Conference Committees

STEERING COMMITTEE Chief Patron Shri. G. Rangaswamy Managing Trustee PSG & Sons Charities Patron Shri. C.R. Swaminathan Chief Executive PSG Institutions Chairman Dr. R. Rudramoorthy Principal, PSGCT ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Organising Secretary Dr. Jovitha Jerome Professor & Head, I&CE, PSGCT Joint Organising Secretaries Ms. S. Kanthalakshmi Senior Lecturer, I&CE, PSGCT Ms. R. Latha Senior Lecturer, I&CE, PSGCT TECHNICAL & ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. Arun K. Tangirala IIT Madras, Chennai Mr. Anil Bhatia Emerson Process Management India Pvt Ltd., Mumbai Dr. Baldev Raj Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Chennai Dr. Bijnan Bandhopadhay IIT, Mumbai Dr. Danijela Ristic Durrant Universitat Bremen, Germany Dr. Ganesh Devaraj Soliton Automation, Bangalore Dr. Girija Gopalrathanam National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore Mr. Jayaram Pillai National Instruments, IndRA Dr. Jeannie Falcon Austin, Texas Dr. Joydeep Dutta AIT, Thailand Dr. P. Kanagasabapathy MIT, Chennai Dr. S. Paramasivam ESAB Engineering Services Limited Chennai Dr. Patamaporn Sripadungthan Kasetsart University, Thailand Dr. P. Radhakrishnan PSG Institute of Advanced Studies Coimbatore
Commodore (Retd.) S. Saseendran Fluid Control Research Institute Palakkad

Important Dates
Full Manuscript Intimation of Acceptance : June 15, 2011 : July 15, 2011

First International Conference on

Modern Trends in

INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL

Final Paper Submission & Registration for Authors : July 30, 2011 Registration closes on : August 20, 2011

2011

Conference Proceedings
Those papers recommended by the Review Committee and registered on or before August 6, 2011 will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be made available during the conference.

Mode of Payment
Indian Delegates : The registration fee is to be paid by Demand Draft drawn in favour of "Organizing Secretary, ICIC'11, PSGCT, payable at Coimbatore. Overseas Delegates : Overseas delegates can pay the Registration fee by International Bank Transfer to Organizing Secretary, ICIC'11, A/c Number : 3075062800, Central Bank of India, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, TamilNadu, India. The swift code is CBININBBAMDR.

ICIC 2011

Dr. N. Selvaganesan Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram Dr. S.C. Srivastava IIT, Kanpur Dr. Subash Chandra Mukhopadhyay Massey University, New Zealand Dr. D. Thukkaram IISc, Bangalore Dr. M. Umapathy NIT, Trichy Dr. Vijay K. Varadan University of Arkansas, US Dr. Waree Kongprawechon SIIT, Thailand

Accommodation
A wide range of Hotel Accommodation is available in Coimbatore city, close to the venue of the conference Limited accommodation is also available at the college guest house on a chargeable basis. Request for the same should be made in advance. For more details please visit www.psgtech.edu.

2nd and 3rd September 2011 @ PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

Contact: The Organising Secretary, ICIC'11, Department of Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 641004, Tamilnadu, India. Phone : 0422 2572177, 4344777 Extn : 4256 Fax : 0422 2573833 Email : icic11@ice.psgtech.ac.in

Jointly Organised by
Department of Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore - 641004, Tamilnadu, India

In Association with

About The Institutions

PSG College of Technology established in the year 1951 by the PSG & Sons' Charities Trust is an AICTE approved autonomous institution affiliated to Anna University, Coimbatore and is an ISO 9001:2000 certified institution.PSG College of Technology believes in creating and disseminating knowledge and skills in core and frontier disciplines through innovative educational programmes, industrial training, research and consultancy and developing a new cadre of professionals with a high level of competence, deep sense of social commitment and ethics. National Instruments, is an American company with over 5,000 employees and has direct operations in 41 countries. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it is a producer of automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software. With off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and costeffective modular hardware, NI has transformed the way engineers and scientists design, prototype, and deploy systems for measurement, automation, and embedded applications for more than 30 years. Throughout its history, NI has been recognized as a company that continuously develops award-winning innovative products that help simplify the jobs of engineers and scientists worldwide. International Society of Automation (ISA), founded in 1945, is a leading, global, nonprofit organization that is setting the standard for automation by helping over 30,000 worldwide members and other professionals to solve complex technical problems, while enhancing their leadership and personal career capabilities. Based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, ISA develops standards; certifies industry professionals; provides education and training; publishes books and technical articles; and hosts conferences and exhibitions for automation professionals. ISA is the founding sponsor of the Automation Federation.

About the Department of Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering

The Department of Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering, established in the year 2007, strives towards becoming a trend setter and a facilitator in Electronics, Instrumentation and Control Engineering for higher learning, research and consultancy. The department aims to become a preferred partner to the industry and community for contribution towards their economic and social development by providing high quality manpower with sound technical knowledge, professional skills and ethical values.

About Coimbatore
Coimbatore, the headquarters of the Coimbatore District, situated on the banks of river Noyyal, is the third largest city of Tamil Nadu. There are more than 30,000 tiny, small, medium and large industries and textile mills. The city is known for its entrepreneurship of its residents. The city is known as the Manchester of South India. It is also famous for the manufacture of motor, pump sets, and varied engineering goods, due to which it has earned the title "Detroit of the South". The city is also known for its health care facilities, educational institutions, and hospitality industries. The city has a number of tourist destinations, which makes it a perfect destination for holidaying. The climate is comfortable round the year. Coimbatore being a business hub with manufacturing and trading activities is well connected by Road, Rail and Air.

Call for Papers

The First International Conference on Modern Trends in Instrumentation and Control 2011 (ICIC'11) solicits innovative research papers on Instrumentation and Control. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following :

Registration Fee
Oversea Delegates Academia Industry/ R&D Students Accompanying Guest/Spouse 100 USD 200 USD 50 50 USD USD Indian Delegates Rs. 2000 Rs. 3000 Rs. 1000 Rs. 1000

Instrumentation
Biomedical Instrumentation , Environmental Instrumentation, Instrumentation for Defense and Atomic Energy, Optical and Analytical Instrumentation, Smart Sensors, Safety Instrumentation System, Data Fusion, Virtual and Intelligent Instrumentation, Industrial Automation and Process Control, Instrumentation Standards and Protocols, MEMS and Nano Sensors.

Control

Linear and Nonlinear control, Multivariable control, Model Predictive control, Robust control, Network control, Intelligent control, Process control, System Theory, Hybrid and Discrete Event Systems, Identification & Filtering, Robotics, Signal Processing and Fault Diagnosis.

Registration fee includes Conference Kit, a copy of the Proceedings, Souvenir, Food and Banquet. However, accompanying guests/spouse cannot avail the conference kit and the copy of the proceedings.

About The Conference

International Conference on Modern Trends in Instrumentation and Control 2011 (ICIC'11) is intended to bring to light the state of art of research results, to disseminate knowledge, to exchange ideas between academic community and industrial organizations and to perceive future developments relevant to Instrumentation and Control Engineering. ICIC'11 provides the forum for researchers, engineers and academia to exchange the latest information about instrumentation and control concepts and applications, experiences from existing deployment, current developments and future evolution.

Submission of papers
The full paper submission will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to conference, contribution, and readability. The accepted full paper will be published in the conference proceeding. Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit full text papers including results, tables, figures and references in IEEE format. Full text paper will be accepted only by electronics submission in word document. Extended version of the selected papers will be published in the International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems.