Workshop on High Performance Computing and Collaborative Networking for Real Time Agricultural Applications
(AgrApps2011)
Call for Papers
As part of
The 2011 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation
(HPCS 2011)
In Conjunction With
The International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2011)
July 4 – 8, 2011
Istanbul, Turkey
(Submission Deadline: February 28, 2011)
SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
This workshop is organized with a particular focus on international agriculture and computing systems. Consumers demand high quality fruit and vegetables, which are often grown and processed in distant countries. So, producers must be able to gather, store and transmit information as their food products pass from one county or company to another. At each stage of the value chain, from the plant to the plate, computing systems are essential for obtaining these goals.
The workshop is proposed to bring together people from industry, academia and government who are working to innovate, develop and use high performance computing, networking and IT infrastructure, for the purpose of collaborative work in the field of agriculture and applications. These may include agricultural information databases, agricultural development banking systems, providing vital information to the farmers about weather changes and watering schedules, planning farming crops efficiently, and support various processes involved in the food chain.
The Workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
On-line Control Systems for Food Processing
Real Time Collaborative Systems for Agricultural Applications
Image Processing for Fruit and Vegetable Selection
Food Safety, Traceability and Information Systems
Modeling of Agricultural Environments
Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring
Applications of Wireless and Sensor Networks in Agriculture
Soil and Plant Sensors
RFID Applications to Agriculture
Use of Mobile and Pervasive Devices in Agriculture
Mobile Systems for Agricultural Management
Web based Collaborative Applications for Agriculture
Precision Agriculture
GIS Systems for Agriculture
Weather Forecasting & Modeling
Remote Sensing for Agriculture
Automation, Robotics and Auto-Guidance for Fruit and Vegetable Production
PAPER SUBMISSIONS
You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to agricultural applications of computer modeling, simulation and real-time control. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author and include up to 6 keywords from the above list of topics and an abstract of no more than 450 words. The full manuscript should be at most 7 pages using the two-column IEEE format. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments. Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript via email to the Workshop organizer at pbro@utalca.cl.
Only PDF files will be accepted. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, contributions, technical clarity and presentation. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be registered and presented at the workshop. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings which will be made available at the time of the meeting.
If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the organizer.
Important Dates:
Full Paper Submission Deadline: February 28, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: March 24, 2011
Extended Registration & Camera-Ready Manuscripts Due: April 29, 2011
Conference Date: July 4-8, 2011
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Prof. Per Bjarne Bro
Address: Faculty of Engineering, University of Talca, Curicó, Chile
Phone: +56-75-201717
Fax: +56-75-325958
Email: pbro@utalca.cl
International Program Committee:
All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the workshop technical program committee members following similar criteria used in HPCS 2011. (Partial List)
Mohammad Allahyari, Azad University, Iran
Kumar Bimlesh, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Maurizio Canavaria, University of Bologna, Italy
Reza Ehsani, University of Florida, FL, USA
Fahrettin Göğüş, University of Gaziantep, Turkey
Marcela Gonzalez, University of Talca, Chile
Alena Ilavska, Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia
Gabriela Iordachescu, Dunarea de Jos University, Romania
Renfu Lu, USDA/ARS, USA
Aristides Matopoulos, University of Macedonia, Greece
Ahmed Mohiuddin, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Maria Ntaliani, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Leonardo Ornella, CONICET Rosario, Argentina
Semih Otles, Ege University, Turkey
Beraat Ozcelik, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Vishweshwariah Prakash, Central Food Technology Institute, India
Luis Ruiz-Garcia, Politechnical University of Madrid, Spain
Sohail Sattar, NED University of Engineering, Pakistan
Oliver Schlüter, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Germany
Nicole Taragola, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Belgium
Gyula Vatai, University of Corvinus, Hungary
Ivanka Zheleva, Rousse University, Bulgaria
TBA
For information or questions about Conference's paper submission, tutorials, posters, workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels and forums organization, doctoral colloquium, and any other information about the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please consult the Conference’s web site at URL: http://hpcs11.cisedu.info/ or contact one of the Conference's organizers.
If you have any questions about the HPCS 2011 conference paper submission, please contact Conference Program Chair: Waleed W. Smari, Voice: +1 (937) 681-0098, Email: smari@arys.org.