SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

ECEC'2014
21st Annual European Concurrent Engineering Conference

ECEC'2014
April 28-30, 2014

Novotel
Bruges, Belgium
For more info see:
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=node/2678

Dear Colleague,

This is a reminder that the submission period for ECEC'2014 starts JANUARY 15th which is NEXT WEEK and ends FEBRUARY 10TH.

Keynotes for ECEC'2014 are:

Modular SkyScrapers for MegaCities
Hans Degraeuwe, Degraeuwe Consulting NV, Belgium

Education Concepts for promoting Concurrent Engineering
Ioan Dumitrache, Romanian Academy of Sciences, Bucharest, Romania

Social Programme

The social programme (next to the dinner) will consist of:
a boat tour of Bruges
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/2693
and a visit to Ypres
http://www.toerisme-ieper.be/en/home.html
and to its In Flanders Field Museum
http://www.inflandersfields.be/en
in remembrance of World War One

Topics

A quick reminder of the topics for ECEC'2014
[ ] e-Business in CE
[ ] Organization and Management
[ ] Supporting Technologies
[ ] Formal Methods, Techniques and Design
[ ] Engineering of Embedded Systems
[ ] Engineering data management and information modeling
[ ] Engineering process management and simulation
[ ] Collaborative CE environments for virtual teams
[ ] CE Enhanced Lean Manufacturing
[ ] Practical applications and experiences
[ ] Factory Planning and Control for SME's
[ ] Data-Driven Tradespace Exploration and Analysis
[ ] Digital Direct Manufacturing
[ ] 3D Printing
[ ] Patient Centered Health Care with Meaningful Use of IT
[ ] Poster Session
[ ] Student Session
[ ] Tutorials
[ ] Exhibition
Conference Committee
General Conference Chair

Nicolae Vasiliu, POLITEHNICA University, Bucharest, Romania
Past Conference Chair

David Cobham, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Local Programme Committee

Nicolae Vasiliu, Prof., PhD / DIGITAL SERVOS
Daniela Vasiliu, Prof., PhD / AMESIM
Radu Puhalschi, Ass. Prof., PhD / HIL
Bogdan Mihalescu, Ass. Prof., PhD / VIRTUAL LAB
Vlad Zileriu, PhDs, National Instruments Romania / SCADA IN POWER SYSTEMS
Mihai Stremtan, PhDs, National Instruments Romania / WIND POWER CONTROL
Florin Radoi, PhDs, Parker Hannifin Romania / HYDROSTATIC TRANSMISSIONS CONTROL
Honorary Chair

Uwe Baake, Vice President, Daimler AG, Germany
Track Chairs

1.E-Business in CE
Chimay J. Anumba, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
Heiko Duin, BIBA, Bremen, Germany
Yo-Ping Huang, Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan

2.Organization and Management
Abdelmalek Benzekri, IRIT, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Iris Graessler, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany

3.Supporting Technologies
Ricardo Goncalves, Univ. Nova de Lisboa, UNINOVA, Caparica, Portugal .
Sarka Kvetonova, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

4.Engineering Process Management and Modelling
Antonio Carvalho Brito, FEUP, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Imed Kacem, University of Technology of Troyes, Troyes, France
Carlo Meloni, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
Roberto Montemanni, IDSIA, Manno, Switzerland
Maurizio Palesi, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Christian Andreas Schumann, University of Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany

5.Embedded Systems
Petr Hanacek, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
Jose Machado, University do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Stefano Marrone, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy .
Michael G. Salloker, FH JOANNEUM Gesellschaft mbH, Kapfenberg, Kapfenberg, Austria .

6.Engineering Data Management and Information Modeling
Uwe Baake, Daimler Buses, Evobus GmbH, Neu-Ulm, Germany
Joachim Herbst, Daimler AG, Research and Technology, Ulm, Germany
Jiri Vondrich, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

7.Formal Methods, Design and Simulation
Mauro Iacono, Seconda Universita di Napoli, Caserta, Italy
Yan Luo, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA
Stefano Marrone, Seconda Universita di Napoli, Caserta, Italy
Rachel Moreau, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

8.Collaborative CE environments for virtual teams
Khalil Drira, LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex, France
Paul Stratil, Stuttgart, Germany
Roman V. Yampolskiy, University of Louisville, Louisville, USA

9.CE Enhanced Lean Manufacturing
Christian Hillbrand, V-Research GmbH, Dornbirn, Austria
Jean-Claude Hochon, AIRBUS, Blagnac, France .
Rik Van Landeghem, Ghent University, Zwijnaarde, Belgium .
Rob Walker, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United Kingdom

10.Practical Applications and Experiences
James Gao, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, United Kingdom
Irfan Manarvi, Center of Advanced Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan
Florin Pop, University POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

11.Factory Planning and Control for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME’s)
Sílvio do Carmo Silva, University of Minho, Portugal
Luís António Nunes Lourenço, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Paulo J.S. Gonçalves, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
Nuno O. Fernandes, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
António M. Fernandes, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
Veronique Limere, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

12.Digital Direct Manufacturing
Philippe Geril, ETI, Ostend, Belgium
Peter K. K. Loh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

13.Patient Centered Health Care with Meaningful Use of IT
Gurdev Singh, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA

Student Session

Prof Algirdas Pakstas, London Metropolitan University, London, UK

Poster & Tutorial Chair

Francisco Reinaldo, FEUP, Porto, Portugal

Regards
Philippe
	

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