ACRID 2017 - EAI International Conference for Research, Innovation and Development for Africa

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Category Mining; Transportation and Manufacturing; Electronics Application; Process and Motion Control for Industry; Energy and Sustainable Development; Information and Communication Technology; Engineering Education; Science & Mathematical Modelling

Deadline: June 21, 2017 | Date: June 21, 2017

Venue/Country: Victoria Falls,, Zimbabwe

Updated: 2017-02-14 22:50:52 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Mining, Transportation and Manufacturing

The ACRID 2017 conference track covering mining, transportation and manufacturing is a forum for industrialists, researchers, academics and other practitioners with the aim of exploiting common synergies. Industrialists report on problems related to production, efficiency, management, competition. Researchers and academics come with proposed innovative solutions to these problems utilising models, experimental rigs and demonstrations. There is ample scope for the exploration and exchange of knowledge in this field through scientific talks, industry discussions, technical tutorials and panels. The conference covers all aspects of transportation research and practice, including theory, management, applications and technology, and will brings together renowned experts.

Topics

ACRID 2017 explicitly encourages papers that reflect the interdisciplinary nature of mining and transportation.

The thematic areas of this track in which contributions are sought include, but are not limited to, those listed below. Subtopics in this track are assigned to a Technical Programme Committee (PC) member will promote it and lead the review processes taking into consideration the characteristics of the particular thematic area. The topics form which papers may be drawn include but are not limited to the following:

Mining Sub-track:

Exploration and Geology

Geophysical methods

Drilling techniques

Mining and Minerals processing

Mining methods- conventional and separation techniques

Downstream beneficiation

Smelting Technologies.

Mining Economics

Loss of market due to substitution

Impact of low prices on the industry

Energy Efficiency

Mining Safety

Technical Problems in Mining

Planning

Small Scale Mining

Loss and Risk Management

Environmental Impact

Mining Software

Transportation Sub-track:

Safe, cost effective Urban Mobility

Safety and security of transport infrastructure Equity in transport

Use ICT in passenger management, time tables

Rural Transport Systems

Disruptive technologies – new ways of supplying mobility services

National travel surveys

Developments in electric vehicles

Transport and Tourism

Connected and autonomous vehicles

Consideration of the needs of women in accessing transport services

Accessibility for those with impaired mobility

Surface, Sea and Air Transport Systems for Civil and Non Civilian use

Maintenance and Maintenance management

Reliability analysis

Training

Transport Regulation

Manufacturing Sub-track:

Current methods and problems in the production of food, steel products, pharmaceuticals, steel, cement, fertilizers, etc.

Component Fabrication and Computer-based manufacturing technologies: CNC, CAD, CAM, FMS, CIM, 3-D Printing

Designing for production,

Instrumentation and measurement, the role of programmable logical controllers (PLCs)

Joining and fracture mechanics

Kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies

Lubricants and lubrication

Machinability and formability of materials

Machining (traditional and non-traditional processes)

Manufacturing design for 3r “reduce, reuse, recycling”

Mechanisms and machines

Mechatronics and robotics

Metallic alloys and metal casting

Micro and nanomechanics

Multifunctional and smart materials

Nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing

Rapid manufacturing technologies and prototyping, remanufacturing

Recycling, materials and industrial wastes, products and recycling systems

Renewable energies technology

Solid mechanics and structural mechanics

Sustainable and green manufacturing

Thermodynamics and heat transfer

Tribology and surface engineering

Vibration and acoustics

Wood and wood products

Energy Efficiency

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Electronics Application

The ACRID 2017 conference track covering Electronics Applications is a forum for industrialists, researchers, academics, device designers, fabricators and other practitioners with the aim of exploiting common synergies. Industrialists report on problems related to production of microelectronic devices, challenges and opportunities presented by increased integration, biological chips, challenges involved with gigahertz operation, solid state memories and disks. Other relevant areas are Signal Processing, System on Chip, Low Power consumption devices, Intelligent, Embedded Systems Design, Data Encryption algorithms, and Components for mobile phone technology. Researchers and academics come with proposed innovative solutions to these problems utilising models, experimental setups, software tools and demonstrations. There is ample scope for the exploration and exchange of knowledge in this field through scientific talks, industry discussions, technical tutorials and panels. The conference covers all aspects of electronic devices and systems research and practice, including theory, management, applications and technology, and will bring together renowned experts.

