CCL:03.05.18 4th Int Conf Intelligent Process. and Manuf of Materials (fwd)

From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 16:17:17 MST


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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 00:21:54 +0900
From: Hiroshi Mizuseki <mizuseki@imr.edu>
Reply-To: ipmm@imr.edu
To: ipmm@imr.edu
Subject: IPMM'03

--> Dear all,

The IPMM'03 conference
(The 4th International Conference on Intelligent Processing and
Manufacturing of Materials)
will be held in Sendai, Japan, May 18-23, 2003.
To know more about IPMM'03, please visit the website

http://www-lab.imr.tohoku.ac.jp/~ipmm/

where you will find useful information.

*** IMPORTANT ***
Extension of Abstract Submission Deadline:
January, 10th.
Please be informed that the deadline for abstract submission
has been extended to 10 January 2003.

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Planned Sessions
I. Focus Sessions: Nanotechnology
    Molecular Electronics
         - molecular wires, switches, and circuits
        - simulation
    Carbon-based New Materials
        - Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes, and other structures
        - Applications
    Clusters (other than carbon)
        - silicon, metal, and other clusters
        - applications
    Advanced Silicon Technology
        - Si/SiO2 interface
        - surface chemistry
    Atomic-level Measurement and Manipulation
        - STM, AFM, and X-Rays
    Micro-Electronic Machines
    Nano-Sensors and Instruments
    Biomaterials
        - Protein Engineering
        - DNA as an Element of Molecular Engineering
        - Mechanisms
    Next-Generation Computing Systems - Quantum and DNA Computing
II. Standard Sessions: Intelligent Processing and Manufacturing
    Simulation Modeling
        - new materials and property prediction
        - materials processing and product manufacturing
        - supervisory and process control
    Agent-based Modeling
        - holonic systems and intelligent manufacturing
        - Swarm Intelligence and Artificial Life
        - optimization versus incremental improvements
        - local vs. global decision-making
    Software and "Soft" wear
         - Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, Evolutionary Programming, and
Chaos Theory
        - Intelligent User Interfaces
    Robotics and Machines
        - mini- and micro-machines
        - telerobotic applications
        - remote communication systems (outer space and underground
applications)
    Processes for the 21st Century
        - raw materials production systems (mining and processing)
        - metals production and forming
        - finishing and final-shape processes
    The Philosophy of Intelligence in New Materials and Processes
        - Nature of intelligence
        - Transhumanism and the Machine Age
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If you have any question regarding the IPMM'03 conference, please
feel free to contact me.  We much look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best Regards,
Hiroshi Mizuseki (ipmm@imr.edu)
(on behalf of the local organizing committee)
http://www-lab.imr.tohoku.ac.jp/~mizuseki/nanowire.html
PS.  If you have already submitted an abstract please disregard this
message


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