CALL FOR PAPERS - WFCS-04

       5th IEEE Workshop on Factory Communication Systems
           September 22-24, 2004, Vienna, Austria

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Conference web site:  http://www.ict.tuwien.ac.at/wfcs2004
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Focus on:

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

- Vertical Integration issues in Industrial Communication Systems:
  web-based setup, maintenance, and configuration; transparency vs.
  security; data-flow management; internetworking.

- Middleware for Industrial Communication Systems: system design 
  and architecture; self-configurable systems; integration support;
  distributed application support; multimedia communication support.

- Recent advances in research domains with similar technical 
  requirements: networked control systems; wireless sensor networks; 
  building automation networks; automotive and train networks.
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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 full papers:                March 1, 2004
Notification of papers acceptance:                      May 20, 2004
Deadline for submission of WIP papers:                  June 1, 2004
Final manuscripts due:                                 June 30, 2004
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WORKSHOP CHAIRMEN:              PROGRAM CO-CHAIRMEN:
                                T.Sauter, TU Wien, Austria
GENERAL CO-CHAIRMEN:            F.Vasques, Univ. Porto, Portugal
D.Dietrich, TU Wien, Austria
   dietrich@ict.tuwien.ac.at    WIP CO-CHAIRMEN:
R. Zurawski, ISA Corp., USA     M.Wollschlaeger, TU Dresden, Germany
   r.zurawski@ieee.org          W.Kastner, TU Wien, Austria
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