[unix-ws] CE2001
Franca Giannini
franca at ima.ge.cnr.it
Don Nov 30 19:38:08 CET 2000
Dear colleagues,
Below you find the Call for Papers for the ISPE/CE2001 - Eighth ISPE
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCURRENT ENGINEERING: RESEARCH AND
APPLICATIONS
West Coast Anaheim Hotel, California, USA
July 29 - August 1, 2001
Please, forward this message to colleagues and Emailing lists you know
and you think could be interested to be aware of this event.
Thank you very much for your attention and cooperation.
Franca Giannini
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ISPE/CE2001
Eighth ISPE INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON CONCURRENT
ENGINEERING: RESEARCH AND
APPLICATIONS
West Coast Anaheim Hotel, California, USA
July 29 - August 1, 2001
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
ISPE/CE2001, Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, is a
major forum for the international
scientific exchange of multi-disciplinary and inter-organizational
aspects of concurrent engineering (CE).
The focus is on the use of integrated enterprise processes,
collaborative work, information sharing,
co-locating resources, and integrated frameworks and tools. This
conference addresses research and
applications issues of CE. This information is available at Web page:
http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/ce2001/
CE2001 is sponsored by International Journal of Concurrent Engineering:
Research & Applications (CERA
Journal), the International Society for Productivity Enhancement (ISPE).
CE2001 is hosted by CERA
Institute. Sponsorships from other professional and industrial
organizations are being sought.
Topics of Interest:
Submissions are invited on substantial, original and previously
unpublished research in all life-cycle areas
of product design, engineering and manufacturing, including, but not
limited to:
Project Management in CE: Topics include Enterprise integration,
assessing an organization's
readiness, CE process characterization, workflow tracking and
management, CE assessment models,
planning and scheduling of activities, re-engineering enterprise
processes, CE metrics, barriers to CE,
agile manufacturing, virtual enterprises.
Chair: Dr. Ip-Shing Fan (I.S.Fan at cranfield.ac.uk)
Collaborative Decision Making in CE: Topics include Cooperative work,
web collaboration,
team coordination, Decision Support and Design Assessment, monitoring
progress of product
development, change notification across perspectives, cooperative
problem solving, computer support for
team structure, Project & Team coordination.
Chair: I.R. Reid (I.Reid at shu.ac.uk)
Co-Chair: W. Xu
Internet-based Modeling in CE: Topics include Information modeling and
simulation, integrated
process capture, design intent capture, data version control and
management, PDES/STEP, multi-level
user access, capturing corporate history, enterprise multimedia
notebooks, design rationale, integrated
database and knowledge-base management systems. Extended Enterprise (or
Concurrent Enterprise),
Virtual Enterprise, Internet based Information System, virtual project
and knowledge management.
Chair: Ahmed Al-Ashaab (in6895 at wlv.ac.uk)
Co-Chair: Sobah Abbas Peterson
Collaborative Product Commerce in CE: Topics include supply chain
collaboration,
internet-based commerce, Information sharing, Communication tools,
computer-based video and audio
conferring and consulting, multimedia electronic mail, network-wide
sharing of processes, graphical
collaborative user interfaces for inter-operability, networked
collocation.
Chair: Dr. Ming Lu (MingLLu at hotmail.com)
Co-Chair: Prof. Paul W.H. Chung
Design Technologies in CE: CAD/CAM, Geometric Computing, Distributed
Design platforms,
Collaborative Design, parametric and feature-based modelling,
component-based design, multiple view
representation and communication, design intent representation and
preservation, vague geometry, CAD
data retrieval
Chair: F. Giannini (franca at ima.ge.cnr.it)
Co-Chair: Dr. Jivka Ovtcharova
Networking and Distribution in CE: Topics include Integrated frameworks,
architectures for
building CE systems, Product data Management, CE Languages & Tools,
virtual team support
environments, Tools for multi-media conference on the networks,
Distributed Computing Environment.
Chair: F. Wang (fuwang at cme.nist.gov)
Co-Chair: Xiaoguang Shi
Knowledge Engineering and Management of CE: Topics include, KBE
concepts, KBE
tools and processes, Cost Engineering, Conflict Resolution Techniques,
Constraint Management,
Negotiation. Blackboard and Agent-based architecture, Corporate
Technical Memory. Principles of KM,
integration of design and manufacturing, knowledge-based integration,
emerging KM standards and
practices, design for X, integrated product and process development.
Chair: J. Pokojski (Jpo at simr.pw.edu.pl)
Co-Chair: Chris Rush
CE Education and Training: Challenges in CE education, different models
of training, case
studies.
Chair: V. Thompson (thomson at mecheng.mcgill.ca)
CE - Industrial experience:
Chair: J. Cugy (to be confirmed)
(jean-francois.cugy at dassault-aviation.fr)
Standards in CE:
Methods and Strategies for Modelling and Integration of data using
standards and "de facto" standards,
e.g.STEP/EXPRESS, XML, IDL, UN/EDIFACT,UML...., Use of standards in the
support of development of
Open platforms, Architectures and Toolkits for CE environments and its
link with Electronic Commerce
and Business services, Conformance Testing and Interoperability.
Chair: R. Goncalves (rg at uninova.pt)
Co-Chair: Mr. Ming Liang Lu
CE in Virtual Environment:
Virtual reality means real time simulation. Virtual world (this might be
form CAD data + addition
environmental, tools, machines, people) and behavior model (how the
machine, equipment really work +
human interaction using tracking device, supper gloves, HMD or CAVE
etc.), and test it against the
requirements, Interactive and Immerse simulation.
