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Advisory Committee
Jorge Angeles, McGill University
David M. Auslander, Univ. of California, Berkeley
Kevin C. Craig, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Krishna C. Gupta, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
C. S. George Lee, Purdue University
Ren C. Luo, National Taiwan University
Bahram Ravani, Univ. of California, Davis
T. J. Tarn, Washington University
Masayoshi Tomizuka, U. of California, Berkeley
Feiyue Wang, Univ. of Arizona & Chinese Academy of Sciences
General Chair
Harry H. Cheng, Univ. of California, Davis, USA
Program Chair
YangQuan Chen, Utah State University, Logan, USA
Chair of the Honors and Awards Committee
Zuomin Dong, University of Victoria, Canada
Executive Secretariat Contact E-Mail
09mesa@gmail.com
Symposia and Symposium Chairs
| Automation and Robotics in Environmental and Agricultural Applications
| | Chair: Uriel A. Rosa, University of California, Davis
| | Topics:
| | Precision Agriculture
| | GPS
| | Embedded Sensing and Harvesting Systems
| | Environmental and Agricultural Monitoring Systems
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| Autonomous Systems and Ambient Intelligence
| | Chair: Hyo-Sung Ahn, Gwangju Institute of Science & Tech., Korea
| | Topics:
| | Autonomous Systems
| | Reinforcement Learning
| | Multi-Agent Systems
| | Teleoperation, Coordination & Distributed Control Systems
| | Indoor Localization
| | Wireless Sensor Networks
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| Bio-Mechatronics and Bio-Sensors
| | Chair: Lei Zuo, SUNY Stonybrook, USA
| | Chair: Shane Xie, Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand
| | Topics:
| | Bio-Mechatronic System Design, Modelling, Simulation and Control
| | Biomedical and Biomimetic Robotics
| | Biomechanical Systems and Devices
| | Orthotics and Prosthetic Devices
| | Artificial Organs (Muscle, Arm, Leg, Kidney, Heart, Lung, etc.)
| | Human-Machine Interfaces
| | Bio-Sensors
| | Health Monitoring and Diagnosis
| | Bio Instrumentation
| | Biopharma Automation
| | Mechatronic s Technologies in Medicine and Biology
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| Cyber-Physical System
| | Chair: YangQuan Chen, Utah State Univ., USA
| | Chair: Xiaoqi Chen, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
| | Topics:
| | Human-centric Cyber-Physical Systems
| | Enabling embedded components
| | New mission scenarios
| | Cooperative Sensing policy
| | Cooperative Actuation policy
| | Mobility (e.g. mobile sensors and mobile actuators)
| | Information sharing and agreement
| | Random delay effects and communication management
| | Virtualization and virtual organization (VO)
| | Complexity measures
| | Multi-scale analysis of CPS
| | Scale-free network structure
| | Applications (environmental, ecological etc.)
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| Embedded Softcomputing
| | Chair: Riccardo Caponetto, Universita~R degli Studi di Catania, Italy
| | Topics:
| | Electrical home appliances
| | Home robots
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| Embedded System Infrastructure and Theory
| | Chair: Martin Horauer, U. of Applied Sci. Tech. Vienna, Austria
| | Topics:
| | Design and Validation of Embedded Systems
| | Models of Embedded Computation and Formal Methods
| | Networked Embedded Systems
| | System-on-Chip and Network-on-Chip Design
| | Hardware/Software Co-design
| | Power-aware Design Issues
| | Real-Time Issues
| | Operating System & Middleware Support
| | Software Architectures for Embedded Systems
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| Learning Control and Diagnosis in Mechatronic Systems
| | Chair: Wen Chen, Wayne State University, USA
| | Topics:
| | Survey of recent development of ILC
| | ILC applied to various engineering systems
| | Implementation and experiment of ILC
| | Linear ILC
| | Nonlinear ILC
| | ILC in frequency domain
| | Discrete-time ILC
| | Optimal ILC or parameter optimization ILC
| | Repetitive learning control
| | Observer-based ILC
| | Synthesized ILC with other control strategies
| | ILC with actuator faults (dead zone, actuation, freeze, stuck etc.)
| | ILC with sensor faults
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| Mechatronics Control and Electrical Vehicles
| | Chair: Chengbin Ma, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.
| | Topics:
| | Advanced mechatronic control (software-/hardware-based)
| | Analysis, modeling and simulation of mechatronic control system
| | Nonlinearity compensation in mechatronics
| | Mechatronics in advanced manufacturing
| | Mechatronic control in new energy systems
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| Mechatronic and Embedded System Applications
| | Chair: Primo Zingaretti, U. of Politechnica dell Marche, Italy
| | Topics:
| | Challenges, requirements, model problems, and constraints associated with various application domains
| | Use of mechatronic and embedded technologies in meeting particular system requirements, performance, scalability, reliability, and security
| | Assessments of mechatronic and embedded technologies for particular application domains
| | Technology transition lessons learned
| | Applications in intelligent transportation systems
| | Applications in intelligent manufacturing and automation systems
| | Applications in underwater, flying and aerospace systems
| | Applications in medical systems
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| Mechatronic and Embedded Systems in Education
| | Chair: Lili Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology
| | Topics:
| | Mechatronics Education
| | Embedded System Education
| | Curriculum Development
| | Lab Development
| | Online Learning Environment
| | Collaborative Learning Modules
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| Robotics and Mobile Machines
| | Chair: Xianwen Kong, Heriot-Watt University, UK
| | Topics:
| | Novel robots
| | Biomedical devices
| | Man-machine interface and applications
| | Micro robots
| | Reconfigurable robots
| | Underwater robots and swimming robots
| | Aerial and space robots
| | Mobile robots and applications.
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| Sensors and MEMS
| | Chair: Ja Choon Koo, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
| | Topics:
| | Analysis, modeling and simulation
| | MEMS and NEMS
| | Sensor design, integration and fusion
| | Sensor networks
| | Actuator networks
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| Sensor Networks
| | Chair: Bo Chen, Michigan Technological University, USA
| | Topics:
| | Network architecture and protocols
| | Software platforms and development tools
| | Self-organization, scalability, and synchronization
| | Routing and data dissemination
| | Quality of service
| | Energy conservation and management
| | Data processing, storage and management
| | Security and privacy
| | Network planning, provisioning, and deployment
| | Ad-hoc and mobile sensor networks
| | Multi-tier sensor networks
| | Bio-inspired sensor networks
| | Sensor networks for Green applications
| | Developments and applications
| | Integration with other systems
| | Network simulation and platforms
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| Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technologies & Applications
| | Chair: YangQuan Chen, Utah State University, USA
| | Chair: Holger Voos, Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten, Germany
| | Topics:
| | Fixed wing small UAV technologies
| | Rotary wing small UAV technologies
| | Quadrotor small UAV technologies
| | Low cost UAV platforms
| | Low cost IMU and autopilot development
| | Vision-based navigation for small UAVs
| | Multi-UAV cooperative navigation and cooperative control
| | Small UAV software architectures
| | Small UAV as flying sensors and applications
| | Student UAV competitions
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Important Dates
| February 27, 2009:
| Abstract, Proposal for Special Session
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| February 27, 2009:
| Full paper due
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| April 24, 2009:
| Author Notification of Acceptance
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| April 24, 2009:
| Submission of 1903 Form (Copyright)
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| May 15, 2009:
| Submission of Final Paper
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| August 30, 2009:
| First day of conference
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| September 2, 2009:
| Last day of conference
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