1999
IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
September 19
- 23, 1999 - Renaissance Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia USA
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Program Overview
Conference
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Social
Programs
Transportation
Exhibits
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Attractions
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Arrangements
Technical
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Website
Atlanta is the capital city of Georgia and is the 12th largest city in the United States with a metropolitan population of 3 million. The city is home to Cable News Network (CNN), the Coca-Cola Company, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the High Museum of Art, and the 1995 World Series Champion Atlanta Braves baseball team. Atlanta has also been the Host City for the 1996 Centennial Summer Olympic Games.
Atlanta is also the home to the largest exposed piece of granite in the world, Stone Mountain. Stone Mountain Park is one of the United States' most popular attractions, hosting over 4 million visitors annually. Visitors can explore the Park's 3,200 acres of lakes and woodlands, several major attractions and a variety of recreational activities including golf, tennis, swimming, boating, and hiking.
Atlanta is easily accessible to all parts of the world by all major forms of passenger transportation. Atlanta is served by Hartsfield International Airport, which provides easy and affordable access via most domestic and several international airlines. Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Renaissance Atlanta Hotel, the conference site, are located just north of the city's downtown area, convenient to I-75, I-85, and I-20.
Georgia Tech has a tradition of excellence in technological research and education, and is one of the world's premier technology-oriented universities. In U.S. News & World Report's 1999 annual ranking of graduate schools in the United States, the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech is currently ranked number three, and has the number one academic program in Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing in the U.S.
Additional information about Atlanta, Georgia, and Georgia Tech can be found on the Conference Website.
The word "mechatronics" is defined as the synergistic integration of mechanical engineering with electronics and intelligent computer control in the design and manufacture of products and processes. Since the basis concept of mechatronics is quite general, it has found a wide variety of applications and systems ranging from home appliances, cars, intelligent highways, robotics, manufacturing and automation. Today, besides introducing the intelligence directly into product through embedded microcomputers and providing virtual prototyping through enhanced CAD/CAE facilities, mechatronics also denotes an integrated design approach whereby all members of the product development team can work closely together throughout the design cycle.
Although such integration has been done on an ad-hoc basis as new developments in high-speed and wide-band networks and computer industries become available, it has only been recently recognized that diverse knowledge, skills, and training are essential at every step of the design process for a successful final product. Within the next decade, the availability of information infrastructure with asynchronous transfer mode and optical fiber will provide a unique methodology fostering full creative collaboration and interchange throughout the product and process design and fabrication. The ways in which information, communication, high-performance computing, and intelligent control will be brought into product and process designs will lead to an emerging technology: Informatics in Mechatronics.
The widespread availability of the information and communication technology will provide a solid basis for integration of human and machine intelligence into mechatronic product design practices and manufacturing processes. Informatics and communication in advanced intelligent mechatronics represent an emerging challenge of the coming 21st century for scientists, and promise systems that are more capable, precise, reliable, intelligent, and even cheaper. Specified machines that take maximum advantage of harmonious blending of many different technologies accomplish such requirements.
Every effort has been undertaken to ensure the multiple scientific and technical aspects that encompass a high-quality international conference. Beyond the regular sessions, several other related events aim to encourage the widest interaction for domain assessment and the discussion of new research areas, trends, and issues throughout special sessions and panels.
The International Program Committee is pleased to present a high-quality scientific and technical program to the participants of AIM '99. The program includes 3 plenary lectures, 1 keynote speech, 1 tutorial, 35 sessions for a total of 175 technical papers, 1 session of 6 video presentations, 1 panel and 1 round table.
Tutorial
Sunday from 14:00 to
17:00
Micro/Nano-Mechatronics
for Nanotechnology
Michael
Falvo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Metin
Sitti, University of Tokyo, Japan
Plenary
Lectures
The plenary Lectures
are as follows:
Monday from 8:10 to
9:00
The Mix
of Computation, MEMS and Regular Materials
Peter
Will, USC/Information Sciences Institute, USA
Monday from 9:00 to
9:50
Mechatronics
- Past, Present and Future
Kazuo
Tanie, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, AIST-MITI, Japan
Tuesday from 8:10
to 9:00
Advances
in Micromechatronics
Paolo
Dario, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Luncheon
Keynote Speech
Tuesday from 12:20 to
13:00
Mechatronics
in Future
Toshio
Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan
Technical
Sessions
The Technical Sessions
are organized in four parallel tracks as follows:
Of these, Session WAII-3 is the Video Session, while the Invited Sessions are:
Panel
and Round Table
All participants are
warmly invited to the following general discussions:
Monday from 9:50 to
10:40
Panel
on Research Opportunities on Mechatronics (organized by J. Xiao, USA)
Wednesday from 8:00
to 9:00
Round
Table on Infrastructure for Mechatronics Education (organized by I. Ebert-Uphoff,
J. Gardner, W. Murray and R. Perez, USA)
For advance registered
participants, conference material is available for pickup directly at the Conference
Registration Desk. The Registration Desk will be open
Sunday from 13:00 to 16:00
Monday from 7:30 to 16:30
Tuesday from 8:00 to 15:30
Wednesday from 8:00 to 13:00
| On-site Registration Fee | |
| IEEE/ASME Members* | US$400.00 |
| Non-members* | US$450.00 |
| IEEE/ASME Student Members* | US$250.00 |
| Tutorial (IEEE/ASME Members) | US$125.00 |
| Tutorial (Non-members) | US$150.00 |
| Tutrorials (IEEE/ASME Student Members) | US$100.00 |
| Luncheon** | US$35.00 |
| Riverboat Banquet at Stone Mountain*** | US$75.00 |
| Industrial Tours**** | US$30.00 |
| Technical Tours | US$10.00 |
| Bound Proceedings - Members | US$100.00 |
| Bound Proceedings - Non-Members | US$150.00 |
| Bound Proceedings - Students | US$75.00 |
All meetings will be housed in the Renaissance Atlanta Hotel, which is located downtown at 590 West Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30308. Computers are available to consult the CD-ROM Proceedings and to access email. All lecture rooms are equipped with sound amplification, overhead and video projection (VHS-NTSC). Other equipment such as VHS-PAL video, slide and computer projections (with speaker’s own computer) are available if requested well in advance.