Topics

ACRID 2017 explicitly encourages papers that reflect the interdisciplinary nature of mining and transportation.

The thematic areas of this track in which contributions are sought include, but are not limited to, those listed below. Subtopics in this track are assigned to a Technical Programme Committee (PC) member will promote it and lead the review processes taking into consideration the characteristics of the particular thematic area. The topics form which papers may be drawn include but are not limited to the following:

Photonics

Semiconductor Physics

Analog and Digital VLSI design

Mobile Networks

Bioinformatics Engineering

GSM & CDMA Systems,

Mobile Radio

Computer Simulation

Computational Electromagnetics

Detection and Estimation

Microwave Engineering

Mobile Communications

Multimedia Networking

RF Microwave Wireless Systems

Video Signal Processing

Nanotechnology

Embedded systems, FPGAs,

System on Chip (SOC)

Biomedical Engineering

Sensors and Sensor Systems

Avionics & Automobile Electronics

Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation

Wireless Communications & Networks

Optical Memories, Optical Communications Technologies

Electromagnetic Propagation & Antennas

Digital Signal Processing

Images and Videos Processing

Cognitive Radio

Circuit Simulation

Educational Applications

Power MOSFETS and IGBTs

Intelligent Power Modules

Hardware encryption

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Process and Motion Control for Industry

The ACRID 2017 conference track covering Process and Motion Control is a forum for industrialists, researchers, academics, system designers, and other practitioners with the aim of exploiting common synergies. Industrialists report on problems and opportunities related to new drive technologies, power quality increased and better mobility for persons in need of care through the combined use of smart sensors and actuators. Drives and drive technology in extreme operating environments. Other relevant areas are Electric Vehicles and traction in public transportation, smart elevators. Process simulation is an important for the avoidance of risk and errors. Papers reporting on positive results from simulation platforms such as Matlab Simulink are encouraged. Researchers and academics come with proposed innovative solutions to these problems utilising models, experimental setups, software tools and demonstrations. Integrated manufacturing systems that include transmission of production data to management accounting systems through wireless sensors. There is ample scope for the exploration and exchange of knowledge in this field through scientific talks, industry discussions, technical tutorials and panels. The conference covers all aspects of process and motion control for industry, research and practice, including theory, management, applications and technology, and will bring together renowned experts.

Topics

ACRID 2017 explicitly encourages papers that reflect the interdisciplinary nature of process and motion control and appreciates that this important track covers a multitude of industries and services.

The thematic areas of this track in which contributions are sought include, but are not limited to, those listed below. Subtopics in this track are assigned to a Technical Programme Committee (PC) member will promote it and lead the review processes taking into consideration the characteristics of the particular thematic area. The topics form which papers may be drawn include but are not limited to the following:

Electric Drives and Applications in the propulsion of fluids; energy efficiency applications of Variable Speed Drives, the impact of retrofits

Electric Traction and Electric Vehicle Systems and Control

Industrial Process Control and Automation, Industrial SCADA and System Security

Inverter and Converter Technologies Power Electronics, Power Quality Issues

Robotics and Automation, applications in safety critical environments

Signal Processing for Drives, FOC DTC converters

Industrial Electronics

Embedded Design for Drives

EMC considerations

Sensors, Actuators

Factory communications, Industrial Ethernet, Open Systems, OPC, Profibus

OPC, Industrial SCADA, Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)

Control and Instrumentation (C& I) in Water, Cement, Steel Making, etc

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Energy and Sustainable Development

