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Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management

(An Autonomous University established by Government of Gujarat)

Near Khokhara Circle, Maninagar East, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380026

Tel.: 079-67775488 / 6777 5499www.iitram.ac.in

Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management

(An Autonomous University established by Government of Gujarat)

All accepted and presented papers will be

published by Springer as a Book chapters.

(18-19 May 2018)

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

INNOVATIONS ININFRASTRUCTURE(ICIIF)

International Advisory Committee:

Technical Committee:

l Ahmad Taher Azar, Benha University, Egypt

l Alberto Borghetti, Professor, Fellow IEEE, University of Bologna, Italy

Professor, IIT Gandhinagarl Amit Prashant, Professor, University of Florida, USAl Arturo Bretas,

l Biswanath Dutta, Professor, Northern Illinois University, USA

l C. Nash, University of Leeds, Leeds, England, UK

l Chihab Hanachi, IRIT Laboratory, University Toulouse, France

l Dan Ralescu, University of Cincinnati, USA

l Gang Tao, Professor, IEEE Fellow, University of Virginia, USA

l Goutam Chattopadhyay, Professor, California Inst. of Tech., USA

l Gabor Kiss, Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary

Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romanial Florin G. Filip, l J. Paulo Davim, Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal

l Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

l Kalyanmoy Deb, Professor, Michigan State University, USA

l M.P. Aghababa, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran

l Mehdi Roopaei, University of Texas at San Antario, USA

l Nitin Tripathi, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

l Praveen Edara, Professor, University of Missouri, USA

l Radhakant Padhi, Professor, Dept. of Aerospace, IISC, Bengaluru

l Rajendra Acharya, Professor, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore

l Rama Yedavalli, Professor, IEEE Fellow, Ohio State University, USA

Professor, IIT Bombayl Ravi Sinha,l S. K. Barai, Professor, IIT Kharagpur

l S. P. Mehrotra, Professor, IIT Gandhinagar

l Shahnaz Shahbazova, Azerbaijan University, Baku, Azerbaijan

l Sudhir Jain, Director, IIT Gandhinagar

l Tapan Misra, Director, SAC, ISRO, Ahmedabad

Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwanl Tsung-Chih Lin,l Traian Mazilu, University Politechnica Bucharest, Romania

l V. Setty Pendakur, Professor Emeritus, University of BC, Canada

l Valentina Emilia Balas, Professor, Aurel Vlaicu, Uni. of Arad, Romania

Professor, IIT Bombayl Vikram Gadre,Institute for Systems Studies and Analyses, DRDO, Delhil Vijay D. Rao,

l S. Rama Mohan, Professor, IITRAMl Prashant Srinivasan, Engineering Manager, GE Power

IIT Kharagpur, Indial Dilip Kumar Pratihar, SRM Inst. of Sci. and Tech., Kattankulathur, Tamilnadul Shubhabrata Datta,

Professor, Power and Infra. Management, UPES, Dehradunl Anil Kumar,l Amit Kumar Mishra, Associate Prof., Uni. of Cape Town, South Africa

Associate Professor, IIT Hyderabadl Vaskar Sarkar, l Dipak Adhyaru, Professor, Insti. of Tech., Nirma University, Ahmedabad

Associate Prof., Uni. of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USAl Manjiri Akalkotkar, l Pandian Vasant, Petronas University of Technology, Malysia l Alphose Zingoni, University of Cape Town, South Africa l Michio Sugeno, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

l Premkumar Pachaikani, Lead Engineer, GE Global Research, Bengaluru l Sanketh Bhat, Lead Engineer, GE Global Research, Bengaluru l Vipin Kumar Tripathi, Professor, College of Engineering, Pune

l Axay Mehta, Associate Professor, IITRAM l Yogesh Shah, Assistant Professor, IITRAM

Assistant Professor, IITRAMl Trudeep Dave, l Abhishek Rawat, Assistant Professor, IITRAM l Dileep Kumar Gupta, Assistant Professor, IITRAM l Kannan Iyer, Assistant Professor, IITRAM l Manish Sharma, Assistant Professor, IITRAM l Mahesh Mungule, Assistant Professor, IITRAM l B. Siva Kumar Reddy, Assistant Professor, IITRAM

Assistant Professor, IITRAMl Pramod Bhingole, l PL.Ramkumar, Assistant Professor, IITRAM

Publication Committee

Publicity Committee

Finance Committee

Registration Committee

Industry Liaison Committee

Hospitality Committee

Website Committee

l Dipankar Deb, Associate Professor, IITRAM Professor, Romanial Valentina Emilia Balas,

Assistant Professor, NIT Silcharl Rajeeb Dey,

l Ajit Kumar Parwani, Assistant Professor, IITRAM Assistant Professor, IITRAMl Dheeraj Kumar Singh,

Assistant Professor, NIT Silcharl Rajeeb Dey,

l Krupa Shah, Assistant Professor, IITRAMSenior Accountant, IITRAMl Ketan Solanki,

l Kashyap Patel, Assistant Professor, IITRAM Assistant Professor, IITRAMl Gautam Borisagar,

Assistant Professor, IITRAMl Manjunath K.,

l Navneet Khanna, Assistant Professor, IITRAMTraining & Placement Officer, IITRAMl S. Saravanan,

l Manisha Mehta, OSD, IITRAM Office Executive, IITRAMl Vijay Parmar,

l Kshitij Bhargava, Assistant Professor, IITRAM Assistant Professor, IITRAMl Raghavendra Bhalerao,

Science and Engineering Research Board

Department of Science and Technology

Government of India

Indian Space Research Organisation

Government of India

Who can participate?Young teachers/research scholars/UG-PG students and

professionals working in the field of Electrical / Electronics &

Communication / Instrumentation and Control / Mechanical /

Mechatronics / Robotics / Computer / IT / Civil engineering are eligible

to participate.

