paper Submission
Submissions must be original work. The official language ofthe symposium is English. Proposals may be of three types:
papers (1), poster presentations (2) and sessions (thematic
topic sessions or panel sessions) (3).
The National Organizing Committee and the symposium
Editor has received agreement for best papers publication.
Papers can be submitted at the link below:
http://www.syn.me.kyoto-u.ac.jp/IFACHMS2016/call-forpapersand-papers-submission.html
Paper and poster presentation submission (1), (2):The author should submit a full draft paper that describes
original work (up to 6 pages). At least one author mustregister early to be included in the program.
Proposals for session (3):Sessions organizers are invited to submit a set of 4-6
speakers invited papers with a well-defined cohesive focus
on a topic relevant to the symposium. Sessions may startwith a tutorial presentation. Session proposals can beextended abstracts of at least 1000-2000 words showing theprincipal contributions of the submitted papers that will bepresented. Please contact the secretariat at secifachms2016@me.kyoto-u.ac.jp for more details.

Copyright Conditions
All publication material submitted for presentation at anIFAC-sponsored meeting (Congress, Symposium,Conference, Workshop) must be original and hence cannot
be already published, nor can it be under review elsewhere.
The authors take responsibility for the material that has
been submitted. IFAC-sponsored conferences will abide by
the highest standard of ethical behavior in the review
process as explained on the Elsevier webpage(http://www.elsevier.com/journal-authors/author-rightsand-responsibilities), but see also the Vancouver protocol,and the authors will abide by the IFAC publication ethics
guidelines (http://www.ifac-control.org/events/organizersguide/PublicationEthicsGuidelines.pdf/view).
Accepted papers that have been presented at an IFAC
meeting will be published in the proceedings of the event
using the open-access IFAC-PapersOnLine series hosted on
ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com). To this end,
the author(s) must confer the copyright to IFAC when theysubmit the final version of the paper through the paper
submission process. The author(s) retain the right to use acopy of the paper for personal use, internal institutionaluse at the author(s)’ institution, or scholarly posting at anopen web site operated by the author(s) or their institution,
limited to noncommercial use. Any other use of the paper
requires approval by IFAC.