ECEC'2010, April 14-16 , 2010, UPV Gandia, Gandia, Spain, 1st Call for Papers

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

ECEC 2010
17TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONCURRENT ENGINEERING CONFERENCE

WEBSITE
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=node/1104
UPV Gandia
GANDIA, SPAIN
APRIL 14-16, 2010
Organized by
ETI
Sponsored by
EUROSIS
Ghent University

Aim

The conference aim of the European Concurrent Engineering Conference, ECEC'2010 is to provide European Researchers with a forum, where they can discuss the latest developments linked to concurrent engineering focused on European research projects. ECEC'2010 aims to identify the progress that has been made in Concurrent Engineering/Lean Manufacturing over the last year. A special focus of the ECEC'2010 will be the influence of Open Concurrent Design Server and the new directions in Lean Manufacturing. The ECEC helps the dissemination of information and exploitation of results from the research and technical development and provides a forum for the exchange of experiences in developing and implementing CE based solutions across the wide spectrum of manufacturing and engineering industries. The conference is targeted at industrial enterprises, industrial associations, universities and research institutes.

Who should attend

The conference will be of direct benefit to process, production, design or development managers in manufacturing, strategic directors, quality managers and technical directors. The conference will also be of interest to industrial and academic researchers.

Conference Themes

The 17th Annual European Concurrent Engineering Conference 2010 is structured around the following ten major topics: (To submit a paper click on the links below)

 

1 E-Business in CE

  • 1.1 Organizational influences of e-business
  • 1.2 B2B business models for inter-organizational CE
  • 1.3 Migration to e-business based CE
  • 1.4 E-business applications for CE
  • 1.5 B2B portals for CE
  • 1.6 Emerging standards (e.g. XML, UML)
  • 1.7 E-Procurement, E-Supply, E-Engineering, ....

2 Organisation and management

  • 2.1 Principles of CE
  • 2.2 Multi-disciplined team-working and project team organisation
  • 2.3 Global lean product development and international collaboration
  • 2.4 Life-cycle cost and quality
  • 2.5 Business process re-engineering and outsourcing
  • 2.6 Supply chain management
  • 2.7 Measurement of profitability by the introduction of CE

3 Supporting technologies

  • 3.1 Digital mock-up
  • 3.2 Virtual prototyping
  • 3.3 Rapid prototyping
  • 3.4 Synthetic environments and simulation on the factory floor
  • 3.5 Reverse engineering
  • 3.6 Assembly and disassembly
  • 3.7 High precision manufacturing
  • 3.8 Intelligent Manufacturing
  • 3.8 Sensor and robot assisted machining

4.Formal Methods, Techniques and Design

  • 4.1 Quality Function Deployment
  • 4.2 Total Quality Management
  • 4.3 Global Optimization Techniques and Hybrid Approaches
  • 4.4 Lean design, Value Driven Design, Knowledge Driven Design

5.Engineering of Embedded Systems

  • 5.1 HW/SW C-Design
  • 5.2 System Development Process
  • 5.3 Specification Languages

6 Engineering data management and information modeling

  • 6.1 Integration of geometrical data and product definition
  • 6.2 Product data interchange (PDI) and standards
  • 6.3 Data handling, distribution and transformation
  • 6.4 Data version control and management
  • 6.5 Corporate technical memory
  • 6.6 Design rationale and intent
  • 6.7 Concurrent Design Model CDF-IDM
  • 6.8 Open Concurrent Design Server

7 Engineering Process Management and Modelling

  • 7.1 Process planning in continuous, discrete and hybrid processes
  • 7.2 Process modeling, monitoring and control
  • 7.3 Diagnostics and maintenance
  • 7.4 Automated inspection and quality control
  • 7.5 Production planning, scheduling and control
  • 7.6 CE metrics
  • 7.7 CE process planning, scheduling and simulation
  • 7.8 Workflow-management in CE
  • 7.9 Project and team coordination

8 Collaborative CE environments for virtual teams

  • 8.1 Cooperative problem solving
  • 8.2 CSCW methods and tools
  • 8.3 Information and application sharing
  • 8.4 Computer-based video and audio conferencing and consulting using Smart Boards
  • 8.5 Conflict resolution techniques
  • 8.6 Constraint management
  • 8.7 Negotiation, blackboard and agent-based architecture
  • 8.8 CORBA based environments and integrated frameworks
  • 8.9 Architectures for building CE systems
  • 8.10 CE languages and tools
  • 8.11 Distributed computing environments
  • 8.12 WWW based CE systems
  • 8.13 Mobile CE systems
  • 8.14 Networking and Distribution in CE
  • 8.15 Set Based Concurrent Engineering

9 CE Enhanced Lean Manufacturing

  • 9.1 Work Standardization
  • 9.2 5S Workplace Organization
  • 9.3 Visual Controls
  • 9.4 Batch Size Reduction
  • 9.5 Points of Use Storage
  • 9.6 Quality at the Source
  • 9.7 Workflow Practice
  • 9.8 Improved Information and Product Flow
  • 9.9 Cellular Manufacturing
  • 9.10 Pull & Synchronous Scheduling
  • 9.11 Six Sigma & Total Quality
  • 9.12 Rapid Setup
  • 9.13 Work Teams for Cell Management & Process Improvement
  • 9.14 Simplified scheduling and Kanban inventory management (the Toyota Model)
  • 9.15 Lean PD Assessment Tools

10 Practical applications and experiences

  • 10.1 Practical solutions
  • 10.2 Systematic guide-lines
  • 10.3 Pitfalls and success stories
  • 10.4 Case studies, pilot projects and experiments in aerospace, shipbuilding etc..

