Keynote Address at ICIAfS (Abstract)

Prof. Clarence W. de Silva, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Other Keynotes at ISSNIP

Venue

The conference will be held at the Langham Melbourne:
One Southgate Avenue, Southbank,
Melbourne, Victoria 3006, Australia
T (61) (3) 8696 8888
F (61) (3) 9690 5889

(Details: Melbourne Airport and Melbourne City)

Sponsors:

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Australasia, ARC Research Network on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP), and The University of Melbourne are proud to extend an invitation to the two conferences ICIAfS and IVRI in 2007. Both conferences expand upon their themes of their previous conferences.

Technical Co-sponsorship from IEEE Region 10, IEEE SMC and IEEE CIS Societies

Important Dates:

Conference dates: December 3-6, 2007
Tutorial date: December 3, 2006
Submissions Open: April 30, 2007
Submission Deadline: October 15, 2007
Notification of acceptance: October 01, 2007
Camera ready manuscript: November 10, 2007

Papers must be submitted through the EDAS web site. Click here to submit your ICIAfS paper via EDAS or here to submit your IVRI paper via EDAS. Authors are required to register for an EDAS account prior to submitting papers (see here for details). The deadline for submission is October 15, 2007. Submitted papers should be no more than 6 pages long, and must conform to the specifications given on the authors instruction page here.

Style files for final submission to ICIAfS are available for word (here) or latex (here).

General Chair and Co-Chairs:

Professor Harry C. Watson, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia.
A/Prof. M. Palaniswami, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia.
A/Prof S. Halgamuge, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Program Chair:

Dr. Thrish Nanayakkara, Harvard University

Program Co-Chairs:

Dr. Pubudu Pathirana, Deakin University
Dr. Malin Premaratne, Monash University
Dr. Chris Manzie, University of Melbourne

Special Sessions Chair:

Dr. Daminda Alahakoon, Monash University

Program Committee:

Professor Harry C. Watson, University of Melbourne.
A/Prof S. Halgamuge, University of Melbourne.
A/Prof. Haisheng Chen, Chinese Academy of Science.

Dr. Daminda Alahakoon, Monash University

Dr. Pubudu Pathirana, Deakin University
Dr. Malin Premaratne, Monash University
Dr. Chris Manzie, University of Melbourne

Dr. Rohan Munasinghe, University of Moratuwa.
Mr. Sanjeeva Witharana, University of Leeds.

Dr. Lanka Udawatta, University of Moratuwa

Dr. Sisil Kumarawadu, University of Moratuwa
Dr. Sanath Alahakoon, University of Peradeniya

Dr. Yong Ming Bian, Tong Ji University.

Publication Chair:

Dr. Lanka Udawatta, University of Moratuwa

Publicity Chairs:

Dr. Sisil Kumarawadu, University of Moratuwa
Dr. Sanath Alahakoon, University of Peradeniya

Finance Chair:

Manny Stamatopoulas

Local Organisation Chair:

ISSNIP and SAE Australasia

Visa and Officials:

Professor Harry C. Watson <harrycw@unimelb.edu.au>

Dr. Lanka Udawatta <lankau@unimelb.edu.au>

Conference Secretariat:

SAE-Australia
Tel: +61 3 9326 7166
Fax: +61 3 9326 7244
Email: harrycw (at) unimelb (dot) edu (dot) au

Topics:

The scope of the conference will include, but is not limited to the following three themes:

• Theme 1: Safety and Security: Operator fatigue, automated explosive detection, demining, intrusion detection, collision warning, collision avoidance, human factors, etc Sub-Theme: Road: lane guidance, driver status monitoring, transport protocols, automated platooning of commercial vehicles, etc.
• Theme 2: Efficiency, Energy and the Environment: Engine emissions, alternative fuels, engine modeling and simulation, hybrid vehicles, fuel cells, fuel consumption, optimization of engine design, etc.
• Theme 3: Sensors and Telematics: Route guidance, GPS applications, powertrain control, vehicle stability control, sensor networks, sensor design, signal processing, data fusion, vehicle tracking and identification etc.
• Theme 4: Automation: Mechatronics, robotics, intelligent manufacturing, etc.