IECON 14

Call for
Papers





Honorary Co-Chairs
Hiromasa Haneda, Japan
David Irwin, USA

General Co-Chairs
Babak Fahimi, USA
Grard-Andr Capolino,
France

Technical Program Co-Chairs
Aldo Boglietti, Italy
Chandan Chakraborty, India
Chris Edrington, USA
Maryam Saeedifard, USA

Tutorials Co-Chairs
Leila Parsa, USA
Carlo Cecati, Italy
Xinghuo Yu, Australia

Special Sessions Co-Chairs
Franck Betin, France
Mahesh Krisnamurthy, USA
Emil Levi, UK

Exhibition Co-Chairs
Kamal Al-Haddad, Canada
Richard Grisel, France
Victor Huang, USA

Web & Information Co-Chairs
Aleksander Malinowski, USA
Milos Manic, USA

Publication Co-Chairs
Andres Nogueiras, Spain
Humberto Henao, France

Finance Co-Chairs
John Hung, USA
Terry Martin, USA

International Publicity
Marcian Cirstea, UK
Luis Gomes, Portugal
Yousef Ibrahim, Australia
Richard Grisel, France
Mahesh Krishnamurthy, USA
Behrooz Mirafzal, USA
Kyoshi Ohishi, Japan
Marcelo Perez, Chile
Sheldon Williamson, Canada

International Advisory Board
Kamal Al-Haddad, Canada
Mo-Yuen Chow, USA
Carlos Couto, Portugal
Leopoldo Garcia-Franquelo,
Spain
John Hung, USA
Ren C. Luo, Taiwan
Peter Palensky, Austria
Bogdan Wilamowski, USA
Xinghuo Yu, Australia

IECON'2014 is an international conference on industrial electronics applications of computational/artificial
intelligence, computer networks, control, instrumentation, internet & multimedia technologies,
mechatronics/robotics, MEMS, power, sensors & actuators, signal & image processing and systems integration. The
main objective of the conference is to provide high quality research and professional interactions for the
advancement of science and technology. Papers with new research results are encouraged for submission. Topics of
interest include but are not limited to:

Applied control systems and computational intelligence (TPC-1): Adaptive systems - Advanced control techniques -
Applied optimization - Artificial intelligence - Distributed control - Estimation, observation and identification
techniques - Fuzzy logic - Genetic algorithms - Intelligent control - Network-based control - Neural networks - Non-
linear systems - Remote control - Specific control hardware & software.

Electrical machines and drives (TPC-2): Condition monitoring and diagnosis - Design-oriented aspects - Drives
control techniques - Drives topologies - Fault-tolerant drives - Inductive energy transfer - Linear drives - Magnetic
levitation - Measurements and testing - Modelling & simulation - Motors and generators - Small machines - Special
machines - Thermal, acoustic noise and vibration aspects - Transformers and coils.

Power electronics (TPC-3): EMI/EMC issues - Fault-tolerant converters - High frequency links - Modelling &
simulation - Multilevel converters - Power electronics control techniques - Power electronics converters - Power
electronics devices - Power electronics for power management - Power quality - Soft switching techniques - UPS,
power filters and VAR compensators.

Renewable energy systems (TPC-4): Biomass energy - Co-generation - Energy harvesting - Energy storage -
Geothermal energy - Green power - Hydro power - Integrated renewable systems - Maximum Power Point Tracking
(MPPT) - Ocean energy - Solar power - Sustainability - Wave energy - Wind power.

Sensors, actuators and MEMS (TPC-5): Electronic instrumentation - FPGA-based systems - Integrated optics and
related technologies - Intelligent sensors/actuators - Micro-actuators - Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) -
Micro-nano technology - Micro-sensors - Multi-sensor fusion - - RF systems integration - Systems on Chip (SoC).

Applied signal and image processing (TPC-6): Computer vision - Digital signal processing techniques - DSP
implementation - Image processing - Multimedia applications - Remote sensing - Speech processing - Virtual reality
systems.

Industrial Informatics and manufacturing automation (TPC-7): Building automation - Cloud computing -
Communication systems - Distributed systems - Flexible manufacturing systems - Home automation - Human-
computer interactions - Intelligent manufacturing systems - Logistics - Manufacturing automation - Multi-agent
systems - Process automation - Pervasive computing - Resilient systems.

Mechatronics and robotics (TPC-8): Agent-based control - Autonomous mobile robots - Complex electro-
mechanical systems - Industrial, service and biomedical robots - Humanoid robots - Human-robot interface -
Intelligent actuators - Intelligent systems - Mechatronics systems - MEMS devices - MEMS sensors - Multi-robot
teams - Vision-based robots.
Transportation Electrification (TPC-9): Batteries and ultracapacitors, electric vehicles, energy storage systems,
automotive power electronics and motor drives, EV/grid/renewable energy charging infrastructures, EV fast
charging, wireless charging, inductive power transfer, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) power flow, railway traction, aircraft
propulsion systems, and fuel cell vehicles.
Energy Storage Systems (TPC-10): Batteries and ultracapacitors, hybrid energy storage systems, EV charging
infrastructure, fast charging.

Submission of papers: Authors are kindly requested to submit full provisional papers, previously unpublished and
relevant to the Conference topics complying with the following rules: English language, PDF format IEEEXplore-
compatible, limitation to 7 full pages, including paper title, authors names and affiliations, figures, references and
authors bios (maximum size 2MB). Accurate instructions about preparation and submission of full provisional
papers (template provided) could be found in the conference website.



Authors schedule: Deadline for submission of special session papers April 10, 2014
Deadline for submission of papers April 10, 2014
Notification of acceptance June 1, 2014
Deadline for submission of final manuscripts June 30, 2014