PROGRAM

and Autonomous Intelligent Systems, Fault Tolerance Techniques in Distributed
Embedded and Automation Systems, Harmonization of Standards as a Result of
the Convergence of Technologies in Modern Technical Artifacts, Internet of Things
Technologies for Adaptable and Agile Automation Systems, Industrial Applications
of Emerging Automation Paradigms and Technologies, Mechatronical Engineering,
Distributed Automation Systems Development: Trends and Challenges, Building
Automation and Smart Homes, Closed-Loop Modelling for Design and Validation of
Reactive Systems in Discrete Control, Real-Time Operating Systems and Embedded
Virtualization Technologies: Trends and Challenges. We would like to thank the
Special Session Co-Chairs Dariusz Kościelnik and John Gialelis, and all the Special
Sessions’ Organizers for their hard work and valuable collaboration.
The call for ETFA’12 papers attracted a great number of 404 papers. This year we
had 266 submissions of regular papers from 43 countries. All the submissions were
thoroughly reviewed by the program committee of their respective track. To ensure
a high standard of the conference, each paper was sent to a minimum of three
reviewers. Based on the judgments, the Track Co-Chairs selected the contributions
to be accepted as regular papers or to be accepted as Works-in-Progress (WiP)
or Industry Practice (IP) papers. Special Session papers were reviewed within the
relevant main Tracks to ensure a harmonized review process for all the conference
papers. At the end, 112 contributions were finally accepted as full papers in regular
Tracks and 42 in Special Sessions. Compiling the track committees and managing
the review process in a timely manner was a tough work. We are really grateful to
the Track Chairs, who accomplished this critical task.
It is also a tradition of ETFA conferences to provide a platform for ongoing research
work and industry ideas at the forefront of technology. For this purpose we have a
session for WiP as well as IP. This year we received a total of 98 submissions of WiP/IP
papers, in addition to the 40 papers that were invited among the rejected Regular and
Special Session papers. At the end, 106 papers were selected to be included in the WiP/
IP program of ETFA’12. We would like to thank the Work-in-Progress Co-Chairs Javier
Silvestre Blanes and Zoubir Mammeri for the organization of the WiP/IP program.
For years the ETFA conferences are honored by a presence of excellent keynote
speakers. This year we are very happy to welcome in this role Kai Hansen, Ronald
Schoop, Jacek M. Zurada and Rolf Ernst.
Such a big event like the ETFA’12 would not be possible without hard work and
support of many persons and organizations. In this place we would particularly like
to greatly thank the General Co-Chairs Marek Miśkowicz and Richard Zurawski for
their support and guidance.
Bogusław Cyganek and Thomas Nolte
Program Committee Co-Chairs
Committees
Honorary Chair
Andrzej Jajszczyk, Director of National Science Centre, Poland
General Co-Chairs
Marek Miśkowicz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Richard Zurawski, ISA Group, USA
Program Committee Co-Chairs
Bogusław Cyganek, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Thomas Nolte, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Work-in-Progress Co-Chairs
Javier Silvestre Blanes, Universitat Politčcnica de Valčncia, Spain
Zoubir Mammeri, University of Toulouse 3, France
Special Sessions Co-Chairs
Dariusz Kościelnik, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
John Gialelis, University of Patras, Greece
Industry Day Chair
Marek Natkaniec, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Workshops Day Co-Chairs
Marek Florkowski, ABB Corporate Research Center, Poland
Grzegorz Jacek Nalepa, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Finance Chairmen
Marek Miśkowicz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Richard Zurawski, ISA Group, USA
Publication Chair
Piotr Dziurdzia, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Publicity Chair
Wojciech Maziarz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
ETFA Series Steering Committee:
E. Dekenuvel, University of Nice, France
J. M. Fuertes, UPC, Spain
H. Fujita, University of Tokyo, Japan
L. Gomes, UNINOVA, Portugal
A. Grau, UPC, Spain
F. Harashima, University of Tokyo, Japan
Chang-Jin Kim, UCLA, USA
S. Koubias, University of Patras, Greece
K. Lee, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Z. Mammeri, University of Toulouse 3, France
V. Marik, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
M. Marcos, University of Basque Country, Spain
O. Mirabella, University of Catania, Italy
J-M. Proth, INRIA Lorraine, France
A. Weaver, University of Virginia, USA
R. Zurawski, ISA Group (Chair)
17th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation