The 2011 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics will be held from August 15 to 18, 2011, in Chongqing, China. The theme of the 2011 IEEE ICAL conference is “The State of the Art in Automation and Logistics”, reflecting the fast growing interests in research, development and applications in the dynamic and exciting areas of advanced intelligent automation and logistics. IEEE ICAL 2011 promises to be a great event, bringing together electrical, mechanical, industrial, systems, logistics, and computer engineers, and offering a rich technical program emphasizing effective use of the synergy in the areas of automation and logistics. IEEE ICAL 2011 conference invites high quality original research papers in all related areas of automation, logistics, and their applications.

Contributed Papers: Original papers are invited in all related areas of automationand logistics. Full papers must be submitted in PDF format meeting the IEEE PDF Requirements for Creating PDF Documents for the IEEE Xplore. All accepted papers will be published by IEEE Press, included in IEEE Xplore, & indexed by EI.

Important Dates:May 31, 2011 Submission of full papers & organized session proposals June 30, 2011 Notification of paper & organized session acceptance July 10, 2011 Submission of final IEEE Xplore compliant PDF papersFor detailed up-to-date information, please visit the IEEE ICAL conference website at:

Call for Papers

Sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Shandong University, and Henan University of Science and Technology

Technically co-sponsored by ASME Dynamics, Systems and Control Division; Chinese Association of Automation; Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, China Logistics Technology Association; China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing; Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers; Society of Instrument and Control Engineers; Robotics

Society of Japan; and the IEEE Hong Kong Joint RAS and CS Chapter.

2011 IEEE International Conference on

Automation and Logistics August 15 - 18, 2011, Chongqing, China

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Advisory Committee: CHAI Tianyou, Northeastern University, China DE SILVA Clarence, U. of British Columbia, Canada FUKUDA Toshio, Nagoya University, Japan KOSUGE Kazuhiro, Tohoku University, Japan LUH Peter B., University of Connecticut, USA TARN Tzyh Jong, Washington University, USA XU Yangsheng, The Chinese Univ. of HK, ChinaHonorary Conference Chairs: TANG Boming, Chongqing Jiaotong U., China VANNELLI Anthony, University of Guelph, CanadaGeneral Chair: YANG Simon X., University of Guelph, CanadaGeneral Co-Chairs: ZHANG Chengjin, Shandong University, China ZHANG Jianwei, University of Hamburg, Germany ZHOU Mengchu, New Jersey Institute of Tech, USAProgram Chair: ZHOU Jianting, Chongqing Jiaotong Univ., ChinaRegional Program Co-Chairs: FENG Gary G., City University of Hong Kong, China HU Huosheng, University of Essex, UK KARRAY Fakhri, University of Waterloo, Canada PU Jiexin, Henan Univ. of Science & Tech., China WANG Zhidong, Chiba Institute of Tech., JapanOrganizing Chair: MENG Q.-H. Max, The Chinese Univ. of HK, ChinaOrganizing Co-Chairs: ASAMA Hajime, University of Tokyo, Japan CHIAVERINI Stefano, University di Cassino, Italy LIU Yunhui, The Chinese Univ. of HK, China WU Min, Zhongnan University, China WANG Changxian, Chongqing Jiaotong U., ChinaOrganized Focused Session Chairs: CAO Jianqiu, Chongqing Jiaotong U., China KUBOTA Naoyuki, Tokyo Metropolitan U., Japan KWON Dong Soo, KAIST, Korea TAN Jindong, Michigan Tech. University, USA YUAN Xiaobu, University of Windsor, CanadaPublicity Chairs: CHEN Guanrong Ron, City University of HK, China GUO Shuxiang, Kagawa University, Japan LIU Xiaoping Peter, Carleton University, Canada LUO Chaomin, University of Detroit Mercy, USA PARK Jong Hyeon, Hanyang University, Korea ZHU Anmin, Shenzhen University, ChinaAwards Committee Chair: ZHANG Hong, University of Alberta, CanadaPublications Chairs: LI Howard, University of New Brunswick, Canada TIAN Fengchun, Chongqing Jiaotong U., ChinaFinance Chair: HU Chao, CAS/CUHK SIAT, ChinaLocal Arrangement Chairs: CHAI Yi, Chongqing University, China XU Maozeng, Chongqing Jiaotong U., China Secretariat: info@ieee-ical.org & ical2011@gmail.com