The ACRID 2017 conference track covering Energy and Sustainable Development is a forum for industrialists, researchers, academics, system designers, and other practitioners with the aim of exploiting common synergies. It is a particularly diverse track which covers all that is important in sustainable habitats and society. Environmental Experts report on problems and opportunities related to global warming and climate change threats. Engineers, researchers and academics report on measures to mitigate such threats, for example sustainable energy generation, green agriculture, farming in extremely dry lands Solutions related to energy production, transmission and utilisations are often accompanied other problems, such as grid impact, reliability issues and of course cost of implementation, such solutions are greatly assisted through the use of power systems simulation and planning software. Many of these tools are new to developing country universities and often quite pricey. Papers that suggest or offer solutions towards the development or use of open software are encouraged. The role of gender is very important and aspects of gender mainstreaming are considered in this track. For example wood constitutes more than 60% of domestic fuel needs in developing countries and women play the dominant role in its collection and utilization. Because of the diversity of this track, sub-tracks have been created to enable more focus. There is ample scope for the exploration and exchange of knowledge in this field through scientific talks, industry discussions, technical tutorials and panels. This call covers all aspects of energy and sustainable development for industry, research and practice, including theory, management, applications and technology, and will bring together renowned experts.

Topics

ACRID 2017 explicitly encourages papers that reflect the interdisciplinary nature of Energy, Agriculture and Sustainable Development and appreciates that this important track covers a multitude of industries and services.

The thematic areas of this track in which contributions are sought include, but are not limited to, those listed below. Subtopics in this track are assigned to a Technical Programme Committee (PC) member will promote it and lead the review processes taking into consideration the characteristics of the particular thematic area. The topics form which papers may be drawn include but are not limited to the following:

Agriculture Sub-track:

Research results and problems related to sustainable agriculture on the continent; persistent droughts, use of meteorological information.

Growing and Production and of specific crops, coffee, horticulture, maize, rice, potatoes and other staples.

Pesticides and related risks to humans, flora and fauna

Marketing of agricultural produce and price stability

Agricultural waste, use in energy production

Agricultural Finance

Land Tenure

Energy and Power Delivery Sub-track:

Renewable Energy Generation, Wind, Solar Thermal, Solar PV

Power System Planning

Modelling & Analysis,

Power System Economics,

Power Markets

Power quality,

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC).

System stability,

Battery Management Systems,

HVDC and FACTS

High Voltage Engineering,

Power System Protection,

Power Systems SCADA and Security.

IEC 61850 for Power Systems and Substation Operation and Control

Youth, Gender and Mainstreaming Sub-track:

Gender balance, diversity for sustainable development

Women in Engineering and Energy

Public policies promoting gender equality, national

Higher education reforms and their gender impacts

Women’s access to decision-making positions: issues of power at stake, and effects of legal provisions or regulations promoting parity (e.g. targets and quotas)

Structural change and institutional gender equality plans (recruitments, promotions, careers, work-life balance, work time organisation, etc.)

Equal opportunities in research funding

Youth, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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Information and Communication Technology

The ACRID 2017 conference track covering ICT, Internet of things, e-government and Engineering Education is a forum for the private and public sectors, researchers, academics, trainers, and other practitioners with the aim of exploiting common synergies. It is a track which covers all that is important in areas of the Internet and its impact on our society. This track gives a a platform for those who want to present the positive benefits of Internet, the Web, and Web applications in delivering good efficient governance systems. Universities in developing countries have hunger for knowledge but are faced with challenges of low investments in academic staff numbers but large classes. Several tools and programming platforms to deliver solutions that can bring efficiency and convenience wide sectors of our economy and indeed we speak of e-government, e-agriculture. In Engineering Education potentials exist for animated presentations, classroom interactions, computerised assignment systems and platforms such as Webwork, Top Hat, etc. Papers that suggest or offer solutions towards the development or use of open software are encouraged. The role of gender in Engineering Education is very important and aspects of gender mainstreaming are encouraged in this track. Because of the diversity of this track, sub-tracks have been created to enable more focus. There is ample scope for the exploration and exchange of knowledge in this field through scientific talks, industry discussions, technical tutorials and panels. This call covers all aspects of information and communication technology, e-government and Engineering Education. and sustainable development for industry, research and practice, including theory, management, applications and technology, and will bring together renowned experts.

