The International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics Committee cordially invites you to participate in the ICINCO Conference. The deadline for paper submission is February 27. You may check the conference web site (http://www.icinco.org) for further details. Bellow, you will find some information about dates and conference areas. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, in paper and in CD-ROM support. A book including a selection of the best conference papers will be edited and published by Springer. The International journal Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering and the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems will also publish a selection of ICINCO 2006 best papers. ************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES: Full Paper Submission: 27th February, 2006 Authors Notification: 17th April, 2006 Final Paper Submission and Registration: 8th May, 2006 CONFERENCE AREAS: 1. Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization Decision support systems Distributed control systems Expert systems for industry Intelligent fault detection and identification Knowledge-based systems applications Machine learning in control applications Hybrid learning systems Mechatronic systems Neural networks based control systems Optimization algorithms Software agents for intelligent control systems Soft computing Fuzzy control Genetic algorithms Evolutionary computation and control 2. Robotics and AutomationRobot design, development and control Human-robots interfaces Network robotics Mobile robots and autonomous systems Human augmentation and shared control Cybernetics Space and underwater robots Intelligent transportation technologies and systems Vehicle control applications Telerobotics and Teleoperation Industrial networks and automation Intelligent warehouses Modeling, simulation and architectures Vision, recognition and reconstruction Virtual Reality Image processing Surveillance Control and supervision systems Web-based control Autonomous agents Petri nets (system design/verification with nets, protocols and networks) Reasoning about action for intelligent robots Natural language dialogue with robots 3. Signal Processing, Systems Modeling and Control Speech recognition Signal reconstruction Computer and microprocessor-based control Hierarchical control Instrumentation networks and software Field-buses Real-time systems control Environmental monitoring and control Time series and system modeling Time-frequency analysis Feature extraction Information-based models for control Discrete event systems Hybrid dynamical systems System identification Adaptive signal processing and control Nonlinear signals and systems Optimization problems in signal processing Change detection problems kEYNOTE sPEAKERS: Hojjat Adeli, The Ohio State University, U.S.A. Oleg Gusikhin, Ford Research & Adv.Engineering, U.S.A. Gerard T. McKee, University of Reading, U.K. William J O'Connor, University College Dublin, Ireland Mihaela Ulieru, The University of New Brunswick, Canada Mark d'Inverno, University of Westminster, U.K. TUTORIAL SPEAKER: "Industrial Agent Technologies" delivered by Mihaela Ulieru, The University of New Brunswick, Canada