Conference Theme:

As almost no other technology, mechatronics is an essential element of many innovations in automotive engineering. New functions and improvements of already existing functions, as well as the compliance with traffic regulations and customer requirements, have only become possible by the increasing use of mechatronic systems, especially in the fields of driving, safety, reliability, and functionality. Along with the functionalities that increase in number and have to cooperate, the complexity of the entire system will increase.'
Synergy effects resulting from distributed application functionalities via several electronic control devices, exchanging information through the network bring about more complex system architectures with many different sub-networks, operating with different velocities and different protocol implementations.
To manage the increasing complexity of these systems a deterministic behaviour of the control units and the communication network must be provided for, in particular when dealing with a distributed functionality or redundant realization.
Contributions and participants from industry and academics on the below mentioned topics (not restricted to) are welcome to take active part in this symposium.
The main goal of this symposium is to present, to exchange, and to discuss the actual status of the work, actual research results, and tendencies in the scope of embedded system applied to transport applications.

Topics: Topics include, but are not restricted to the following:

• Specification and modeling of complex embedded systems
• Design methodology for automotive embedded systems
• Simulation and verification (SIL and HIL) of embedded systems
• New technologies for automotive applications
• HW/SW co-design for automotive applications
• Re-configurable architectures and applications on the automotive field
• Software synthesis for embedded systems
• Distributed and Modular controller architectures
• Network and communication systems
• Dependability and fault tolerance of distributed embedded systems
• Power management for embedded systems
• Case studies of embedded systems

Important Dates:

Submissions:

A submission should consist of:

• a cover page including:
  • most appropriate topic,
  • title of the paper,
  • names and affiliations of authors,
  • contact author's name, address,
  • phone number, fax number, and
  • email address     
• the paper (up to 10 pages in 11 point or larger) or an abstract (3 - 5 pages), which should provide a summary of the main results and their details to allow the program committee to assess their merits and significance, including references and comparisons.
  The contribution must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere, including journals and the proceedings of other symposia or workshops. One author of each accepted paper should present it at the conference.
  The Proceedings will be published by Springer, the official publisher of IFIP. Full details on how to format your paper can be found at at the IESS 2005 web site www.iess.org or the web site of the conference publisher, Springer: www.wkap.com/ifip/styles/.
• Download the Copyright form and fax to Achim Rettberg, Fax: +49 (5251) 606066.

You can submit Postscript, PDF, or MS Word files to:

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• or hard copies to:

  mail:    Achim Rettberg 
              University Paderborn
              Fuerstenallee 11 
              D-33094 Paderborn
              Germany

Organizing Committee:

Programm Committee:

Jürgen Becker  – University Karlsruhe, Germany
Michael Becker – Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche, Germany
Brandon Blodget – Xilinx Research Labs, USA
Rainer Dömer – University of Irvine, USA
Nikil Dutt – University of Irvine, USA
Rolf Ernst – Technical University Braunschweig, Germany
Uwe Honekamp – Vector Informatik, Germany
Ricardo Jacobi – UNB, Brazil
Kane Kim – University of Irvine, USA
Bernd Kleinjohann – C-LAB, Germany
Hermann Kopetz – Technical University Vienna, Austria
Horst Krimmel – ZF Friedrichshafen, Germany
Jean-Claude Laprie – LAAS, France
Thomas Lehmann – Philips, Germany
Joachim Lückel – University Paderborn, Germany
Carlos Pereira – UFRGS, Brazil
Franz Rammig – University Paderborn, Germany
Achim Rettberg – C-LAB, Germany
Stefan Schimpf – Robert Bosch Ltda., Brazil
Joachim Stroop – dSPACE, Germany
Flavio R. Wagner – UFRGS, Brazil
Mauro Zanella – ZF Lemförder Fahrwerktechnik, Germany

Registration: 

Advanced symposium registration must be made not later than June 30, 2005.

• Advanced Registration: US $ 300,00
  The deadline for advanced registration is June 30, 2005.

• Late Registration: US $ 340,00
  Any registration received after June 30, 2005.

(The fees are in US dollars. For currency conversion check http://www.oanda.com)

Registration fees include admission to the symposium, proceedings and the social event.

Location and Travel Information: 

The conference will be held in Manaus (Brazil) at the Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel, August 15-17, 2005.

Important recommendation: Please book your flight as soon as possible, because August is high-season.

• Transport between:
  • Manaus Airport to Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel:
  • Please try to reserve your flight to arrive later on Sunday (14.08.05) in Manaus. Varig and TAM machines arrive in Manaus about 1:00 pm
  • From the airport we will take a bus to the peer of the Hotel Tropical in Manaus (Hotel shuttle bus)
  • After then you will travel by boat approx. 2:30 hours to the Ariau Towers Hotel
  • If you are planning to go before/later to Manaus, then please contact us for organization purposes
  • Ariau Amazon Towers to Manaus:
    • The check-out will be done before the beginning of the sessions on Wednesday (17.08.05)
    • After the lunch we will return to Manaus by boat
    • We are planning some activity in Manaus at the evening
    • You can plan to stay in the Hotel Tropical until Thursday for your next flight
• Hotel Ariau Towers
  • Reservations and payments will be done via the travel agency Rio Amazon Tours, for information see below
  • The reservation shall be done by fax
  • Hotel reservations shall be done until June 17, 2005
  • Hotel price (including breakfast, lunch, and dinner - not including beverages) from August 14 to August 17, 2005
    • single room: US $ 590,00
    • double or triple room: US $ 400,00 per person
  • All activities supported by our program in the Hotel is included
• Hotel Tropical in Manaus
  • Hotel price (including breakfast)
    • single room: US $ 110,00
    • double room: US $ 126,00
    • triple room: US $ 165,00

The organization committee recommends the travel agency Rio Amazon Tours for flight tickets and hotel reservations. They are the official representative agency of the conference Hotel Ariau Amazon Towers in Germany, and they have experience with flights, transport, and Hotels inside Brazil. They will give you all necessary support for a nice stay in Brazil.

Please donwload the Hotel reservation form and fax it to:

• Rio Amazon Tours
  Ms Cristina Canelhas
  Giessener Str. 18
  60435 Frankfurt/Main
  Germany
  Tel: +49 69 59793415
  Fax: +49 69 59794899
  Email: cristina@rioamazontours.com

Check if you need a VISA for Brazil. If you need an invitation letter for your VISA please contact us.

Please check the following page for vaccinations: http://www.ariautowers.com/amazon/vaccines.html

Sponsoring:

IFIP WG 10.5 - SIG-ES	ZF Lemförder Fahrwerktechnik GmbH & Co. KG	University of Paderborn
Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel	Interested in sponsoring this event? Please contact: sponsoring@iess.org	Rio Amazon Tours
Altera Corporation	EBV Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG	Xilinx, Inc.
SBC	GLYN GmbH & Co. KG	UFRGS
Your name is not listed? Please contact: sponsoring@iess.org	Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.	Interested in IESS? Please contact: sponsoring@iess.org

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