Subject: WFCS 2012 WiP CfP: Work-in-Progress Session of the  9th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems, May 21-24, 2012


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                      WORK-IN-PROGRESS SESSION

                          CALL FOR PAPERS

             *** Submission deadline - February 27, 2012 ***

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   9th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems

               COMMUNICATION in AUTOMATION (WFCS 2012)

                  May 21-24, 2012, Lemgo/Detmold, Germany

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   Conference web site:  http://www.init-owl.de/wfcs2012/
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   The WFCS workshop is the largest IEEE technical event specially dedicated
   to industrial communication systems. The aim of this workshop is to 
   provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and developers to review 
   current trends in this area and to present and discuss new ideas and new 
   research directions. 

   Work-in-Progress papers comprise up to 4 double-column pages, describing 
   research that has not yet produced the results required for a regular 
   paper, but that due to its novelty and potential impact deserves to be 
   shared with the community at an early stage. Accepted WIP papers will be 
   published in the workshop proceedings.

   Contributors will be asked to give a short presentation of their work and
   to prepare a poster for the discussion forum that will be held after the 
   presentations. 

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 WORKSHOP TOPICS:

  - Fieldbus networks                      
  - Real-time communication and applications
  - Industrial Ethernet networks           
  - Web-based communication and applications
  - IP-based networks                      
  - Distributed application platforms
  - Industrial wireless networks           
  - Safety & security in industrial communications
  - Networked embedded systems             
  - Fault-tolerance in industrial communications
  - Sensor networks                        
  - Configuration tools & network management
  - Building automation networks           
  - Internetworking & interoperability
  - Automotive and train-control networks         
  - System aspects
  - Factory and Process automation networks       
  - Case studies

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 SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

   Submissions must be sent as camera-ready, PDF papers, formatted  according
   to the conference style guides/templates and not exceeding 4 pages,
   through the conference electronic submission  system. For further details,
   please consult the conference web pages.

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 IMPORTANT DATES:

   Deadline for submission of WIP papers: [EXTENDED]   March     7, 2012
   Notification of acceptance of WIP papers:           April     8, 2012
   Deadline for submission of WIP final manuscripts:   April    15, 2012

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 WIP CO-CHAIRS:

  Liliana Cucu-Grosjean, INRIA, France
  Paulo Pedreiras, University of Aveiro, Portugal

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