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                         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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FOCUS ON:

- Real-time and Dependability in Industrial Communication Systems: 
  message scheduling; task allocation; fault-tolerant communication;
  performance analysis; safety and security issues.

- Vertical Integration in Industrial Communication Systems: 
  web-based setup, maintenance, and configuration; transparency vs.
  security; data-flow management; internetworking; hybrid 
  wired/wireless industrial infrastructures.

- Information and Communication Technology in Automation: 
  system design; distributed objects, components and web frameworks;
  mobile computing; network computing; client/server computing; 
  modelling and specification techniques; formal methods.

- Recent advances in research domains with similar requirements:
  networked control systems; wireless sensor networks; building 
  automation networks; automotive and train-control networks; 
  distributed real-time embedded systems.

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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
  Papers are to be submitted electronically.
  For further details, please consult the conference web pages.

AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE
  Deadline for submission of regular papers:        January 10, 2006
  Notification of acceptance of regular papers:       March  1, 2006
  Deadline for submission of WIP papers:              March 20, 2006
  Deadline for submission of final manuscripts:       April 20, 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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