Open Concurrent Design Server Workshop

The OCDS is an initiative of the European Space Agency, www.esa.int. The OCDS provides the building blocks of a Concurrent, Collaborative and Distributed Engineering for the Space Industry, using Open Standards Information Models and Reference Libraries.

The OCDS is the vehicle to distribute ESA’s CDF (www.esa.int/cdf )Concurrent Design methodology and a set of tools to the Space industry, organisations and academia. At the same time it distributes an open data exchange standard for early phase space system engineering and design activities described in the ECSS-TN-10-25.

The OCDS helps the European Space Community to:
* Increase Data Management Capabilities, including Life Cycle Data Management
* Support the information longevity objective
* Achieve a hardware and software independent solution
* Optimise the design process
* Consolidate Design Models in a repository based on open standards
* Improve communication to Contractors and partners, using Open and publicly available standards (e.g. ISO, ECSS, ….)
* Streamline the communications to other ESA corporate applications using model based integration
* Connect data to product assurance (PA/QA) activities.

TUTORIALS

Tutorials can be proposed in the following three categories:
T1- Introductory tutorials
T2- State of the Art Tutorials
T3- Software and Modelware Tutorials
Tutorial proposals should be emailed to Philippe.Geril@eurosis.org

POSTER SESSION

The poster session only features work in progress. Next to the actual poster presentation, these submissions also feature as short papers in the Proceedings.

STUDENTS SESSION
This session is for students who want to present their work in progress or part of their doctoral thesis as a paper. Student papers are denoted by the fact that only the name of the student appears on the paper as an author. They are published as short papers in the Proceedings.

DIVERSE ACTIVITIES
For demonstrations or video sessions, please contact EUROSIS. Special session will be set up for vendor presentations in coordination with the scientific program. User Group meetings for simulation languages and tools can be organised the day before the conference. If you would like to arrange a meeting, please contact the Conference Chairs. We will be happy to provide a meeting room and other necessary equipment.

Exhibition
There will be a special exhibition section for universities and non-profit organisations, and a special section for publishers and commercial stands.
If you would like to take part in this exhibition please contact EUROSIS for a full price schedule and stand layout.

Deadlines and Requirements
DECEMBER 20, 2009 (EARLY BIRD SUBMISSION)
JANUARY 25, 2010 (SUBMISSION DATE)
FEBRUARY 5, 2010 (LATE SUBMISSION)
Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent in the period
FEBRUARY 15, 2010
Camera-Ready Copies:
MARCH 20, 2010
All EUROSIS Proceedings are indexed by ISI-THOMSON and INSPEC
REGISTRATION FEES
Registration Authors EUROSIS Other
Fees Members Participants
Pre-Reg
before 495 Euro 495 Euro 555 Euro
March 20, 2010
Reg after Pre-
March 20, 2010 registration 535 Euro 595 Euro
Required
Registration fees should preferably be paid in EUROs, but can
also be paid in the equivalent amount of US$.. Payment is possible by Creditcard.The registration fee includes one copy of the Conference Proceedings, coffee and tea during the breaks, all lunches, a welcome cocktail, the conference dinner and conference visit.

Author Registration
Authors are expected to register early (at a reduced fee) and to attend the conference at their own expense to present the accepted papers.
Without early registration and payment, the paper will not be published in the Conference Proceedings. Each registration covers one presentation.

PAPER SUBMISSION TYPES

FULL PAPER (including abstract, conclusions, diagrams, references, at least five pages, double column)
During review, the submitted full papers can be accepted as a regular 5 page paper. If excellent, full papers can be accepted by the program committee as an extended (8-page) paper. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the International Program Committee.

EXTENDED ABSTRACT (at least five pages, single column)
Participants may also submit a 5 page extended abstract for a regular (5 pages) or short (3 pages) paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the ECEC'2010 Conference Proceedings.

SHORT ABSTRACT (at least three pages)
Participants may also submit a 3 page abstract for a short paper or poster, which will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the ECEC'2010 Conference Proceedings.

ONE PAGE ABSTRACTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

Refereeing and Camera-ready papers
The notification of acceptance or rejection, in combination with suggestions to improve the paper, will be sent by FEBRUARY 15, 2010.
Along with the notification of acceptance, an author kit with complete instructions for preparing a camera-ready copy for the Proceedings will be sent to authors of accepted abstracts or drafts. The camera-ready copy of the papers must be in by MARCH 20, 2010. In order to guarantee a high-quality conference, the camera-ready papers will be checked as well, to check see the suggestions of the program committee have been incorporated.

VENUE

The ECEC'2010 will be co-located with the EUROMEDIA 2010/FUBUTEC 2010 conferences. Paying registration for either one of the conferences allows you to visit sessions from all three conferences.
The conference itself is held at UPV Gandia, Gandia, Spain
http://www.upv.es/entidades/EPSG/indexi.html
http://www.gandia.org/web/guest;jsessionid=30544D2350B1AF629DC968DF1ABBB4A6

CONFERENCE VISIT & Dinner

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