Chair: P. Ikonomov (pavel at ddd.co.jp)
CE in Construction:
Re-engineering business processes in construction projects,
Business process models, ERP application, Tools and techniques,
Visualization support for collaborative
activities, E-Commerce/E-business, Wireless/Mobile computing
applications in construction projects,
Knowledge management.
Chair: N. Evbuomwan (nosa.evbuomwan at marchFIRST.com)
Co-Chair: Dr Chimay J Anumba
Virtual Prototyping in CE:
Assembly and maintenance simulation within Virtual Environments (VE),
Virtual environment applications
in design and manufacturing, Design reviews, Intuitive interaction
techniques, CAD and geometric
modeling issues, New tools for Virtual Prototyping, Integration of CAD
and VE, VE for engineering
applications, Training simulation.
Chair : Prof. Terrence Fernando (t.fernando at salford.ac.uk)
Co-chair : Prasad Wimalaratne
Virtual Enterprise Engineering in CE
Virtual Organization can be seen as a temporary network of independent
companies, i.e. suppliers,
customers and rivals, linked by IT to share skills, costs and access to
one another market. Topics
include: Enterprise Resource Systems, Supply Chain Management, Customer
Relationship Management,
Advanced Planning and Scheduling, Business to Business, E-business,
Agile Manufacturing, Workflow
Management, Virtual Enterprise.
Chair: Dr. Banaszak (z.banaszak at iiz.pz.zgora.pl)
Co-Chair: Dr. Zaremba
Frameworks for Information Sharing:
This session focuses on issues related to the underlying IT structures
which are needed to provide teams
of decision makers with high quality information on which to base their
decisions. Multi-viewpoint decision
support techniques, Information modelling through the product life
cycle, Language/Ontological
approaches, Combined knowledge and information models, Integrated
frameworks for team based design,
Modelling design history, Compatibility in Product and Process Models.
Chair: B. Young (R.I.Young at lboro.ac.uk)
Co-Chair: Dr. Rick Curran
CE and the Environment:
Implementation of ecodesign in CE, including comparative research; case
studies; organisational aspects
of implementation within a company and its supply chain; studies of
ecodesign effectiveness. Methods,
tools & techniques for Ecodesign, including research and studies of the
development and use of tools to
support ecodesign work. Future directions for ecodesign within CE. Other
topics include Life cycle
engineering, environmentally conscious manufacturing, life-cycle cost
and quality.
Chair: Dr Tracy Bhamra (t.bhamra at cranfield.ac.uk)
Submission and Timetable:
Authors should submit a full draft paper or extended abstract, not
exceeding 7 single spaced pages,
directly to the Session Chairs. If a paper does not fall within the
specified sessions, it should be
submitted to the Conference Program Chair.
Expression of Interest: NOW
Submission of draft paper to session chairs: January 1, 2001
Notification of acceptance: March 30, 2001
Final camera-ready paper submission to session chairs: April 30, 2001
Conference: July 29-August 1, 2001
Conference Proceedings:
Conference Proceedings for CE2001 will be published both in CD-ROM and
will be accessible
electronically over the worldwide web. Only the abstracts of the
accepted paper will be printed in
hard-copy proceeding. The full papers and entire conference proceedings
will also be made available
electronically for download or purchase by Technomic Publishing
Corporation as a part of a CE series
entitled " Advances in CE " with official congress catalog (ISSN)
number.
Journal Publication and Best Paper Award:
Selected expanded papers will be reviewed for inclusion in a special
issue of the international journal,
Concurrent Engineering: Research and Application (CERA). Each year
during the annual dinner, best
paper award and Best Student Paper Award are given to authors of the
papers judged best in five CE
categories: quality, content, originality, relevancy and long-time
research and application values. For
obtaining Information about CERA Journal or best paper award, write to
CERA Managing Editor, Dr. Biren
Prasad.
Conference General Chair:
Dr. Biren Prasad, Director, CERA Institute, P.O. Box 3882, Tustin, CA
92781-3382, USA. Tel: (714)
952-5562/ Fax: (714) 505-0663, Email: prasadb at ugsolutiuons.com or
CE2001 at aol.com
Conference Program Chair:
Dr. Rajkumar Roy, Department of Enterprise Integration, SIMS, Cranfield,
University, Cranfield, Bedford,
MK43 OAL, UK, Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754072 or +44 (0) 1234 750111 Ext. 2423:
Fax: +44 (0)1234 750852,
Email: r.roy at cranfield.ac.uk
International Co-chairs (to be expanded)
Dr. Parisa Ghodous, LIGIM, University of Lyon I, France
Professor Denis Vandorpe, LIGIM, University of Lyon I, France
Dr. Chimay J. Anumba, Loughborough University, UK
Professor Shuichi Fukuda, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology,
Japan
Professor S.N. Dwivedi, University of Louisiana,USA
Dr. Pravir Chawdhry, University of Bath, UK
Professor Hojjat Adeli, Ohio State University, USA
Dr. Subra Ganesan, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA
Dr. I.S. Fan, Cranfield University, UK
Dr. K S Pawar, University of Nottingham, UK
Dr. Marek Zaremba, University of Quebec, Canada
Dr. Michael Sobolewski, GEAE R&D, USA
Prof. Farrokh Mistree, Georgia Tech, USA
Invitation: Those, who would like to serve on the conference committee,
as representative should
contact Dr. Rajkumar Roy or Dr. Biren Prasad at the above address. A
session organizing committee is
being formed. Those interested in organizing CE sessions related to one
or more of the above specialty
areas and wish to chair or co-chair sessions may also contact: Dr.
Parisa Ghodous and Professor Denis
Vandorpe, Dr. Shuichi Fukuda, Dr. Pravir K. Chawdhry or Dr. Subra
Ganesan.
A current version of a CE2001 call for papers is available at:
http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/ce2001/