TPC1: Control Systems & Applications
Chairs:
    Prof. Kim Man, eekman@cityu.edu.hk, City University of Hong Kong, China
    Prof. John Y.Hung, hungjob@auburn.edu, Auburn University, USA
    Prof. Kao-Shing Hwang, hwang@ee.ccu.edu.tw, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Estimation and identification techniques - Advanced control techniques - Intelligent control - Vehicular technology control - Control in medicine & biology - Aerospace control techniques - Specific control hardware & software - Remote control techniques.

TPC2: Electrical Machines & Drives
Chairs:
    Prof. Marian P. Kazmierkowski, mpk@isep.pw.edu.pl, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
    Dr. Ashwin M. Kambadkone, eleamk@nus.edu.sg, National University of Singapore
    Prof. Aldo Boglietti, aldo.boglietti@polito.it, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
    Prof. Tian-Hua Liu, liu@mail.ntust.edu.tw, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
AC motor drives, reluctance, SR drives and special drives - Drive control issues, observers and sensorless method - Drive applications -Drives testing and diagnostics - Electrical machine design and modelling - Special machines and actuators - Thermal, noise and vibration issues - Machine testing and diagnostics.

TPC3: Power Electronics
Chairs:
    Prof. Kamal Al-Haddad, kamal@ele.etsmtl.ca, Ecole de technologie superieure, Canada
    Prof. Greg Asher, Greg.Asher@nottingham.ac.uk, University of Nottingham, UK
    Prof. Chern-Lin Chen, clchen@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Power electronic devices – Power electronic converters, modulation and control – Modelling and simulation – Power electronics and power quality – Power converter applications in power systems, renewable energies and energy management – Power converters for vehicular applications.

TPC4: Sensors, Actuators and Systems Integration
Chairs:
    Prof. Mo-Yuen Chow, chow@ncsu.edu, North Carolina State University, USA
    Prof. Toshi Murakami
    Prof. Chih-Kung Lee, cklee@mems.iam.ntu.edu.tw, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Intelligent sensors/actuators and multisensor fusion – Micro-sensors and micro-actuators – Micro-nano technology – Electronic instrumentation – Micro-electro-mechanical systems(MEMS) – Systems on Chip(SoC) – RF systems integration – Integrated optics and related technologies.

TPC5: Signal & Image Processing
Chairs:
    Prof. Ju-Hong Lee, juhong@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
    Prof. Li-Chen Fu, lichen@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
    Prof. Jwu-Sheng Hu, ishu@cn.nctu.edu.tw, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Digital signal processing techniques – DSP implement – Speech processing – Image processing – Remote sensing – Computer vision – Virtual reality systems – Multimedia application.

TPC6: Industrial Information
Chairs:
    Dr. Michael W. Condry, michael.w.condry@intel.com, Intel, USA
    Dr. Jing Bing Zhang, jbzhang@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore
    Prof. Yao-Wen Chang, ywchang@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Infrastructures for industrial information – Factory automation – distributed collaborative systems – e-logistics – Security & safety applications – Products & manufacturing systems – Flexible manufacturing systems – Human-machine interfaces – Industrial communication systems – Process automation.

TPC7: Intelligent Robotics
Chairs:
    Hideki Hashimoto, hashimoto@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    Prof. Ju-Jang Lee, jjlee@ee.kaist.ac.kr, KAIST, Korea
    Prof. Kai-Tai Song, ktsong@cc.nctu.edu.tw, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Intelligent robotics systems – Complex electro-mechanical systems – Agent-based control – Intelligent actuators – Industrial, service and biomedical robots – Autonomous mobile robots – Humanoid robots – Multi-robot teams – Human-robot interface – Vision-Based robots.

TPC8: Hands-on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation
Chairs:
    Prof. Fan-Tien Cheng, chengft@mail.ncku.edu.tw, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
    Prof. Shyh-Leh Chen, imeslc@ccu.edu.tw, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
    Prof. Roberto Oboe, oboe@dei.unipd.it, University of Padova, Italy
Paper with new and significant experimental results in Hands-on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation will be solicited. Each submission must be accompanied with a 2-3 minutes video (in MPEG format) of the new and significant experimental result. The topics of interest include but are not limited to: Computer, Medical Equipment Applications in Mechatronics; Applied MEMS and Nano-technologies; Opto-electronics; Servo Applications in Mechatronics; robotics and Automation; Other Areas Related to Mechatronics and Automation.

Submission of Papers  The working language of the conference is English. Submit the full paper using the following layout. Limitation 6 full pages, including paper title, authors and affiliation, figures and references (maximum size 2MB). Authors are requested to prepare the manuscripts in the IEEE two-column format, using the template available in the IECON Website and to translate it in PDF using the IEEE PDF eXpress facility. No other format in the submission and in the final version can be accepted. For further information, see the web-site of IECON2007: http://iecon07.ccu.edu.tw

Important Dates (New)

Special Sessions Proposals Submission Deadline: April 5, 2007
Contributed Papers/Videos Submission Deadline: April 16, 2007
Tutorials/Workshops Proposals Submission Deadline: April 16, 2007
Notification of Acceptance: June 18, 2007
Final Papers/Videos Submission Deadline : July 23, 2007
Authors Early Registration Deadline: July 23,2007
All Authors Must Register Before August 19,2007
Conference Early Registration Deadline: October 20, 2007