Special Sessions
Proposals are sought from those wishing to organize a special session. A special session consists of five or six papers, which should present a unifying theme from a diversity of viewpoints.
The session organizer should submit an electronic version (pdf file) of the session proposal to Prof. Mingcong Deng before June 20, 2016, but the deadline of the full paper submission will be July 10, 2016, to the special session chair and the chair will send the session papers to before July 15, 2016.
Notification of acceptance will be sent to the corresponding authors by August 1, 2016. Submission of camera-ready copy will be September 1, 2016. Each proposal for an invited session should describe the theme and scope of the proposed session. The proposal must contain the title and theme of the session and a list of paper titles, names, and email address of the corresponding authors. If you don't have enough papers (less than five or six papers), please also send your proposal to us, and we will recommend the relevant papers to you.
Currently, the following special sessions will be proposed.
- Special Session on Renewable Sources of Energy is organised by Prof. Zong Xiao Yang (Institute of Systems and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology) and Prof. Gen Sheng Li (Institute of Systems and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology).
- Special Session on Advanced Intelligent Control in Robotics and Mechatronics is organised by Prof. Luige Vladareanu (Head of Robotics and Mechatronics Department, Romanian Academy, Institute of Solid Mechanics) and Prof. Hongnian Yu (Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology, Staffordshire University).
- Special Session on Advanced Control Systems Design - Theory and Applications is organised by Dr. Shin Wakitani (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) and Dr. Takao Sato (Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo).
- Special Session on Nonlinear Control and Its Application in Industrial Automation is organised by Prof. Shuhui Bi (Institute of Automation, Shandong Academy of Science, China).
Invited Sessions:
- ESP research and education at Japanese universities of science and engineering in Japan organized by Prof. Jie Shi (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)