For assistance regarding A/V equipment, please email your questions to Dr. Thomas R. Collins (tcollins@calsun.gtri.gatech.edu)
In order to encourage interaction among conference attendees and their accompanying persons, an intensive social program has been set up.
A Welcome Reception will be held on Monday, September 20 and a Farewell Party on Wednesday, September 22. Both events will be from 19:30 to 21:30 on the 25th floor of the Renaissance Atlanta Hotel.
A Conference Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, September 21 from 11:30 to 13:20 in the Atlanta Ballroom. Toshio Fukuda, President of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, will deliver a keynote speech.
On Tuesday night, from 20:00 to 22:30, an additional buffet-style Banquet will be aboard the Henry W. Grady Riverboat, cruising the beautiful natural surroundings at the Georgia's Stone Mountain Park. Due to the limited space on the riverboat, access to the Banquet will be available to participants on a first-come, first-served basis. A bus will be available to transport you to Stone Mountain for the Riverboat Banquet on Tuesday, September 21. The bus will depart from the south side of the Renaissance hotel on Linden Street promptly at 7:30 p.m. and will leave Stone Mountain at 10:00 p.m. to return to the hotel.
Conference participants may take a 20-minute ride on the MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) train from the airport directly to Renaissance Atlanta Hotel, Georgia Tech Campus and nearby hotels. The train station at the airport is conveniently located near the luggage claim area. The hotel can be conveniently reached by taking MARTA to the North Avenue train station. Exit at the West Peachtree and North Avenue intersection and then proceed one block south on West Peachtree to the hotel. The MARTA fare is currently $1.50 with no charge for transfer between buses and trains. Other information related to MARTA can be found at http://www.itsmarta.com/. Of course, taxis and limousines are also available. Taxis from the airport cost approximately $15. AMTRAK, Greyhound, and Trailways also serve Atlanta.
There will be exhibits of state-of-the-art products and equipment at the conference.
Exhibit
Hours:
10:30 a. m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Wednesday
Exhibition
area:
2nd floor lobby Pre-function area
Exhibitors:
Attractions in Atlanta include the Stone Mountain Park, the Centennial Olympic Park, the World of Coca-Cola, the Cable News Network Center, and underground Atlanta. Museums in Atlanta include the High Museum, the Atlanta History Center, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic District, the Carter Center, and Michael C. Carlos Museum. Tourist information can be found at the Conference Web Site or by contacting:
Diane H. Murray, Conference
Program Coordinator
Distance Learning, Continuing
Education and Outreach
Georgia Institute of
Technology
613 Cherry Street
Atlanta, GA 30332-0385,
USA
Tel: +1 (404) 894-1894;
Fax: +1 (404) 894-0201
Email: diane.murray@conted.gatech.edu
For information on local arrangements, contact the Local Arrangements Chair:
Wayne Daley
GTRI/EOEML, Georgia Institute
of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0823,
USA
Phone: +1 (404) 894-3412;
Fax: 404-894-8051
Email: wayne.daley@gtri.gatech.edu
The Local Arrangement
Committee has organized the following technical tours for the participants of AIM'99:
Tuesday
from 15:15 to 18:15
Research laboratory tours at Georgia Tech and at the Georgia Center for Advanced
Telecommunications Technology (GCATT)
15:15 buses depart
15:30 arrive at MARC
16:30 depart for GCATT
16:45 arrive at GCATT labs
17:45 depart GCATT for the hotel
18:15 arrive at the hotel
Thursday
from 9:00 to 16:00
Tour 1: Ford and Lucent
Tour 2: GM and Lockheed
A bus will be available to transport you to the tours. Buses will depart from the
south side of the Renaissance hotel on Linden Street. For industrial tours, the buses
will leave promptly at 9:00 a.m. and arrive back at the hotel at 4:00 p.m.
The Conference Website at http://aimrl.gatech.edu/AIM99/ has maintained up-to-date information on the technical program, paper abstracts, transportation, conference registration, hotel reservations, proceedings ordering, social programs, tours, local attractions, and other services. Please visit the Website often!
Introduction .|.
Welcome .|.
Organization
Information .|.
Program
at a Glance
.|. Technical
Program
Abstracts .|.
Keynote
Speakers
.|. Tutorial .|.
Panel
Discussion
Roundtable .|.
Chair
Index
.|. Author's
Index
.|. Tours
Registration .|.
Exhibits .|.
Banquet
Information
Hotel
Reservations
.|. Atlanta Area Information .|.
Author's
Instructions
email to aimabstract@gtri.gatech.edu