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* Deadline for submission of regular & special sessions papers: March 5, 2017 *
* Deadline for submission of Work-in-Progress papers: March 12, 2017 *

CALL FOR REGULAR, SPECIAL SESSIONS, & WORK-IN-PROGRESS PAPERS
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Sponsors: IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (requested), Norwegian University
of Science and Technology, Norway, and SINTEF, Norway

WFCS 2017 - the Conference

Factory Communication Systems
13th IEEE International Workshop
May 31 - June 2, 2017, Trondheim, Norway

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Web site: http://www.wfcs2017.org
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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.
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FOCUS

- Real-time and Dependability in Industrial Communication Systems:
message scheduling; task allocation; fault-tolerant communication;
performance analysis; safety and security issues; synchronization.

- System Integration in Industrial Automation Systems:
vertical and life-cycle aspects; data-flow management; internetworking;
web-based setup, maintenance, and configuration; transparency vs. security;
hybrid wired/wireless industrial infrastructures; M2M communication,
Plug-and-Work and self-mechanisms.

- Information and Communication Technology in Automation:
system design; component-based systems, web frameworks; mobile computing;
cloud computing, service-oriented architectures (SoA); formal methods;
modeling and specification techniques; Internet of Things (IoT)/Internet of
Services.

- Recent advances in research domains with similar technical requirements:
networked control systems; wireless sensor networks; distributed real-time
embedded systems; smart grid communications and building automation
networks; automotive and train-control networks.


FOR TOPICS SEE THE CONFERENCE WEB SITE
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General Co-Chairs:
Stig Petersen, SINTEF ICT, Norway
Richard Zurawski, ISA Group, USA

Program Committee Chairs:
Luca Durante, CNR – IEIIT, Italy
Luis Lino Ferreira, ISEP, Porto, Portugal

Work-in-Progress Chairs:
Zoubir Mammeri, Univ. Toulouse, France
Amuund Skavhaug, Norwegian Univ. Science & Tech.

Special Sessions Chairs:
Max Felser, Berner Fachhochschule, Switzerland
Marek Miskowicz, AGH Univ. Science & Tech., Poland

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SUBMISSIONS: Two types of submissions are solicited.
Long Papers – limited from 8 to 10 double column pages in a font not smaller
than 10 points.
Work-in-Progress and Industry practice papers – limited to 4 double column
pages in a font not smaller than 10 points.

** FOR SUBMISSION DETAILS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS SEE THE CONFERENCE WEB SITE **
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CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail: contact@wfcs2017.org
Phone: +47-93-00-3112
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Web site: http://www.wfcs2017.org
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* Deadline for submission of regular & special sessions papers: March 5, 2017 *
* Deadline for submission of Work-in-Progress papers: March 12, 2017 *

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