The SICE Annual Conference (SICE 2005 Okayama), an international conference on instrumentation, control and information technology, will be held at Okayama University, Okayama, Japan on August 8-10, 2005. Okayama city is at a crossroads in the western part of Japan, 1 hour by super express train from Osaka or Hiroshima. In recent SICE Annual Conferences, more than 1000 researchers have participated. The conference covers a wide range of fields from measurement and control to system analysis and design, from theory to application and from software to hardware. Newly developed interdisciplinary ideas and concepts transferable from one field to another are especially welcome.

The scope of the conference will cover but is not limited to:

Sensors and Transducers Signal and/or Image Processing Identification and Estimation Opto-Electronic Measurement Remote Sensing Mass and Force Measurement Temperature Measurement Ultra-High Precision Measurement Analytical Measurement Standard of Measurement Flow Measurement and Control Multivariable Control Nonlinear Control Robust Control Adaptive and Optimal Control Intelligent Control Computer Aided Design Modeling, System Identification and Estimation Process Control Mechanical Systems Control Guidance and Flight Control Power Systems Control System Theory and Engineering Human-Machine Systems Biological and Physiological Engineering Intelligent Systems Neural Networks Autonomous Decentralized Systems Discrete Event Systems

Mechatronics Systems Robotic and Automation Systems Virtual Reality Systems Entertainment Systems Micro and Nano Systems Medical and Welfare Systems Safety, Environmental, and Eco-Systems Agricultural and Bio-Systems Rescue Systems Simulation of Large Systems Network System Integration Process Automation Factory Automation Laboratory Automation Information Management Systems Information Technology Applications SCADA and Network Systems Manufacturing Systems Transportation Systems Components and Devices Emergent Technologies

Authors should submit an extended abstract of 800-1000 words in English, including paper title, author names, addresses, affiliations, name of the presenter, postal mail and E-mail addresses of the corresponding author and telephone/facsimile numbers. The extended abstract should clearly describe the salient concepts and novel features of their work, including purpose and results, for a meaningful review by the Technical Program Committee. Submitting instructions will be posted on the SICE 2005 website.

Important Dates : Deadline for Proposal of Organized Session................February 1, 2005 Deadline for Submission of Extended Abstract..........February 28, 2005 Notification of Acceptance..............................................April 18, 2005 Deadline for Submission of Final Manuscript....................May 23, 2005

All accepted papers and posters must be written in English. For oral sessions, presentations must be in English. Papers should be prepared according to the guidelines on the SICE 2005 website. All conference participants, including authors and session chairpersons, are expected to register for the conference and pay their own travel expenses. Annual Conference Award: For outstanding papers presented at the conference, International Award and Young Author's Award will be granted. For selected young foreign researchers who have shown a potential to contribute to the field of Instrument and Control Engineering, SICE International Scholarships will be granted for the purpose of defraying some of the cost of travel to Japan to present their papers.

Secretariat
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)
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