case 2012

Successful organizers are requested to make further actions for proper handling of proposed session through the paperplaza system. Please go to "Initial submission" from the CASE 2012 homepage. There, organizers are asked to fill in several pieces of information to upload their special session proposals. While submitting session proposals, organizers are advised to provide missing information (if any) or revise session description properly for subsequent release through the web. When completed proposal submission, organizers will receive an alphanumeric code which should be shared with the people that organizers want to invite to submit papers to the corresponding proposed session. (The identification code should be entered when authors of the accepted special sessions submit their manuscripts.)

Please remind that all special session papers go through the same reviewing process as regular contributed papers. So, we want organizers to encourage the authors of their special sessions to meet the technical quality of CASE (which is approximately 50% of acceptance).

Call for Proposal

Special sessions will be organized in the technical program of IEEE CASE 2012. Each special session is expected to consist of at least 5 papers about topics from multiple viewpoints with unifying themes in the emerging technologies, industry and government initiatives in automation such as, but not limited to, Automation in Semiconductor/Display Manufacturing, Low Carbon Green Technology and Automation, Automotive Manufacturing, Automation in Service Industries, and Automation in Heavy Industries.

Proposals are due November 30, 2011. The one to two-page proposal should contain a clear and concise description of the following elements:

Title of the session
Names and contact information for all organizers (affiliation, mailing address, e-mail, URL, phone/fax number)
A brief summary of the session: objective and relevance to the conference themes
Contributing authors (anticipated or confirmed – names and affiliations) and tentative paper titles

Please submit the proposal to the Special Session Chair, Prof. Changsoo Han, via e-mail at by November 30, 2011. Notification of acceptance will be communicated via e-mail on January 10, 2012. All special session papers should be submitted for the regular review process no later than March 10 (new deadline), 2012.