6th CIRP International Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering Innovative and Cognitive Production Technology and Systems

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

ORGANIZED BY
Department of Materials and Production Engineering,University of Naples "Federico II"

CO-ORGANIZED BY
Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Naples "Parthenope"

SPONSORED BY
International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)

CO-SPONSORED BY
Italian Association of Mechanical Technology (AITEM)
Ministry of University and Research (MiUR)
Regional Government of Campania (RGC)
EC FP6 NoE: Innovative Production Machines & Systems (I*PROMS)
EC FP6 NoE: Multi-Material Micro-Manufacture (4M)
EC FP6 STREP: Intelligent Robot Swarm for Attendence, Recognition, Delivery (iWARD)

SCOPE
The 6th edition of the CIRP ICME Conference will examine the applications of innovative and cognitive production technologies and systems and
related metodologies including expert systems, fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms, multi agent, evolutionary and emergent computing, etc., as well as hybrid systems combining one or more of these techniques as applied to manufacturing engineering problems.
The main scope of the Conference is to provide an international forum for the exchange of the knowledge, information, experience and results as
well as the review of progress and discussion on the state-of-the-art and future trends in intelligent computation methods and tools applied
to manufacturing processes and systems.

Special Sessions will be dedicated to EC FP6 NoE and STREP projects focused on Innovative Production Machines and Systems, Multi-Material Micro Manufacture, and Advanced Cognitive Robots.

IMPORTANT DATES
o Submission of abstracts: 29 February 2008
o Notification of acceptance: 31 March 2008
o Submission of full papers: 31 May 2008
o 6th CIRP Int. Conf. on ICME: 23-25 July 2008

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
R. Teti, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (provisional)
H. Bley, Saarland University, Germany
D. Bouzakis, Aristoteles Univ. Thessaloniki, Greece
G. Byrne, University College Dublin, Ireland
G. Chryssolouris, University of Patras, Greece
L. Cser, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
S. Dimov, Cardiff University, UK
D.A. Dornfeld, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA
M.A. Elbestawi, McMaster University, Canada
H.A. El Maraghy, University of Windsor, Canada
U. Engel, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
R. Fenton, University of Toronto, Canada
M. Geiger, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
I. Inasaki, Keio University, Japan
I.S. Jawahir, University of Kentucky, USA
J. Jedrzeiewski,Wroclaw Technical University, Poland
F. Jovane, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
H.J.J. Kals, University of Twente, Netherlands
Z. Katz, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa
T. Kjellberg, IVF-KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
F. Klocke, Aachen Univ. of Technology, Germany
F.L. Krause, IPK-FHG, Berlin, Germany
J.-P. Kruth, Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Belgium
B. Lauwers, Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Belgium
J. Leopold, IWK, Chemnitz, Germany
R. Levi, Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
G.N. Levy, FHS St. Gallen, Switzerland
P. Lonardo, University of Genova, Italy
S. Lu, Univ. of Southern Calif., Los Angeles, USA
J.A. Mc Geough, University of Edimburgh, UK
V. Majstorovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
P. Martin, ENSAM, Metz, France
L. Mattsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
F. Micari, University of Palermo, Italy
L. Monostori, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
A.Y.C. Nee, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
R. Neugebauer, IWU-FKG, Chemnitz, Germany
D.T. Pham, Cardiff University, UK
G. Reinhart, Technical Univ. München, Germany
M. Santochi, University of Pisa, Italy
A. Sharif Ullah, UAE University El Ain, UAE
M. Shpitalni, Technion University, Haifa, Israel
H. Schulz, Darmstadt Univ. of Techn., Germany
D. Spath, IAO-FHG, Stuttgart, Germany
T. Tomiyama, Delft University, Netherlands
H.-K. Tönshoff, University of Hannover, Germany
K. Ueda, Tokyo University, Japan
H. Van Brussel, Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium
F. Van Houten, University of Twente, Netherlands
M. Veron, University of Nancy, France
K. Weinert, University of Dortmund, Germany
R. Wertheim, Technion University, Haifa, Israel
E. Westkämper, University of Stuttgart, Germany
H.-P. Wiendhal, University of Hannover, Germany

SPECIAL SESSIONS ON
Innovative Production Machines and Systems (I*PROMS)
- I*PROMS APM
- I*PROMS IDT
- I*PROMS PAC
- I*PROMS POM
Multi-Material Micro-Manufacture (4M)
- 4M Metal Processing
- 4M Metrology
Advanced Cognitive Robots
- iWARD
- Navigation Systems

TOPICS
o Material processing technologies
- machining
- forming
- casting and solidification
- welding
- heat treatments
o Metrology and measuring methods
- dimensional measurements
- surface characterisation
- nondestructive evaluation
- metrology systems and CMM
o Process modeling and monitoring
o Design, simulation and modeling
o Concurrent/simultaneous engineering
o Reverse engineering
o Rapid and virtual prototyping, tooling and manufacturing
o Assembly and disassembly
o Micro and nano technologies
o Diagnostics and maintenance
o Automated inspection and quality control
o Sensors and sensing techniques for manufacture
o Process/production planning and control
o Dynamic scheduling in complex manufacturing
o Distributed and co-operative production networks
o Customer driven production
o Intelligent machines, robots, and manufacturing systems
o Factory design, reconfigurability and integration
o Virtual reality for manufacturing
o Product life cycle management
o Human factors in intelligent manufacturing systems
o Manufacturing engineering applications of:
- expert systems
- artificial neural networks
- fuzzy logic
- neuro-fuzzy models
- multi agents
- genetic algorithms
- evolutionary and emergent computing
- simulated annealing
- hybrid approaches
o Any other topic related to the Conference scope

LANGUAGE
The official language of the Conference is English

PAPERS
Papers are solicited in the fields listed in the Conference and Special Sessions topics as well as in other areas of interest within the scope of
the Conference. Authors should submit to the Conference Secretariat an extended abstract (maximum 3000 characters) and indicate clearly the name, email and full mailing address of the corresponding author. Please, carefully follow the important dates.

LOCATION AND VENUE
The Conference offers you the opportunity to visit (or re-visit) the Gulf of Naples, famous worldwide for its beauty and enchantment.
The exact Conference venue, to be selected by January 2008, will be communicated in the next announcement, in the Conference web site, and by
email to interested participants.

FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS
To be placed in the mailing list for future announcements, please send name, email and mail address to the Conference Secretariat

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Scientific Programme
Prof. Roberto Teti
Dept. of Mat. and Prod. Eng.
Univ. of Naples Federico II
Piazzale Tecchio, 80
80125 - Naples, Italy
Phone: +39.081.7682371
Fax: +39.081.7682362
Email : tetiro@unina.it
Web Site : www.icme.unina.it