Key Take-aways:l Network with next generation Innovators

l Exhibit products to targeted audience

l Interact with potential recruiters

l Delve into the latest infrastructure trends in regional and

global arena

l Excellent opportunity to explore the future offers in

infrastructure sector

l Meet the stakeholders of Government representatives of Infra

sectors in a single forum.

Plenary Speakers:l Valentina Emilia Balas Professor, Aurel Vlaicu, University of Arad, Romania

l Padma Shri Ajoy Kumar Ray Director, IIEST, Shibpur, West Bengal, India

Registration Fees Until 19-Apr-18 After 19-Apr-18For Students : ` 3,000/- ` 4,000/-For Indian Delegate : ` 6,000/- ` 8,000/-For Foreign Delegate : US$ 200/- US$ 250/-

l All the papers will be peer reviewed and the acceptance will be informed for participation in the conference.

l Registration includes: 2 Plenary Talks; 2 Theme Based Talks; 1 Semi-Plenary Talks, Oral Presentation, Banquet Dinner and Networking

l Each Profession Registrant is entitled to upload a maximum of 2 accepted papers and each Student Registrant can upload 1 accepted paper.

Key Advisors:l Anju Sharma, IAS Principal Secretary (Higher & Technical Education), Government of Gujarat

l Millind Torawane, IAS Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Gujarat

l K. K. Nirala, IAS Director, Directorate of Technical Education, Government of Gujarat

Patrons:l Shiva Prasad Director General, IITRAM

l A. U. Digraskar Director, IITRAM

l N. N. Bhuptani Registrar, IITRAM

Program Chair:l Dipankar Deb Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, IITRAM

dipankardeb@iitram.ac.in (M) +91-7203954452

Program Co-Chair:l Jiten Shah Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, IITRAM

jitenshah@iitram.ac.in (M) +91-9712982750

The First International Conference on Innovations in Infrastructure

(ICIIF), 18-19, May 2018, is being organized by the Institute of

Infrastructure Technology Research And Management (IITRAM),

Ahmedabad, in collaboration with Gujarat Knowledge Society,

Government of Gujarat. It is funded by the Student Start-up and

Innovation Policy (SSIP) initiative of Government of Gujarat. The

conference provides a forum for discussion on issues, concepts, skill

development and possible innovations in the infrastructure sector.

ICIIF aims at bringing the best technical minds working in the field of

infrastructure development on a common platform to share their

knowledge of technical expertise, experience and forthcoming

challenges in this area. Moreover, it will be a great opportunity for the

enthusiastic students and research scholars to learn from the

experiences and vision of eminent scientists and innovators dedicated

towards the development of infrastructure in the country. The

conference is expected to include presentations on latest research

trends showcasing the important achievements and upcoming

challenges in the development of the infrastructure sector. The

conference invites researchers to showcase their work in any given

area that somewhere relates to the overall progress of

infrastructure development in the country.

The Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and

Management (IITRAM), is an autonomous university established by

Government of Gujarat in the year 2013 by enacting a state act to

provide quality education in the field of Infrastructure Research and

its Management. IITRAM provides Engineering Education with

specialization in Infrastructure and Management of Infrastructure

equipped with centers of excellence to organize advanced studies

and to promote research in collaboration with industry leaders.

Currently, the Institute is offering Under Graduate, Post Graduate

and Ph.D program in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.

The Institute has state-of-the-art laboratories and the

infrastructure in all the major areas/specialization of each branch

to carry out experiments and research. The Institute has set up

Siemens-Center of Excellence and Quanser-Centre of Excellence.

The Institute has ambitious plans to expand its academic and

research activities in collaboration with Industries.

Papers PresentationPaper submissions are invited in modern areas of innovations in Infrastructure typically the following but not limited to:l Innovation in Telecommunication Infrastructurel Innovation in Control Engineeringl Innovation in Power system Infrastructurel Innovation in Smart Infrastructurel Innovation in Waste Managementl Sustainable Solutions for Infrastructure Developmentl Innovation in Thermal Engineeringl Innovation in Manufacturingl Innovation in Industrial Infrastructurel Innovation in Renewable Energyl Innovation in Hybrid Vehiclesl New Optimization Techniquesl Innovation in Mechatronicsl Innovation in Machine Learningl Innovation in Indigenous and Rural Technologiesl Innovations in Infrastructure Managementl Innovations in Transportation Infrastructure

Key DatesPaper Submission Open : 1st February, 2018

Full Paper Submission : 7th March, 2018

20th March, 2018

Notification of acceptance : 2nd April, 2018

Registration Opens : 3rd April, 2018

Early Registration Deadline : 19th April, 2018

Camera Ready Paper Upload : 23rd April, 2018

Paper Submission Link : http://iitram.in/iciif