IEEE CASE 2009
The Fifth Annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE 2009), sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, will be held from August 22 to 25, 2009, in Bangalore, India. IEEE CASE is the primary forum for inter-disciplinary and cross-industry research in automation. The goal of the conference is to provide a broad coverage and dissemination of foundational research in automation among researchers, academicians, and industry practitioners.
IEEE CASE is an offspring of the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (http://www.ieee.org/t-ase). High quality CASE papers will be recommended for publication in this flagship automation journal.
IMPORTANT DATES
August 20, 2009: Deadline for Early-bird Registration
August 21, 2009 : Commencement of Non-early bird registration
August 22, 2009 : Tutorials and Workshops at the J.N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore
August 23-25, 2009 : Main Conference at "The Lalit Ashok" Hotel, Bangalore.
IMPORTANT DOWNLOADS
SCHEDULE : Click here to look up the schedule and details of the technical program.
PROGRAM BOOK :Click here to download the Program Book of CASE 2009 which provides complete details of the event.
USEFUL INFORMATION: VENUES, AIRPORT TRANSFERS, WEATHER, H1N1 INFLUENZA, ETC.
- Information on Airport Transfers
- Directions to The Lalit Ashok
- Directions to the Indian Institute of Science
The Venue for the events (workshops, tutorials, welcome reception) on August 22, 2009 would be the J.N.
Tata Auditorium, National Science Seminar Complex, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus.
The Venue for all the events on August 23-25, 2009 would be the Hotel
Lalit Ashok. The distance between the Hotel and the IISc campus is about 3 miles.
Transportation at appropriate timings is arranged between the Indian Institute of Science campus and the Hotel Lalit Ashok.
The weather in Bangalore would be very pleasant with perhaps occasional showers. The temparatures will be in the range of 18 to 32 degrees celsius (approx 65 to 90 degrees Farenheit). You would not need any special clothing for the prevailaing weather conditions.
Several H1-N1 influenza cases have been reported throughout India during August 2009. However, Bangalore is only lightly affected. It is reassuring to know that the situation is under complete control and is fast improving. Click here for an update on the current situation and certain simple measures recommended by the Federal Government health agencies.
For those of you who are presenting papers at the conference: Please present yourself at the venue at
least 15 minutes before the session commences, to enable the uploading of your presentation onto the laptop.
REGISTRATION
Registration for IEEE CASE 2009 is handled through PaperPlaza and all registrants need a PIN for PaperPlaza. If you do not have a PIN, please go to https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/pinwizard.pl to create a new PIN and set a password for yourself. Once you have a PIN, you can register using the link https://ras.papercept.net/registration/index.php.
Registration for the CASE 2009 conference is separate from registration for the CASE 2009 Tutorials and Workshops. For conference registrants, an attractive discount of 50 percent is available on the workshops/tutorials.
Early bird registration is encouraged to avoid last minute rush and also to make best use of the attractive early bird offers. Registration during the conference is discouraged though it is allowed.
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
The technical program of IEEE CASE will consist of Plenary Talks, Paper Presentations, Special Sessions on Cutting Edge Topics, Industry Oriented Sessions, Workshops, and Tutorials.
The contributed papers in IEEE CASE is organized around six broad areas:
PLENARY TALKS
We will have three plenary talks by celebrated researchers and industry leaders:
- S. (Kris) Gopalakrishnan, CEO and MD, Infosys Technologies, Bangalore, India
- Peter Luh, Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
- Karl Bohringer, Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS
Four tutorials and four workshops are lined up according to the following schedule:
August 22, 2009: 09.00 - 12.15 Hours (In Parallel)
- TUTORIAL: Sensor Networks for Automation Applications (Rajeev Shorey, NIIT University, India)
- TUTORIAL: Modern Data Mining Techniques for Automation by Shirish Shevade (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India) and Balaraman Ravindran (Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India)
- TUTORIAL: Auctions and Mechanism Design by Y. Narahari (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) and Dinesh Garg (Yahoo! Labs, Bangalore, India)
- WORKSHOP: Knowledge Automation Applications in Service Centers (Ram Akella, Raghuram Krishnapuram, Shantanu Godbole, Karthik Visvesvaraiah, Nandakishore Kambhatla)
August 22, 2009: 13.00 - 16.15 Hours (In Parallel)
- WORKSHOP: Sense Making with Smart Phones (Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Mani Srivastava, Venkat Padmanabhan, and Sameera Poduri)
- WORKSHOP: Service Science and Automation (N. Viswanadham, S. Kameshwaran, Vinayaka Pandit, Sameep Mehta). Click here to download the workshop Flyer.
- WORKSHOP: Product Life Cycle Management and Design Automation (B. Gurumoorthy, Michael Yu Wang, Ram D. Sriram, G.K. Ananthasuresh, Rachuri Sudarsan)
August 22, 2009: 16.30 - 19.30 Hours
- TUTORIAL: Cyber-Physical Systems (P.R. Kumar, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA)
AWARD PAPER SESSION
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. The following papers are selected as the four finalists in CASE 2009:
- 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
SPECIAL SESSIONS
We will have the following Special Sessions on contemporary topics in Automation Science and Engineering:
Sunday, August 23, 2009, 16.00 - 18.00 Hours (Parallel Sessions)
Monday, August 24, 2009, 16.00 - 18.00 Hours (Parallel Sessions)
TOUR OF INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES
A visit to the Bangalore campus of Infosys Technologies, one of India's celebrated flagship IT companies, is arranged during the afternoon of Tuesday, August 25, 2009.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
To support various activities during this conference, we need volunteers. All volunteers must be available between August 21 and August 25 and must be willing to carry out the assigned duties. These duties range from staffing registration desks, helping to conduct the technical sessions, and coordinating various event activities with the location coordinators. We prefer to receive applications from research students or faculty who are currently pursuing a Ph.D. program in any academic institution in the Bangalore area.
Each volunteer will be able to attend any lecture or session as long as it does not conflict with the assigned duties. Volunteers will also be invited to the lunches, conference banquet, and coffee breaks. We are only accepting a maximum of 20 volunteers for CASE 2009. If you are interested and willing to serve as a volunteer, please send an email to
Prof. Y. Narahari (hari@csa.iisc.ernet.in) with:
(1) A one page bio-data;
(2) A short statement of why you like to volunteer in this event - do include a few lines about your Ph.D. topic to justify why attending this conference is important to you.
(3) Sessions that you like to attend, if there is an opportunity.
Send your email before August 15, 2009. We will notify you before August 18, 2009 if you are selected as a volunteer.
VISA AND ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION
Accommodation Support
Student participants may apply for guest house accommodation that is available on a first-come-first serve basis on the Indian Institute of Science campus. Participants (students, faculty members) from Indian academic institutions, may apply for both travel support and accommodation. They will have to contact the registration chair (Parthasarathy Ramachandran, Indian Institute of Science, parthar@mgmt.iisc.ernet.in) to avail the support with valid proof of their status.
Invitation Letter for Visa Purposes
For overseas participants, an invitation letter from the General Chair, CASE 2009, would be usually necessary. To obtain a formal invitation letter, please provide the following details to ashalata@csa.iisc.ernet.in with a copy to hari@csa.iisc.ernet.in:
A scanned copy of the invitation letter will be emailed to you immediately on your request. The letter will also be sent by airmail and if needed, it will also be faxed to you.