Call for papers

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
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The PRASA-RobMech International Conference

incorporating

The 27th Annual Symposium of the Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa (PRASA)
and
The 9th Conference of Robotics and Mechatronics (RobMech)

Stellenbosch, South Africa on 1 and 2 December 2016

The 27th annual Symposium of the Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa (PRASA) will be held in conjunction with the 9th Conference of Robotics and Mechatronics (RobMech) on 1-2 December 2016 at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University (www.ee.sun.ac.za). The main conference will be preceded by a day of workshops/tutorials on 30 November 2016.

[Download PDF of second call for papers.]

Important dates and deadlines

Latest news:

  • The deadline for the submission of papers has been extended by a week to 7 September.
  • Prof Sethu Vijayakumar, Professor of Robotics at the University of Edinburgh and the Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, will be a keynote speaker.

Topics

For the PRASA Track, we invite you to submit original papers in any area related to pattern recognition, including but not limited to:

  • Classifiers and related topics
  • Speech processing
  • Natural language processing
  • Computer vision and image processing
  • Bioinformatics
  • Signal processing
  • Remote sensing
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Machine learning
  • Computational analytics
  • End-user applications and systems

For the RobMech Track, any and all robotics and mechatronics topics will be considered, including but not limited to:

  • FMS Artificial Intelligence
  • Knowledge Based Systems
  • Information Technology Applied to Manufacturing
  • Computer-Aided Engineering Education
  • Sensors and Applications
  • Robots and Automation
  • Lean Manufacturing Logistics
  • Modelling and Simulation Scheduling
  • Rapid Prototype
  • Management of Technology
  • Operations Management
  • Education and Training using robotics
  • Agile Manufacturing
  • Mechatronics
  • Distributed Control Systems
  • Energy
  • Manufacturing Neural Networks
  • Mobile robotics
  • Mining robotics

Format

Submitted papers must follow the IEEE conference proceedings (templates available here) and be submitted in PDF format. The following formats are invited in English, the official conference language:

  1. Full papers reporting on original
    and unpublished research.
  2. Work-in-progress papers
    reporting on on-going research
    or innovative ideas for future
    research, presented in order to
    generate feedback.

Both contributions are limited to a
minimum of four pages and a
maximum of six pages, and only full
papers will be published in the final
proceedings.

Please note

  • All papers will be submitted to a blind, peer-review process.
  • The length of a presentation is 15-20 minutes, including questions and feedback.
  • Detailed submission requirements will be made available on the conference website.

[Download original PDF version of Call for Papers]