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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:19.0pt'><a href="http://www.icinco.org/">http://www.icinco.org/</a></span><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>ICINCO is sponsored by <a href="http://www.insticc.org/" target="_blank">INSTICC</a> – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><a name=scope></a><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Scope<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>The purpose of the 8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the application of informatics to Control, Automation and Robotics. Four simultaneous tracks will be held, covering Intelligent Control Systems, Optimization, Robotics, Automation, Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modeling and Control, and Industrial Engineering, Production and Management. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Informatics applications are pervasive in many areas of Control, Automation and Robotics; This conference intends to emphasize this connection, therefore, authors should highlight the benefits of Information Technology (IT) in these areas. Ideas on how to solve problems using IT, both in R&D and industrial applications, are welcome. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of ICINCO, with an ISBN. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial, workshop or special session are invited to contact the conference secretariat or visit the conference website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><a name="conference_areas"></a><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Conference Areas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>1.</span></strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'> INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEMS AND OPTIMIZATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>2.</span></strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'> ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p 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style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>AREA 1: INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEMS AND OPTIMIZATION</span></strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:28.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:130%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Decision Support Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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A position paper may be a short report and discussion of ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research (bibliographic, experimental, theoretical, or other) focused on one of the conference topic areas. The acceptance of a position paper is restricted to the categories of "short paper" or "poster", i.e. a position paper is not a candidate to acceptance as "full paper".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Camera-ready</span></strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>: <br>After the reviewing process is completed, the contact author (the author who submits the paper) of each paper will be notified of the result, by e-mail. The authors are required to follow the reviews in order to improve their paper before the camera-ready submission. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><a name=publications></a><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Publications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in a LNEE Series book.<br>The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC, DBLP and EI. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><a name="important_dates"></a><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Conference date: <strong><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>28-31 July, 2011</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Regular Paper Submission: <strong><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>February 3, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Authors Notification (regular papers): <strong><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>April 5, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: <strong><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>April 29, 2011</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><a name=secretariat></a><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>ICINCO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'> 2910-595 Setúbal – Portugal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Tel.: +351 265 520 185<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Fax: +44 203 014 5435<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>e-mail: <a href="mailto:%20'ICINCO%20Secretariat'%20%3cicinco.secretariat@insticc.org%3e">icinco.secretariat@insticc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Web: <a href="http://www.icinco.org/">http://www.icinco.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><a name=venue></a><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Venue<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>The conference will be held at the <strong><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>NH Hotel Leeuwenhorst</span></strong>, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>The NH Hotel Leeuwenhorst is located in Noordwijkerhout, in the middle of the bulb area and near Noordwijk aan Zee and Katwijk. The North Sea coast is easy to reach and cities as Amsterdam, Leiden and Den Haag (The Hague) can be reached in about 30 minutes by car. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><a name="conference_chair"></a><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Conference Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Jean-Louis Ferrier</span></strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>, University of Angers, France <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><a name="program_co-chairs"></a><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Program co-chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Kurosh Madani</span></strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>, The University of PARIS EST / PARIS 12, Paris, France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>Oleg Gusikhin</span></strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;letter-spacing:.1pt'>, Ford Research & Adv. Engineering, U.S.A. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:130%;background:white'><a name="program_committee"></a><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.1pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div></body></html>