2012 IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics (AQTR 2012)
- THETA 18th edition -

May 24-27, 2012
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Call for papers PDF (updated 20 December, 2011)

Submission deadline extended to February 15, 2012.

Organized by

• IEEE Computer Society - Test Technology Technical Council,
• Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Department of Automation,
• IPA S.A. - R&D Institute for Automation, Cluj-Napoca subs., Romania.

Main sponsors

• IEEE Computer Society - Test Technology Technical Council,
  
• Technical University of Cluj-Napoca,
  
• IPA S.A. - R&D Institute for Automation, Cluj-Napoca subs.,
• Romanian Ministry of Education and Research,
  
• Romanian Academy for Technical Sciences,
• SRAIT- Romanian Society of Automation and Technical Informatics,
  
• AQTR - Org.

The Organizing Committee has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, AQTR 2012 (THETA 18), which will be held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on May 24-27, 2012. The conference follows the tradition of the 17 automation and testing related scientific events, organized in Cluj-Napoca since 1981 under the name THETA/AQTR.

AQTR 2012 is intended to be an international forum for researchers in the field of automation, quality, testing and robotics. It will bring together equipment manufacturers, software developers and end-users to discuss the current trends and future directions of control and testing technologies and their industrial and social applications in the private and the public sectors. Active participation of students and graduate students is strongly encouraged.

Selected papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore database and ISI Proceedings. Additionally, the authors of the best contributions will be invited to submit an extended version of the paper to a special issue of the ISI-indexed "Journal of Control Engineering and Applied Informatics" or the BDI-indexed "Automation, Computers, Applied Mathematics" journal.

Cluj-Napoca, with rich historical and cultural heritage, is an intellectual centre with an active society, renowned universities, museums, theatres and eye-catching architecture.

Due to its location on important trade routes, which is attracting new businesses and investment, Cluj is an important industrial and commercial center. With a population of around 350000 people and 100000 students, the city has also a major role in education. The personality of the place comes from its multiculturalism and diversity.

Cluj is an ideal gateway to northern Transylvania with its cultural heritage well preserved, and the Apuseni Mountains offering extensive limestone formations that give rise to spectacular scenery.