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                     WORK-IN-PROGRESS SESSION
                         CALL FOR PAPERS
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  6th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems
                 June 27-30, 2006, Torino, Italy
                            WFCS 2006
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Conference web site:  http://wfcs2006.ieiit.cnr.it/
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The work-in-progress session of the 6th IEEE International Workshop on
Factory Communication Systems will be devoted to the presentation of
recent ideas and new and ongoing works on the workshop topics
presented below, with the prime goal of providing an opportunity to
discuss evolving ideas and gather feedback from the factory
communications community.

Contributions to the work-in-progress session of the 6th IEEE
International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems are sought;
contributors will be asked to give a short presentation of their work
and to prepare a poster for the discussion forum that will be held
after the presentations.  Moreover, accepted submissions will be
included in the workshop proceedings.

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WORKSHOP TOPICS:
  Fieldbus networks               Real-time communication and apps
  Industrial Ethernet networks    Web-based communication and apps 
  IP-based networks               Distributed application platforms
  Industrial wireless networks    Safety and security in ind. comms
  Automotive networks             Fault-tolerance in ind. comms
  Embedded systems and networks   Config. tools and network mgt.
  Building automation networks    Internetworking & interoperability
  Wireless sensor networks        Case studies 

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SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
  Submissions must be sent as camera-ready, PDF papers, formatted
  according to the conference style guides/templates and not
  exceeding 4 pages, through the conference electronic submission
  system.  For further details, please consult the conference web
  pages.

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IMPORTANT DATES
  Deadline for submission of WIP papers:              March 31, 2006
  Notification of acceptance:                         April 21, 2006
  Deadline for submission of WIP final manuscripts:      May 2, 2006

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WORKSHOP CHAIRMEN
                                
HONORARY CO-CHAIRMEN:
  Guy Juanole, LAAS-CNRS and Univ. de Paul Sabatier, France
  Jean-Pierre Thomesse, Inst. Nat. Polytechnique de Lorraine, France

GENERAL CO-CHAIRMEN:
  Adriano Valenzano, IEIIT-CNR, Italy
  Josep M. Fuertes, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRMEN:
  Richard Zurawski, ISA Group, USA
  Thilo Sauter, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRMEN:
  Gianluca Cena, IEIIT-CNR, Italy
  Francisco Vasques, University of Porto, Portugal 

INDUSTRY DAY AND PANEL DISCUSSION CO-CHAIRMEN:
  Stefano Vitturi, IEIIT-CNR, Italy
  Martin Wollschlaeger, TU Dresden, Germany

WIP CO-CHAIRMEN:
  Ivan Cibrario Bertolotti, IEIIT-CNR, Italy
  Christer Norström, Mälardalen University, Sweden

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
  Luca Durante (Chair), IEIIT-CNR, Italy
  Enrico Gennaro, ANIPLA-Torino, Italy
  Marco Cereia, IEIIT-CNR, Italy

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