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Call for Papers: 2012 Fall Technical Conference – Call for Papers The 6th annual ASME Rail Transportation Division, Fall Technical Conference (FTC) will be held in Omaha NE, USA on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 16-17, 2012. Papers are solicited from members of the rail industry. Papers should cover a topic of current industry interest. A sample of topics: Positive Train Control/Communications- Based Train Control, High Speed Rail, Track and Equipment Health Monitoring, Passenger Equipment Crashworthiness, Innovations in Tank Cars, Heavy Axle Load Performance Issues, Materials and Failure Analysis of Rail Components, Locomotive and Freight Car Improvements, New or Improved Mechanical Components. 2012 RTD Data Management Symposium – Call for Papers The RTD Data Management Symposium that will be held in conjunction with the FTC. The Symposium will be held on Thursday, October 18, 2012. The one day symposium is intended to focus on the growing data management and analysis needs in the rail industry. A sample of topics: Wayside and monitoring system data generation and management, PTC data management and utilization, Vehicle and track inspection systems, Rules engines decision making and alerts/alarms, Risk analysis and prediction, Enterprise data management, Data presentation methodologies, GIS data utilization, Asset data management, Machine vision data management and analysis. The abstracts due date is April 30th, 2012. Abstracts need to be submitted to the conference website http://www.asmeconferences.org/RTDF2012/ Advanced conference registration is required for the lead authors of papers, before final acceptance of papers for publication. For specific details and questions regarding submission of papers, please contact Michelle Muhlanger, michelle.muhlanger@dot.gov The ASME RTD is offering a limited number of conference scholarships to provide an opportunity for students to attend the conference and present their rail research to the industry. For specific details and questions regarding the scholarship program, please contact Monique Stewart, Monique.Stewart@dot.gov 27
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