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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