AWARDS
IEEE CASE 2009 is proud to support awards for Best Conference Paper and the Best Application Paper.
There will be a special session on Sunday, August 23, 2009
during 1.30 - 3.30 PM to select the Best Conference Paper (Award instituted by Spansion, Inc.) and the Best Application Paper (Award instituted by Qualtech Systems Inc.). Four papers, picked by the CASE 2009 Awards Committee, based on the excellent reviews received, will be presented during this session.
CASE 2009 Awards Committee
Vijay Kumar (University of Pennsylvania, USA) (Chair)
Bruno Siciliano (Universita` degli Studi di Napoli, Italy)
Gaurav Sukhatme (University of Southern California, USA)
Xiaolan Xie (Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France)
Best Conference Paper Award
The Best Conference Paper is sponsored by Spansion, Inc., the world's largest NOR Flash memory provider with its headquarters in Silicon Valley. QSI's Intelligent Software Solutions enable OEMs and Service and Maintenance organizations to reduce the design, development, support time and costs associated with complex, and critical equipment and systems.
The winner of the award is:
Closed Loop Determinism for Non-Deterministic Environments: Verification for IEC 61499 Logic Controllers
Best Application Paper Award
IEEE CASE 2009 is proud to annouce a 5 year sponsorship from Qualtech Systems Inc. (QSI) for the Best Application Paper. The QSI Best Application Paper Award will be awarded each year to the paper that best represents applied advances in engineering science toward high-impact applications. QSI's Intelligent Software Solutions empower and enable OEMs and Service and Maintenance organizations to provide the highest quality of service economically by significantly reducing troubleshooting time and increasing the level of equipment availability. QSI Equipment Health Management and QSI Integrated Diagnostics solutions are proven, mature and deployed worldwide. Some of QSI customers include NASA, Boeing (BA), FEI Company (FEIC), Honeywell (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), KLA-Tencor Corporation (KLAC), Orbotech Ltd. (ORBK), and United Technologies (UTX). The company's quality management system is certified to ISO9001:2000 standards. Founded in 1993, QSI is a privately owned company, based in Wethersfield, CT with representatives in China and Israel. QSI has received awards from NASA and Aviation Week and Space Technology. For more information visit http://www.teamqsi.com.
The winner of the award is:
Workflow Completion Patterns
Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) IEEE RAS CASE 2009 ALA Young Scientist Award
The Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) & IEEE RAS CASE present the 2009 ALA Young Scientist award for the best paper and presentation in laboratory automation by a junior faculty member or graduate student. The winner receives $500 and travel to present the paper at ALA's annual conference and exhibition LabAutomation2010, January 23-27, in the Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA. The paper will be featured in ALAs peer-reviewed scientific journal: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation (JALA).
The winner of the award is Professor David J. Cappelleri for the paper:
Towards Fully Automated Phototransfection
The Finalists for CASE 2009
The following papers are selected as the four finalists which will be presented in the Award paper session:
- Closed Loop Determinism for Non-Deterministic Environments: Verification for IEC 61499 Logic Controllers
- Workflow Completion Patterns
- Monotonic and Non-Monotonic Properties of Product Quality in Flexible Manufacturing Systems with Batch Operations
- Multi-Strategy Supplier Selection for Commodity Sourcing