Topics

ACRID 2017 explicitly encourages papers that reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the Internet, e-Applications and Engineering Education and appreciates that this important track covers a multitude of private and public sectors, industries and services.

The thematic areas of this track in which contributions are sought include, but are not limited to, those listed below. Subtopics in this track are assigned to a Technical Programme Committee (PC) member will promote it and lead the review processes taking into consideration the characteristics of the particular thematic area. The topics form which papers may be drawn include but are not limited to the following:

e-Applications Sub-track:

Network Design

Mobile Services

Data and Knowledge Management

Security, Privacy and Trust

Networking and Intelligent Systems for IoT and Services Computing

Future of IoT and Big Data

Technological focus for Smart Environments

Next Generation Networks

Smart City Examples and Case Studies

E-Government systems for revenue collection, vehicle identification, transportation, land use

Engineering Sub-track:

Laboratories, use of simulation tools

Large Classes, automated assessments

Classroom Interactions

Use of mobile phone Apps

Women In Engineering

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Engineering Education, Science & Mathematical Modelling

The ACRID 2017 conference track covering Engineering, Science & Mathematical Modelling for Development is a forum for the provisions of scientific and mathematical solutions to help resolve problems private and public sectors. It will be of interest to researchers, academics, trainers, and other practitioners with the aim of exploiting common synergies. It is a track which recognises the importance of fundamental research and that research results can be applied to the solution of everyday problems. One of the aims of this track is to foster industry-university collaborations which can bring mutual benefits: funding of educational institutions in return for solutions to taxing problems. This track gives a platform for those who want to present the positive benefits of Science, Mathematics, High Performance Computing. Papers that in the areas of Modelling of Economic Transportation and Forecasting Systems are encouraged. Papers that suggest or offer solutions towards the development or use of open software or in parallel computing environments are encouraged. There is ample scope for the exploration and exchange of knowledge in this field through scientific talks, industry discussions, technical tutorials and panels. This call covers all aspects of information and communication technology, e-government and Engineering Education. and sustainable development for industry, research and practice, including theory, management, applications and technology, and will bring together renowned experts.

Topics

ACRID 2017 explicitly encourages papers that reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the Internet, e-Applications and Engineering Education and appreciates that this important track covers a multitude of private and public sectors, industries and services.

The thematic areas of this track in which contributions are sought include, but are not limited to, those listed below. Subtopics in this track are assigned to a Technical Programme Committee (PC) member will promote it and lead the review processes taking into consideration the characteristics of the particular thematic area. The topics form which papers may be drawn include but are not limited to the following:

Theoretical Physics and Mathematics,

Computing and Engineering,

Advanced Numerical Algorithms;

Simulation

Biological and medical applications

Biometry and Statistics

Computational Biology,

Chemistry,

Geosciences,

Meteorology Economics and Finance,

Data exploration and data mining,

Engineering Mathematics,

High Performance Computing

Mathematical models in Medicine,

Operations Research and Information Engineering,

Engineering Education Technology

Animated Presentations,

In-classroom engagement

Advanced assignment platforms, team-learning

e-Learning Material production.

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Highlights

The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a leading community-based organisation devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT.

• All accepted papers will be published by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library, one of the world's largest scientific libraries.

• "Proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing services: EI, ISI Thomson's Scientific and Technical Proceedings at Web of Science, Scopus, CrossRef, Google Scholar, DBLP, as well as EAI's own EU Digital Library (EUDL)."

• Accepted authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their articles to Special Issue in EAI Endorsed Transactions. More information about EAI ENDORSED TRANSACTIONS available here.

Paper Submission

Papers should be submitted via Confy system. Please follow instructions on initial submission and in author's kit when submitting your paper.

Important Dates

• Full Paper Submission deadline

26 December 2016

• Notification and Registration opens

27 February 2017

• Camera-ready deadline

27 March 2017

• Start of Conference

19 June 2017

• End of Conference

22 June 2017