[Turkmath:6544] 3rd Global Conference on Power Control and Optimization (PCO 2010), February 2-4, 2010, Gold Coast, Australia

[Gerhardwilhelm Weber]

Welcome to PCO 2010 in Gold Coast!

3rd Global Conference on Power Control and Optimization,

February 2-4, 2010, Gold Coast, Australia

http://www.engedu2.net/index.htm

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It is our great pleasure to announce the third Global Conference on  
Power Control and
Optimization PCO 2010, which will be held in Courtyard Surfers  
Paradise Resort, Gold
Coast, Australia from 2 to 4 February 2010.

The Conference is technically sponsored by AIP, WSEAS and  
Springerlink, and organized by
School of Engineering, Curtin University, Malaysia, and the
Middle East Technical University, the Institute of Applied Mathematics.

Scope:
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Contemporary and original research and educational development in the area
of electrical power engineering, control systems and methods of optimization.
The scope includes, but not limited to, the following topics:

- Hybrid renewable energy and energy saving,
- Power systems, protection and reliability,
- Controllers, drives and machine design,
- Smart system and dynamic robust system,
- Mechatronics and nano physics,
- NEMS and MEMS,
- Simulators and software engineering,
- Soft computing and computational intelligent,
- Fuzzy and hybrid optimization,
- Bioinformatics and body sensors,
- Inventory, queuing & game theory,
- Artificial immune systems,
- Evolutionary algorithms,
- Ant colony, genetic and swarm optimization,
- Probabilistic & possibilistic optimization,
- Production design and rough set,
- Line, pattern searches and decision making,
- Micro transportation,
- Network communication and wireless sensor,
- Scheduling and assignment problems,
- Condition monitoring and instruments,
- Graph theory & supply chain management  and
- Financial mathematics and risk management.

Prospective authors from universities or institutes and industries are
invited to submit the full paper by email before the deadline. Paper should
be submitted electronically, formatted in MS-Word, as per PCO guideline.
All papers will be peer reviewed by independent specialists as per IEEE
guide. PCO-10 proceeding will be published online by AIP. Selected papers
will be published in Elsevier, Springer, Inderscience, Professional  
Engineering,
and other Journals.

Proposals for holding special Sessions, Stream, Tutorials and Workshops
are invited from prospective authors, industrial bodies and academicians,
and should be addressed to the Chair.

Important Dates:
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Submission of Full Papers:   01/10/09
Notification with Peer Review:  01/11/09
Camera-ready Papers:   15/12/09
Registration with Full Payment:  15/12/09

Registration:
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Registration fee covers three day sessions, program booklet, CD  
proceeding, lunches,
tea breaks, and banquet dinner. The fee is unique and identical for  
all delegates.
The registration form must be submitted by email before the deadline to:
icpco.20 at gmail.com.

Each accepted paper must be presented by one of the authors after paying the
necessary fee of 300.00 EURO. This fee is applied for all delegates,
accompanies and students.

Contact:
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All correspondence should be addressed to the conference secretariat:
Tel: 605 3711416, 6085 443821
Email: icpco.20 at gmail.com,
Website1: http://www.engedu2.net,
Website2: http://www.pcoglobal.com.

Organizing Committee:
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Nader Barsoum (Malaysia; Chair),
Pandian Vasant (Malaysia),
Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber (Turkey),
Rabi W. Yousif (Malaysia),
Jeffrey Webb (Malaysia)

Steering Committee:
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Cesare Planese (Italy),
Zari Dzalilov (Australia),
Musa Mammadov (Australia),
Adil Bagirov, (Australia),
Sermsak Uatrongjit (Thailand),
Cevetco Andreeski (Macedonia)

International Program Committee:
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Please visit http://www.engedu2.net/committee.htm.

Invited Speakers  (further ones will join):
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Milorad Bojic (Kragujevac University, Serbia):
    "Will Renewable Energy Use Save our Planet?",
Rainer E. Burkard (Graz University of Technology, Austria):
    "Discrete Optimization and Location Theory",
Shuzhi Sam Ge (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China):
    "Intelligent Control and Its Applications",
Dan Geiger (Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel):
    "Bayesian Networks and Their Applications in Bioinformatics",
Okyay Kaynak (Bogazici University Istanbul, Turkey):
    "Intelligent Systems: An Assessment of the Past and the Prospects
     for the Future",
Dobrica Milovanovic (University of Kragujevac, Serbia):
    "Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Industry and Transportation",
Paulo M. Pimenta (Polytechnic School at University of Sao Paulo, Brasil):
    "Geometrically and Kinematically Exact Analysis of Beams and Shells
     by a Meshless Approximation Method",
Davor Skrlec (University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia):
    "Dynamic Planning of Active Power Distribution Networks",
Esko Turunen (Tampere University of Technology, Finland):
    "Solving Real World Problem by Soft Computing Tools",
Alfredo Weitzenfeld (Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico,
Robotics and BioRobotics (CANNES) Laboratories):
    "Biologically-Inspired Robotics: Spatial Cognition in Rats".

For further and forthcoming information please visit  
http://www.engedu2.net/index.htm.

The organizers are looking forward to welcoming you to PCO 2010
at the Gold Coast!